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Story: Tainted Bride

Avishka looks at the dress and then starts seeing Aashi's excitement. Prakram gestures that she takes the dress and gives it to Avishka.

"Go wear it. I will make Aashi wear the dress."

"Please no…"

"I am not used to hearing no; you should have understood this, and now that you are refusing something that is completely baseless, it has become necessary for you to insist on it every day. Get it done, which you don't want to do. Please change your clothes quickly and come, as we will be purchasing a large quantity of clothes for you. If you fail to arrive promptly, both Aashi and I will have purchased a significant amount of clothingfor you, and you will also be required to purchase items of your own choosing. The longer you wait, the more harm you'll suffer, as we'll compel you to wear the clothes we've purchased."

Avishka has nothing left to say; rather, after listening to his words, she wants to smile with a strange sense of relief because the fear that dominates her all the time seems to go away slowly with Prakram's words. She quickly looks at the dress, making her want to wear it, but when he realizes she is just looking at the dress alone, he holds her hand, leads her to the dressing room, and takes her inside. He pushes her, gives her the dress, and tells her smilingly.

"We are waiting with lots of dresses."

This time, a small smile appears on Avishka's face as soon as she hears his words. She immediately bows her face and begins closing the door, keeping Prakram's eyes fixed on her until the door is completely closed. The salesgirl is already getting Aashi changed, and Armaan is standing outside in front of Aashi's changing room. Prakram now deliberately starts looking at all the dresses with a lot of interest, and while imagining Avishka in every dress, he starts buying dresses for her. It is strange why he is doing this, but somewhere, he feels that Avishka is troubling herself by concealing herself in a shell. She has to come out of the shell in which she wants to stay confined. Through Armaan, he has come to know very well that Avishka was never like this; he does not know what has happened to her, due to which she is very scared. She has completely changed her life, but he knows this much: in the college photographs he has received, Avishka appears to be a very cheerful, very modern, and happy-hearted girl. He makes this statement while observing the dress that Avishka has chosen.

"Nobody can stop you from smiling unless you force yourself to drown in some sadness, and now you have to smile... After a betrayal, I am still moving forward, so try hard.”

In the dressing room, Avishka looks at herself very well after wearing the dress. She looks stunning in the dress, but she has not done any makeup or changed anything about herself. She simply removed her suit and wore the dress instead. She slowly opens the door. Prakram isn't there. She comes forward, searching for him. She finds him in a lot of dresses. She starts coming towards him, smiling lightly. She wants him to turn immediately and look at her, but he is so engrossed in looking at the dress that he does not pay attention at all to the fact that she has come there. She calls him softly.

"Si... r..."

Her voice is so low that he would hardly be able to hear it because she had suppressed her voice completely because she knew that Prakram did not want to hear SIR at all. She looks at him, and with struggle, she says:.

"Prakram…"

Prakram's hands stop suddenly because this is the first time that Avishka has called him by his name. He turns and looks back. Avishka is looking very beautiful in her dress. He hands over all the dresses to the salesgirl standing nearby, tucks his hands into his pockets, and stands directly in front of Avishka. Earlier, Avishka had kept her eyes down, but as soon as she felt him right in front of her, she slowly started to look away. Her face also starts bowing, but he holds her face and gently lifts it up, and while looking at her very carefully, he frees her hair from the captivating clutcher.

Avishka starts looking into his eyes. While looking into his eyes, he runs his fingers through her hair and starts spreading it nicely. After her hair opens, Avishka starts looking even more beautiful. Aashi changes her dress. She also goes there to show her dress to her parents, and when she sees Avishka, she says it loudly.

"Wow mumma…. You are so beautiful.”

Prakram smiles a lot after hearing Aashi's praise. Seeing such a smile on Prakram's face, Aavishka shifts her attention from him and starts taking Aashi in her arms, then Prakram holds her hand and makes her stand near him. He takes Aashi in his lap and says to Aashi:.

"I want to go on a date with two beautiful girls. Will you both go on a date with me?”

Aashi begins to laugh, gently pressing her mouth with both of her small hands, while Avishka also smiles lightly. Prakram gestures to Armaan, who recognizes the smile on his face and informs him before he can utter a word.

"Now go on a comfortable date with these two very beautiful girls, and there is no need to come early at all; I will take care of everything."

He says all this so quickly that everyone present there starts laughing, which causes Prakram to start looking at him, and he just stands there silently and starts scratching his head. They have a lot of fun throughout the evening, and Aashi and Avishka are looking very good with each other, due to which Prakram is unable to take his eyes off both of them, and this is the first time that he has noticed that Avishka is noticing his gaze very well. Hewas pleased to see that whenever she notices his gaze, her eyes look down in shyness with a soft smile.

Prakram was so well settled in his life that he did not want any kind of life partner in his life, but he himself did not know that his life was taking him somewhere else, and at the same time, Avishka herself was coming into his life. have begun carving out space for herself; he remains unaware when he begins to notice her presence. Suddenly, Aashi distracted him.

"Papa ice cream..."

"No way…"

Like every time, before Prakram can agree to Aashi's request and say yes to her, Avishka refuses her, which causes Prakram to start looking at Aashi, and Aashi starts gesturing with her eyes and asking him to convince her mother. As a result, Prakram is looking towards Avishka, and Avishka is looking towards Prakram only with a little bit of strictness.

"I mean a single small cup..."

"Not at all; you know very well that it is frigid here. Who consumes this much ice cream in the winter? If anyone does, I am unaware. I just know that Aashi's health deteriorates as soon as she consumes something cold."

Aashi has to eat ice cream, so she very innocently tells her mother.

"Aashi is a good girl; I take medicine as soon as I get home; I will not have a fever."

"And if Aashi is a good girl who doesn't eat ice cream, then she will not have to take bitter medicine."

Due to her desire to eat ice cream, Aashi starts seeing her father so that he can somehow convince her mother because she has come to know that she is not going to let her eat ice cream at all. Prakram looks at Aashi from Aavishka. Before Prakram could utter a word, Aavishka addressed him.