  &quot;I thought that you didn t have the nerve to call, turns out that I was very wrong about you, Nafisa.&quot; His words came out through gritted teeth and he knew it would only take seconds before she burst into tears, just that Na im wasn t affected by anyone else s tears but that of Maryam. 
  She smiled painfully, &quot;I thought that it was the duty of the groom to call the bride, but it turns out that things are always different with us. I called to speak to you about the wedding, ours, let me be more precise before you claim amnesia again.&quot; That made him laugh, even though humorlessly and Nafisa felt a chill ran down to her spine. 
  &quot;I thought I cared enough to explain to you but look at you, being sarcastic about it.&quot; Na im sighed and palmed his face as he sit upright, &quot;I shouldn t have wasted my time explaining things to you. And what is it about the wed

  &quot;I'm sorry, Mairam.&quot; He said with the softest tone he had ever used on her, yet Maryam seemed untouched by those words. She might as well kill him if she could. &quot;And I'm not leaving here until you accept my apology and even smile at me, please.&quot; She rolled her eyes at that and scoffed, turning away from him while she wrapped her hands around her chest to show him that she wasn t going to relent. 
  &quot;It s not like you care whether your apology is accepted by me or not. You can easily act like I'm not here and continue to live your life, it s so easy to do that. So please, I have an assignment to submit tomorrow, give my books back and leave, that s all I ask for.&quot; She was fuming as she spoke and Na im smiled warmly at her. Even though the way she treated him pained his heart, but he loved the fact that she cared enough for him to be angry just because she h

  She thought he was going to comfort her and tell her that what she had said was wrong. He was never going to get married again in his life and when the time was right he will introduce her to his world, but it seemed like she had been right all along. He was going to get married and didn t want to say it out loud to her. And surprisingly, the thoughts of him being with another woman, especially if that woman would turn out to be Dr Nafisa, Maryam felt too much pain which she wouldn t be able to endure. 
  She might as well choose to be divorced, that way, she d know there were no strings attached between them. 
  ?
  Na im had thought that being comforted by her would be a good idea, if only he knew what it would feel like to be hurt by her again. He knew he didn t have the right to be hurt, she was the one that s supposed to feel the pain of everything, but he did. He knew that by now

&quot;I thought that you didn t have the nerve to call, turns out that I was very wrong about you, Nafisa.&quot; His words came out through gritted teeth and he knew it would only take seconds before she burst into tears, just that Na im wasn t affected by anyone else s tears but that of Maryam. 
  She smiled painfully, &quot;I thought that it was the duty of the groom to call the bride, but it turns out that things are always different with us. I called to speak to you about the wedding, ours, let me be more precise before you claim amnesia again.&quot; That made him laugh, even though humorlessly and Nafisa felt a chill ran down to her spine. 
  &quot;I thought I cared enough to explain to you but look at you, being sarcastic about it.&quot; Na im sighed and palmed his face as he sit upright, &quot;I shouldn t have wasted my time explaining things to you. And what is it about the wedding? Do we have something to talk about? I thought I made myself clear the last time we met?&quot; 

Chapter 51 31: Hurting Hearts