Aranya POV:

While I was busy in chopping onions on the chopping board, I felt a dark figure standing behind me. The musky cedar cologne instantly hit my nostrils making my body go stiff and on high alert when I immediately realised who he was. