Beautiful Infatuation

Chapter 43

"Papa!!!" Sneha screamed like a maniac as she witnessed the horrible and sick scene unfolding in front of her eyes. However, her father was in no condition to respond to her.

"Finally, you are awake." Came a calm voice from her left.

Sneha whipped her head in that direction to see who it was. And the revelation shocked her even more. A man was sitting on a very comfy chair with legs crossed in a leisure manner.

It was Viraj's father, Dev!

"U.uncle, what are y.you doing? Please let my father go. Please! Please!" She cried by the end as her father's head was forced into the chilled water again.

"No!!! Please!!!" She begged. Her legs shivered and her hands tried to set herself free.

"Don't move, Sneha. You will scar yourself and I don't think my son would appreciate unnecessary marks on your body." Dev said in a cool manner as if what they were doing to her father wasn't wrong at all.

Sneha stopped moving quickly. Right now, she would do absolutely anything in order to save her father from this torture.

"Please, let my father go. Hurt me, if you want...." Sneha begged but Dev chuckled.

"Why would I hurt you and disappoint my son? This is easier." Dev said while pointing at her father.

"What do you want, uncle?" She asked and then shouted again when her father was forced into the water again.

"You scream just like her!" Dev mumbled but Sneha couldn't hear him. Her attention was focused on her father.

"Do you want me to free him?" Dev asked.

"Yes! Yes! Please..." She begged again.

"Then you know what you need to do." He said and signalled the men to stop torturing Shankar.

Sneha looked at Dev in despair.

She understood that he wanted her to say yes to the marriage proposal.

"Uncle...I...don't like your son...I am sorry! But....he is...We are not good for each other. He is marrying Nupur, right!" She tried to manipulate.

"Viraj's engagement with Nupur has been cancelled. So, don't worry about it. And, about 'liking' my son, you don't need to. He wants you and that is enough." Dev affirmed.

Sneha's mouth opened and then quickly closed. She was speechless and had no words to reply. He sounded as stupid as he was.

"But, uncle...relationships do not work like this! We won't be happy together..." She reasoned while glancing at her father.

"My son will be happy. This is what I want. Now...What is your decision?" Dev asked again.

Sneha glanced at her father who stood, all drenched in water, and looked at her in hopelessness. He was ashamed of himself that he couldn't do anything to help his own daughter from this vicious trap.

What could they do anyway?

"I guess, I should make it easy for you." Dev said in a cool manner and retrieved his gun from his waistband to point it toward Shankar.

Sneha screamed immediately.

"No! No! Oh, God! Please....I'll marry him...I will...Please don't kill my papa." She begged and almost fell off the chair due to the rash movement.

"Good." Dev mumbled with a smile.

He flicked his fingers and signalled his men to take Shankar out of the warehouse.