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Story: Tainted Bride

"Aashi Papa needs to talk to Mom about something; you go to Armaan Uncle for a while."

Aashi immediately runs outside, where Armaan is; Prakram comes and stands in front of Avishka. Avishka, who has started getting a little nervous due to his presence, starts moving backwards after feeling him standing near her, but Prakram tells her instantly while checking her veil, which is totally not acceptable for his liking.

"Remove this veil from your face."

"Sir…"

"First do what I said, then we'll talk about other things later."

Avishka has no way out, so she pushes her veil back; her eyes are completely downcast; the wedding chain is still hanging around her neck; but the vermillion that was filled in her hair partition two days ago is on her forehead. She appears to have made numerous attempts to clean it, yet it remains unclean; her face displays no signs of makeup, including kohl, lip tint, or lip gloss. Prakram alerted her.

"I don't want to see your face covered in a veil again. Keep this in mind; we are husband and wife, if you forget. Remove this little piece of cloth that you have kept on your head. We are going shopping sometime, and Aashi is also very happy about this thing.”

He turns and starts leaving when Avishka looks up and sees that he is shirtless, due to which she immediately lowers her gaze while clutching her suit tightly and immediately tells him.

"Sir…. I want to talk to Maa and Baba."

Prakram does not turn toward her at all, but he answers her immediately.

"You will soon be speaking with them; they might even meet you, but for now, it would be more beneficial if you refrain from discussing this matter. Secondly, you are no longer Aashi's nanny who can call me sir. The world will soon discover our relationship, so it would be beneficial if you made improvements to your habits. We are husband and wife."

Avishka lowers her eyes and starts going away from there because his hard voice clearly indicates he is not going to tell her about Vishnu and Padma easily, but suddenly her dupatta gets pulled and comes off her head, due to which she turns and looks at Prakram, who was looking at her. Both are looking toward each other. Avishka immediately starts looking down, but Prakram says.

"You should always look into the eyes of fear; the fear that is standing in front of you automatically diminishes.”

Avishka doesn't understand anything, but she doesn't want to stand in front of him at all, so she immediately comes from there. When Prakram notices her departure, he moves to stand near the window.

AFTER SHE FAINTED AT HER WEDDING

“Mumma….”

Aashi runs to Avishka and starts crying; Prakram immediately consoles her.

"Aashi mumma is ill; you ought not to do this; if you begin sobbing in this manner, your health will deteriorate as well; how will you care for mumma?"

Aashi immediately wipes tears from her eyes after hearing her father's words. Prakram lifts Avishka into his arms, brings her to the room, and makes her lie down there. Her whole body is burning with fever, due to which he immediately tells Armaan.

"Call the doctor here immediately; she's still experiencing a fever, and also instruct him to bring a competent nurse with him, as we also require a nurse in this situation."

"Sure sir…”

Prakram starts seeing Avishka's face very clearly, which has become very pale; it seems as if she has been very ill for many days. He knows that she is going through a mental trauma due to forced marriage, but here he does not want to think too much because he has seen his daughter in the situation and the new situation that is standing in front of him now. It is better to marry Avishka than a girl who will cause trouble in his life.

At present, things seem to be very complicated for Prakram, due to which, on the one hand, he is having a lot of trouble with everything, and on the other hand, he does not even want to think about anything. He is sitting there quietly when suddenly Avishka starts getting very scared, taking deep breaths, and crying unconsciously, which gets his attention.

"Rajeev stop… Please stop... Please stop..."

When she calls out like this, Prakram comes and sits near her, trying to listen to her more attentively. She whispers regularly, with heavy breathing. He starts splashing water on her face so that if she is having a terrible dream, she wakes up from it.

"Avishka, get up."

"It hurts... Please no..."

She has not woken up from unconsciousness at all, but her breathing has started going up and down a lot, as if she is having a lot of trouble breathing. Prakram glances at her and immediately begins to remove her jewelry, sensing that it must be causing her discomfort, a move that also makes her feel more at ease. He swiftly removed her jewelry, causing her heavy stola to drop from her chest. The large neck design of her blouse drew his attention to her bosom. He glanced at her face, which was filled with fear, before returning his gaze to her bosom.

There is a deep mark on the spot, and he doesn't want to do anything, due to which whenever Avishka comes to know about it, it will be embarrassing for her. However, upon noticing the mark, he finds himself unable to resist and proceeds to gently remove the blouse from the area. This mark is very scary and deep. Someone attempted to create a complete R with a knife, yet the line beneath it lacked precision, resembling a P rather than an R.

Prakram immediately looks towards Avishka due to the type of mark it bears; he has a good idea of how deep the knife must have penetrated to accomplish all this.