Healing Broken Hearts With True Love

Jwala: I took a shower and got ready in the dress sent by my mom which was specially embroidered by her for my birthday. I went to Agni's place as per his order. "Madam, sir is waiting for you in his room," his servant said, and I went to his room. "Can't you knock the door before entering?" He yelled at me. Only then I saw him in bed naked with another girl. They were under the blanket, and his shirtless physique was visible to me. The girl covered herself with the comforter entirely and turned another side. Why did the maid say that he is waiting for me? I tried to close the door and go away. "Come inside," he said bitterly. "Wh.. What?" I said. "Come inside and take that packet placed on the table. Wear that dress and get ready. I will come after completing my important work," Agni said. I took the parcel and rushed from there to another room. I found a dark blue ghagra choli and a jewellery box in it. I didn't like the dress as it was sleeveless and reveals my navel but I can't say that. I calmly wore that dress and jewellery. The scene where Agni was naked with a girl in bed replayed several times in my mind. I felt upset. Why is it affecting me? I know he has the physical relationship with many girls. I am not the only girl in his life, and he is not my husband. I shouldn't think about him or his affairs. I wiped my tears and decided not to shed tears for him who is trivial in my life. After half an hour, Agni came to me. He looked at me from top to bottom. He wrapped my waist with his left hand pulling me towards him. He kissed me. "You are inviting. I want to take you right now. Nonetheless, you are beautiful when you are in bed naked," Agni said killing me. Suddenly, he held my hand and twisted it harshly. "Agni, leave my hand. It's hurting. Why are you angry with me?" "Don't you know to knock the door before entering the room, you bloody whore? I thought not to hurt you today, but you crossed your limits" he said twisting my hand again. He started abusing me again. Why am I this vulnerable? What does he think about me? If I didn't bound to the contract of the orphanage, I would have killed him. "I am sorry Agni, but maid told me you were waiting in the room for me," I said and he left his hold. My hand was red due to tight grip. He looked at my hand. He threw a wide bangle at my face. "Wear it to make the bruise invisible to others." "Now, follow me. I booked a hall in a hotel to celebrate your birthday," he said, and I followed him holding my bruised hand sliding the bangle a bit. "Leave it. You no need to show off to everyone that I hurt you" Agni said, and I left seeing my hand. We reached the hotel, and he placed his hand around my waist smiling and showing the fake love. I looked around and found my friends. I think he invited them to the party. "Put on a smile on your face, if you didn't want your lips to bleed tonight" he warned me. I gave an artificial smile looking at my friends and other invitees. Party was going on, and he went to meet his circle. My best friend Aadarsh came to talk to me. "Happy Birthday, Jwala! A small gift from me," he said giving me a sweet box. I opened it and found my favourite sweets which are available mostly in Andhra Pradesh. It was paper sweet. I love it. "I know Agni will give you everything you want. You will be happy with him once you marry him" Aadarsh said to me. I will die every second if I marry Agni. I prefer death to marriage with Agni. Once again, I remembered the incident I saw in the morning. "I thought as these sweets are not available here in Delhi, I bought them for you," Adarsh said, and I smiled. I was about to take a bite for courtesy, but Agni came and threw the box from my hands. "How many times should I tell you not to take anything from anyone? If you want anything, say a word, and I will bring it for you" he said keeping his hand over my waist, pinching it without other's notice. His nails are sharp to leave scars around my waist. I bore the pain and kept my tears in control. "This is what you get for disobeying me," Agni whispered. He called a waiter and said something. Within five minutes, he brought a plate full of paper sweets. "I know what you love, sweetheart. These are special paper sweets made in a hygienic environment and filled with cashew and sugar powder. Have it, Baby!" he said and fed me with his hand. I ate it silently bearing his torture which he is giving with his another hand. We finished cake cutting. "My gift for you is transferring orphanage to your name" he gave the orphanage documents to me. The date mentioned in the documents was after four months, and not with immediate effect. After four months, my contract of one year to sleep with Agni is going to complete. I took the papers and heard people appreciating him for his love on me, which made him leave property that costs twenty-five crores. Media tried to cover the event. What if my family see those photos? I acted as if I fainted and Agni took me to his car in his arms and drove to his house. He threw me on the bed and closed the door. "Get up, b*tch. I know you were acting." I opened my eyes shivering. Agni gripped my hairs in his fist and pulled them to make me stand. "Didn't I tell you that you are never supposed to act before me?" "I am sorry Agni, but I did that as I had no option. If the media cover our photos and if they reach my family, they can't bear. Please, understand," I said. I fell on the floor with his hard slap. I held my cheek weeping. "How dare you to talk to a man other than me? Don't you remember that for one whole year, you are my property?" He fumed at me. "I am sorry," I said. "Look!" He roared. "You are mine, and I should never find you, talking to any male except me," he said and kissed me. Before I complete my words, he cut my dress from back and dress fell on the floor making me half naked. Within the next few seconds, he made me completely naked. He took me to bed and came top of me. He kissed my lips, and I too responded as I know the consequences if I stay still. He then started playing with my bosoms and navel giving me both pleasure and pain. "Your body is so soft which tempts me to pinch it and bite you. This property belongs to me, Do you understand?" He asked kissing my neck. I didn't reply, and he bit me my bosoms and neck leaving hickeys. I screamed and moaned whole night, with the pain and pleasure which he gave me. He left me at midnight. "From tomorrow, you are going to stay here in my house. Shift your luggage here. I have just four months to enjoy your beauty. You are going to satisfy me in every way I order you. You won't be getting rest for these four months. As you completed your exams, stay at my home. Whenever I come home, you must be here. If I didn't find you at home, I am not going to spare you." I nodded. Next day Agni accompanied me to the hostel to make sure that I shift to his house. Now I am going to face his torture 24*7. However, I can't escape. If I try sidestepping before the contract completes, I am sure he will ruin my life, the reputation of my family and throw the kids and old aged people on streets from that orphanage and will spoil the life and family of Vigna, for whom I sacrificed my virginity. To stop all these, I must stay quite whatever he does to me. I shifted my luggage to his house. "Stay in my room with me," he ordered. I took my luggage and maid tried helping me to carry my bags to his room. "Jwala, I told only you to stay in my room, not your garbage. I kept everything you need in my room as per my choice. This garbage is not necessary. Go to our room. I will be coming." "Okay!" "Throw this mess in a storeroom and lock it. I shouldn't see Jwala's stuff anywhere in this house except in storeroom. Hand over the key to me," he said to the maid. "Look, you should take my permission if you want anything from your luggage. I will decide whether you need it or not." I nodded. "Didn't I tell you to wait in our room?" He said raising his voice. I went into the room. Agni came after a few minutes. "Get ready wearing any dress from those clothes, which I kept in my wardrobe for you. From today, for the next four months, you are going to assist me in my office work too. I can't leave you in the house in my absence. However, I don't think your body alone costs twenty-five crores to leave that orphanage easily. I want your brain too. In these four months, you have to work for me on the projects which are tough and values crores. Unless you make my company win projects of twenty-five crores, that orphanage will not be your's permanently" "But you didn't say this before our deal," I said stunning to his words. "Look, Sweety! Do you think your body alone costs twenty-five crores? You can't make twenty-five crores even if I start doing business with your body 24*7. So, just shut your mouth and work for my company. As you are a student, I didn't trouble you to work until you completed your final exams. Now your body and brain must work for me and must be under my control," he said. He broke my heart with his words, one more time. However, it's his kingdom, and only his rules will apply. Arguing with him gives me nothing but more pain. I went to the wardrobe and searched the clothes to wear. Everything was a one-piece dress which I never wear as it reveals much of my skin. "How long will you take to choose a dress?" "I.. I.. Can't. Wear... These... Dresses...please" I requested. "Can't you do anything without saying no and receiving punishment from me?" "Agni, please." "Look, most of the companies which make deals with my company usually get attracted to my PA rather than the actual deal. You must look hot and se*y. Everyone must feel to take you there itself just by looking at you once," he said and took a dress and threw on my face. "Get ready fast," he said I was about to go to the washroom to change, but he held my arm. "Change before me. However, I saw you naked many times. I already told you that your body and brain must be under my control for these four months." Tears were flowing from my eyes, and I wore that dress before him. As soon as I changed my dress, he slapped me. I fell to the floor and looked at him with fear. He pulled my hair and made me stand. "Don't spoil your glamour with your stupid tears. I love your tears, but you are allowed to cry only at night time. If you cry while going to the office, I will kill you, you useless b*tch" he said slapping me again. "I.. Am.. Sorry... Please... Don't hit. Me" before I complete, he slapped me again. "It's me who should decide what I should do with you. Not you, understand?" I nodded. "Now beautician is coming for you. She will do makeup to make your dirty face look beautiful. Let her do what she wants to do with your face and hair. I don't want you to trouble her. From tomorrow you will get ready in the same attire," he said and left the room giving me a chance to breathe.

