A lavish mansion was decorated wonderfully with colourful flowers and ribbons and its terrace, doors, windows and backside garden were glowing with a row of bright golden bulbs. The marriage pavilion was decorated very beautifully with garlands and flowers in the garden of that mansion. Guests and relatives were dressed up in traditional attire and were looking very happy for the marriage. Soon the bridegroom arrived there with his family, friends and relatives.

Meanwhile in the bride's room, a young girl in her early thirties was sitting in front of a mirror surrounded by her friends. One of her friends was making her wear bangles, the other one was settling her earrings and forehead jewellery and the remaining were settling her other jewelleries. The girl was looking breathtakingly beautiful in her baby pink and pale peach lehenga. Her baby pink dupatta tucked in one side was revealing her perfect body figure very beautifully. She had wore every necessary jewellery that a bride should wear. Her eyes were embellished with a stroke of kajal and liner whereas mascara was enhancing her eyelids along with the pale peach shade of eye shadow. Her lips glorified with a stroke of baby pink shade of lipstick enhanced her beauty even more. Her friends looked at her and smiled while she seemed to be lost in the pool of her own thoughts.

"Haye! Purvi tu kitni khoobsurat lag rahi hai"...One of them said while smiling.

"Haan yaar! Nazar na lage kisi ki"...The other one said while smiling.

"Are iska honewala pati to policewala hai policewala...Agar kisi ki nazar lag jaaye na, maar daalega wo to"...The first one said teasingly.

Her other friends laughed and nodded. They all continued teasing Purvi who was sitting quiet all the time.

Meanwhile some other girls came there. They looked at Purvi and smiled.

"Baarat aa gayi!"...They shrieked in happiness.

"Baarat aa gayi!...Chalo chalo hum bhi dekhenge"...The girls sitting beside Purvi squealed in delight.

They all went outside the room to see the marriage processions. Purvi saw them leaving from there with teary eyes. Then, she looked at a jewellery box. She picked it up and opened it. There was a letter in it, she took out the letter and then kept it aside. She opened the letter with feelings of restlessness before wiping away her heavy tears.

Purvi,

Ye raha tumhari shaadi ka tohfa, tumhare saare love letters...Beete dinon ki yaadein lauta raha hoon...Kyunki aaj tum par mera koi hak nahin raha...Tum aaj parayi ho gayi ho...Phir bhi itna kehta hoon ki vivaah mandap mein agni ke phere lete waqt itna samajh lena ki wo mere pyaar ki chita hai.

Tumhara Suhas.

Her eyes brimmed up with tears after reading it. She hugged it close to her heart and started shedding tears.

At the other side, a man was sitting on a big fancy sofa and was drinking wine.

"Aur kitna peene ka iraada hai Suhas...Pee pee kar apna gham kam karna chahte ho?"...A young girl in her early thirties asked while looking at him with a slight grin on her face.

"Gham...Kis baat ka gham?"...Suhas asked casually while looking at her.

"Aaj tumhari Purvi parayi ho gayi na"...The girl replied while coming in front of him.

Suhas laughed and stood up from the sofa.

"Renee....Zindagi mein na jaane kitni Purvi aayi aur kitni chali gayi"...He said before pulling the girl close to him by grabbing her waist.

Renee smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Afsos to sirf is baat ka hai ki uske chacha ki daulat haath nahin lagi"...Suhas said and sighed sadly.

"Achchha to isliye tum aaj itni jyada sharab pee rahe ho"...Renee said while laughing slightly.

Suhas laughed and moved close to her face. He was about to kiss her but stopped when he heard the sound of his doorbell.

"Itni raat ko koun ho sakta hai"...He murmured to himself.

After a while, he walked towards the door to open it. Renee moved and hid behind the curtains of the room. Suhas opened the door and became utterly surprised to see Purvi at the doorstep. Purvi was not in her bridal attire right now, she had changed into a plain red saree.

"Purvi..."...Suhas murmured in utter surprise.

Purvi looked at him with teary eyes.

"Main aa gayi hoon Suhas"...She uttered in a teary voice.

