She could feel the pain slowly overcoming her soul. The agony, the grief, taking over all that she once thought was alive in her. She felt so empty that she was sure her whole body will echo if someone was to shake her. But she stood, rigid as though a hundred years old tree, clinging onto the only thing that made her alive; her eyeglasses. 

Through those glasses, she had seen things she had wished she could erase. She had hated the things she once loved, places she once cherished and the man she grew up to love. 

It didn’t matter who he was to her, his role in her life or even the title he possessed. She was going to take revenge, she was going to make him regret, she was going to make her father cry right before her eyes!

But what if he chose to add more pain to her aching wounds? The day he declared her married to a gateman, the strings left attaching her with him were forcefully cut off. And she was certain even if it would take her till eternity, so long as she stayed married to the gateman, her father would never know what happiness felt like!

Married To The Gateman

<p>She didn t wake up until it was late in the evening and Nana had already left when Ummah called her after she had brought the groundnut to him. He was in the living room when he heard her weak voice, "Nana, are you there?" She called out, and even though he didn't want anything to do with her, he stood up an walked to the room.</p>

<p>He met her still laying on the bed with her eyes closed, she didn't even have the energy to put her glass back. She heard his footsteps and thought it was Nana, "Nana will you please help me sit up?" Mujaheed sighed internally and walked up to the bed. The moment his strong arms wrapped themselves delicately around her back, Fareeda knew it wasn't Nana but she didn't have the energy to get herself out of his hold. </p>

Chapter 44 28: Nightmare