Chapter 22

Kaif

I know things are going out of my hands but it's high time to pick my broken self up and fix them.

I also know that it won't be easy to fix myself. I'm gonna lose it again. But this time I'll try to be as positive as possible.

While thinking about all this my phone buzzes. I pick it out of my pocket and look at the screen. Surprisingly, it's Nikhat. I sigh and stare at the screen. How am I gonna handle myself when she's around? Anyway, why is she calling me at this hour? I hope everything is fine. I didn't find her on the balcony either.

Concerned, I pick her phone up.

"Hey", I beam, wiping all the anticipation away. I don't want her to ask unwanted questions.

"Hi", her voice is low and sluggish. As I feel myself lost again in her deep voice, I don't even realise she might be waiting for me to say something.

"I hope I didn't wake you up", she adds before I can say anything. Her voice is shaking slightly as if she's nervous about how to say something.

"No. I wasn't sleeping",