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Story: Tainted Bride

Divya's behavior has significantly changed, and she now responds to Prakram with harshness and frustration. But Prakram does not pay much attention because he knows very well that for the last 3 months he has not allowed her to go out of the house, resulting in her becoming very upset because even if she has to talk to her family on the phone, he is always sitting near her, so talking to anyone else is just beyond thinking.

Prakram has been closely monitoring everything, particularly her interactions with her family members. It is very important for him to know because somewhere he has become convinced that Manjeet and Divya already knew each other before his marriage to her, due to which his family may face problems in the coming days, which he cannot tolerate under any circumstances. Secondly, he is so attached to the child growing in Divya's womb. He has developed a strong bond with the baby and is adamant about the baby's well-being, which is why he is putting up with Divya in front of him. He is sitting, completely ignoring her, when a maid arrives and informs Prakram.

"Sir, Manjeet sir, has come to meet you.”

Divya's eyes widen upon hearing Manjeet's name, and it seems as if a strange glow has appeared on her face. Prakram has not been able to hide it at all, but without saying anything to her, he gets up from there, goes outside while tucking his hand in his pocket, and silently leaves from there. Manjeet is sitting in the hall, looking around. When he sees Prakram coming from the front, he stands up, spreads his arms as he will be very happy to hug him, and tells him.

"Oh, brother, after a long time..."

Prakram lacks the enthusiasm to embrace him, so he quietly approaches, sits on the sofa in front, and begins observing him while placing his foot on his knee. Manjeet is surprised because he always hugs him without second thoughts; he ignores everything, takes a look around, and then sits in front and tells him.

"What's the matter? No one is visible at home, not uncle, aunt, or your wife... Where is your beautiful wife...'

"When did you start remembering my mom and dad? And as for my wife, I want to tell you that she is pregnant and is resting in the room."

Manjeet starts looking at him as if suddenly he has no words to say; he did not know at all that Divya was pregnant. Due to this, he just started looking at Divya, who was standing upstairs and looking at him. Prakram suddenly looked towards her; at this time, he also looked up and started looking at Divya. Even before Divya descended, Prakram spoke to her.

"Go back to the room.”

Divya begins to look at Prakram with strange eyes, and Manjeet finds it hard to believe that Prakram, who never speaks rudely to any woman, is speaking so harshly to Divya. Armaan is also there. Prakram, who is standing there watching all of this, looks towards Armaan. As a result, he moves towards the stairs, stands in front of Divya, shows her his hand, and gestures for her to enter the room. Divya looks at Manjeet and then silently goes into the room. Prakram turns towards Manjeet and starts looking at him; he says he has a strange expression on his face.

"I had come for some very important work."

Manjeet suddenly looks towards Prakram and then again starts looking upwards, where Divya is not there, and then looking at her, he says,.

"Your men stopped one of my trucks yesterday. May I know why?"

"You know very well that we have signed a contract together that we will never sell women and children to any other country under any circumstances."

"I have to earn money, and this is the largest amount of money in this business. I don't care whose child it is or who that woman is related to; I want my truck back."

"Your truck is safe in our warehouse; you can take it with great ease."

Manjeet is very surprised to hear his words because he has agreed to give his truck very easily, so he immediately tells him.

"What about the goods?"

"They are not an object but a human being. If you don't understand, then understand that you have asked for a truck, you have got your truck, and those people will be safe with me as long as they want to stay."

"You are making a big mistake."

"I like to make mistakes like this again and again."

"You have always interfered so much in my business that I would completely forget that we are both related to each other."

"Do you really think that you have not forgotten this? This relationship ended long ago, according to what I see. We meet each other only to show the world, but there is nothing else onyour mind except hatred. I don't have to respond to any of your foolish remarks. Go away from here, and there is no need to show me your face."

Prakram does not stop there to wait for any other words from him and turns and walks away, but Armaan's eyes are on Manjeet, who is looking only at Prakram with a lot of hatred in his heart. Prakram comes into the room, where Divya is looking at him. Seeing the hatred in her eyes at this moment, he leaves from there. He returns to his study and gazes out the window, uttering these words.

"The moment I came to know about your cheating and it was confirmed that you were cheating on me, the relationship between us ended at that moment. If we are connected today, it's because of the child in your womb, who I want to give a better future to. Therefore, I am ready to forgive your every mistake and move forward solely for the sake of my child. I am giving you time. Just stop otherwise."

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Prakram is driving the car, and Divya, sitting nearby, is looking out of the window. There is a strange smile on her face today, due to which Prakram has noticed very well that they are coming from the hospital, and the moment they came out of the hospital, a smile appeared on Divya's face as soon as she arrived. Prakram understood very well that something was definitely wrong. He stops the car, and Divya starts going inside without even looking back at him. Prakram tells her.