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Story: Tainted Bride

"Until I see your dead body with my own eyes, I am not ready to believe you are dead. I put everything at risk for you because your beauty drove me insane, and I cannot afford to lose you so quickly. I will definitely find you. AVISHKA, I WANT YOU AGAIN."

Avishka, who was sleeping very comfortably in her room, woke up drenched in sweat with a jerk.

"Why this weird feeling?"

Suddenly, nothing feels right to her. She takes deep breaths and looks around, because what she is feeling is very scary.

"I go and sleep with Maa."

She quickly gets up and walks out of the room, passing Aashi's room, and as she starts to leave, she sees Prakram in the room. Aashi is also standing near him and is continuously rubbing her eyes; it seems as if she has been forcefully woken up from sleep. Seeing Aashi like this, she cannot control herself and immediately goes into the room.

"Aashi…"

As soon as Aashi sees Avishka approaching, she immediately spreads her arms, keeps her eyes closed, and stands forcefully. When Avishka takes a good look at Aashi, she realizes that she has ruined all her clothes and perhaps peed in them in her sleep, due to which her father has brought her here.

"Sir, I will handle her."

“Hmm…”

Prakram lies down on Aashi's bed, feeling very sleepy himself. Avishka takes Aashi in her arms and immediately goes to the closet, where she has kept light, warm clothes for her to wear at night to ensure she feels absolutely comfortable. Prakram was searching for the same clothes in the cupboard outside here so that she would not feel cold in bed, but due to a lack of knowledge, he was unable to find them.

As soon as Aashi comes into Avishka's arms, she falls asleep again with her head on her shoulder, due to which she smiles softly, takes her to the closet, removes her wet clothes, and makes her lie down in her lap, sitting nicely and smiling lovingly. Looking at her angelic face, she slowly starts changing her clothes, due to which her sleep is not disturbed at all. When Avishka comes into the room carrying Aashi in her arms, she sees that Prakram is sleeping there, but he is continuously trying to find Aashi by moving his hand and is talking in his sleep.

"Aashi, have you changed your clothes?”

Avishka makes Aashi lie down near him and covers both of them properly with a blanket. As soon as the blanket touches his body, Prakram looks at her, causing her to move away a bit, but he understands that she is covering them with a blanket. He tells her in a sleepy voice.

"She has wet my bed, so we are sleeping here... You should go rest; we don't allow you to roam here like ghosts at night."

Prakram takes Aashi in his arms and wraps her nicely in the blanket, so that she does not feel cold at all. Avishka turns and starts leaving from there. Now she is not afraid of anything because she knows that Prakram is present in the nearby room. That is why she comes to her room, closes the door, and lies down on the bed, smiling. This is because, upon seeing Aashi, she feels as though her fear has vanished completely, and she knows that Prakram is present in the other room. This gives her a lot of comfort, and now she is not feeling very afraid.

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“I also don't like to talk about this every day, nor do I want to talk about it. I don't understand that when your wife is dead, you don't have to marry someone else.”

Prakram wants to ignore his words, but he knows very well that he cannot ignore Digvijay continuously, so he remains firm on his words.

“I have told you that I have no interest in getting married, nor do I want to tolerate the presence of any girl in my life unnecessarily.”

Sandhya, upset after listening to their fight for a long time, tells Prakram this while holding her head.

“You say that you do not want to get married, but I am telling you that what is the problem with getting married? You also understand that life is not as simple as it seems. Right now, we are here, taking care of Aashi, but what about the future?"

“I don't think there is any problem in living life like this.”

"This is a great opportunity for you; she is still young; hence, she accepted the new mother quickly. But Aashi cannot depend on a nanny for her entire life. She needs a mother. You understand that she is missing a mother figure around her. You can see very well that she has started calling her nanny her mother."

“You are promoting this thing a lot. First of all, Aashi is growing up very well. She needed someone to call her mother, and now that she has one, I don't see anything wrong with that."

"But I believe that if you marry someone and truly give her a mother, then there's no harm in it; you'll also get a wife, and we'll be very satisfied with these things."

When Digvijay expresses his views in front of Prakram in a violent manner, Prakram looks at him and says this.

“You are just irritating me by repeating these things again and again, because I want to stay away from them.”