Chapter 5 Part 1
Smoke eeringly appeared over the dark cloudy sky as it tinted it a darker shade of black. The air losing its freshness as smoke merged with it and maligned it as it began to fill up my senses. Indeed it was the unique smell of home that I had missed for the last few days.
I stood still outside of my home as I closed the SUV's door shut. I fixed my dupatta on my head as I looked back as the SUV drove off. Finally I have escaped from Akshat Jindal's clutches...but what if he comes back here? No...he won't...Dadi helped me escape and she will likely prevent Akshat from coming here...I shook the negative thought out of my mind as I tried to live this moment...this moment that I thought that would never come.
A small smile appeared on my lips as I felt tears welling up in my eyes...tears of joy...that indeed finally I had gained my freedom. That somehow God had been good to me and finally listened to my prayers. I felt my legs shake lightly as adrenaline picked up from excitement that I was feeling from finally returning home. I looked at the small cemented home in front of me...my home. Gosh, I cannot wait to see everyone.
I smiled as I began walking up the small stairs of the porch only to see the front door open as Ma appeared in front of me. She stopped in the instant as her eyes encountered mines' as she stood still. Her mouth widening in shock as she clasped her hands on her mouth as her eyes filled with tears.
"Oh my God. Guddan? Beta..." Ma suddenly grabbed my arm and embraced me tightly as I tightened my hug around her trying to comfort myself in a mother's warmth and love that I had missed for the past few days.
"Ma...I missed you so much...I missed all of you so much!" I exclaimed as tears rolled down my cheeks as I hugged her more tightly.
"Guddan beta, is that you?" Papa said as he walked out on to the porch in utter shock as I let go of Ma and hugged him tightly.
"Papa...I missed you so much..." I muttered as he hugged me and placed his hand on my head like he always did trying to comfort me.
"Guddan...beta...how are you? Did Akshat sir hurt you or anything?" Papa asked as I let go of him as I flashbacked to the dark room where I was held and all the moments in which Akshat came close...very close of hurting me, but he didn't. I weakly smiled as I quickly wiped my tears away. I looked at a worried Ma and Papa as they looked at me...clearly I couldn't tell them everything...state I was in and what had happened...
"I-I a-am fine Papa...I just missed you all so much...I am so happy that I am back here safely with all of you," I said weakly as my voice barely came out as Ma hugged me and lightly kissed my forehead.
"Chalo...let's go inside," Ma said as I smiled as we began walking towards the entryway of the house. Only to see a figure standing as a barrier to the entryway. My eyes followed up to the face of the figure and realized it was Amba dadi. She stood sternly with a grim look on her face as she held her tall cane...a symbol of her status in our family.
Amba dadi was not like other grandmothers. She was serious, stern, and strict. She came from a background that encouraged girls to be the homemakers and men to be the breadwinners...an ideal that I always tended to challenge by being the first girl in our family to go to college and earn a degree. She hated it when she realized I had dreams and she always intended to break them. Of course, I didn't get into medical school on my first try due to low marks, but I was determined to apply again only to meet with resistance from Amba dadi who decided that I had rather get married since obviously I didn't have the capability to become a doctor.
Amba dadi always discouraged Revati and I from studying or rather doing anything. Always telling us to keep a paradah and wear a dupatta on our heads at all time. Always restricting us from leaving our home and going outside in the evenings. She put restrictions and abrriers on Revati and I that she did not for Adi bhai. Clearly, I was deprived of a normal childhood. However, Ma and Papa always taught me to respect her and so I did.
"Where are you going? Amba dadi asked sternly as she clapped her cane against the floor as she looked at me...Her eyes dead...with no emotion at all. I gulped nervously as I fixed my dupatta on my head only to have it slide down again. I looked back at Ma and Papa curiously on what Amba dadi meant, but they lowered their eyes as they avoided eye contact from me.
"This is Amba's house...do you understand? Only Amba will decide who enters and leaves this house," Amba dadi announced. What is Amba dadi trying to say? I looked at her confused as I tried to descipher what she was trying to say.
Suddenly she grabbed my arm and pulled me away from dadi as she dragged me down the stairs of the porch and pushed me hard. I quickly tried to balance myself as I turned around as the wind picked up signaling a storm was about to come. I looked back towards Amba dadi confused as Ma and Papa ran towards me only to be stopped by Amba dadi as she held her cane in front of them.
"Go back where you have come from! Do you hear me?!" Amba dadi yelled as my eyes widened as I looked at her in utter shock. What is Amba dadi saying? What does she mean? I thought curiously as I walked up to her.