Jwala: After getting ready, I accompanied Agni to his office. I was about to sit in his chamber, but he showed his hand asking me to stop. "Don't sit! Let the delegates who visit us see your beauty and glamour. After all, you are here only for that" Agni said smirking and observing me from head to toe. I tried to cover my thighs with hands to escape his lustful looks. His intense gaze was creating an unknown feeling in me. I was unsure whether it is aversion or like towards him. Can I like a person who ruined my life completely? "Don't try to hide your body from me, Baby or every part you try to hide from me will bleed tonight making you scream the whole night," Agni said, and I took off my hands from the thighs. "Go and call Vara Industries Chief Mr Rona," he ordered. I called Mr Rona. He came inside, but from the moment he saw me, he kept staring at me. His eyes passed through my half revealed bosoms to thighs and so on. I felt as if I am dead. My Baby blue was about to shed tears but controlled noticing Agni's anger. "Bring two cups of cold coffee for us," Agni ordered, and I brought coffee for them. I served coffee and Rona touched my thigh lustfully. I thought to leave the room. "Hey Jwala, come here," Agni called, and I stopped. "Rona is ready to sign our deal. But, he kept a condition." "Wha. .T?" I asked. "He wants you for a night. I am sure he won't disappoint you" he said laughing. Both laughed making me scared and broken. "No Agni, please." "Rona, don't worry. This beauty is your's tonight" he said, and Rona left. I sensed pain and anger on his face. If he didn't like to send me to Rona, then why is he doing this to me? "Agni, please I can't do this," I begged him. He signalled me to follow him and took me to his home. I stood in the room scared of him. "It's a ten crore contract. I want it at any cost. I am not going to leave it for a sl*t like you. You are going to entertain Rona tonight," Agni declared. "Agni, please I can't do this." "Already your virginity was broken. Don't behave as if you are a virgin. There is no difference between me having you or Rona because even I am not your husband," Agni said lighting a cigar. "I beg you Agni, don't do this to me," I said holding his legs. Agni held my shoulder to make me stand. "You bloody b*tch! How dare you to say no?" Agni said making me cry with fear. He held my hairs and dragged me to the bed. He removed his belt and started hitting me. "Aaaah, Agni please," I screamed, but he didn't stop. He hit me many times with his belt without mercy. I don't know what I have done to deserve this harsh treatment. He dragged me and threw me into the storeroom. "Unless you accept to go to Rona, you will not be given even a drop of water. Remember by evening, you should say yes, or you will see hell," Agni said and locked me in the storeroom. I broke down finding no way to escape from this misfortune. I felt dehydrated but didn't get water in the room. In the evening, Agni opened the door. "Tell me are you ready to go to Rona?" "No," I said slowly. "You b*tch, if my deal gets cancelled, I will send your naked photos with me in bed to your family. Just imagine what happens then," he said throwing those photographs at me. I was in shock looking at those photos. Did Agni take my pictures while I was with him in bed? How can he do such a thing? I closed my eyes to control my feeling which prompts me to kill him. "If you didn't want me to send those pictures to your parents, get ready and go to Rona. Let him do whatever he intends to do with you. If he signs the deal only then these photos will be safe with me" he said, and I got up from the floor. "So are you ready?" I nodded. I got ready, and Agni dropped me near the hotel. I found no consistency between his words and expressions on his face. I sensed something is wrong as I recognised tension on Agni's face. Why is he in tension? Why is he behaving like this? I know Agni is heartless but not a person who has no ethics. He cannot play with the dignity of a woman for promoting his business. However, I can't ask him because he won't answer me. "Room no. 5, Don't create any mess. I won't spare your family if you do anything wrong. Don't refuse to anything he does" he said. I was about to go, but he held my wrist. His eyes were showing unknown pain. He suddenly placed a kiss on my forehead surprising me. I looked at him with confusion. "Driver, start the car," he said leaving my hand and closing his eyes leaning back to the seat. I took slow steps towards Rona's room with fear. Agni made me completely a sl*t from today by using me for his business but is he willing to do this to me? I knocked on the door, and Rona opened it. I went inside. He closed the door and came to me. He touched my face with his hand. I felt irritated. "You look hot. I am happy to have you tonight. I signed a deal of ten crores for your boss to send you to me for one night. But, I have no regret for it. Because you are se*y and I want to get more of you in this one night. Come on, Baby!" he said and took me to the bed. Suddenly his phone rang, and he received it. "What the hell? I am coming" he shouted on the phone. "I am sorry, Baby. I need to go, it's urgent. You leave now. I will inform to your boss the date again" Rona said, and I came out thanking God. I called Agni. "Hello, Baby! How was the experience with Rona? Is he better than me?" Agni asked, and I felt to hit him as hard as I can. "He left the hotel." "What do you mean? What did you do to make him go?" "He got a call. So he's gone. He may inform the date to you later." "Okay! Come fast to me. I am free to have you fully and teach you lessons to make you never say no to me anytime." "Here I didn't find any transport facility. How can I come?" "Show your body to anyone. They will drop you in the city" he said making me lose my patience completely. "Okay sure, but I will be late to home as I need to pay him for his favour of dropping me in the city," I said with tears. A car stopped in front of me. "Madam, Agni sir told to pick you," the driver said. I know Agni can't do business with the self-respect of a woman, but why did he act? Is he evil or good? "What did you say? Repeat it," Agni shouted at me on the phone throwing my thoughts aside. "I said what you are doing to me. You already made me a prostitute by sending me to Rona," I said trying to make him reveal the truth. "Enough, shut your bloody mouth and come home," he said disconnecting the phone. I reached home and went to his room. "I am sorry Agni," I said sensing his anger. He looked at the door, and I locked it. He came to me and pinned me to the door and held my throat. "Agni, please... Leave... Me." "Shut up. Just answer my questions," Agni said and left my throat. "Answer me! Did I force you to give your virginity to me?" "No!" I said "When you agreed to the deal, didn't I tell you that you should do whatever I say?" Agni asked. "Yes!" "Did you agree to listen to my every word and to be in my control for a year? Did you give the right to me to use you as I wish?" "Yes!" "Then why are you trying to make me feel bad for my deeds when it's you who accepted everything?" "I told you that except you no one should touch me. But you broke the rule." "Jwala, if I rape you then I would feel that you are a good girl and it's me who ruined your life. I never forced you. It's you who offered your body to save Vigna who is unknown to you and slept with me. Do you think a man will respect a girl who offered her body without any force unless she is his wife." "I did that to save Vigna from you," I said between my tears. "Are you going to protect every girl who is going to get raped by offering your body?" Agni asked. "Agni" I shouted at him. "Look Jwala, even now you can leave and escape from this bullshit by just giving away your hope of getting that orphanage. I never come into your life again." "But I can't go back now after sacrificing everything just for that orphanage. However, my life was spoiled the moment you touched me," I said. "Jwala, if you want, I will marry you instead of giving that orphanage to you. Then you will have dignity in society. You no need to feel as if you lose your virginity as I will be your husband. What do you say? Do you want your dignity and respect in society or that bloody orphanage? If you say orphanage, then I need to make twenty-five crores using you. So, you will be sent to many people for several nights till I make that money through deals, using your mind, beauty, and body. Of course, twenty-five crores are not that easy to make and definitely before completing the target you will become the worst prostitute who was used by many people many times. Take your decision," Agni said to me. "One more thing, marrying me is not mandatory. You can leave without marrying me," Agni added.

