Married To A Stranger (Completed)

chapter 1

Sreesha Pov:

Getting married is not strange.

Getting married is not strange at all.

I started chanting in my head looking at the stranger who is tying a knot with me.

The stranger who I met once, and without a word he agreed to marry me.

Sure, he is handsome outside but what about inside?

What if he is just like my father after all same natured people get along well. How will I survive if he treats me just like my father treated my mother all these years?

I peeked at him through my eyelashes when he applied Sindhoor on my forehead completing the marriage ritual. He smiled in content when he was doing that like he had been waiting for this moment all his life.

After conducting a few more rituals, they sent me with him. I did not cry before leaving my parents house like all those girls. They hurt me too much to feel pain for leaving them. My brother Tej was looking at me with pure happiness in his eyes. He was the only one who loved me in that family but he betrayed me. He left me all alone when I needed him the most.

It was a simple marriage with just our families. Tej insisted on registering my marriage then and there. As if I could leave my husband now.

God! That stranger is my husband now.

And His name is Karthik Shekhar.

After reaching his home, I was rushed to a guest room. For a manager in an MNC, he sure maintains his house well. It was a two-story individual house with three bedrooms and comfortable furniture. He must be earning a lot.

I belonged to a middle-class family.

I glanced around the room but it doesn't have anyone's personal touch. It is like this room belongs to no one in particular.

"Can I talk to my daughter for a few minutes? " I heard my mother asking his mother "alone" she added immediately to which my mother in law nodded leaving us alone.

I felt a hard grip on my wrist, I hissed in pain "Never say No to your husband, Sreesha. You should do as he says. For us women, husband's words should be like Bhagavad Gita. Respect him. Accept his every wish whether you like it or not." My mother said grinding her teeth.

"Never disrespect him. Never raise your voice at him or you will have to face the consequences all alone. Never utter words like higher studies and job, see where they had landed you. Even your brother, who used to support you in everything denied your wish to work. As your father always say, work is for men, women belong to the kitchen." My fists tightened hearing her words.

Yes, my brother denied to my wishes, she doesn't have to rub it in my face.

"Your wedding night is only a few hours away, Sreesha. If I heard one word against you from your husband I will not stop your father from teaching you a thing or two this time" reminding the days he slapped me one too many times every time I refused to get married. If it isn't for Tej, I don't know what he would have done. He saved me and asked me to trust him and do as my father says.

'Everything will be fine di, do as father says and I'll deal with the rest. Just trust me. ' were his exact words.

So I gave in. I trust my brother but I couldn't just forgive him for not stopping this marriage.

And my mother said wedding night! What am I going to say if he finds out that I'm not a virgin?

What will I do, if he blames my family for betraying him?