The Gangster's Bride

The first time Meenakshi saw Suhas, she felt the kind of fear that carved itself into the soul.

He stood in the middle of her father's house, black shirt rolled up to the elbows, gold chain glinting under the flickering tube light. There was something ruthless in the way he looked at the world-as if everything was either his, or would be soon.

And that evening, he decided Meenakshi would be his.