"Amba dadi...what are you saying?" I said softly as I walked up to her.
"Stop! Right where you are! Do not even come close to my family. Do you understand?!" Dadi exclaimed as my mouth widened in shock. My family? Am I not part of this family? I felt my heart tense up as I felt it breaking apart...what is happening?
A crowd of neighbors slowly began to gather around us as they looked at me and gave me a disgusted look as they began whispering among themselves. Their eyes following the mehendi on my hands and then at me as they began gossiping more.
"But why?" I whispered as I looked up at her in her eyes trying to question her. Suddenly, I felt a large force struck my cheek as Amba dadi slapped me. Her hands leaving an imprint on my cheek as I felt it heat up and burn. My eyes widened as I looked at her shocked. What is happening? Why did Amba dadi slap me? What did I do wrong?
"Wow...you still have the guts to look me in the eyes huh? After how you have destroyed the Gupta family's reputation you still have the guts to look at me in the eyes?! Do you know what you have done?! You were alone with a stranger for two days...huh?! You have dishonored us and you still have the guts to question me and my authority?!" Amba dadi exclaimed
My eyes widened as I felt a tear rolling down my cheek. I took a step back as I tried to understand what I had just heard?...Dishonor? I have brought dishonor?...What is Amba dadi implying about my character? Oh my God. How can Amba dadi think about em in such manner.
I felt eyes wander on me as neighbors gave me a disgusted look as if I was dirty...filthy and someone that was not welcome in this neighborhood.
"Amba dadi...I didn't go by choice...He took me by force because Adi bhai-"
"Don't you dare take Adi's name! Do you hear me?! Even if that man took you by force...how can we just accept you into our family after two full days of being with a stranger?! Huh?! Your own future in-laws couldn't accept this fact and called off the wedding. So, how can we believe you or trust you that...I cannot even say it," Amba dadi muttered angrily as my body stood still as if life had just been sucked out of it.
Her words kept replaying in my mind. Words that maligned me and hurt me more than the words of that stranger Akshat Jindal...moreover my wedding was called off...and then my own loved one is maligning me with an invisible filth that could never be wiped off of my character. My legs weakened as all the energy I had to fight for myself was gone. I collapsed down on the ground as I stared into the dirt that stood in front of me...clearly I was part of it now.
"You are right Amba ji. This girl deserves this! How can we just believe that a stranger just took her from her house?!" One aunty said.
"Of course...chalo Adi is at fault, but then how could that girl's brother just take this Guddan without a reason...I am sure the way Adi had an affair with that girl...the same way this Guddan had an affair with that girl's brother," Another aunty said as my eyes widened as her words slashed through my soul...hurting me and hurting my character. I had never come close to a man before and never intended to...everyone in this neighborhood knew the strict lifestyle I was brought up in. How could they just blame me and my character in such amnenr without knowing the full truth.
"Of course she would go off with that man...I heard he is Bushan's boss and quite rich. Girls these days will do anything for money. Moreover, look at her state...Do you think nothing happened? Look at her!" Another aunty said further maligning me. My eyes shot up at her in anger as I felt it beginning to consume me as I looked back up at Amba dadi.
"We are honorable people and we have to live in this society Guddan! If you are forgetting you have a sister who is of marriageable age. Even if our upbringing did succeed and nothing happened between you and that...man...and I let you enter this house today then I will be bringing a filth in our house that can never be wiped away...This is about Gupta family's honor! Look at this...look at how this society see's you and perceives you. I cannot sacrifice my family's honor and reputation for you... Do you understand?!" Amba dadi said and she grabbed my arm pulling me up as she shook me hard.
"Get out Guddan. Get out of our house and our lives. From now on you are not part of our family," Amba dadi announced as I stood still my eyes slowly moving towards Ma and Papa who stood silent trying to avoid eye contact from me as I looked at them.
"Ma...what did I do wrong? Huh?...You and Papa both know what happened...How can you let Amba dadi throw me out of my own home and my own family. I am your blood...Huh? How can you just abandon me?" I questioned Ma as Ma looked up at me as tears slowly made their way down her cheeks as she bit her lip.
"Papa...how can you let this happen with your own daughter? How can you allow everyone to malign your own daughter's character...You should know that I am not the type of girl that everyone is trying to portray me as...You know how much my izzat means to me...Then fight for me...Fight...How can I be punished for Adi bhai's mistake? This was not my fault!" I exclaimed loudly as my soul screamed for itself and for its purity.
