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A few hours before the wedding, the bride ran away.
Panic spread through the house and reputation was at stake. Guests had already arrived. The wedding could not be stopped.
So they found a replacement.
Her.
The girl who had spent her entire life in their home, yet never truly belonged there.
Against her wishes, her parents forced her to sit beneath her sister's veil and take her place at the mandap.
Hidden behind the veil, she prayed the marriage would end before anyone discovered the truth.
But fate was never on her side.
The moment the veil was lifted, silence fell.
Shock turned into outrage.
Whispers turned into accusations.
And she was left to bear the consequences of a decision she had never made.
Worst of all, the man she was now bound to looked at her with something far more painful than anger.
Hatred.
A hatred she couldn't understand.
Yet despite everything, she held on to a fragile hope.
A hope that perhaps, with time, things would get better.
On their wedding night, she waited for him.
And waited.
But somewhere between hope and exhaustion, she fell asleep.
What she didn't know was that her husband had already left the country that very night without a single word.
Without an explanation.
Without looking back.
Six months later, he returns.
The husband who abandoned her.
The man who never wanted her.
And the hatred in his eyes remains unchanged.
A marriage forced upon two unwilling hearts.
And a bond neither of them can escape.
But fate had chosen already.