"You're mad? Then take your ass in the other room and calm the fuck down. Because there's never going to be any divorce in this fucking marriage."
"You're mad? Then take your ass in the other room and calm the fuck down. Because there's never going to be any divorce in this fucking marriage."
Keerti's POV:-
The only worry of my mother ever since I've turned twenty five is my marriage. She thinks that I'm missing out all the fun of my life by letting all the eligible bachelors pass away. She just doesn't understand that I have my ambitions to follow and a life I would love to live before settling down in the bond of marriage.
"Do you have anyone in mind for whom you're refusing all the marriage proposals? You can tell me you know. I won't judge..." See this is what I'm talking about. She just doesn't get the picture that I want to grow in my career and not put a full stop to my ambitions by getting married.
"No mom. I'm not seeing anyone and I'm not interested yet, "I plead trying to get her off my back.
"Anu, I'm hungry." Dad says and mom soon runs to kitchen to prepare food. This was my dad's and my tactic to distract mom from giving us lecture and it has always worked.
"Thanks Dad, " I say before concentrating on the project I'm working on.
"Do you have five minutes Bujji?" Dad asks and I look at him confused. Dad wanting to speak to me is rare but very important and unlike mom dad approaches a topic logically instead emotionally making me ponder over both the pros and cons of a topic before asking my decision unlike mom who asks my decision at the spot...
"Yes, Dad." I ask picking up few files from beside making some space for him to sit while he helps me keep the files on the coffee table next to him and sits down beside me comfortably.
"You know we were only twenty seven when we had you, "he starts and I groan out loud.
"Not you too Dad. I've just started my career and I want to fulfill my dreams. I..."
"Who's stopping you Bujji? Do you trust us?" Dad asks and I nod my head without second thought while he smiles lightly.
"Then believe me, he's the best match for you. We like him a lot but the final choice will be yours, " Dad says lifting both his hands up in surrender while I sigh.
"Dad, I've lot to do before getting married. I've to..."
"Enough Keerti. You know what's the problem with your generation? You people get so busy in chasing after your career and money all your life that you forget that money is for leading a luxurious life but not life itself and by the time you set your priorities right, you'll be regretting." He says with disappointment dripping in his voice and I feel guilty for no fault of mine...
"What do you want me to do Dad?"I ask getting straight to the point without beating around the bush.
"I want you to be happy Bujji. I just want you to meet Vinay once and then decide for yourself."
"Only one proposal for this whole year, " I bargain and he sighs.
"Only if you promise to meet him with no bias and judgement. Vinay is my friend Shekhar's son and he's the next hire to his father's business empire..."
"Dad, I don't care about money. All I want is a person who's just like you and mom who understands me and who wouldn't cut my wings for anything in the world." I say my opinion and dad smiles nodding at me.
"And here I thought you were hungry, " mom accuses dad while he smiles and walks towards her with a secret smile on his face making me turn my head. I wouldn't want to scar my eyes looking at their romance now. Would I??
I just hope Vinay is how dad describes him to be. There is nothing wrong in doing something for parent's happiness. Is it?
Blocking all other talks, I start reading files and preparing an apt presentation for my tomorrow's meeting.
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Vinay's POV:-
"You called for me?" I ask entering my father's study also known as The Monster's Cave to see him talking on phone.
He nods and gestures me to sit down while he finishes the call. I sit down in front of him and start drumming my fingers on table making my father irritated with the sound.
"I'll call you back, "he says ending the call and looks at me annoyingly.
"That was an important call, "he snaps.
"I had an important work too when you summoned me, " I snap and he sighs before opening a file and pushes it towards me to see the contents.
There were pictures of a beautiful girl smiling from different angles and in various poses.
"She's Keerti, Chandra's daughter. I want you to meet her and impress her for your marriage." He orders making me want to break his head and see which part of his brain is not proper that he doesn't understand a simple sentence that I don't want to marry.
"I don't want to meet her." I yell at my dad to make my point clear.
"Neither of us are getting any younger and I want you to learn taking up your responsibility serious by marrying her."
"Why do you hate me so much?" I ask him while he sighs and walks off the room without answering my question but warning me of the consequences if I don't meet Keerti. I don't know why I still bother talking or listening to him when I know that my opinion doesn't matters.
He knows that marriage is a very big responsibility and without earning, I can't take care of my family and so he's pestering me to marry so that I'll accept his offer to step into the CEO position while he can retire and travel around the world with Mom. But, what he doesn't know is that my hate for working in his office is bigger than marrying a random stranger.
If meeting her will pull me off the hook then I can always give a try to it. If I cannot reject her than may be I'll make her reject me. Anyways which girl would want to marry a guy who doesn't want to work and earn for his family??
Get ready Keerti Reddy, I'll make you say NO to this proposal by yourself so that I can enjoy my bachelorhood on my terms and conditions...
What is LIFE? "They say it's from B to D. From Birth to Death, But what's between B & D It's C- a choice that has to be made not between good and bad but between bad and worse."