Jwala: What should I choose? I recalled the innocent faces of girls in the orphanage. If I opt to marry him, he will throw them out without any mercy. What if they meet the same fate as me? If he throws those innocent girls on the streets, anyone might do anything to them. This society is cruel enough to destroy their life. No, I can't make the life of those kids a living hell. Whatever it is I will take it. If he shares me with anyone, I will kill myself after completion of four months. But, I can't spoil their life. "No, I can't leave the orphanage," I said. "Okay, then come fast to the bed. I am going to teach you lessons for refusing my words in the afternoon." I went to him and lied on the bed. He made me naked again. He started kissing me but stopped and took a wine bottle. "Drink it." "I don't drink." "A sl*t don't have a right to say no for anything," saying this he forced me to drink. He kissed, sucked and teased my breasts. I bit my lip to control a kind of sensation which is making me go with the flow. He kissed my hands. He placed few wet kisses all over my body giving me the pleasure. Is it possible to feel love even in this kind of relationship which is nothing but a contract? Why am I feeling his love in his every touch? No, he didn't know to love a person. He is a beast. I should hate him. He didn't deserve love. "Wow, your body is beautifully decorated with the belt marks I gave you in the afternoon. You need it, isn't it? You need it from time to time to remember that you are under my control," he said hitting on the scars to which I screamed. This is what he is. He never leaves any chance to hurt me and make me hate him. I don't know what destiny decided for us. It is my foolishness to imagine love in his harsh and lustful touch. "Agni, please leave me," I asked him. "Sure tell me that you will give up the orphanage." "No!" I stated. "Then shut your bloody mouth and tolerate whatever I do to you," he said continuing his torture which is sweet and bitter. I dissolved in tears for one hour. I was prostrate with Agni's torture. "Water," I groaned. "No, you will not be given even a drop of water till morning, and I won't leave you. Bear it, Baby. Get habituated to this nonstop pleasure. Every night, you will face this. What did you say on the phone? Repeat it now," he stated in a venomous tone. "Please, I need water." "Tell me what did you say on the phone? Do you want to pay to the person who drops you in the city by sleeping with him for a night? Sure, if you are that interested, definitely I will ask my driver to have you for a night. What do you say?" "Agni, please I am sorry. I am dying; please give me water. I am sorry." "Will you keep your dirty mouth in control from now?" "Yes!" "Will you try to provoke me again?" "No!" "Good! I will give you water, but you should entertain me for the whole night, or I will leave you, but I won't give you water till the morning. Tell me your choice." "Leave me," I said. Agni left me immediately and slept beside me. I tried to sleep, but every part of my body was aching. I moved that side to this side to ease the pain of my sore body, and suddenly I felt his grip on my hairs. "You dirty wh*re, sleep without moving. Don't disturb my sleep or I will give you no rest until morning even if you beg," Agni said seriously. I nodded. I didn't sleep the whole night, and in the morning he called me. "Agni, please give me water," I requested. "Oh Baby, you didn't take water from last night, isn't it? It's sad, but you need to wait for more time. Stay still in the bed without moving till I return from my shower. Then I will give you water," he said kissing my lips harshly. He came from the shower. "Water, please." "Good, you are in bed till I return from the shower. Not bad! You are learning to obey my words." He went to the refrigerator and came back with a wine bottle in his hand. "Drink it!" "Please, I want water." "No, either drink this or die of thirst," he said. "Ok, give it," I said with tears. "No Baby, I will pour it on you. You should open your mouth and try to drink it. If you didn't drink, you are not given food or water for the next twenty-four hours." I opened my mouth. Agni poured wine moving bottle here and there making me jump and climb to drink it. He laughed loudly. "Wow, I love this scene. You are trying to drink wine by jumping and moving here and there like a wh*re. Awesome!” Agni said pouring wine on my face and body. He made my body wet with wine. "You look se*y, while wine is dripping from your body. It is tempting me to have you again." "Come on Baby, let me have you one more time now," he said pushing me to the bed and came top of me again. He had two sessions with me before leaving me. "Go and take a shower, you look like a dirty wh*re. Get ready and come downstairs within half an hour. You are not given breakfast today. I will decide whether to give lunch or not after seeing your behaviour at the office. Wear something hot and which reveals belt marks and love bites on your body. I want you to get insulted before everyone. My staff must know that you are not my girlfriend but a wh*re," he said and went downstairs. My body was sore and bitter. Somehow I managed to reach the washroom and took a shower. I got ready and went to the car. I sat beside him. "You are beautiful with love bites all over your body, Baby." We reached the office and went to his cabin. "So let's see who will own you today. Go and call the clients, Baby" he said, and I called a delegate who came to meet him. He talked and finalised the deal. "So as a gift for our agreement, I will give this beauty to you tonight," Agni said showing me. "She is pretty. I am leaving to Malaysia tonight. If you don't mind, send her now itself with me." "Sure, no problem,” Agni said to that delegate. "Jwala, go with him," Agni said, and I went to him hiding my tears. "What are these marks on your body, Baby," the client asked me. "They are to teach her to obey me. You too can give her such marks if she refuses to your words" He said. Both laughed at me. "Of course, she needs it. I think she needs more" that delegate said pinching my waist. I looked at him furiously. “Jwala, down your eyes. Say sorry for your look." "I am sorry," I said but he slapped me to which Agni laughed out loud, but I noticed Agni clenching his fist. "Don't give her water or lunch, only then she will learn the manners," Agni said, and I looked into his eyes. He didn't meet my looks but escaped cleverly pretending as if he was talking to that client assuring me that he was hiding something. "Sure, I will use my belt too if necessary." "You can!" Agni said. "Look Jwala, don't refuse anything he does. He is an important delegate to me. Behave properly. Remember you are nothing but my property which has no respect or feelings," Agni said. I followed that man and sat in his car. I don't know who will save me today. Am I going to be his prey today? God, please show me a way to escape from him. Agni, can't you do anything to help me? Are you a person with no ethics and morals? Why is it hurting me to digest this fact?

