Going through a contentious divorce with his ex-spouse in the open. Alhaitham was unable to allow something like this to tarnish his reputation.

He always found himself adrift despite his efforts to guard himself from the public's defilements.

Up until you, a reporter for a little company, entered his life. Sincerely enquiring about his version of events. You only wanted to learn the truth behind his ex-spouse’s falsehoods; you didn't even want anything particularly personal.