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Story: Tainted Bride

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Avishka and Aashi are currently in the room, and Prakram has informed them that he has urgent work, so they should keep Aashi inside. He is standing outside at the very edge of the yacht, holding a Scotch in his hand due to the tension. He was feeling a very strong desire to drink scotch. Armaan, who stands behind him, has handed him the file, which he has already perused. He tells him while looking ahead and drinking his scotch.

“So finally, we got Sanjeev Saniyal's appointment. This project is trash, but we have to invest money in it to trap him."

"Of course we had to meet, sir, because as soon as he heard your name, he immediately became ready to say that he has to do business with you. It is his luck that you invest money in his business. Manoj represented everything on our behalf, and Sanjeev wanted to please the man who was representing us.Sanjeev Sanyal has not done any kind of negligence at all; even he had openly told him that if he wants a girl at night, he can arrange a girl for him too."

Prakram's eyes immediately go to Armaan, and Armaan knows very well that Prakram does not like all this at all, due to which he will not leave Sanjeev Saniyal so easily. Armaan further says:.

"And the biggest thing that we have come to know is that I wanted to share it with you, but I was not able to understand at all how you would react to this."

"Speak up…"

"Sanjeev Sanyal's wife is missing; she has not been declared dead yet, but he is going to get married soon. This is the girl with whom he is going to get married (given a photo). Let me tell you one quality of this girl. Hearing this, you will definitely stare at me, and the quality is that this girl is an orphan."

Prakram does not really understand the meaning, and why he called this thing her quality is beyond his understanding, due to which he starts looking at him. Armaan continues his point.

"Sanjeev Saniyal's first wife was also an orphan. Who is missing, and even Rajeev Sanyal's first wife was also an orphan?"

“First wife... Rajeev was married before Avishka.”

CHAPTER 55

Prakram turns and goes back to his plane's room, where Avishka and Aashi are sleeping soundly in each other's arms. He was not getting much sleep today, so he was not able to sleep properly, even though he tried very hard to sleep. The most significant issue was that Avishka's proximity to him triggered an unusualrestlessness in him. As a result, he stood up and exited the room, repeatedly glancing back at her, while simultaneously yearning to touch her, as if he were trying to enclose her in his arms.

He is trying to focus on work but has failed. He tries to look outside to distract himself, but his steps automatically turn towards the room again, and he wants to sit there again and watch these two quietly. He opens the door very slowly, comes very silently just to look at her fondly, and while he keeps looking at her, he sits there. He fixes his gaze on Avishka, who is peacefully sleeping with Aashi in her arms. There is a very relaxing expression on her face.

After coming on the plane last night, Aashi did not feel like sleeping at all. Sometimes, it can be challenging to persuade a child to follow through on anything. He has always taken great care of everything about Aashi, especially her sleep and food, because he has read very well in books that good sleep and food help children a lot in their development. He never stops Aashi from playing, due to which even when she gets very tired, she sleeps comfortably, and ever since Avishka has taken care of Aashi, she also tries her best to ensure that Aashi eats well, plays as much as she wants, and gets enough sleep. Because of the long journey, she is enjoying everything and keeps playing. She continued to play until late at night, and despite numerous attempts to lull her to sleep, she was unable to do so. As a result, they were only able to sleep together in the morning. The truth is that Avishka had taken Aashi in her arms, made her sit very close to her, and continuously told her stories. After this, she fell asleep, and for the first time in many days, they slept together. He did not sleep with Avishka and Aashi in his arms, which resulted in him being unable to sleep at all.

Prakram is well aware that Avishka has become more comfortable around him. However, he has begun to feel too comfortable around her, and he wants to keep Avishka close to him. This has led to a peculiar situation in his life. He feels himself in turmoil, as if he is very upset with this situation. He wants to get closer to her with every passing moment, but she looks very far away. His eyes are still checking on her, who is lovingly caressing Aashi many times, even in her sleep. Seeing all this, a slight smile appears on his face, and he begins thinking in his mind without uttering anything.

We have known each other for 6 months; it may be a short period, but it doesn't seem like a short period at all. It is confirmed that there is definitely something about you that attracts me towards you, and I am ready to be attracted to you too. It has been a long time since I have given any place to any girl in my life, but now I don't know what's going to happen next, but it is certain that you are not going anywhere from my life. I want you in my life. I know your ex-husband's family is searching for you, but you are not going anywhere... I must constantly monitor you because I cannot trust you. If I must maintain your presence in my life, I will focus on you, my gaze will follow you relentlessly, and you must make every effort to remain solely mine. Someone who listens to me may think I'm mad that we're husband and wife, but I don't trust you and don't want to, but whatever it is, I'll try to learn about you as soon as possible. I thought that I would know everything about you soon, but I feel that I have to know everything from you only because you can tell me better what happened with you. That is why I have postponed my meeting with Sanjeev Sanyal by one and a half months. And in this one and a half month, I will try my best to learn everything from you because now I have tomove towards you. Avishka, open yourself up—for us, for this relationship, for yourself.

Prakram knows very well that there is still a lot of time for the flight to land, so he lies down again. His eyes are fixed on Avishka, at whom he is smiling lightly, and in the meantime, he falls asleep again, drawing closer to these two.

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Aashi is very happy after coming home, and she is playing with her grandparents. Everyone is sitting and eating food together, and Aashi describes everything to them, and Digvijay immediately says this to Prakram while Aashi is sitting on his lap.

“Now do you plan to go somewhere again, or will you stay here for a few days?”

“Yes, there is no plan at all for a few days, especially not for a week or 10 days. After that, we will go to the farm house because it has been a long time. Avishka has also not met her parents. This time, we will stay there for a few days, and I will go to the office from there.”

As soon as she heard from Prakram, Avishka immediately looked at him with a smile. Prakram's eyes were fixed on her, and he became extremely excited as soon as he saw her smile. Digvijay was very happy to see both of them like this. It is happening, and it is immediately revealed to them.

“Very good… As long as you are here, Aashi will sleep with us and stay with us; both of you spend your time with each other.”

Sandhya looks at Digvijay with a slight smile, because she knows very well that he will not give up his habits. Prakram looked at Avishka, who completely ignored everything and started eating quietly with her eyes sloppy down. He doesn't understand why Avishka would ignore something like this, but at the moment, he is more interested in the family dinner.

Soon after having dinner, Digvijay and Prakram go for a walk in the garden, while Sandhya makes Avishka sit near her and starts talking to her. Sandhya has understood very well that, because of Prakram, Avishka somehow has no problem, due to which she is very happy. Aashi runs outside holding the leg of her big doll; Avishka and Sandhya also follow her into the garden so that they too can walk for some time. As soon as Aashi emerges, she carefully places her doll on the chair, approaches her grandfather, and gestures for him to take her into his lap. Digvijay immediately takes her into his lap, kissing her several times with a very happy smile.

"Grandpa, you and Papa kiss me so many times."