Jwala: I went with that person to a hotel room. I felt uneasy in the stomach and went to the washroom. I realised that I was in Shark week. "Sir... I... Can't... Do. This," I said scaring. "What?" He said catching my hairs. "I am in my menstrual cycle." "I have no problem. I take my wife even if she is in her menstrual cycle. Come fast to the bed, or my belt will kiss you till you swoon and then I will take you," he said. He is worse than Agni. Idiot! How can he be that impolite to a woman? How can I imagine this fellow to be polite when he views a girl just as an object of pleasure? I don't know how his wife is bearing him. I must find a way to get rid of this beast. Agni! Yes, only Agni can help me now. I know he is not good, but I don't think he will force me to give myself during my shark week. "Okay! I will just come cleaning myself," I said and went to the washroom. I called Agni. He picked up my call within two rings. "What, Baby? Do you miss me?" Agni asked. Is he my love or husband to miss him? I will be happy if I get a chance to go away from this beast permanently. "Agni, I am struck with girl flu. Please, save me," I said, and I am sure he got what I mean. "Did you tell this to him?" Agni asked. "Yes!" “So, what did he say?" "He said he had no problem and wants me right now." "Give mobile to him." I gave the mobile to him. "But Agni," that man said. "No, I will cancel our deal," that man said. "No, I want her right now. Otherwise, you will face the consequences," this fellow warned Agni. "Okay! I am leaving her and cancel the deal." He returned mobile to me. "Agni!" "Come home by walk you bloody b*tch. Because of you, this deal got cancelled," he screeched on call. I went home by walk. My legs ached very severely. I went to Agni's room anticipating his anger. "I am sorry, Agni!" I said. He stood up from the bed and moved towards me. I gulped and sweat beads formed on my forehead. I walked back as I know worst is waiting for me. He pinned me to the wall and pressed his hard body against my sore body which got hurt yesterday because of him. My mouth didn't open as I have no energy to fight against him. Water droplets blurred my vision. He pressed himself more and more making me feel as if my every bone was crushed. I was about to shout, but he killed my voice by kissing me harshly and biting my lips until they bleed. He left me and looked at me. I felt my lip bleeding. I thought to touch my lip, but he stopped me. "No, don't touch," he said and held my lower lip at the place where he bit. "Aaahhhhh" I shouted loud, and he gripped my lip more tight increasing blood flow. Agni left my lip. "Sit on your knees, Baby," Agni ordered. "Wh... Wh.. At..?" He slapped me, and I fell to the floor. He then held my hand and made me sit on my knees. "I hate repeating the words. You should follow my words as soon as they come out from my mouth," Agni said holding my jaw. "Kneel down for two hours. More is on the way for you today. Today, I will not give you food or water. Starve the entire day. Keeping food to you is a waste as you are a worthless sl*t. You will face the consequences for making the deal fail," he said and went off. After two hours, Agni came to me. "Good, these days you are learning to obey my orders." "Get up, my dear useless wh*re." I tried to get up, but my knees and legs didn't cooperate with me. Agni held my hairs and dragged me out from the home to garden. "Stay here for five days. You are not useful to me for these five days. So you are not allowed inside. Take your garbage" Agni threw my bag on my face. "Look you shouldn't go anywhere from here. Sleep on grass. Don't use the bench to sleep or sit. Just stand the whole day and at night when I permit you, then sleep on the lawn. You can use that washroom of servants. I will give food and water whenever I feel you require it. Remember you shouldn't ask for food or water. Otherwise, I will hit you with a belt before all the servants till you bleed. That's your punishment for cancelling the deal" he said and left me there. I held my stomach and stood on the grass in the hot sun. I felt dehydrated. Menstrual cramps hit me hard because of this mess in my life. I hate myself for being this helpless. I wish death is better than this life. However, I should bear it for three more months so that, that orphanage will be mine. He came at night and looked at me. "You can sleep now. But you must wake up by five in the morning. If you didn't get up by that time, I might not give breakfast to you. Tomorrow it's Sunday, and you will be doing all the household work. I want my breakfast and everything on time" he said and left. I slept and woke up early in the morning. I took a shower and got ready fast. I went to the kitchen and cleaned everything. I cooked breakfast for Agni. He came down at 8 a.m. "Is breakfast ready, Jwala?" "Yes!" "Good, serve me." I served, and he ate it. After completing his meal, he looked at me. "Did you take water?" "No!" I said. "Let me see," he said and switched on his TV to watch CCTV footage. He saw me taking water. "So you are brave enough to lie to me. No problem, hereafter you will never lie to me" Agni said. "You won't be given food and water again for next twenty-four hours. But that's not enough for you. You need more. Tell me, what should I do to stop you from lying to me?" "I am sorry." "Shut up, Baby. Sorry is not enough." "The punishment should bring a shiver to your spine whenever you get a thought to lie to me. You should become calm and living dead body after the punishment. It should be excruciating. You should beg me to stop the punishment. Tell me, Baby, what should I do?" "Come to our room," Agni said, and I followed him silently. "Sit on the chair." I sat immediately. Agni tied me to the chair. He smacked me with his belt. Every stroke made me scream and cry more and more. "Don't ask me to stop. I won't stop until every part of your body bleed. If you ask me to stop, I will beat you more." He hit me again. I cried and shouted hard. My hands and legs started bleeding. "Awesome, I love this red liquid flowing from your hands and legs," he said and gave more hitting. He stopped before I die. I wish to die rather than tolerating his inhuman acts. "Will you ever lie to me, Baby?" Agni asked. I shook my head indicating no. "Good, but now apologise to me for lying and tell that you will never lie to me." "I am sorry for lying to you. I never lie to you" I said. "Good!" he said untying me. He took first aid box. "Take it and treat yourself. No one helps you." "I am going out. You shouldn't take water or food until I reach home and permit you. You shouldn't sleep too. Just sit in the chair." Agni left the room. I cursed myself for accepting this fate and becoming his prey. I didn't have energy due to starvation and menses. He came after two hours. "Jwala, have this food and water," he said giving me food and water bottle. I took the water bottle and drank it at once. "I didn't want to eat food," I said due to vertigo. "Why?" he said and kept his hand on my forehead. "God! You got fever just for few hitting, very funny," he said. "Look Jwala, have food and take medicine. Even if you are ill, I won't give you rest. So, better take care of your health." I was unable to eat food, and surprisingly he fed me. I took tablets. "Sleep on the bed for today, only for today." I looked at him suspiciously. "Don't worry. I won't trouble you," Agni said. He lifted me in his arms and dropped on the bed. "I am putting water beside you. Food will be sent at night again" he said and left the room. I remembered my childhood and my life before meeting Agni. I was a princess to my parents and grandparents. Everyone loves me a lot. Dad never hit me at least once even in my childhood. They pampered me a lot though I was a naughty child. Today Agni was hitting me for everything. I looked at my hands and legs which were poorly injured and my body full of belt marks. I know still this is not the end. I had food at night and slept. Agni didn't come home for four days. He kept a message to me that I can stay in the room and no need to go to the garden. Food arrived on time, and I took complete rest for four days. However, the body was still sore due to his torture. He came at night after four days. "Did you take enough rest for four days? Now come and relax me" he said kissing me on the neck. I decided to do whatever he says than falling into trouble by going against him. I responded to him and allowed him to do whatever he wants. He pinched and played with my bruises making me cry. I bore all the pain till he left me. "Very good, you learned your lesson. Until you were beaten to bleed, your little brain didn't understand, am I right? Behave like this every day and follow my every word calmly and you will get less pain," he said and slept beside me.

