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All the bodyguards are standing in line, and everyone is still scared. Digvijay is sitting on his chair, and Prakram is standing with his hands in his pockets in front of all the bodyguards with red eyes and anger. Digvijay says.

“You don't need to worry; the bodyguards are not being sent there just to stand there. I know very well that you are very scared for Aashi's safety, but I am also worried about Sandhya and Aashi, whether they are both okay or how they meet with anyone. I am well-informed about every detail. Secondly, all these bodyguards have some instruction that even by mistake, if Aashi faces any threat from that girl, then they neither have to look at the place nor the environment; they have to directly shoot that girl with bullets.”

Prakram immediately turns and looks at his father, and he likes his decision very much. Digvijay rises to his feet, approaches him, looks into his eyes, and speaks.

"Sandhya is your mother, and your daughter is dearer to her than her life itself; she will not let any wrong person come near our lovely Aashi without thinking... remember this also..... you are not the only one who loves her.”

Digvijay immediately goes out of the room, and slowly, one by one, all the bodyguards leave from there. Prakram sits there, takes out his cigarette, and thinks deeply.

CHAPTER 8

Sandhya scoops Aashi into her lap and settles into the car, but her gaze quickly shifts to the bodyguard's car, where Prakram is already seated with them. She knows all the actions of her son very well, so she lightly shakes her head because of his regularsuspicion and quietly sits in the car. He knows his son, who is very protective towards Aashi and doesn't want anyone to hurt her ever. She knows very well that he will not trust anyone until he sees his suspicions as completely useless or no hurm. Therefore, it is better that he sees the innocent girl today who loves Aashi unconditionally and takes the utmost care of her. It will be good for him to see how she takes care of Aashi more than a mother.

Armaan and Prakram are in the same car, and Armaan can clearly see from the expression on Prakram 's face that he is very angry and also a little bit spontaneous due to what he says.

“Sir, once we see the girl, it is not a big deal to get any information about her. Don't worry at all; no one can do anything to Aashi.”

"You know very well that no one can cut even an inch of Aashi's hair. I want to see who other than me has become so important in my daughter's life and whom she is so eager to meet.”

Armaan can clearly feel Prakram 's jealousy at these words, due to which he immediately starts looking outside so that Prakram does not see him smiling even slightly. The car soon comes to a halt in front of the temple, causing Prakram 's gaze to focus on the girl who was waiting for the car. The girl approached and stood in front of the car as soon as it stopped. He is not able to see her face properly because there is a long scarf on her face. Due to this, her face is covered to a great extent, and he is not in front of her. As soon as Aashi comes out of the car, she immediately jumps into her arms and clings to her.

Avi immediately takes her into his arms and hugs her. Aashi immediately starts telling her a lot of things, which she is now listening to. Prakram is constantly keeping an eye on Avi but isunable to see her face at all. He signals Armaan to go outside and see everything very clearly. Armaan immediately steps outside, thoroughly inspects the situation, snaps a photo of Avi that only captures her face from the forehead to the nose, and promptly sends it to Prakram . And this much face was also visible because, when Ashi was talking to her, she had removed her scarf from her face and raised it a little so that she could see her face and talk to her properly. As soon as he saw this, he kept looking at these eyes for a few moments, but immediately looking ahead, he looked towards his mother, who was smiling and talking to the girl. After that, everyone went to the temple. Prakram is sitting in the car, watching them, because he knows very well that Armaan and his men are constantly after them.

After getting Armaan's signal, they go to the temple. Prakram comes out very comfortably, hiding his face so that everyone recognizes him here; hence, he does not want anyone to recognize him because he has to take care of his daughter in any case. There is concern about her safety, so he cannot depend only on his bodyguards.

Avi and Aashi are seated in a comfortable area, surrounded by numerous bodyguards, while Sandhya begins her circumambulation. Prakram sits at a distance and can listen to both of them very comfortably, as he really wants to see how this girl traps his innocent daughter. Aashi is so engrossed in her conversation with Avi that she is not paying attention to anyone else, which is very bothersome for Prakram. The bodyguards have formed a nice circle around both of them, their backs facing towards Aashi and Avi, as instructed by Sandhya because Avi always carries a veil on her face, but they realize that Prakram has come there, so they move a little to the side and let him see them.

Prakram is standing right in front of Avi to check her properly, and for the first time, he looks into her face. Her hair hides most of her face, but he has a good idea that this girl is very beautiful. He doesn't care much about her beauty, but his eyes immediately turn to his daughter, who is currently listening to Avi sing sweet rhymes to help her learn.

With her small eyes, Aashi is only looking at Avi's face. Prakram turns his face to the other side and smirks because he knows very well that Aashi has no interest in studying yet. Avi sings the rhyme in front of her two to three times, and then asks Aashi to start singing along with her. The way Aashi immediately listens to Avi's words and starts singing along with her is a very surprising thing for Prakram , but he is very happy to hear the rhyme in a melodious voice from his daughter's mouth. His mood has completely changed, and he is smiling lightly, quickly takes a seat near them to listen more.

After repeating the rhyme in the same manner a few times, Avi becomes silent and wants to listen to Aashi's rhyme. Prakram is surprised to see and hear that Aashi recites that rhyme very well without stopping. As a result, Avi happily hugs her, kisses her forehead, and puts a tiara on her head as a prize.

"Here, this is for my princess... My doll will appear even more aesthetically pleasing when adorned with these flowers, as she is already quite attractive.”

Prakram's smile vanishes once more due to her pronunciation, her clear English delivery, and her words, which suggest a high level of education. However, her words do not align with her appearance, as she appears to be dressed simply. Despite this, he can discern from her speech that she is a highly educated girl. Various kinds of doubts are beginning to surround his heart and mind as to whether some other gang has planted her tocause harm to her daughter. Meanwhile, Aashi starts getting her hair styled again with flowers. And because Avi is doing all of this work with the utmost love and care in her hair, it is also unable to escape from his eyes. He has also seen the nannies at his house doing their work, and here she is. The way she treats his princess with great affection is commendable. Prakram had noticed everything very well the whole time, and Sandhya had also completed her round; hence, she came to both of them smiling.

“So did your student learn anything today, or did she just trouble you?"

Avi simply bowed down gently, without making any special remarks. It is a bit surprising for Prakram because some time ago she was talking to his daughter a lot, and now she has become completely silent. In the meantime, Vishnu and Padma have also arrived.

“Madam, yesterday Avi told me that you have a lot of pain in your feet... We kept some herbs boiled in mustard oil for you, and it would be beneficial for you to ask any of your servants to massage your feet properly with it.”

Prakram knows both of them very well because they were always present with flowers whenever they came to the temple.

Aashi knows that now they are going to leave, so she quickly spreads her hands, and Avi immediately picks her up in her lap. Prakram can see her face much better at this time because he is sitting down and Avi has taken Aashi into her arms while standing, due to which she is talking to her very nicely by raising her scarf a little. Seeing her face, Prakram's eyes are stuck towards her.

Avi, smiling, moves with everyone and starts descending the stairs along with everyone else, and Prakram also gets up from his place, but suddenly there is a stampede there, and before anyone can understand anything, some people stand in front of Sandhya with guns. Sandhya was at the forefront, followed closely by Avii, Aashi, and all the other bodyguards, including Vishnu and Padma. Sandhya's eyes widen suddenly; she doesn't care about her life at all. She screams loudly.

“AVI SAVE AASHI.”

Suddenly, bullets start firing there.