A/N - This Chapter is pretty messed up, forgive me if this part hurts you, I promise you a happy ending but, it's not always rainbows and unicorns, I want to make it realistic, to make Anirudh's and Bondita's inner-turmoil realistic, I know heart-break feels like, so kindly understand my and Anirudh-Bondita's feelings. I want to make this book relatable to all of you, and thank you for 6K reads for just 7 chapters, this shows how much you hope for me to give you a good story, I promise this story will not disappoint you. It will be worth your time! Just a bit jerky journey.

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A painful whimper left my lips as I walked through the dark woods until I reached home, which was situated in the middle of the village. 

''Bondita? Oh my god, how much I looked for you, are you ok?'' I looked up at my husband, his eyes reflecting with the care that was just for me, I will always indebted for what he is doing for me, the way he trusts me more than anyone. Tears filled my eyes thinking what I gave him in return, nothing.

''Why are you crying Bondita? Are you hurt?'' his voice was laced with worry as he bend down, his toes curling as he touched the ground before his fingers touched my bruised ankle.

A gasp left my lips before I removed my legs from his touch, pain shot through my being due to my harsh retraction, he was quick to wrap his fingers around my wrist holding me tight, he pulled me closer, his hand was placed behind my head and buried my head into his chest, he dropped his head into my neck, inhaling my scent deeply. I shuddered.

I couldn't help but deny that his warmth was soothing, after all these, I never fell in love with him even if he confessed his love for me multiple times.

He smiled beautifully at me, he was gorgeous, I couldn't deny that he had dark brown locks with two beautiful eyes that had the same colour, he could any woman swoon, but never me, women say that I was lucky to be married to him, but I never felt any love for him.

My fingers curled inside my palms when I felt his lips press against mine, I could feel the love he has for through that, But I am helpless, I couldn't give it, I never kiss him back, a whimper left my lips when I pushed him back, moving the strands of my hair from my face.

''What happened?'' he asks, I could feel a tinge of irritation in his voice when he grabs my wrist and pull me towards him, my nose nearly touching his, his brown orbs staring deep into my embers, I gulped the lump in my throat. ''How much will you refuse me? We have been married for years, we have shared so many beautiful nights together, and still? You couldn't give me an heir but I still love you! I never looked at another woman!'' he accuses coming closer to me as I walked backwards, my anklets chiming under the pressure.

I felt the cold wall hit my bare back as he came forward, ''You have been acting differently for a few days, I have been noticing this change Bondita, you changed from the day we-'' he stopped searching my face for any emotion, I just pursed my lips together, my expression refusing to give him any clue.

''We visited the prestigious Roy Choudhary Mansion'' his eyes squinted as he looked at me ''You are supposed to be my wife, I love you, but you never say it back, I-, What is that smell on you?'' I froze when he uttered those words, his face came to the curve of my neck and inhaled deeply again, when he pulled back, his was twisted into an expression that was mixed with anger and deceit.

''Is that, Is that a cologne that I am smelling on your body? An expensive cologne, the one which, only Anirudh Roy Choudhary wears in Tulsipur?'' he asked, his voice getting deeper and madder after every word. The blood drained out of my face as tears softly filled my eyes, blurring everything around me, my breathing started getting more erratic. 

''I guessed it right, you were going to him behind my back, and that is why you refuse me every single time? He is gorgeous, wealthy and is powerful unlike me, you ungrateful whore!'' his words cut through my being like sharp knives as he gripped my hairs, pain shot through my body.

Deep down I knew that I deserved this because I refused his warmth, his love, his gentleness, and now I have to endure these consequences of angering him. A whimper left my lips as he grabbed the edge of my saree and ripped it off my body, my whole body falling on the mattress with such force that my own hair hazed my vision.

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''Anirudh'' I heard my dad whisper as I walked into the mansion, I ran my fingers through my locks, lines formed on it due to my ring, I forced a smile on my face as walked upstairs. I ignored my family completely because the weight in my heart can never lift off, ever.

As my fingers hooked with the doorknob to open my bedroom door, someone grabbed my shoulders and pasted me onto the wall, my eyes widened with the sudden intrusion as my hands went up in the air, and I saw two beautiful eyes looking at me with care.

''Saudamini?'' I asked softly dusting my dress before straightening up, her eyes shifted from my hair and down to my tired body, her gently hands came forward, her glass bangles chiming as she grazed her fingers down my forehead till my jaw-line, I closed my eyes feeling her warmth.

''Are you ok Anirudh, you look so tired'' she whispers swiping the hair out of my face, brushing it backwards, I pursed my lips before I walked my eyes down the tendrils falling on her face, her frowned brows, her squinted eyes, she was beautiful.

''No Mini, I am not, I am sorry for refusing you at first'' I blurted, placing both my hands on her cheeks, she tilted her head cutely before wrapping her arms around my neck, burying her face into my neck, My eyes shut tight as I held her close, this was the only way to let 'her' out of my mind.

''Hey, I know something came up with you when you said no, but it's perfectly fine! You know I love you the way you are'' she chuckles ruffling my hairs, my eyes look at her in awe.

''But now I repent that mistake, yes there was something coming in between my choices that time, now it's gone Mini, Will you, Will you marry me?'' I blurt out again without thinking, maybe it was her all the time? Maybe I took the wrong choice of refusing her? Am I doing the right thing?

''Are you serious now? What got into you young man? You seem so strange, if it was under normal circumstances, I would have agreed to marry you, but you seem to like going through some pain, and seems like you are not thinking straight'' she argues, placing her hands on her hips, her eyes scanning me with suspicion.

''No I am not, I was blinded by lies, now that curtains moved away and I can see the truth, and the truth is you Mini, you are my best friend has been the one all this time and I never saw that, It was so foolish of me, I am thinking straight, trust me, I am, I am perfectly fine'' my voice breaks thinking about the deceit I faced a few moments before, I couldn't help but think about her before I look back into Saudamini's eyes that had simply true love for me.

''Look at you Anirudh, those dark-under eyes, those messy hairs, those dirty clothes, thes-'' I couldn't help it, this time I lost all my self-control, I was frustrated of all these women surrounding me, I held her small face between my index finger and thumb and pressed my lips onto her soft ones, I saw her eyes widen before it closed and gave herself to me, my lips moved softly with hers as my hands climbed up her waist and pulled her locks down.

A whimper left her lips as my lips grazed the delicate skin of her neck as my hands went down pulled her up, her legs snaking around my waist, her anklets chiming in the process, a gasp left her lips as she felt hit the plush mattress of her bed, she looked at me eagerly and quizzically. 

''Answer me Mini, will you be wife'' my voice comes out a little darker and harsher than I expected, my fingers climbed up her soft legs, I could feel her shudder at the touch of my skin on hers, her teeth sunk into her lips as she thought about it, a chuckle left her lips as she nodded.

My fingers hooked with the edge of her dress and softly pulled it down, my lips pressed against hers once again, I knew there was no love in what is going to happen, even if she loves me, but the person I loved is gone, and there is nothing I can do about it.

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I know y'all are disappointed, but trust me, this is a happy ending, a kind reminder again!

She is a good character, not the Antagonist y'all

Hope you are loving this

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Ana

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