Aishwarya POV

My heart was breaking as I started to write.

"Hukum,

Hume gyaat nahi tha ki aap is rishte me hamare Saath ye bandhe hue hai. Samajh hi nahi aa raha ki Kya kahe parantu ye jaante hue ki is rishte ki sachai Kya hai, hum yaha reh nahi paenge. Hum Songarh laut rahe hai.

Aishwarya,"

"Hukum,

I did not know that you were tied in this relation like this. I am not able to understand what to say but after knowing the reality of our relation, I cannot stay here anymore. I am going back to Songarh.

Aishwarya,"

I rolled the letter and wiped the fresh tears that were running down my cheeks. I did not know what to do but I could not face him after knowing that he was forced into this marriage and unlike me he never even showed it to me.

I mean, from the beginning he behaved like our marriage was normal and simple and there was nothing between us.

But, how could I even believe him. How the hell I forgot that he was such a handsome man and every women would fall to her knees for a man a like him. He did not need me, he never needed me. He was just playing his part for those 100000 gold coins.

How could my father do that to me?

How could he even think of it.

I stood up from the writing table and left the letter there for him.

"Moni,"

I called her and she tensely looked at me.

"Can you pack my things up?"

I asked and she immediately walked to me.

"But, why Princess? Why? Are you going somewhere? Is anything wrong? Why are you crying? What happened?"

Her questions made me break into the cries even more and I could not help but shook my head and say.

"Nothing, I want to meet my father,"

I managed to say and she slowly nodded.

"Okay, but are you sure that you are okay?"

She asked and I nodded again.

My head was suddenly aching with all the memories that were clouding my brain. I did not know how could he do that to me?

Well, I was nothing for me.

Why would he even consider doing it for a girl like me?

I mean, that's why he never protested the wedding and did not even try to look at me before the wedding. Because, he only needed coins for his Kingdom, for his people. That's what he was.

"Moni,"

I called her again and she lifted her gaze to look at me.

"Ji,"

She said and I sat down on the couch.

"Can you ask the palanquin to get ready? I want to leave now,"

I said and she thinned her brows.

"But, Princess, Ranaji and Ranisa have went for temple. Let them come back,"

She said and I shook my head.

"No, I want you to inform them once I leave,"

I said and she looked at me.

"But, are you okay? Why are you in a hurry?"

She asked and I wiped my tears.

"Yes, I am okay,"

I said.

There was no chance that Ranaji and Jiji did not know about this trade and suddenly I was not able to trust anyone. I mean, its been more than five months of our wedding and everyone had been so good towards me but nobody ever even tried to tell me that.

I did not know why I was even blaming them all when the proposal was sent and fixed by my own father.

The father who I loved despite not getting the same in return.

Suddenly, my life was even emptier then it was ever before. The only person I opened up wholeheartedly and told everything was nothing more than my buyer. Like, I was his slave and he was my master.

I inhaled a deep breath and stood up from the couch.

I looked at the trunk Moni packed for me and I walked towards it. I opened and looked at the things she packed. One by one I took out everything I bought from that market. I did not need that. My father was wealthy enough and bought him for me.

I did not know what was I thinking right now. All I wanted was to leave. Because suddenly nothing was seeming right and I did not know what to do.

I did not want to wait for him and I did not even wanted to talk to him. I just wanted to go back and accept my life as it was. At least my sister's hate was real.

But, here everything was traded.

I asked the attendee to take my trunk and I walked towards the palanquin that was waiting outside for me.

In the depth of my heart, I was feeling that I should wait for him and talk to me but I did not know what else was left to talk. My father sold my happiness and I did not know what his actual emotions were. They were all bought.

Even if I would wait and talk to him, he would say that everything was good. But, I could not think if he would ever understand that I was not okay with me.

I did not want wealth, I did not ask for anything except the love. I did not know that God could not even do that for me.

I sat in the palanquin silently and I did not but I was not feeling anything. It was like somewhere I knew that this would happen. Somewhere I knew that this was waiting for me. Because, my life had always been this. A moment of love and then the eternity of pain.

And, the moment of love had been completed now beginning with the eternity of pain.

The lifters pulled the palanquin up and I could feel more tears rolling down my cheeks. My heart was breaking like never before. Nothing hurt me more than I was feeling the pain right now.

Even my wedding, my sisters taunts, nothing had ever hurt me this much in my whole life. With him, I finally started to believe that I deserve this, I deserve love, I deserve appreciations and I deserve everything but suddenly the realisation hit me that I was getting all this for 100000 gold coins. Simple. I never knew that it was all tradable.

I inhaled a deep breath and looked at the sun slowly setting down behind the mountains. I was not feeling anything, nor hungry, nor thirsty. Only the thoughts and memories of him were clouding my brain.

