The heart was made to be broken!
- Oscar Wilde

Love at the first sight was never her cup of tea rather it was always loyalty! It was the only thread to bind her broken life into a string. Losing parents at a young age, she'd been very dependent on her grandma to only realise that relations never stayed longer but the trustworthiness and loyalty to the person.

Like her very name - Sandhya that is Evening Primrose, she's been always a girl of mild emotions ; like the evening beauty, she too has kept herself away from other's reach. When her own parents could have left her at a young age then whom could she rely on?! Except for the time when her only family .. her grandma brings a marriage proposal for her.

She couldn't deny but to respect this older lady's emotions as she's been always there stronger for her..each and every time!

Seeing her supposed groom for the first time, she's imagined him as a hard-core, arrogant and no-nonsense buisness man to rule the world ruthlessly. She's been sceptical thinking he might not like a girl like her who is having a tanned brown skin as average Indian girls. She doesn't have straight hair, rather curly old fashioned waste length hair with acne skin.

A very true Indian girl in definition, that is hers! So when a six feet long Greek God accepts to marry a girl of five feet five, she's been proved wrong for the very first time. Has her intuition been proved wrong? But she's happy with being wrong also, little surprising to her.

However, with time the day comes! On one auspicious day, four hands get assembled under the holy chants of mantra and she's legally and ritually announced as Mrs Sandhya Randhir Reddy.

She's been sceptical then also thinking how she'll live far from her grandma but the way her new family has accepted her in their house that she's once again enlivened the moment thinking her own parents have come back from God's heaven.

With time the night has grown dark and so her tensions too. Would he ask for his husbandry right? But she's not ready yet.

And amidst of all tensions when she's slept on the well decorated bed and woke up the next day to find him on the couch, her inner self has danced crazily..thinking he's just prioritised her accords.

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With time, she starts to follow his every actions to find him either busy whenever he's with her or living away from his home. She's got doubt if he's not into the marriage or he's already someone in his life?! And for the very first time her heart has shattered without any cause.

Meanwhile, the evil husband has been always aware of her inner turmoil. And he's been smirking inside as he could read female minds easily. He's wanted her to approach him first as he's been so proud of his looks. Girls approach him first, not in reverse way!

But it's going on his patience each and every night whenever she's using the whole bed without showing any mercy to him .. while he's been hanging in between life and death, whenever he comes close to her. Her figure might not be sexy but that heart shaped beautiful face along with a pointed nose and sharp eyes upon that healthy body was turning him so hard that one day he has decided to leave.

But surprising him, she's hold his hand to ask - "I know we two don't have similarities..you might have expected someone angelic for you but got a typical Indian girl as in wife!

I can understand and will always support the idea if you don't want to continue this marriage..because till now you've not concerned to have a conversation with me when I've tried a number of times to start the talk. So please if you want to continue this marriage and also start seeing someone behind my back then it'll be a shame to the institution called marriage.
If that's your intuition, let me tell you I can live without love but not disloyalty! I will sign the divorce papers happily before you do so...."

Randhir turns at her in shock ; is she a mind reader also? Suddenly he feels so angry at her thoughts to leave him with the parting idea, he's started to see red and without giving any hint he's crashed his lips on her. And for the first time, he's felt the difference.

Soon they part for gas while Randhir adjoins his forehead with hers and holds her from shoulder to look only intensely on her eyes.

"Then let me show you my way of loyalty towards you!
And the reason why I'm away from you."

With that he's hovered upon her trembling figure to cherish her for the first time. And surprisingly it's indeed different, so different from other times!

Other side, Sandhya has been shaken badly with his passion and blushes red. But suddenly her eyes get bigger to feel his hard on with clothings on and hugs him with love filled eyes.

Nowadays she's experiencing many things for the first time but she loves how quizzically they fit so perfect together! And she cherishes her first time in his arms.

After the very first passionate intimacy of their marriage, he's been so attracted to her as if she's his drug and his life depends on her, upon that her beautiful face was playing havoc on her hormones. Being inside her was the happiest feeling in his life till then.
That night she has not only given her most valuable possession to him, rather her heart and soul to him.

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Suddenly she comes to reality and looks at the scene before her where her husband is standing with a live proof of his loyalty towards her, their marriage and their baby!

While Randhir is stunned and standing in dangerous silence. The emotionless cold eyes are piercing his heart into pieces. He still remembers those words from their first night of intimacy : "I can live without love but not disloyalty!"

He's been so sure at that time to leave all grudges and plans to trap Vansh behind. But it's called destiny. After returning to Dubai, he's got influenced of drugs and money to cheat upon her. Not once, but for a multiple times!

But truly being with her has been the most beautiful moment of his life, except for the time when he's got to know he's going to be a father. A Father!

Suddenly his reverie gets scattered with a slap.

"Why?!" That's been only word his amma has uttered before falling in the arms of his dad crying. His dad lowers his eyes in shame and shakes his head to show how disappointed life has been on them. In such age, they're seeing a serpent in a son.