Jwala: We went to Agni's office. Agni started offering me and booking appointments for me for the next two days. I didn't say anything to him. I respected his every order, i.e., serving tea, sweeping his room and standing whole day. We returned home. "Jwala, change your dress and shift your room," Agni said. "What?" "Wear sari or salwar kameez. I shouldn't find any of your belongings in my room. Talk help of maid if you need." I nodded though I didn't understand the reason. "My younger sister and brother are visiting me today. They will stay for three to four days here. I didn't want them to know about our relationship. You should look decent before them." "Okay! If you want, I will leave to my hostel." "No, you have no chance of escaping from me. I am going to introduce you as my fiancé to them. So, you must look homely. One more thing, keep your mouth shut for these days. If you talk anything rubbish or unnecessary stuff before them, I won't leave you even after four months. So keep yourself in control." "Okay." "One more thing, you will cook the food for them as long as they stay here. My siblings don't like food prepared by the maid. They are coming from the hostel and prefer home food." "Fine," I said. "Do you know cooking? Only once you prepared food for me and it was like your face," he said making me angry. What does he mean? He had breakfast fully. Why is he talking like that? "I know cooking. I don't think breakfast I prepared for you is tasteless," I said. "I didn't talk like that. I said it was like your face. Why are you assuming that food is tasteless? Is your face ugly?" He grinned. Idiot! I can never understand this Agni. The girl who marries him will become insane with his behaviour. "Don't worry, you may be that lucky girl," Agni said. I looked at him. "Look, don't behave like this before them." "I didn't get you." "Telling out your inner feelings, and assuming as it’s your mind voice." "Okay." I shifted the room and changed my dress. I am getting ready, and I saw Agni staring at me. "This dress had a great effect on you. You seem like wh*re in those short dresses I chose for you. Now, you are looking homely and beautiful," Agni praised me for the first time. Before I feel happy, he returned to his originality. "However, Baby don't forget that you are my sl*t. Keep in mind what you are." Did he leave any chance to hurt me? I don't understand why he abuses me even if I didn't do anything wrong. I think he loves to pique me. "Don't show your useless tears to them or I will make you shed blood instead of salty water droplets?" Agni said holding my jaws. "Okay." "Good! Go and prepare dinner. They may come at any time." I went to the kitchen. I don't know what to prepare. "Agni, what do they like to eat?" He closed his eyes for some time. Is he angry? "What do you like to eat?" Agni asked me. "Wh.. At?" "I mean anything you like, but it should be less spicy." I prepared food for them. After some time Agni's siblings arrived. His sister and brother are twelve and fourteen years old. "Brother, how are you?" They asked hugging him. "I am fine, how are you both?" "We are fantastic," they said happily and looked at me. "Who is she?" His sister asked. "Jwala come here," he said, and I went to him. "She will become your bhabhi (sister-in-law) soon. Her name is Jwala, my fiancé," he said keeping his hand on my shoulder. "Bhabhi, are you going to become our bhabhi?" They asked, and I looked at Agni. Agni frowned at me. "Yes, I.. Am.. Your bhabhi," I said. "Anjana and Ved, go and get fresh up," he said to them. "Jwala, come to my room." I went to him. He closed the door. "Are you insane? Can't you answer them properly? Look, they shouldn't get any doubt. Behave properly, Jwala." He is shouting at me, and someone knocked on the door. "Bhaiya (brother), where is bhabhi?" They shouted from outside. "I will leave," I said, but he held my wrist pinning me to the wall. "What Baby? Do you think you are my fiance? You are my sl*t. Don't leave unless I ask you to go" he said burying his head in my neck. "Bhaiya, where is bhabhi?" "See in her room Anjana," he said moving closer to me and kissing me. "We saw there and in the kitchen. Jwala bhabhi is nowhere," Ved said. "Bhaiya, we know she is with you. Send her out. It's wrong to stay together before marriage," he left me with their words. "Go out," he said, and I settled my saree and opened the door. "What do you want Anjana and Ved?" I said smiling at them. "Bhabhi, we are hungry. Please prepare something for us." "I already made dinner for you. Come let's go," I said. Agni and his siblings sat around the dining table. I served food to them. "Bhabhi, you too join us." I looked at Agni. "No Ved, she shouldn't eat with us. I mean she doesn't like to eat before I eat. She is very traditional and loves to follow age customs," he said. I understood that he is not going to give me dinner. They completed their meal. I was cleaning dishes, and he came to me. "Sweetheart, are you hungry?" "No no, it's okay." "But I want you to have food. Come to my room. I made special food arrangements for you which you are going to have from today," Agni smirked and left for his room. I completed washing dishes and went to him. He closed the door and gave the plate to me. It was rice with chilli powder. "Eat it, Baby. You will enjoy it," he said. I kept two bites in my mouth with tears. For the third bite, I felt very spicy. "Water," I asked. He laughed. "Eat two more bites, and I will give you water." I took two more bites hardly and pleaded for water. Agni poured water from the top making me jump and cry again. He poured little water in my mouth and remaining on the floor. He laughed seeing my condition and pulled me to the bed. He undressed me and entered without considering my situation. "I love when you become completely helpless. I love deciding everything that related to you. Now go to your room but don't take water or anything. I want you to suffer till morning jumping on the bed and clutching your stomach. If Anjana and Ved were not here, I would have used you till morning and would have enjoyed your tears and pain. But bad luck, I am unable to see it," Agni said. I wore my dress and went to my room. I suffered the entire night. In the morning I prepared breakfast for them. However, I didn't take water or anything this time as I know he will kill me if I drink water without his permission. He looked at me and laughed. He allowed me to have breakfast and water. We went to the office. Today evening, he will send me to a client. I worked for him and bore his words calmly. I did everything as he said. In the afternoon, I went to talk to him. "Agni. I want.. To talk to you," I said slowly. He looked at me. "Go on," he said standing near his office table. I sat on my knees holding his feet. "Agni, please help me. I can't do that. I can't go to other men. It's better to kill me than to send me to them. Please Agni, I will do anything you say except this. I can't sleep with other men. Please, help me. I will bear any punishment for this," I requested crying. He looked at me for some time. "Get up, Jwala." I got up and stood before him. "From where did you get this courage to say no to me? I think I should teach you more." "Agni, this is not my courage. I am begging you. I am begging for your mercy. Just put me in the place of your mom or sister and think." He held my throat. "Don't ever talk regarding my mom or sister. They never offer their body to save someone else." “I am going to stop sending you to my clients. I did't book any appointments for you. Relax! It was a drama to scare you. However, you need to do something for accepting your request," Agni said. "Tell me." "You must work for my company day and night. I mean you should work on projects. If you don't succeed in doing our company win projects, I will send you to the clients again. If you fail even in one project, I will give you to them. I won't even hesitate to start a business with your body for making money if you fail in getting projects for our company." "I agree." "Ok but don't forget you will get your punishment for saying no to my words tonight. I will make you control your words and feelings. You will get what you deserve tonight," Agni said holding my throat tightening his grip. My body shivered with his words. I don't know what else remained to torture me. He already used every way to torment me. He laughed seeing my scary expressions. "Don't worry; I am not going to do anything to you till my siblings are at my home. You can relax for these two to three days. After that, you will get your punishments at once. I pity you, Baby. I don't know how you will take all punishments of three days at once. I am sure you will do something that makes me mad in these three days. You can't live without making me angry and getting hit by me. You love to see my belt flying on you, am I right?" He laughed again. He loves to hurt me. Though I didn't do anything, he will find something to punish me. I don't know why he is that angry with me all the time. I started working on the project. Days passed by so hard with his scolding and slaps. His siblings went off to the hostel, and he showed hell to me again. One month went off. One day I was working, and he called me to his cabin. "You look very cute when you cry. You look beautiful when you are beside me naked in bed. You look fantastic when you plead me for a drop of water and jump to drink water when I pour from the top. Jwala, how it will be if we make our relationship permanent through marriage? I love to put you in order, see you scared of me and following whatever I say. I want you to be in my control forever begging and pleading for my mercy" he said looking at me. "By the way Jwala, I approached your family for an alliance. They are almost positive towards the proposal. Once if they say ok, you will be under my control forever. Except your dressing and giving you to someone else, everything will be the same even after marriage. After marrying me, you will be locked in my room forever without giving you any freedom. What do you think about our wedding? Isn't it exciting to live as my sl*t forever? I will marry you but will treat you just as a sl*t." His words and marriage proposal made me feel as if my head was spinning. Everything went blur before me. No, I don't want to marry him.