Katherine endured mistreatment for three years as Julian's wife, sacrificing everything for love. But when his sister drugged her and sent her to a client's bed, Katherine finally snapped. She left behind divorce papers, walking away from the toxic marriage. Years later, Katherine returned as a radiant star with the world at her feet. When Julian saw her again, he couldn't ignore the uncanny resemblance between her new love and himself. He had been nothing but a stand-in for someone else. Desperate to make sense of the past, Julian pressed Katherine, asking, "Did I mean nothing to you?"
I stood outside my husband's study, the perfect mafia wife, only to hear him mocking me as an "ice sculpture" while he entertained his mistress, Aria. But the betrayal went deeper than infidelity. A week later, my saddle snapped mid-jump, leaving me with a shattered leg. Lying in the hospital bed, I overheard the conversation that killed the last of my love. My husband, Alessandro, knew Aria had sabotaged my gear. He knew she could have killed me. Yet, he told his men to let it go. He called my near-death experience a "lesson" because I had bruised his mistress's ego. He humiliated me publicly, freezing my accounts to buy family heirlooms for her. He stood by while she threatened to leak our private tapes to the press. He destroyed my dignity to play the hero for a woman he thought was a helpless orphan. He had no idea she was a fraud. He didn't know I had installed micro-cameras throughout the estate while he was busy pampering her. He didn't know I had hours of footage showing his "innocent" Aria sleeping with his guards, his rivals, and even his staff, laughing about how easy he was to manipulate. At the annual charity gala, in front of the entire crime family, Alessandro demanded I apologize to her. I didn't beg. I didn't cry. I simply connected my drive to the main projector and pressed play.
Omega Lyra, once betrothed to Alpha Kyle, is forced to sew his new Luna's wedding dress. On the wedding eve, an out-of-control Kyle violates her; the chaos that follows kills the bride, and Lyra is falsely branded a murderer. Kyle binds Lyra as his nominal Luna to torment her-for three years, she endures mockery and isolation, finding solace only in late-night piano playing. His coldness and closeness to the late Luna's sister Rhea shatter her hope. Humiliated at Kyle's birthday banquet, Lyra demands to end their bond. Fleeing, she awakens hidden Alpha powers but is attacked by rogues-Beta Darren, who secretly cares for her, saves her. Now, Lyra must evade Kyle's family, find her lost sister, and fight for a place in the wolf world, turning her painful escape into a journey of redemption.
"You'll be my wife on paper only. You'll have everything-except my heart. You'll never be Marina." For five years, Lily lived as David's secret wife-his poised secretary by day, his invisible stand-in by night. Every cold touch reminded her she was just a replacement. Every whispered "Marina" cut deeper than the last. Then his ex returned. And without hesitation, David cast Lily aside like she meant nothing. So she did what she should have done years ago. She signed the divorce papers. She walked away. But now, David couldn't escape her absence. Her silence burned him in ways Marina never could. And suddenly, the man who swore he'd never love her was determined to get her back. By any means necessary. Even if it meant breaking her all over again. She paid the price for loving him once. Now, he'd pay for losing her forever.
Isabelle's love for Kolton held flawless for fifteen years-until the day she delivered their children and slipped into a coma. He leaned to her ear and whispered, "Don't wake up. You're worthless to me now." The twins later clutched another woman's hand and chirped, "Mommy," splintering Isabelle's heart. She woke, filed for divorce, and disappeared. Only then did Kolton notice her fingerprints on every habit. They met again: she emerged as the lead medical specialist, radiant and unmoved. But at her engagement gala, she leapt into a tycoon's arms. Jealous, he crushed a glass, blood wetting his palm. He believed as soon as he made a move, Isabelle would return to him. After all, she had loved him deeply.
Serena Vance, an unloved wife, clutched a custom-made red velvet cake to her chest, enduring the cold rain outside an exclusive Upper East Side club. She hoped this small gesture for her husband, Julian, would bridge the growing chasm between them on their third anniversary. But as she neared the VIP suite, her world shattered. Julian's cold, detached voice sliced through the laughter, revealing he considered her nothing more than a "signature on a piece of paper" for a trust fund, mocking her changed appearance and respecting only another woman, Elena. The indifference in his tone was a physical blow, a brutal severance, not heartbreak. She gently placed the forgotten cake on the floor, leaving her wedding ring and a diamond necklace as she prepared to abandon a marriage built on lies. Her old life, once a prison of quiet suffering and constant humiliation, now lay in ruins around her. Three years of trying to be seen, to be loved, were erased by a few cruel words. Why had she clung to a man who saw her as a clause in a will, a "creature," not a wife? The shame and rage hardened her heart, freezing her tears. Returning to an empty penthouse, she packed a single battered suitcase, leaving behind every symbol of her failed marriage. With a burner phone, she dialed a number she hadn't touched in a decade, whispering, "Godfather, I'm ready to come home."
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