Suhas became anxious after hearing her.

"Lekin tumhari to aaj shaadi hone wali thi na?"...He asked anxiously.

"Honewali thi...Lekin main tumhare liye sab kuchh chhod chhad kar bhaag aayi hoon Suhas"...Purvi replied after moving inside and closing the door behind her.

"Ye tumne kya kiya Purvi?"...Suhas asked in utter surprise and a little anxiousness.

"Maine nahin...Tumhare pyaar ne...Tumhare pyaar ne mujhe itna majboor kar diya ki vivaah mandap mein baithne se pehle hi main tumhare paas bhaag aayi...Sab kuchh chhod kar"...Purvi said before hugging him and keeping her head on his chest.

Suhas pushed her gently away from him.

"Ye tumne achchha nahin kiya Purvi"...He said anxiously.

Purvi became surprised after hearing him as she didn't expect this kind of behaviour from him.

"Tumhari is galti ke liye tumhare chacha tumhe kabhi maaf nahin karenge...Tum mujhe mere haal par chhod kar yahan se chali jao Purvi...Isi mein hum dono ki bhalai hai"...Suhas said further.

Purvi moved close to him.

"Aisa mat kaho Suhas...Meri bhalai is mein hai ki main apni poori zindagi tumhare saath bitaun"...She said after holding his hands.

Suhas jerked her hands.

"Pyaar apni jagah hai Purvi...Aur daulat apni jagah...Zindagi bitane ke liye dono zaroori hain"...He said after turning to the other side.

Purvi came in front of him.

"Aaj tum kaisi behki behki baatein kar rahe ho Suhas"...She said in confusion.

"Main...Main sirf itna kehna chahta hoon...Mera matlab hai tum ghar se is tarah bhaag ke aayi ho, tumhare chacha tumhe apni jaaydaat se bedakhal kar denge...Purvi main tumse pyaar karta hoon isliye main ye kabhi bardaasht nahin kar sakta ki tumhare saath kisi bhi tarah ki nainsaafi ho"...Suhas said anxiously after looking at her.

Purvi's eyes welled up with tears after hearing him. Suddenly her gaze fell on Renee who was hidden behind the curtains. She walked up to her.

Suhas: Agar tumhare chacha raazi khushi hum dono ki shaadi kara dete to main...

He stopped speaking when he saw Purvi walking in the direction of the curtains. He also walked in that direction to stop her but before he could stop her she pulled out the curtains. She became totally angry and utterly downcast after seeing Renee.

Suhas: Purvi...

Purvi looked at him with tears which indicated sheer hatred and disgust for him.

"To ye hai tumhara asli roop...Dhokhebaaz...Farebi...Jaalsaaz..."...She yelled in anger and walked towards him.

Suhas: Purvi...

"Daulat ke laalach mein tumne mere saath pyaar ka natak kiya...Achchha hai ki aaj mujhe tumhare jaise gire hue insan ki asliyat ka pata chal gaya"...Purvi shouted in anger after interrupting him.

Suhas held her hands, she jerked his hands and looked at him in anger.

"Mat chhuo mujhe...Mujhe tumse nafrat hai...Nafrat hai..."...Purvi cried out in anger and then walked towards the door and opened it.

Suhas: Purvi...Purvi ruko...

Purvi ignored him and hastily ran in the direction of her house without looking back at him for once. She was running very fast on the road to reach her house before the marriage processions could return back.

After sometime, she reached near her house and found that everybody was gone. She hid herself behind a wall when she heard some people talking about her.

"Doob marne ki baat hai...Jis chacha ne paala posa usi ki naak katwa ke rakh di"...An old man said while removing the flowers and ribbons from the mansion.

"Dekhne mein kaisi bholi lagti thi...Lekin nikli kalankini"...A middle aged man said while helping him.

"Are chacha bechare to is budhape mein kahin mooh dikhane ke kaabil nahin rahe"...Another man said while removing flowers and garlands from the entrance.

Purvi fell down with a thud and closed her eyes but still tears made their way out from the corner of her eyes. She was feeling extremely guilty for what she has done.