Jwala: I opened my eyes and found Agni beside me with a worried expression on his face. Why is he worrying? Does he care for me? I looked around and recognised that I am in a hospital. "What happened to her doctor? Is my Jwala weak?" He questioned staring at me. My Jwala? I guess I will collapse again. When did I become his Jwala? Of course, I am weak. Does he have any doubt? He didn't give me proper rest or food for a month. My health destroyed due to his torture. "No Mr Agni, she is pregnant," the doctor said. What? Pregnant? How can I become pregnant? I told Agni that he should never impregnate me when I agreed to the contract. "Oh, thank you, doctor," he said to the physician as if he is happy. Is he happy? I think he should be angry or upset. Why is he happy? Is it his another plan to ruin my life? "Shall I take her to the home?" he asked the doctor. "Doctor, I want to abort the child," I said, and Agni glared at me. "No doctor, we want our child. I will convince my fiance," he said to the doctor. Fiance? I am not his fiance. Why is he deciding everything in my life? He is forcing me to accept his bullshit decisions. However, I choose to be calm. I didn't want to create nuisance in the hospital. Agni brought me to his home. Ved and Anjana came again for holidays. They hugged me as soon as we went back. Agni smiled at them. "We will just come," he said to them. "Come to my room, Jwala," Agni ordered me. I went to his room. "I want this child," he said firmly. "I want to abort," I said stubbornly. "Look Jwala; I will marry you. I won't say even a word to you. Please trust me. I want our child." His child? When did I say it's his child? To Agni, I am a whore who sleeps with every man. How can he marry a slut like me and trust my Baby as his Baby? I don't know why but tears stopped forming in my eyes. Maybe my Baby wants me to be strong. "How do you know that it's your child, Agni? You always call me a wh*re. How can a whore's Baby become your child?" He closed his eyes clenching his fist. Why is he angry and upset? I just repeated what he said. "I know it's our child. I trust you." "Trust? Do you know the meaning of trust? After all, how can you trust me who is nothing but a slut to you?" "Jwala, stop it. I didn't want to hear this shit from you," he said while an angry frown creased his forehead. I am not scared of him anymore. I must make my feelings clear to him. "Agni, I will bear any pain you give to me in these three months. But I can't marry you and don't want this child." "Are you in love with anyone?" He asked suspiciously and looked away from me as if he didn't want to listen to my answer or expecting an answer that hurts him. "No!" I replied. My problem is not loving someone but hating him. When will he realise my hatred towards him? "Okay, let's make a deal. I will give that orphanage now itself. I will transfer my whole property to your name. But I want our child. I won't even touch you after marriage. I want our Baby," he said as if this child is his life and he didn't want anything else other than his child. "I want to abort the child," I said without changing my decision and anticipating his reaction. "If you kill my child, I will kill your whole family, Jwala. Don't make me a murderer," he said pinning me to the wall and shouting at me. I am right. I know this Agni never changes. I don't want to kill the child. But I don't want a person like Agni to come into this world again. "Anyways you have to do anything I say in these three months. Okay fine, don't abort the child for these three months," he said with a smirk on his face. "Okay," I said trying to understand his plan. "Go and have your food. One more thing, don't wait for my permission. Eat anytime you feel hungry and drink whatever you want. But take care of the child for three months" he said and kissed my belly. Does he have feelings and emotions? However, I don't want this child or life with this beast. I hate him. "I want to prepare dinner," I said. He nodded. I prepared a meal and served Agni, Ved, and Anjana. "Sit Jwala, have food with us," Agni said making me stunned and speechless. "Brother, you told us that sister in law loves to have food only after you eat, isn't it? Ved asked. "Yes, but I don't want your sister in law to be hungry till then." "I will eat later," I said. "Really? Do you want to eat that special food prepared by me for you Baby" he said, and I gulped cursing Agni in my mind. "Then sit quietly and have this food," he said holding my wrist and making me sit beside him. I was about to have food, but Ved saw the injury to my hand which happened while cutting vegetables. "Bhabhi, what happened to your hand?" "Nothing Ved, it's a small injury." "What happened to your hand, Jwala?" Agni asked looking threateningly at me. I didn't reply. "Tell me you sl...... " he said while his face turned red with anger but stopped seeing his siblings. "While chopping vegetables, it happened," I said. "Why were you so careless? I already warned you to be careful, don't you remember." "Bhaiya, stop scolding bhabhi" Anjana pouted. "Okay. Have your food now," Agni said. "Bhaiya, how can bhabhi have food with an injured hand? Please feed her," Ved said. "No no it's ok, I will use a spoon" before I complete my words, Agni kept food into my mouth giving me a shock. Then he turned his chair towards me and fed me carefully. I coughed in between, and he gave water to me patting on my head slowly. I think I may get heartache seeing his behaviour. How can he act this much before his siblings? He used to hit me every day with a belt until I bleed and exhausted. Now, for a small injury, he is feeding me. Does he think that I will believe his action and marry him for the child? No way! He fed me. I had good food today. Thank God! I am cleaning dishes, and Agni came to me. "Jwala, maids will clean them at morning. Your hand was injured, so leave them. Come to my room. I need to talk to you." God, please tell him to stop this drama. My head was spinning due to his shocking behaviour. I went to him. "Forget what happened till now. Marry me. I didn't mean I love you. I didn't expect you to love me. The only thing I want is for our child to grow up in a healthy environment and live a happy life with his/her parents." I was happy and sad at the same time. I was pleased to know how much Agni loves our child but sad to know he never likes me. "I can't marry you." "Are you stupid? That child shares your blood too. How can you kill our child that harshly?" he shouted. I was on the brink of tears. Agni cupped my face. "Jwala, I am going to marry you at any cost. If you marry me by yourself, I will treat you as my wife and won't hurt you. If I marry you through force, your life will become hell as I will torture you more after delivery. You can't escape the marriage with me. Choose which life you want, a wife's happy life or sl*t's horrible life. The choice is yours, but you should remember that I will marry you anyway," he threatened me. "I will give your child to you. Please leave me." I said while tears were welling up from my eyes. "I want a loving mother for my child. If I marry someone else, they may not treat my child lovingly. So, I want you to stay with me forever as my wife and a good mother to our child. Think well and decide. Now go to your room and take rest." I went to my room and slept. Next day I got ready in a short dress as he ordered earlier. He looked at me once. "Change your dress. Till now I thought to see you as a wh*re, but now you are a mother to my child. Go and wear something good as per your wish." "My luggage is in the storeroom," I said. "I bought sarees and dresses for you and arranged those in our wardrobe. Wear them; I am sure you will like them." I went and opened the wardrobe. I found dresses and sarees. Every saree and dress was according to my taste. I loved them. I wore saree and went down. Agni stared at me for some time and averted his gaze without realising that I have noticed it already. We went to the office. Fifteen days passed by and Agni didn't say even a word to me. He gave food and everything on time to me. He didn't touch me. He treated me so good. I wondered about his sudden change. How can a beast change quickly? However, I was unsure about his transformation. I was working on a project and discussing with a male colleague. We were tired. We sat in my cabin and having lunch together sharing a friendly talk. I quickly get mingled with people. Moreover, this colleague was very talented and descent. I laughed at his joke about work and unfortunately my hand touched his hand without my intention. Just then I raised my head and noticed Agni observing us. I am dead today, that's what my mind said to me. Agni went to some meeting before an hour, and I felt free for some time. But, he returned and observed my friendliness with a guy. I am sure he will kill me. He signalled me to come to his cabin and went off. "Eshwar, I will just come," I said to the colleague. "But why? Have your food first." "It's ok," I said and went to him. I didn't find Agni in his cabin. I was about to go but felt a hand on my shoulder. "Let's go home," Agni said. I was in his room now standing in front of him with fear and expecting the worst that is going to happen to me. "What are you doing with him, Baby?" "It's just a friendly talk," I said. He held my hand which touched Eeshwar's hand. Agni stroked every finger of mine. "Is this the hand which touched him?" "Agni, please I won't do it again." "Baby, I didn't say anything to you these days as you are pregnant. But, I think I shouldn't behave well to you. You should always have a fear for me. You must remember my conditions kept for you. Now you are going to face punishment for forgetting your limits" he said and held my hand again.

