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SUBSTITUTE BRIDE UPDATED WITH CHAPTER 67.

She is continuously splashing water on her face, but it seems that she is not satisfied even after pouring a lot of water on her face, so she keeps wetting her face continuously. After a while, she begins to feel a little worn out from her actions, so she stops, grips the wash basin tightly, and begins to examine her face in the mirror. Her face is still very clear in front of her, and she can see him very well in the mirror, like always, due to which she starts rubbing the mirror angrily while cleaning it and immediately starts pouring water on her face again.

"I overindulged in alcohol at the party last night, which is the root cause of all this. Otherwise, I hate you so much that I don’t even want to see you for a moment; I don’t even want to remember you, so why would I remember this face of yours?”

She keeps pouring cold water on her face continuously until her face becomes very cold and numb. She is well aware that she was unable to meet her father last night, which is why she is eager to see him as soon as possible. Just like every day, her father would have been waiting for her to arrive, but she arrived late at night. That is why she did not think it necessary to disturb him at night and quietly went to her room and slept. She quickly breaks free from her morning routine, looks at herself in the mirror, and then, with a big smile on her face, walks to her father's room. Standing outside the room with her smile intact, she abruptly opens the door and lets out a loud yell.

“Good morning, Papa….”

Her father's eyes immediately turn towards her, and he calls her name with great difficulty, as if even in his paralyzed state he is trying to smile upon seeing her.

“Pan...khu...ri…”

Pankhuri always liked it when her father called her, and now when her father is in a very pitiable condition and still he tries his best to call her, she likes it even more. Apart from her name, he is not able to say anything. This is an even happier moment for her to start her day. She immediately runs to her father, gives him a hug, and insists on talking to him like a small child.

“What is this? You just called me once, as usual, and now you'll just keep looking at me. How many times have I told you to call me again and again? I love it when you call my name repeatedly, but you stop listening to me right. You have started loving me less now, right?.... This is very wrong.”

Hearing Pankhuri's words, her mother Pooja smiles, knowing full well that Pankhuri always tries to trouble her father in this manner, encouraging him in any way to try and do something. For the past five years, Pankhuri and Pooja have been patiently waiting for Mangesh's recovery, but the wait has been increasingly prolonged, with no signs of recovery. Mangesh Srivastava was working in his office when he unexpectedly suffered a heart attack. This heart attack severely damaged his left body, resulting in paralysis. Despite receiving treatment from top doctors, he has not been able to recover. However, Pankhuri remains resolute, striving to secure the best treatment for her father while adeptly managing the office. She is lost in past memories, and then suddenly her brother Pravesh enters the room.

“What was the result of yesterday's meeting?”

Mangesh looks at Pravesh intently as soon as he enters the room. Pankhuri turns back to her brother, and upon hearing his loud voice, she stands in front of him and speaks to him.

"I have told you not once but a thousand times that there is no need to talk about business in front of Papa. You should take care of this. I am coming outside in a little while. We'll talk properly there."

"Please do not lecture me again and again. Do you realize the significance of yesterday's deal for us, given that you left it in the middle? If we don't get that deal because of you, will you compensate for whatever loss we will incur?"

Upon hearing her brother's words, Pankhuri immediately grasped his hand, led him out of the room, and began to explain.

"I told you that we should go outside and talk. Why are you not able to understand this small thing?"

Pankhuri holds her brother's hand and starts taking him away from there, and Mangesh starts screaming helplessly after seeing them both going like this; then Pankhuri immediately leaves his hand and comes to her father, holds his hand properly, and tells him.

"Papa, there is no need for you to be concerned; Bro is concerned, which is why he is speaking to me in a loud voice. Additionally, it is impractical for anyone to communicate with me in your presence. I will just explain everything to Bro; you wait for me here."

Pravesh starts looking at his father, whose eyes are on him, but there is no mercy of any kind for his father in Pravesh's eyes because, in his view, his father did nothing to get him released from jail, and he was in a very bad condition in jail for 1 year. After a year, the victim's family took back his complaint, due to which he was released from jail after being freed from all the charges, but the hatred for his father in Pravesh's heart for not being able to get him out of jail never ended. Pankhuri turns towards her brother, who is looking angrily at their father. She immediately holds her brother's hand and takes him outside. Upon seeing her two children in this state, Pooja leaves Mangesh and promptly follows them outside. As soon as Pooja comes out, Pankhuri closes the door and explains to her brother.

"Why don't you understand that Papa is not well at all? In such a situation, it is not right to talk about anything in front of him."

"His health is not good, so should I stop talking about important things? Business does not operate based solely on his health; you are well aware of the importance of this deal to us."

"This deal holds significant importance for us, which is why I accompanied him to the club despite his unnecessary demands. There, he coerced me into drinking alcohol continuously, even though I hadn't signed the deal papers. After consuming so much alcohol, they mistakenly believed that I would readily sign any contract paper they presented. We had clearly told them that the project is ours, but they will have to invest the money, and they clearly wrote in the contract that we will have to invest 50-50 funds, whereas you know very well that at this time we do not have any funds from anywhere."