Tears became rapid as they flowed down my cheeks as I felt my hair stick to my cheeks as the wind picked up. Ma and Papa stood still...not one of them fighting for me or raising their voice for me. Amba dadi stood still as she looked at me as she grabbed my arm and pushed me further down the road as I tried to fight and hold my ground as Amba dadi dragged me.
"Amba dadi please try to understand?! I am your own blood...please don't do this! I beg of you!...Ma and Papa where will your daughter go?! I have no one besides all of you! Please!" I said as I folded my hands begging in front of dadi as I grabbed on to her legs as she pushed me away.
"From now on...don't you dare enter this house! Do you hear me?! We have disowned you, so now leave!" Amba dadi exclaimed as she pulled me up and pushed me away.
I stood still. My body limp...more like dead...as I felt the rain lightly fall on me...Amba dadi began walking away as she grabbed Ma and Papa's arms and dragged them into the house...a home that I called once, but now I wasn't part of. Neighbors shook their heads in disgust as they began dispersing like crows. I stood still as I stared at the house as Amba dadi turned at the entry way staring at me only to slam the door shut.
An amount of filth began to burn and strangle my soul as I began dragging it with me as I slowly began walking. My bare feet barely gathering energy to bear the weight of filth and false claims that had tainted a once pure soul. I dragged my feet towards the sandy mud that wettened with the rain as my dupatta dragged its way through hopelessly.
How can my own family abandon me? Without a care in the world...they just left me. Where will I go? Oh God,...why me? Why did you punish me for something that I didn't do or was at fault for? Why did you decide this fate for me? My own family maligned my character...they didn't at once fight for me and fight for my honor and character? They just gave up in front of society's filthy mind...How could they?
I dragged my feet through the mud as I looked towards a dim future ahead of me...why has fate done this to me? Why have I been left alone?
****Jindal House****
The sound of glass collapsing and giving up on life echoed throughout the bungalow as Akshat Jindal was filled with rage. His soul screaming for vengeance, screaming at how he had been challenged...how his power had been challenged.
"How could you let her escape?! Where were you?! Fools! Tell me how did that girl escape from my own house?! How?!" Akshat exclaimed as he grabbed another vase and threw it on the ground.
His face reddened a deeper shade of maroon as he threw off his jacket and ran his hands through his hair in frustration. He slammed his hand hard against the wall as he looked at the guards who stood motionless with fear.
"Answer me! Huh! Tell me how she escaped! How?! Huh!" Akshat screamed as he looked at the guards until his eyes fell upon a nervous looking face. He walked slowly up towards the nervous looking figure and suddenly grabbed his face as the guard struggled against him.
"Tell me where Guddan is! Atul...tell me where Guddan is..." Akshat demanded as Atul shook in fear as Akshat tightened his grip on his face.
"Why did you do this?! Tell me...who else is involved in this escape plan? Tell me now!" Akshat screamed as he pushed Atul back.
"I did..." A voice called out. Akshat looked up at the figure in front of him. His eyes widened in shock realizing it was no one other than dadi.
"Dadi...aap," Akshat muttered as Dadi walked up to Akshat and signaled the guard to leave.
"Why didn't I think of this before...of course it would have been you who would have helped Guddan escape...wow...why dadi?" Akshat questioned sternly as he walked up to dadi looking her in eye.
"Have some shame Akshat...you know why I helped Guddan escape...She's innocent and in no manner would I allow anyone to play with the life of an innocent person...What is her fault in all of this? She is just Aditya's sister...that's all," Dadi replied trying to talk some sense in Akshat, but without an avail.
"That is her crime...she is Aditya's sister...And she is not innocent. I am 100% sure that she knows where Aditya and Lakshmi are..." Akshat replied with sheer coldness.
"Think what you want to...but as the elder of this house I have done what is right for us and our family...For you as well. You know yourself that what you have done is wrong and in no manner would I allow you to bear sin for ruining an innocent person's life...Now let it be. How about rather than focus on Guddan...try to find your sister," Dadi announced as Akshat clenched his fists in anger as he turned his back to her and looked away.
"No one has ever dared to challenge Akshat Jindal...but that Guddan...despite my warning to her has managed to escape...Dadi what you have done is wrong, but I forgive you because you have an important and respected place in my life. However, that Guddan...I warned her to not escape, but she did. She'll pay for it at one time or the other. She will learn her lesson regarding what it means to challenge the power of Akshat Jindal," Akshat announced as thunder rumbled through the house. Akshat stood still with anger building up inside of...anger of being challenged. Never in his life has his power and honor been challenged until he encountered the Gupta siblings...
