6. Trouble Student

Gareth's POV

I was in my office looking for 'Men without women' by Haruki Murakami, the book which mother recommend to me a long time ago. I know very well that she was not trying to mock me about my broken marriage by recommending this book. In fact, she wants me to get married again, but for me, it’s not as easy as it may appear.

Three years of devotion and treating her like the goddess of my temple, she didn’t even care to notice the range of my love for her. Our marriage was planned like a business deal between my father’s friend and his company. The careless attempts to make two people close surely didn’t work in our case. While I wholeheartedly abided my mother’s request, her virtue of freedom seemed to be bounded by my presence.

My mother still blames herself for the scar she left on my mind, because to her I was simply showing my love for my mother as I allowed another woman to rule over my heart’s territory. I promised to give her everything she desired while that little sill