"Stop your nonsense. They made you drink alcohol. You are a small girl, as if you have been forced to drink alcohol. You must have done it voluntarily, not in accordance with the terms of the contract. If you are required to invest 50 percent, it is unrealistic to expect him to provide you with all the money; you must invest the money in the project itself."

"But when we discussed this project with them, we clearly told them that we couldn't invest any money in it at this time. Since the project is protected by our patent, they cannot take it from us, even if they so choose. Try to understand that if they are interested in this project, they will also listen to our advice."

"And I feel that you have gone completely mad, believing too much in your project; we will have to invest money; you have to understand this."

"And you will tell me from where we will invest the money; we do not have anything."

"It is a simple matter; we will have to borrow money from the market, but you also know very well that we cannot let this project go out of our hands under any circumstances."

"You are probably not able to understand my point completely; how will we borrow money from the market? Currently, we lack any resources to borrow from the market."

"Your nonsense will not be tolerated; I will handle this matter myself. Just sit here and be Papa's beloved daughter. Do you even realize the sheer number of tasks I have to manage?"

After saying this, he quickly leaves. Pooja continues to stare at him as he leaves. Her gaze then shifts to her daughter, who has been focusing solely on managing the company and her father for the last few years. Upon hearing such harsh words from her brother, tears suddenly well up in her eyes. However, she cannot allow herself to weaken under any circumstances, as she must remain strong for her father. She turns around, hiding her tears, and her mother immediately embraces her.

It is not necessary to show yourself to be hard. It is not necessary to show that you do not feel any pain at all. You are a human being; you also feel pain, and no one can try as much as you have. My father and your father are very proud of you; our daughter is our pride."

Pankhuri was hugging her mother and listening to all her words very carefully with her eyes closed. Her mother is very proud of her. Upon hearing this, she immediately bursts into a smile and embraces her mother, telling her that she is very proud of her.

"Now my day is so beautiful; what else do I need?"

Smiling, she immediately goes back to her father's room. Pooja, who is still standing outside, closes her eyes slightly and says softly.

"I wish all that had not happened 6 years ago; then today you and your love would have been together. I am aware that we all bear some responsibility for our actions."
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Pankhudi quickly takes out her car and drives out of her house. She starts noticing the vehicle coming from behind in the rearview mirror. She inhales deeply and accelerates rapidly, but as her speed rises, so does the speed of the vehicle behind her. She keeps increasing her speed by looking behind, due to which her phone starts ringing immediately. She knows very well whose call it is, so she does not want to pick it up at all, but because of the phone, she has gone into a different corner of memories.

PAST

She is sitting, carefully covering her face with the menu card, fully aware that no one will recognize her at this point. Smiling, she slightly lowers the menu card and looks in front of her, where she can clearly see Saraansh, Abhiyank, and Rudransh. Her eyes immediately get stuck on Rudransh, and she is forced to smile, then her friend immediately tells her softly.

"Crazy girl, why don't you approach Rudransh directly and express your deep affection for him?"

"It is very hard for me; I can only follow him at this moment, which I do all the time."

"This means that you will always follow him silently."

Pankhuri smiles and steals a glance at a handsome man who is sitting in front of her and tells her friend.

"To be honest, I really enjoy following him. I feel that wherever he goes, I am with him, and wherever I look, only he should be there.

"You are aware that you have fallen deeply in love with Rudransh, and what's even more surprising is that he is unaware of your growing feelings for him... Idiot, tell him."

"You are crazy that you cannot understand such a simple thing that I like him; I like him more than liking; in fact, I am sure that I have fallen in love at first sight, which had never happened before, and I have waited for this love very well in school and college and even after wasting my entire youth, but suddenly from the day I saw Rudransh for the first time, I just have a craving to see him all the time; I like to keep looking at him, and every time I think that today I will tell him how much I like him, but I don't know what happens to me; whenever he is in front of me and I think of telling him my feelings, I feel like I am not able to say anything, and I will not be able to do anything..... So I'm just following him."

After saying this, she makes a sad face, lowers the menu card slightly, removes her eyes from it, and looks at Rudransh. She notices that Rudransh's gaze is fixed on her. There was a smile on his face. Upon noticing this, she instinctively covered her face with the menu card once more. She knows very well that at this moment her heart is beating so fast that she feels like she will get a heart attack. Realizing this condition, she starts smiling like a mad person.

PAST ENDS

The phone continues to ring, but she ignores it completely as she speeds into her office building. As soon as she opens the door and exits the vehicle, she notices Rudransh has stopped his car and is staring at her with concern on his face. Seeing his concern, she softly speaks.

"I no longer harbor the love for you that would lead me to believe in your false emotions and spiral into madness once more. Now I have only hatred for you in my heart.”

She quickly turns and goes to her office. Rudransh, who is standing outside her office and watching her go inside, smiles softly and says while wearing his black shades again.

"I fall in love with every aspect of you, yet you believe that if you show me your hatred, I won't love you. How can I tell you that I already loved your love, but I have fallen even more in love with this hatred of yours? Baby, I love you.”

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Ufff Pankhuri's hate.