In horror, Randhir looks at her to find her same like before. That cold face with strong posture..no emotions could be detected! He gets afraid with her reaction. When his parents are so badly broken then how could she stay so strong?!

At the same time, Shivali finds the similar face from the newspaper ; oh, that means it's his wife! Scrunching her brows she disapproves such an average looking girl before the pride of her beauty.

But suddenly she gets horrified to find police entering the scene. Noticing none is following her, she goes to exit from there. But as soon as she collides with a strong figure, she curses .. only to find a lady constable who holds her hands from escaping the route.

But soon an ear piercing sound passes through the hall when the female devil clears her path by biting on the constable's arm.

All get horrified at her mental health and another constable comes forth to do her first aid.

Before police gets settled on her actions and goes after Shivali, she's already left for her safety.

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Entering into the palace like house after long days, most probably some two years or like the days she's lost count, she feels little intimidated. What if she couldn't do for what she's been here?! Naah..it's the only way to save herself on a short span.

So with little trembling feet and slow voice, she dares to call his name - Vansh!

Meanwhile, Vansh has been busy to look through some video clip on his phone. It's the only clue they've got for searching her!

His investigators have dismissed the proof saying it's not that essential to know her place as in the footage, two persons are shown with mask hiding their face to drop that letter on a post office. Being a busy road on a week day, none has paid attention to them or why will they? Because it's so normal thing but not for him.
Could anything be more bad than this? Being close to know her place also, he's unable. Except for the fact the letter has been posted from Hyderabad! Moreover, it's a few months from that day.

Other side, Viraj who's been hiding behind a heap of projects looks at Vansh for a second to centralise his attention on the files.

It's a lazy weekend so the three siblings are also present in hall. They're sitting on a mat and doing their assignments silently.

Dadi who has had a lavish lunch at noon is chewing her paan in solace and looking at her elder grandson proudly.

But the silent atmosphere suddenly gets scattered when someone enters the hall uninvited and calls Vansh's name a little harshly.

All get shocked and stand up in silence to gape at the person like a ghost. Dadi who's been laying on her cot, is the only one to smile in God's strange power.
But unlike dadi, each face is blank.

Shivali who's entered Vansh's house to save herself has expected a somewhat shocked yet hearty welcome from her ex-husband. But what she's not expected is his fury and anger.

With dangerously low and angry voice, Vansh howls - "I hope hell is much more better than the bed of Mr Randhir Reddy, what you say Ms Shelly aka Shivali?"

Dadi disapproves Vansh's voice towards her favourite bahu - "What is with your tone, young man?
It's not some roadside orphan that you're using such language with her! It's your love, say thanks to God that He's sent her to you after long prayers of mine and yours."

Vansh looks at her with a look like seriously?! After her fake death also, she's been expecting God to send this devil to her grandson. Oh yes, she's unaware of the fiasco but atleast she could use her general knowledge that dead people don't come back.

But from whom he's expecting this? The person who after seeing the goodness of Riddhima also couldn't bring him from wrong track, except for pushing more into pit..then how could she doubt such mysterious incident?

However, his sarcasm meets dead end when a humorous laughter reaches to him. With a pain, he closes his eyes for a moment to bring back himself.

"Woww! What a family I've got. One side the grandson is doing sins after sins and his favourite dadi is supporting it from very first.
And now a dead person has come back from visiting hell or heaven whatever, but the darling husband is doubting her love by adjoining her name with some other person?!

God! I hope Mrs Riddhima could have seen the scene. I'm too sure that her painful eyes would have regained a little life once again. But alas!"

As soon as she ends her laughter, dadi reprimands her : "After so long my bahu has come back but you, evil girl is making fun of her by taking that curse's name!"

As soon as she labels her as a curse, Vansh losses his cool.

"Dadi, I remember very well to complete all the last rituals of your bahu then how could she return? Don't you believe now it's time to call those exorcists?"

Dadi becomes silent at his taunt while Sia is feeling hard to control her laughter which brings a smile to the lips of Viraj. Other hand, Maan and Aryaan take a round of Shivali to look at her closely and come to the final conclusion.

"She's no spirit to have an exorcist, bhai .. but a human body of blood and flesh!
So don't you think we need the mental asylum to admit her there or we, people would be mad with her endless dramas."

Finding it's difficult to be fool the entire clan, she finds her easy target and that is him! So with a steady step she goes before to embrace him but surprising her, he takes a few steps in backward and roars angrily :

"From the moment this body is touched by her soul, I'd not go under any evil shade. I'll remain alone for whole life without her but would never accept any single touch of yours on my skin!"

Viraj smiles genuine for a second but soon a smirk appears on his handsome face : "Rather let me entertain you other way."

With that he taps on his handset with a lopsided grin.

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• After a long, it's an update as a filler to the life of Sandhya and her marriage.
It's to take the story on good pace from next part and obviously to give you an insight of her character. Moreover, we're half way of the story and from next chapter we'll have Riddhima in the picture.
Hope you've liked the chapter!

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