By the time it was midnight, our small convoy reached the huge entrance of Songarh. The fire torches were brightening high and the moment they put the palanquin down, I stepped down it and looked at the soldiers around the entrance looking at me.

The main soldier recognised me and they opened the doors of the Kingdom for me and two of them ran inside, maybe to inform my father.

I was feeling nervous, and afraid of the questions my father would ask. But, at the same I was feeling a rage building in me which was reading to answer each of his question and return ask as many I wanted to ask.

But, for now, I just wanted to be alone.

I stepped into the Kingdom and looked at my old father almost running towards me with the worry on his face.

"Aishwarya,"

He called and I lowered down to touch his feet.

"Is everything okay? You are here at this time? Where is Prince Ranvijay? Did not he come with you?"

He asked and tears rolled down my cheeks.

"No, no one knows I came here,"

I said and he looked at me with the concern.

"But why? What happened? Is everything okay? Did you two fight?"

He asked and I inhaled a deep breath.

"Baapusa, you told me earlier that if I would ever come home, you would not ask me anything,"

I reminded and he sighed deeply and nodded.

"Yes, yes, come inside,"

She walked with me to my chamber and I sat down on the couch.

"Bring dinner for her and prepare for the bath,"

He ordered the attendees and I shook my head.

"I am not hungry,"

I said and laid down on the couch and closed my eyes.

"Ekaant,"

"Privacy,"

I said and closed my eyes.

I could feel the tension and worry through the silence in the chamber. Attendees started leaving but I could feel my father's presence still here.

"I should inform Suryagarh that you have safely reached here,"

He said and I shook my head.

"No, I will tell you what I want to convey to Suryagarh and Prince Ra... Ran... Hukum,"

Tears rolled down my cheeks and I broke into the silent cries.

"Okay,"

I heard my father's voice and said in the slow voice.

"Leave me alone, please,"

I requested and felt him silently walking away from there.

Suddenly, everything was so silent yet so stormy. The weather was chilly and I was feeling sick and feverish already.

I shifted onto my bed and pulled the comforters up to cover myself up. My brain was all oozed up with his memories. The moment he saw me first, our wedding rituals and then his gift to me, him teaching me and everything was seeming amazing and so beautiful but I could not erase the fact that it was all purchased.

And, my father traded all those for me. He traded my happiness.

I could feel the temperature of my body rising and my head hurting insanely.

I did not know when I fell asleep but it felt like I was dead.

I gained my consciousness when I felt the slight noises of so many people talking and my head was feeling very heavy and I could feel the cold water droplets trailing down on the both sides of my forehead.

"Aishwarya,"

My body was feeling lighter and lifeless and I did not know what was happening.

"Aishwarya,"

I heard the faded noise of people calling me and I tried to open my eyes. Everything was blurry and I could feel my eyes burning with the heat.

"Aishwarya, wake up,"

I heard my father voice and turned my head to look at him sitting beside him after focusing on him.

His eyes were teary and I did not know what was happening until an old lady sitting beside me said.

"She is conscious now, I hope the fever will break now,"

While blinking slowly and feeling the pain in whole of my body, I looked at the blurry picture of him standing far away from me, leaning against the side pole of the bed and looking at me.

He could not be here.

I reminded myself and tried to clear my vision.

But, as soon as I focused I recognised that it was him and he was looking at with an emotionless face.

"We should let her eat something first. Her body is weak with the fever,"

I heard the voice of the same lady and suddenly my father said.

"She is conscious now. Everyone should also take rest,"

I looked at the people walking away from there and I closed my eyes with the tiredness. The faded voice of an attendee putting the metallic bowl down beside me travelled down my ear and I sucked on my lips only to realise that I had a very bad and disgusting taste on my tongue. My mouth was dry and I could taste sour and bitter medicines.

"Water,"

I tried to say and I felt the lady feeding me water from a small bowl.

"Let me do it and leave us alone,"

Suddenly I heard his voice and I felt even weaker than before.

No, I did not want to be alone with him. But, it did not come out of my mouth and I looked at my father and the physician leaving us alone.

I saw him sitting beside me and he forwarded his hand to feed me water which majorly spilled down the side of my mouth making me helpless and disgusted.

"Why are you here?"

I tried to ask and heard him inhaling deeply while he said.

"I did not want to come. Your father called me,"

He said dryly and I looked at him. His face expressionless and the way he said I could feel that he was angry and pissed off with me.

But, he did not have any right to.

"How much he offered this time?"

I asked and tried to get up.

He looked at me with the confusion and asked.

"What do you mean?"

He asked and I inhaled deeply trying to push my back against the pile of pillows. 

"Nothing,"

I said and tried to take the bowl in my hand. But, he stopped me midways and took it.

"You were missing your father? You could waited for me and we both would have visited together, baby. What was the hurry of coming uninformed?"

He asked.

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