****Guddan****
I slowly dragged me feet as the rain began to pour down on me. It made no difference...even the rain from the heavens could not wipe off the filth that my own family and society has thrown on me...A filth that I didn't deserve. Tears made their way down my eyes as I felt my eyes burn. What will I do now? How will I survive? There's no one I can turn to...I took a deep breath as I felt my body shiver under the cold rain that began to drench my clothes.
A feeling of emptiness and hallowness lingered and attached itself to me the moment I realized that each and every single person I have loved and respected had abandoned me...My own parents abandoned me. No one dared to fight for me. My own blood didn't fight for me. A man I was supposed to marry left me because...I guess...he didn't trust me...my character. He had no trust in the woman he was going to marry...And here I was trying to fight against that beast for my honor because somewhere I had hope that if I could save it and get to home on time...I would be able to get married and start a new life that I always dreamed of...
My eyes wandered as they encountered a place that might still accept this tainted soul...the gurudwara...the God's home...a place that might still see me as human...Go Guddan. This is the only place that can provide you shelter...a place that still has not abandoned you. I took a deep breath as I wiped my tears and placed my wet dupatta on my head as I walked into God's home.
Hymns encircling me and trying to comfort me as my bare feet touched the cool water as I stepped on the white marble floor that welcomed me. I looked at the entryway considering if I should go inside the temple itself until I noticed familiar neighbors walking in and out of the temple itself. I quickly turned around and sat down on the floor looking away from everyone and trying to avoid eye contact.
I sat in silence against the floor as my hands fell on a pile of mud that was in the small aisle of plants besides me. I digged my fingers into it. My hand slowly moving up to my face as I smeared it lightly on my cheek...realizing that now this mud...this symbol of dishonor...will be my symbol for life...Never had I thought that everyone would abandon me...that life itself would abandon me...Why is it that sisters have to repent for their brothers' misdeeds? Why has our society always decided to punish women for men's misdeeds?
Tears drying on to my cheeks as I sat in silence as I embraced the hymns trying to bring comfort to the feelings of abandonments and emptiness that had clenched on to my heart. I pulled my legs up as I looked back at the temple and prayed in silence...Hoping that He would help me. He would direct me to my next path or destination.
"Here ma'am...," Someone muttered as I looked back as a saw a figure with her back from me who was passing out blankets to a group of people across from me.
"Just pray my granddaughter comes back," The woman said as she handed everyone a blanket.
I looked away as I sat still looking into a dim future as I felt the rain lightly fall on me.
"Beta...here. Take this blanket," Someone said as I realized the voice was familiar. My eyes shot up as I slowly turned around and noticed it was Dadi...Akshat's dadi.
Dadi's eyes widening as she stood still as she looked at me in shock as I lowered my eyes in embarrassment regarding the state I was in. She kneeled down as she touched my shoulder and looked at me questioning my state.
"Guddan...beta is that you? What are you doing here?" Dadi questioned as I felt my lips quiver and voice weaken as I flashbacked to the incidents of this morning...the way I was thrown out of my own home and disowned by own family.
"I am ruined...mein barbad hogayi dadi..." I said as I began crying loudly as I began rubbing my cheeks hard in anger and frustration...trying to rub off the dirt that had spilled on to me and my character. Dadi grabbed me and embraced me tightly as I began crying loudly as she placed her hand on my head trying to calm me down as I held on to her tightly.
"What happened Guddan?...Tell me please," Dadi asked worriedly as I hiccupped trying to calm my nerves.
"Amba Dadi...threw me out of my own home...My family disowned me...because they think...my character has been maligned...because I was with Akshat..." I began crying just at the mere thought of the horrible accusation on me as Dadi calmed me down.
"What are you saying beta? They cannot do this to you...huh?" Dadi asked as I shook my head as I looked up at her.
"They did...because...where I live...the neighbors, society and even my future in-laws...they all maligned me and questioned my character...they don't believe that I was taken hostage...they think that I had an...an...affair...Where I was supposed to get married...they called off the wedding and...Amba dadi decided to disown me because...if they would have accepted me...they would have sacrificed their honor and their reputation," I whispered as Dadi wiped my tears and shook her head.
"This is wrong beta...don't worry...I will vouch for your truth. I will go and try to convince your dadi and your family," Dadi said as she tried to console me as I shook my head.
