**The Amateur of Love**

15

**Arber's POV**

**A week had passed since Leya had vanished without a trace. The police were searching everywhere, and Arber was also looking for her. He had even asked his old friend Fatjon, who was involved in organ trafficking, for help. Fatjon agreed, not out of friendship but because he owed Arber a huge debt.**

⁃ Are you sure?
⁃ Yes.
⁃ Really?
⁃ Yes, Fatjon.
⁃ Alright, let's do it.
⁃ Hurry up.
⁃ I still can't believe you're using your only chance for help from me. You know why I'm doing this; you saved my life once. But I don't know why you're doing it.
⁃ She's my wife.
⁃ I know why you married her.
⁃ It doesn't matter. She's still my wife.
⁃ Are you in love with her?
⁃ Fatjon, we need to hurry.
⁃ Okay, I won't bother you anymore, but you're in deep.

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**Hajri's POV**

⁃ She's nowhere.
⁃ Calm down, Hajri, please.
⁃ How can I calm down, Vjollce? Our daughter is missing. We don't even know if she's alive or not.
⁃ Arber will find her, believe me.
⁃ Don't mention him.

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**Leya's POV**

**I was still in that underground room. I didn't know how long I had been here. I couldn't track the days. I was suffocating from the smell of the dirt and felt like I couldn't breathe. Everything was so stifling. The monster had tried to assault me and had succeeded. I didn't see any visible wounds, but I felt pain everywhere. It was too dark to see clearly, and the small light had gone out, just as I was fading. I didn't want to show weakness, but every day was a struggle to survive, and everything was becoming harder. I refused to be a tortured prisoner for someone whose profession was prostitution. I wouldn't do it. I'd endure the torture myself rather than let those girls suffer through my designs.**

⁃ Keep working, I told you.
⁃ I will never do it. Don't waste your time. Just kill me if you want.
⁃ Leya, you'd better keep going.
⁃ I don't understand why you keep me here and why you want an architect to do these things. You can do it yourself. I was trying to convince him to let me be.