“I'm sorry, Nanda—”
“You heard that right, Bhabhi-sa. She was sleeping with her husband, who is me. We were just sleeping, literally, and yes, of course, a few kisses, nothing more,” he said, and she inhaled deeply, closing her eyes.
He is not exactly helping.
“I’m not asking for details, Agastya,” she gritted angrily.“Suman, what’s happening here?” she asked, looking at me. Her eyes filled with tears as she spoke.“Did he force you to do something? Are you opposed to it? Did he ask for your consent?” Her voice broke, and I knelt before her, nodding.
“Yes, I know what I was doing,” I replied.
She sighed deeply and palmed her face.“My brother-in-law and my best friend? Seriously?” she sighed heavily.
“Do you two not care about what people will say? Your castes are different, and the statuses are worlds apart. Our kingdom would be nothing but a joke. This is what your father did, Agastya, and this is what you are doing. You are using her,” she said, looking at him while holding my hand.
His face flushed upon hearing this, and he lowered his gaze.
“No, he is not using me, Nandani. Stop hurting him,” I couldn't help but intervene.
She turned her shocked gaze to me, and I let fresh tears fall from my eyes.
“I hid something from you,” I said, turning my gaze to look at him.
He nodded silently, and I looked back at her.
My voice broke as I began,“When my husband died, the old one...”
“Yes, I know, I was pregnant,” she replied.
I nodded.“Yes… so the people of my tribe wanted to burn me along with him,” I spoke, sniffing, my voice trembling.
“What?” she asked, shocked and worried.“Why didn’t you tell me anything?”
“Because you were pregnant,” I explained.
“Then?” She held my hand.
“Then he came to my rescue, but the people were too stubborn to let me go; he had to marry me,” I said, and her eyes widened in shock.
“Marry as in, in the temple, the whole ceremony?” she asked, and I shook my head.
“No, he...” My voice broke.“He cut his thumb with his sword and filled the partition of my hair with his blood,” I whimpered.
“What???” she screamed, then moved her eyes to him.“What the hell? Why didn’t you tell me or anyone anything?”
He inhaled sharply.
“Well, I expected a‘thank you so much, Devar-sa, for saving my best friend’,” he teased lightly, and she gritted her teeth.
“I’m not in the mood, Agastya,” she said, clenching her fists.
“Well, we can’t tell anyone anything until I get rid of Rashmika,” he said, and she squinted her eyes.
“So, you’re making it real?” she asked carefully.
There was a slight pause on his side, and he nodded shortly after.
“I didn’t want to, but now, yes, I want her,” he said, looking at me, causing hair to rise on every inch of my skin.
“I can’t believe those people tried to kill you. I’m going to wage war on them. How could they?” She raged, and I shook my head.