"I know my family knows that I am innocent...but...they cannot accept me because...because society has maligned me...if they accept me then...they think their reputation and honor will be ruined...because society doesn't believe that I was taken hostage...they think..." I broke into tears again as dadi rubbed my shoulder.
"Ok...calm down beta...shhh...ok...Now come. Come with me," Dadi said as she grabbed my hand and pulled me up as I looked at her confused as she wiped my tears away.
"Because of my grandson...you have been maligned and lost honor. Now it is my job to restore your honor as the head of the Jindal family. Now you will come with me to my home," Dadi said. My eyes widening as I looked at her in disbelief. Going back to that bungalow?...Where all of this started? A place where that man lives who ruined me, separated me from my own family, maligned my character and honor. How can I go there?
"Dadi...aap kya kaheri hai? I cannot go...there...Already everyone thinks ill...they think that Akshat and I...I mean...I cannot go and live there. Also, Akshat... he ruined my reputation...He also must be mad and angry...because I escaped. I cannot go-" I pleaded.
"No Guddan...you have to come with me. Do not be scared. I am here and I am Akshat's dadi. I will protect you and will restore your honor...Moreover, where will you go beta? I cannot leave you abandoned and all alone. Now come with me," Dadi grabbed my hand and began dragging me out towards a SUV.
I looked back at the temple and remembered my prayer...Is this the path that God has decided for me? Maybe, yes...it is,perhaps, God's will. Well, I shall follow. Now the only option I have is to trust in my ill fate. There is no other way. Dadi is correct...I have nowhere to go and, perhaps, I have only one option...to return back to Jindal house.
****Evening****
The car ride was silent as we were stuck in a traffic jam for about two hours. Dadi sat silent as I sat besides her as I wiped the streaked mud on my cheek with my dupatta. Dadi had not spoken a word as she sat in silence...she was pensively thinking as she stared out of the window.
I sat still...lifeless as my eyes followed the long row of trees and hills in the horizon that peaked out as we made our way down the familiar path to Jindal house. A shiver went down my spine as I remembered how Akshat had brought me forcibly here the first time we had been here.
The mansion sat at the end of the road among the other pair of luxury mansions in the area. A large pair of black gates opened as the SUV made its way into the driveway. My eyes following the large home...giving a beastly glare as I gulped nervously and looked at Dadi who turned her face and looked towards me. She gave me a weak smile as the guard opened the door and she got out. I sat nervously...contemplating whether I should indeed go with dadi...Guddan go...you have no other place to go to...Just go with your fate...go where it is leading you too.
I slowly got out as Dadi grabbed my wrist as we began walking towards the entrance of the house. I walked in silence as my bare feet burned in pain and agony against the brick driveway. Tears rolling down my cheeks as I flashbacked to each and every horrid moment I had gone through the last moment I was here. A flashback to the moment I was abandoned by my own family.
The large pair of doors opened as we walked inside. I hesistated as I stepped inside and followed dadi as we made our way to the living area. I could hear shouting...of a familiar voice...the voice of Akshat Jindal.
"What the hell is this?! Huh?! Avinash tell me what is this?!" Akshat screamed as I heard a loud crash as I quickly placed my hands on my ears. I stopped in my tracks as I gulped nervously as I began playing with my dupatta.
"How did they find out that I had kept Guddan hostage?...Why are some saying I had an extramarital affair with this Guddan and hence when she decided to get married elsewhere I took her hostage?! Why is the news saying both of these things?!...Huh?! I want answers!" Akshat screamed as he grabbed a man's collar tightly as the man tried to push himself away from Akshat.
"Akshat..." Dadi sternly called him out. Akshat stood still as he turned towards us. His eyes widening as he let go of the man as he looked at Dadi and then me.
His face changing shades as I noticed his hands tightening into fists. I gulped nervously as I placed my hand on dadi's arm and hid behind her nervously. What will happen now?...How will he react? The fact that I escaped him and defied him...I wonder how is he going to react.
Suddenly Akshat sped across the living area coming in full force towards me until Dadi held her hand upfront stopping him in his tracks as I hid behind dadi holding her arm tightly.
"Stop Akshat..." Dadi ordered as Akshat stood still as he narrowed his eyebrows.
"Today I will speak and you will listen..." Dadi said as Akshat looked at her confused as she ordered the employees to clear out of the living area.
"What is this girl doing here? Didn't she supposedly escape? Didn't you help her escape Dadi?" Akshat said questioning her as Dadi held my hand as she pulled me up besides her.