Jwala: He held my hand and kept another hand in his pocket to take something. I was sure that he would award me the worst punishment. I didn't understand the reason behind his anger at me whenever I talk to my best friend Aadarsh or any other guy. Is Agni possessive towards me? Then why did he send me to clients? No, he is not possessive. He wanted to hurt me, and now he had a reason to do that. I blocked the vision of my Baby blue to prepare myself for the upcoming torture. Instead of pain, I felt something slid over my finger. I opened my eyes. He smiled looking at me. It was the first time I saw his smile. "He is very handsome when he smiles," said my heart. No, I shouldn't fall for his charm. Inner beauty is more important than outer beauty. He might look great, but he is a demon. I should never forget it. I looked at my hand to check what he did. He kept a ring with name "Agni" engraved on it. I didn't understand his intention. "Don't be afraid of me. I won't let even a single scratch appear on your body until my Baby is in your womb. After your delivery, it depends on your behaviour" he said kissing my hand. "This ring means that you are mine and only mine. Anyways remember from next time I shouldn't see you talking to any man except me. Be careful about that or I will forget that you are carrying my child" he warned me. "Now let's talk about the punishment. If my kid is not in your womb, I would have made you starve for three days and would decorate your body beautifully with the strokes of my belt. Now I can't do that. Nonetheless, I will punish you. The punishment should be only to you but not to my Baby," he said and thought for a few minutes. "Let's play a game." "What?" "From tomorrow let's act as husband and wife. You must take care of me, and arrange everything for me. Let me see what kind of a life partner you will be. Remember sweetheart; if you commit a mistake in acting like my wife, orphanage won't be your's as still our contract is on. This acting gives you a good experience to be a good wife after our marriage," he smirked. "No, I can't do that," I said. "Already you have done everything that a wife does. You gave pleasure to me. You are carrying my child. So I don't think it's that tough. However, I am not bothered by your opinion. From tomorrow you are going to lead a life of my wife. I will have more fun now," he said, and a haze of fear surrounded me. "Go and take rest. I have no mood to go to the office now. So for today, there is no work for you" Agni said. I slept in my room. I remembered Agni's behaviour after conceiving and before that. I can't marry him or abort my child. How can I give a dignified life to my kid without marrying him? What if this child becomes as Agni who disrespects women and views them as a pleasure giving machines? I can't trust Agni's sudden transmutation. He always insults and lacerates me. For him, I am not a human. I am just a machine which bears every torture. What can I do if he tortures me again after delivery? He loves his child but not me. I am not even expecting his love, but at least he should respect me and treat me as a human. I don't think marriage works for us. It destroys my life more. What about my child? Agni is right; this is my Baby and sharing my blood too. I placed my hand on my womb thinking about my kid. I can't kill this child. At the same time, I can't marry a beast. I cried till my eyes were swollen and drifted into sleep thinking about my helpless life. I opened my eyes feeling someone's touch. I found Agni kissing my forehead. He smiled at me. He sat on the bed beside me, and I moved away. Why did he come into my room after fifteen days? Is he going to take me harshly for talking to that colleague? No, I can't bear. My eyes filled with water drops. "Hey, why are you crying? Are you suffering from a stomach ache or something? Are you fine? Why are you looking dull?" He said with genuine concern. I was in intense shock. Does Agni worry about me? No no maybe for his child. "I am fine," I said. "Then?" Agni inquired. "Why did you come into my room?" I asked. "What? Come again. Which is your room? This is my house, Baby. I can come here anytime I wish. So, shut your mouth to save your body from bearing pain. Already you escaped punishment today as you are carrying my child," he said looking at me. "I.. Amm.. Sorry." "Ok fine, if you are scared of me imagining that I came to fulfil my need, you are wrong. I came to give you food," Agni said and gave food to me. I looked at my mobile. It's dinner time. I slept for a long time. "Have it. If you want anything to eat, you can inform maids or me." I had my food. Agni took the plate. "Now sleep calmly without straining your brain or heart. I promise you, Jwala; I won't hurt you. I won't touch you without your consent from now. Please at least for our child, marry me. Today, your parents called me saying next week I can come to see you. I think they will ask you to return home soon." No, I should talk to my parents. But what can I say if they ask the reason for refusing Agni? In society, Agni had a good reputation. Only very few know his original character. Everyone thinks Agni is admirable and loves him. But I am the one who saw his cruelty. I hate him. I am sure after delivery; he will start his torture again. "Jwala, I may not be a good person but not a bad guy too. I had my reasons to become like this. I have no respect towards women because my life got spoiled because of a woman." "I am not interested to know your past. A woman might have spoiled your life, but you have no right to ruin my life. As you destroyed my life, do you mean I should hate every man?" "Don't worry you will never get a chance to love or hate any man. Because either it's your hate or love, it belongs only to me," He said smirking. My phone rang. "I think it's your dad," he said. He is right. "Hello, Dad." "How are you, Jwala?" "I am fine, dad." "Jwala, you got a good alliance. He is rich in heart and status. We know we are not suitable for him. But, he said he loved you seeing you in a college program. His name is Agni. We talked to him. We felt he is right for you. We asked him to come to see you. You need to reach our village in the next week," my dad said. "Dad, I want to study more. I didn't want to marry," I said, and Agni passed an angry look towards me. "Jwala, you see him and talk to him. If you like him, only then we will settle the marriage. Otherwise, we won't force you. Don't worry; we respect your opinion," dad said. "Ok dad, I will come," I said and disconnected the call. "Jwala, you can study even after our marriage but after delivery. I won't stop you." Why is he so stubborn to marry me? How can I break this marriage? "I love someone else" I lied to make him cancel the wedding.

Jwala: "I love someone else" I lied to make him cancel the marriage. Agni turned red with fury. My heart was beating fast with fear. What if he hurts me now? Why will he do that? He doesn't love me. Does it matter to him if I love someone? "Did you stop only at love or did you sleep with that someone else?" He asked, and the uninvited guest, i.e., tears arrived immediately. How can he talk like that? It may be easy for him but not for me. "Is it my child or someone else's or don't you know the father of the child?" Agni said holding my hairs. "Shut up, Agni" I shouted for the first time at him. Agni is killing me with his words. He sat on the bed beside me. I tried to get up from the bed, but he held my wrist tightly which made me feel that blood circulation may stop to my hand at any time. "Agni, leave me," I said, but he didn't listen. With another hand, he touched my belly. "Is it my child or not?" He said and started tightening the grip on my stomach. I was scared of his tight grip on my stomach. What if something happens to my child? I slapped Agni. He looked at me and left hold on my wrist and stomach. "Are you insane? Are you trying to kill my Baby?" I fumed at Agni. Agni smiled seeing me touching my stomach as if trying to soothe the unborn kid. "I know you love our child. This child is precious to you too as for me." I didn't say anything. Till now, I too didn't know that I love child of this beast, but it's quite obvious because a mother can never stop herself from loving her child. "Till now I tortured you so much, but you never dared to slap me. Today just for tightening grip a bit on your stomach, you hit me. It means you are ready to do anything for our child." Really? Am I that attached to my child? I touched my stomach with my hand to feel my Baby. If it's my kid, why do I think that she/he may become like Agni? My child may become like her/his mother when I raise my child in the absence of this beast. "Look Jwala; I am not a fool. Do you think without knowing about you, I decided to marry you? No way, Baby. I know everything about you. You are never in love with anyone. Though you have friends in boys and few guys in your college proposed you, you never cared for them as you have deep respect towards your family. I don't like you befriending men at your college. However, I will take care of it after marriage. I am the only person in your life from now, keep this in your mind, or I will make you remember it in my harsh way," he said kissing my lips softly which I never felt until today. He used to kiss me harshly all the time as if he wants to show his hatred towards me, though I never knew, the reason for his hatred. Does Agni inquiry about me? But why? Why is he interested in me when I am nothing but a whore to him? "Honey, the only thing I didn't understand is why did you forget the respect towards your family when you slept with me before marriage? Is it just for a girl who is not less than a sl*t who sell her sincerity and honesty for money or for those old people and orphans who have no relationship with you? What will you get in return for this Jwala? If that sl*t Vigna or those orphanage people know about our relationship, they won't understand your sacrifice rather they blame your character. Why can't you understand this?" "I don't care. I just did what I felt right. If sacrificing my life can make more people happy, then I am ready to do it." "Sweetheart, being selfless will be your biggest mistake in life if I leave you with a child without marrying you. Anyways I am not saying that I am saving you from humiliation or something like that by marrying you. Because only to marry you, I impregnated you," he said. What does he mean? Did he impregnate me intentionally? When I asked him after knowing that I am pregnant, he lied to me saying that he always used protection but somehow it was broken and I became pregnant. "Didn't you use protection?" I asked hesitantly. "Now you got it, not bad. You are smart. Yes, I never tried to take precaution. I want to make you as my wife, but I know you will surely reject me. So, I impregnated you through which I can marry you easily." Disgusting! How can he be that cunning? What a man he is? No, he is not human, he is a beast. He betrayed me in every way possible. "I am not going to marry you at any cost. Instead, I will kill myself along with our child," I shouted at him with tears. "You must marry me, Jwala. Sacrifice your life for our child and me, Baby" he said sarcastically. "I hate you. You are a jerk. You are a beast. You have no right to live." "Aww my Baby, are these the mood swings during pregnancy which was told by the doctor?" "You never opened your mouth before me except to moan when I give pleasure and plead when I give pain. Today, you are scolding me, but I love you opening your mouth only on those two occasions." He said and came close to me pushing me to bed. He came on top of me. He started kissing my cheeks and forehead. "I want to give pain which makes you plead for scolding me. But, now I can't-do that because of my child. So, let me make you moan the whole night by giving you unbearable pleasure which is a pain too," he said. No, I didn't want him to touch me. I hate him. I tried my best to speak, but no words came out of my mouth due to fear and his kisses. "By the way, I asked the doctor. He said as you are in early stage of pregnancy, I can take you," he said and moved his fingers around my neck and bosoms. He started playing with my breasts. "Agniiii," I said closing my eyes and biting my teeth to control myself. He kissed my bosoms and stomach in a different manner making me moan. He stopped and left me. "These are the sounds which you should make when you open your mouth or better shut it up," he said. "I am not going to make love to you until you accept me. This is just a small punishment for scolding me and lying to me that you love someone else. Now take rest," he said while leaving the room. "What if I had a crush on someone but never revealed? What if I want to marry someone and melt in his love forever? What if I have already dreamt my love and married life with the one whom I love?" I asked to see his reaction. Does he change? Does he love his child or is he trying to trap me for that property of twenty-five crores? What if he blackmails me saying he will kill the child if I didn't give up on that orphanage?

