Two weeks later,

Even after two weeks, Lily could not get her mind off the document that she had stored deep in her cupboard, inside her box. Her husband, King Aziz, was feeling better than before, but she still had to attend to some of his royal duties.

She had not spoken to Tom ever since the day that they met at the restaurant, and neither had they spoken to each other over the phone. She had warned him never to call her, all this to avoid any suspicions about them.

Lily had come from another yet tiring meeting with the women's organization of Hamidin. She listened to the women...