"Look at her...look at her state Akshat...This state is because of you. You ruined her! You ruined her honor and her reputation! Do you know why I brought her here? Huh?...Do you?" Dadi exclaimed as she grabbed Akshat's arm trying to get his attention.
"Because of your actions and your misdeeds...this girl has been maligned...has been abandoned by her own family...Have some shame Akshat! Did I teach you this?! Teach you how to disrespect women?! No I did not!" Dadi yelled as Akshat stood still like stone not moving a muscle as he looked into dadi's eyes.
"Have some shame Akshat...feel some ounce of guilt. Look at her. She has been abandoned by her own family because of you. Her wedding has been called off because of you. Do you understand what you have done? You have ruined an innocent girl's life!"
Akshat stood still as his eyes moved towards me standing still on my face as I lowered my eyes avoiding rye contact with him. Attempting not to trigger him by an means.
"Innocent?...No family member of that Aditya Gupta is innocent...and I am satisfied. I am satisfied that this girl...this Guddan...has been ruined. It has lightly cooled that fire that has been burning inside of me ever since her brother ran away with my sister and ruined the Jindal family's honor and reputation," Akshat coldly said as a small smirk appeared on his face. His eyes full of fire as they burned through my soul that had already become ashes. I stood still as I listened to the words coming out of his mouth...soaking them in. He would be satisfied...anything that would give me pain would satisfy this man. How can I be hurt by his words? Words of a stranger...I shouldn't be hurt because my family may be worst than him. My own blood abandoned me.
"Bas!" Dadi yelled as she held her hand up signaling Akshat to be quiet.
"I have given you too much freedom...too much freedom to make critical descisions for this family. This power and freedom that I personally gave you has gone to your head and in this arrogance of yours you have ruined an innocent person's life. But, not anymore. I have always been the head of this family and still am," Dadi announced sternly as she looked directly into Akshat's eyes.
"So...I have made a descision," Dadi said as she looked up at Akshat and then towards me. She grabbed my hand and then Akshat's hand.
Akshat stood confused as he looked at Dadi as dadi pulled me in front of her as she grabbed Akshat's hand and placed it in mines'.
Time stood still as I stared at my hand in his. My hand staying lifeless, imprinted with fingerprints from Akshat's hands from previous incidents. His hand stood still as he held mines and looked up at me. His eyes bloodshot with anger as they stood still in mines'. He moved his head back towards dadi looking confused as Dadi placed her hands on ours and looked at Akshat.
"Now you will restore her honor. From now on she will be your responsibility," Dadi announced as I looked back at her curiously as she placed her hand on my head.
"What do you mean dadi?" Akshat asked cooly and calmly as he tried to control his anger and impatience regarding dadi who kept beating around the bush.
"You will marry Guddan. You will accept her as your wife and restore her honor and reputation that you yourself have ruined," Dadi said.
A chill went down my spine as I looked at her in utter shock. The ground slipping underneath of me as my soul tensed and twisted inside of me as I looked at dadi. Marriage? Wife? What is dadi saying? How can dadi say this? This cannot happen...this cannot.
My eyes moving back towards Akshat as he tightened his grip on my hand tightly as he looked back towards me. His face flushed red as the neck of his muscles tightened. He was slowly getting intoxicated with his anger as it boiled inside of him. He looked back at dadi.
"What are you saying? How can you even think I would marry her? Or marry anyone? Most importantly, why would I marry this girl whose brother has ruined my reputation? Answer me dadi," Akshat said as he threw his hand off of my mine and took a step back as he looked at dadi.
"Because you will have to. What society is saying about you and Guddan has not only maligned her reputation, but ours' as well...Most importantly, I am your dadi and this is a descision that will not change no matter what. I will not change this descision and you will have oblige to it," Dadi announced and she walked away up the set of stairs as I stood still and that's when I faced Akshat Jindal's wrath.
Promo:
I sat still as I stared at the mehendi on my hand as Akshat grabbed on to it and pulled me up. He stood still like stone not moving an inch of his body as he looked straight ahead as the pandit began the mantras. Never had I thought that one day I would a beast's wife.
"Get ready to be ruined," Akshat hissed as he looked back at me with a wide smirk on his face.
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Thank you for reading! I know not too much Guddan and Akshat scenes in this chapter, but next part I promise Guddan and Akshat scenes will be highly present. This story is about them, so of course most of my story will involve alot of their scenes. Please keep on reading and do read the next part. Also, please do like my post and/or comment and let me know what you thought about this chapter. Thank you 😃
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