The priest's chants echoed through the hall, steady and rhythmic.
Ancient words.
Sacred words.
Words that were supposed to bring peace.
Yet all I felt was a strange heaviness settling inside my chest.
The sacred fire crackled between Aarav and me, its flames dancing in shades of gold and orange. Around us, the wedding hall glowed beneath crystal chandeliers. White roses and jasmine adorned every corner, filling the air with a sweet fragrance.
Everything looked beautiful.
Perfect.
The kind of wedding people dreamed about.
The kind of wedding magazines featured on their covers.
Yet beneath my bridal veil, my hands wouldn't stop trembling.
I tightened my fingers together.
Breathe.
Just breathe.
Today was supposed to be a new beginning.
A fresh start.
A chance to move forward.
To leave the past where it belonged.
But the past had a cruel habit of refusing to stay buried.
My gaze drifted toward the sacred fire.
The flames blurred.
And suddenly, I wasn't standing in this mandap anymore.
I was standing in another one.
A year ago.
Wearing the same bridal lehenga.
The same jewelry.
The same hopes.
The same foolish belief that love was enough.
Back then, I had been happy.
Genuinely happy.
I remembered smiling so much that my cheeks had hurt.
Remembered waiting for him.
Remembered imagining our future together.
A home.
A family.
A forever.
Advait.
Even thinking his name felt like reopening an old wound.
I remembered the way he used to look at me.
The way he used to smile.
The way he used to promise me things I had been stupid enough to believe.
Then I remembered the day everything shattered.
The coldness in his eyes.
The cruelty in his voice.
The moment he looked at me and told me that none of it had been real.
Not the love.
Not the promises.
Not the future.
Nothing.
I remembered standing frozen while he explained that I had simply been a means to an end.
A weapon.
A tool.
A way to take revenge.
His father had died because of a conflict involving my family.
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Romance[Earlier known as UNWILLINGLY HIS..]. **Her wedding day was supposed to be the start of forever. Instead, it became the day her world collapsed.** Samaira had it all-until Advait, the man she trusted, shattered her dreams on their wedding day. Left...
