"Who are you?"
At first, I thought he was just being silly. But as I stared at him for a couple of minutes, I could see he wasn't joking or pulling my leg. My heart nearly stopped beating. The guy I had dreamt of spending my whole life with didn't know who I was?
"This is a joke, isn't it? You're scaring me to death," I said to calm myself down.
He was looking at me like he had seen a ghost. I couldn't read his face. I couldn't stop thinking about what he really meant.
"You're not her, you're not Khushi. Who are you?"
His words froze me. He was talking about Khushi, which is my name, at the same time he asked who I am. This couldn't be a joke, especially today when we had just gotten married.
"Y-you don't know who I actually am? I am Khushi!! You came to my house for the wedding proposal for me! I am Khushi Gupta, the girl you wanted to marry." Tension filled the room. He had no idea what I was talking about, as if he couldn't understand the language I spoke.
"You can't. You just can't! I wanted to marry her," he pointed at a picture frame near his window on a side table. I walked towards the table only to find out.
It was Isha's picture.
"This is m-my sister," I mumbled.
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"I don't want to become a mother."
This line is a taboo for women in some parts of the world, and so was for Khusi Mukherjee. At the age of 25, independent and single, she wanted to live her life according to her rules. But everything changed when she met Bhaskar Goswami, a potential groom selected by her mother.
They met, talked, liked each other and got married. Sounds like happily ever after, isn't it?
But no, there's a small twist to it. Khusi never wanted to bear a child, and that's what made her a pariah in Indian society.
Will Khusi be able to endure the pressure of her decision? Will she keep her head high and stick to her beliefs, or bend to the social norms? What will happen when Bhaskar comes home one day, with an absurd proposition and a revelation, that could change Khusi's life all together? She has to face the biggest challenge of her life, her husband's child.
What new surprises and people awaits her, and would it be for good or will it shatter her forever?
𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙠
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