Author's pov :

Hearing what actually happened from nishita , all the villagers softened their grazes but Mr Patel dropped the biggest bomb of her life, he told her that  "I am soo sorry beta, I judged you with out any reason, it's my fault but you have to do us a favor of agreeing this marriage beta as you are standing in this holy temple being unmarried you touched his upper body, it may anger our goddess and all the 50 villages surrounding may go into drought, I know you did only your job but beta you can save all the people of 50 villages from this sufferings with your marriage, I would like to even put my position and age aside and join my hands infront of you to beg you, please beta say yes for our sake". Then a chorus of please beta from all the villagers were heard which brought dilemma to nishita as to say yes or no, because she had huge hopes On her marriage and this is a life changing decision but on the other hand she can not say no to all these people, being a traditional person she is she believes in all these, if there is a crisis here in future, she would die out of guilt for making the life's of all these people hell.

Abhiraj felt very happy for the first time in many years that too on the day of his mothers birthday, he saw her in dilemma and decided to use his years long experience in manipulation which he learnt in business so he asked the villagers that he would like to talk to her alone for a second and announce their decisions which they gladly agreed and went to stand outside the temple.

He turned to her and told "ishu i know that the wedding is a huge deal in life but think of all these villagers, we need to face the guilt our life long if something like they said happens, I know I am a stranger but I will treat you like a true queen, I would never let anything happen to you, I want to become your family, home and everything, I know it is crazy just to ask someone to marry me when all they knew about me is my name but just know that I can fullfil all your demands and we can know about each other all our lives but these are the circumstances that we are stuck in and we need to make a decision fastly, so my side is a yes".  He was shocked how he spoke all these cheesy lines but prayed that she will say yes. For which she sasilly replied " ishu!! Wow you even gave me a frecking name and what were you saying that you will full fill all my demands huh!! You  think of me as a bloody gold digger huh!! I don't need anyone to full fill my demands, I can do it my self, as you are saying yes and Yeh I cannot live with that kind of guilt, so listen to this carefully and get that into your thick skull, once we are married you can never divorce me because I don't believe them so you will be stuck with me your entire life and Yeh if you even as much as dared to think about any other woman I would break your bones and skin you alive, if it is still a yes from your side then it is yes from my side too ".

As soon as she told him that in a single breath he thought to himself that you can never leave me, you are my ishu, only mine and my eyes are only on you, i am more than ok with these conditions.

They went and told the villagers about their decisions as yes. He asked her if he could send the wedding dress for her, she was confused as of how can he get it right now as there are no proper shops anywhere near, but still said yes and the villagers declared that the marriage is going to happen at 10:30 am and everyone began the preparation.

As soon as nishita came back to Mr Patel's house, she went inside the shower  and locked herself up, she cried to heart's content and took a bath, as soon as she came out she saw a very beautiful red lehanga with heavy jewellery, she loved them they are exactly of her taste , Mrs Patel, nitya , shyla and Mrs sharma made her ready and gave her a smile that shows sympathy, which she hated the most.

She was mesmerized by seeing her own reflection, she looked like an angle, she herself can not take her eyes away from the mirror, the state of remaing people is also the same, varun was burning down in fear for his friend but he can not do anything because he knew who the groom is as his father took him to meet their king in a charity event and he prefers keeping his life, so he sat silently seeing his one genuine friend  getting married, he always had a crush on her, she doesn't talk much and he tried every way to make her talk but it all went in vain, so he started teasing her thinking that she will at least retort back, he asked his father to specifically put these 10 people in the same region, he taught that he can make her a good friend,  although she never talked he observed the signs of abuse , but destiny has its own ways, so he  told her that she can relay on him no matter what shocking nishita to core, she could see the sincerity and affection in his eyes which made her happy, she gave him a hug and told him that she will only accept his apology if he walked down the Isle  as there were none to do so and do the kanyadan for her as she has no one, which varun gladly accepted. Despite her fake smile she was dying inside as she can not meet her little brother yet , even during her marriage,  it was destroying her , she was not able to call him since yesterday morning  , so before leaving she made a quick 10 calls to wake him up and explained the situation,  he went ballistic , refused to let her accept this as her fate , she calmly explained him an hour , showing him the perfect fake smile and dress which brought tears in his eyes , seeing his sister in that dress a, she is not only his sister but also mother and father for him , he does not remember his parents as he was very little,  growing up he saw the struggle she went for him, she did partime jobs for her fees along with household chores and the abuse they gave her,she never spent any money on her self , whatever extra she used to get , she used to gift him one thing or the other , his funds were known to both of them , he was treated with love and care , she always refused to accept any money from his funds and worked hard to fill the void of not having parents for him, she was his role model and support , he was feeling helpless seeing her being forced into a marriage.  She asked nitya to show her brother the entire marriage in video call.

On the other side abhiraj was impatiently waiting for her, he was craving to see her in that lehanga, it was the one which his mother selected for his bride at his childhood, he always thought that is stupid and more new models of  lehanga and jewellery will come in the future, but his mom was adminant in buying those and safely secured in their secret place that is their house in Raigarh, every year on this day he would go there and lock himself up till night replaying all his memories with his mother, but this year it is different, he is getting married on his mother's birthday, he  felt different emotions other than anger after many years. It all felt like a dream for him, it felt like his mother was the who is playing this from heaven.

Nishita's pov:

The villagers had made it clear that our marriage was not simply a choice, but a necessity dictated by tradition and superstition. They spoke of dire consequences should we defy their wishes, warning of droughts and disasters that would befall the village if our union did not proceed as planned.

I couldn't shake the feeling of uncertainty that gnawed at the edges of my consciousness. For our marriage had been forged not out of love, but out of fear and obligation, and I couldn't help but wonder what the future held in store for us

So here I am walking down towards the temple with bunch of villagers and my friends to start a new phase of my life , the only thing that bothers me truly now is my baby brother,  I know that he was blaming himself but I can't do anything about that now , no matter what I tell him he doesn't understand,  it was not his fault,  It is my choice,  he was very smart , I never told him about the abuse but he always finds about my scars no matter how much I cover them ,he can always see pass the fake smiles turning to my right I see him tearing up in the phone , nitya was consoling me, I didn't knew when my waterfall started.

Di,  you are looking soo pretty,  might as well give an heartattack to juju at the first glance , then no need to marry him ,see how brilliant I am .

That did the job for me , it brought back my real smile , he did his best to hide his broken voice and tried to  ease me up , through out the journey,  I should thank nitya , her hands might be painful due to catching the phone and my lehanga.

The most scared part is here , I am standing in front of the temple.
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