"Layla ." Azeem's s voice was not threatening, nor was it commanding as how he usually sounded. But there was an undercurrent Layla could not quite put into words. And it was strange how she had momentarily forgotten her serious circumstance while his voice lingered in her ears.
"What took so long to come back home?"
She managed to drag her gaze away from his unfathomable eyes that was fixed so intently on her person and stared instead at his whole face.
She clenched her fists tight and did not take a single step to approach him. "What have you done this time Azeem?" she asked instead, as if she did not hear his statement or rather his question.
"I should be the one asking you that since you were the one that broke a rule here." He answered her question by throwing it back at her.