Jwala: Agni came towards me and gripped my jaw. "Didn't I tell you to shut your bloody mouth? I think you won't listen to me as you know well that I won't hit you. But Baby, with one phone call, I can create tremors in your family. You know well that I can do anything using my influence and money. Just a call is enough to bring your whole family onto streets. Do you want to see my reaction to your words" he said and took his mobile. "Agni, please please I am sorry" I pleaded him. "You want to provoke me, isn't it? Now celebrate the consequences of your bullshit. Just a call and you will see your family on streets." "Agni, I am sorry," I begged with tears. "Remember you can never win the fight over me unless I choose to lose for you. Rarely I do that, and for now, we didn't develop such a strong bond between us." "I swear I won't provoke you and I didn't want to win over you. Please, leave my family," I said. "Stop crying, it hurts my Baby," he ordered, and I wiped my tears. He sat on the bed. "Good, now move aside. Let's share the same bed today," Agni said, and I moved as I can't dare to argue with him again. "My dear sweetheart, I told you that we are playing a game of husband and wife, do you remember? My legs and hands are aching badly. My dear fiance, come on help me to get relieved from the pain." "How?" I asked. "Press my legs and hands until I sleep," he said lying on the bed and pecked me on the lips. "You are an addiction, Baby. I experience ecstasy when you are with me. I hate sending you to the clients, though I want to kill your self-respect for becoming an obstacle in my way. Now, my Baby gave complete control over you," Agni said smirking. I massaged his legs for about half an hour. "Why did you stop, Baby? Continue till I ask you to stop," he ordered. I resumed my work again. My hands were aching. Stupid! I scolded Agni in my mind. He noticed me looking at my hands. "Are your hands aching?" "Yes!" "Okay, stop it and sleep." I slept turning another side. Agni pulled me towards him by wrapping his hands around my waist. Our eyes met explaining unrealised feelings. "From tomorrow I will show you how I will treat my wife. Then decide whether you will marry me or not. Jwala, I am not acting. I will give orphanage building to you," he said looking into my eyes. "Jwala, your family is not in a good position now, but they are not telling you," he said. I looked at him suspecting him as the reason behind the misery of my family. "No, I didn't do anything. Your father kept surety for someone who is his friend, for a bank loan of fifty lakhs. That friend cheated on him. The bank manager sent the legal notice to your father saying they will seize your house and field if your dad fails to clear the loan. Your dad is a farmer, and if they take over the field, he can't-do anything except committing suicide." My eyes became wet. I know my father kept surety for his close friend. How can he cheat my father? My brother never helps him with anything. Now, how will dad handle this? It's impossible for him to pay the loan. He is a farmer and knew only agriculture. How can I help him? "Jwala, please stop crying," he said wiping my tears. "I cleared the loan." His words shocked me. Why did he clear the due? Is he planning something against me? "What?" "Yes, but I am not demanding you to marry me for that because you didn't ask me to help. I did it voluntarily. So we have no deal for that. But marry me for our child." "I want to give a good life to our child. I want my kid to experience parents' love unlike me. Jwala, I saw hell in my life. I don't want our child to suffer. I know you are scared of me. But frankly, I won't hurt you ever after our marriage until you respect me and my words." That's the problem Agni. I have to sacrifice my dreams, freedom, and everything if I marry you. Otherwise, you will punish me mercilessly. I will be a puppet who play as you wish but not as an individual who has feelings. "Do you know what I expect from my husband?" I asked Agni. "I am sure you are not beyond money because if you expect money, you would have agreed to our marriage by now. Maybe Love or caring." "No, loyalty and sincerity." "Do you think I am not loyal?" "Agni, many times I saw you naked in bed with girls. As you are not my husband, I bore it. But if you are my husband, I would have died with heartbreak. I can never feel for you. I feel so disgusted when you touch me. I assume myself as garbage for allowing you to reach me. I am nothing but shit to you. You finally succeeded in making me too to feel that I am a shit. If I marry you, I will lose my confidence forever. Please, leave me. Injuries that you made to my body will cure soon. But the scars that you've done to my heart can never be erased. I can't live in tension lifelong thinking whether my husband will sleep with other girls or will send me to other clients for deals." He slapped me harshly showing his true self. "Just shut up. If one more word comes from your mouth, I will kill you today. Sleep right now" Agni said dangerously. I held my cheek and closed my eyes with tears. He never changes. He slapped me even now, but he says he will never hurt me in future. I didn't say anything wrong. I just said what he did. In the morning I woke up and he got ready at that time. I was about to get up, but he threw the documents on my face. He threw my luggage on the floor. I checked the papers. They were orphanage building documents which he transferred to my name with immediate effect. I looked at him. "You can leave to your hostel now. I handed over those documents to you. Now the orphanage is all your's. I am never going to come into your life again. Abort our child if you want. But, if the child is alive, I have right on my kid to see him and responsibility to give love to my child. You can raise the child allowing me to visit him and take care of him or can hand over the child to me forever and you can visit whenever you want. Decide yourself," he told me. I got ready and about to take my luggage. "Wait, the maid will help you," he said. He called the maid and ordered her to keep my luggage in his car. He dropped me at my hostel. I got down. He kept my bags down. I am looking at him, but he left in his car without looking at me. I went to my room and closed the door. I am happy. I am free from Agni. I am free from that hell. I remembered his torture. Finally, God saved me from his clutches. Thank God! Suddenly, I realised tears were rolling down from my eyes. Why am I crying? Is it for Agni? No, I don't miss him. I should be glad for becoming free from his stupidity. But, am I really happy? What happened to me? Am I worried about my unborn Baby? This Baby is innocent and doesn't know anything about his/her father's cruelty. I can't kill this innocent soul who wants to enter into the world with many dreams. What should I do now? I am sure if this child grows up in beast guidance; he never respects women and becomes a threat to this society. What should I do now?