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Story: Tainted Bride

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Digvijay is playing the video of Prakram's wedding, which he received this morning, and he is silently watching it. Sandhya is not able to believe at all that Prakram has suddenly married Avishka; she is not able to understand at all why. What happened suddenly? Seeing Avishka's crying face, she immediately tells Digvijay.

"Prakram has forcefully married this girl. Padma and Vishnu are also missing from here. I am sure that Prakram has married this girl by making them a shield. How could he?”

Without saying anything, Digvijay quickly stands near the window, takes out his cigarette, and begins to smoke. However, Sandhya quickly approaches him, snatches his cigarette, and utters an angry remark.

"You know very well that as soon as you smoke a cigarette, you start coughing very badly. Still, you didn't stop this harmful habit. You should not do so. You wanted Prakram to get married; now that he has gotten married, one of your problems has been solved."

“Yes, I wanted him to get married, but I also wanted him to move ahead in his life, forget Divya completely, and learn to be happy in his life again. I don't want to see him upset and frustrated like this. Since Divya left, it's as if he has forgotten how to live; his life has only revolved around Aashi. What do you think? Don't I understand? He has forcefully married Avishka; we are Mafia, but still, I taught him to respect women. He always remembers my words: never punish an innocent person or a woman who has not forced you to punish her. He married her, not as a wife, but as a mother figure for his daughter. Together with Avishka, we could have effectively managed Aashi's life and provided her with support. The girl who comes will probably bring him happiness. I had found such a young girl for him only becausesomewhere I had started feeling that she was just standing at the threshold of learning. In such a situation, when the girl starts understanding Prakram, she will give him full love. Nowadays, girls, who have matured very well, are not able to understand things so easily and then directly reach the stage of divorce and separation. All in all, both Aashi and Prakram suffer. Yes, I am selfish... I am so selfish that I am thinking only about my son and not about anyone else. Why not? After all, he is my only child. Everyone in the world believes that Agnihotri's deal holds great significance for me. Agnihotri's deal held great significance for him. My son is important. I had seen a girl who was like a piece of raw clay, ready to shape and change as you molded it. As far as Roma was concerned, I knew very well that Prakram could neither like Roma nor that girl was worthy of Prakram. That is why I had told Mittal to go and convince my son; otherwise, I would also exert pressure very well, and I know very well that no matter how big a man Prakram becomes, he cannot defy the orders of his parents for long. But what Roma did was bigger than any heinous crime for which she could not get forgiveness, and what Prakram did to her was even better. No matter what I say to Prakram, I am happy with whatever he has done. But in this marriage, I am afraid."

Sandhya hugs Digvijay and tells him, caressing his back in the process.

"You calm down a little; maybe God will approve of this, and I know this much that the reason why we were hastening the marriage of Prakram has calmed down for a few days. Now you also remain calm and give him some time. Let's live some moments in life. I only know that, as much as I know Avishka, she is a lovely girl. Whether she is wealthy or not, I don't care; I just don't understand why Prakram made that decision so quickly. May it not be proved...."

"Because he knows about something here... You think that he will so easily give Avishka the status of his wife in his life when he has only brought her into his life as Aashi's mother, and most importantly, whether his decision is wrong or right, he must have investigated very thoroughly. He is Prakram; you have not even recognized him properly yet; he must have a lot of information about Avishka; that is why he has taken the decision easily.”

Sandhya quickly looks at Digvijay, and he has nothing to say to her, so he just hugs her.

CHAPTER 33

Avishka is feeding Aashi very lovingly, and Aashi is also smiling and eating very well. Over the past two days, Avishka has unnecessarily avoided meeting Prakram, but she is eager to see him because she is deeply concerned about Padma and Vishnu. If Prakram has to meet Aashi, he calls her outside the room, due to which both of them are not face-to-face. There is a knock on the door, due to which Aashi quickly jumps up and runs out of the room.

"Papa…"

Prakram also quickly picks her up in his arms, tosses her in the air once, catches her back, lovingly kisses both her cheeks, and starts looking at her smiling face, which looks extremely happy. She is laughing when he catches her back.

"What were you doing?"

"Mumma was feeding me.”

Prakram tickles her lightly by inserting his index finger in her stomach and tells her.

"Is this stomach full?"

"I am extremely full; Mumma has been fed for a long time; I am being fed, but the food isn't ending. Fruits came first, then bread and vegetables, and then copious amounts of kheer; the menu was endless. And you know what? I am fat now."

Prakram laughs lightly after listening to her and then makes her sit, opens his shirt, and tells her.

"Today Papa has a lot of time; today Papa will take Ashi shopping."

"Mumma is coming."

Prakram was taking out one of his T-shirts, due to which his hands stopped for a few moments while taking it out fully. He is not in a position to say much, but controlling himself, he says to Aashi.

"Okay, tell your mom to get ready."

"Yeeeee….”

Aashi starts running out of the room, but then Avishka comes there, who still has her veil on her eyes. After listening to her footsteps, Prakram turned. Seeing her, he stopped whatever he was doing.

"Sir, I need to talk to Maa and Baba."

Prakram looks at Avishka for a moment, then smiles at Aashi and tells her.