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Chapter 36
Loving someone is never easy. The things we to do for the ones we love. The things we have to endure. Love can either be a tale of magic, and wonder. Or it can be an unending hell of pain, and sorrow. Love can be the best thing that even happened to a person's life or the worst. Love can drive us crazy in a good way, or it can drive us crazy in the darkest way possible.
The love that Amara's mother had for her made her life a living hell. She knew that the reason why her mother can't bear the life of being alone is because of her. Her mother wanted her to grow up with at least a semblance of complete family. She was blind about the danger of having a stranger in their lives.
"Amara, why don't have a husband yet?" Arman asked while they were having their breakfast.
"My life is not so different to yours. I grew up with a dead beat dad, getting beaten almost everyday. Then he died because of his life style. My mother found another man. She thought that man would br
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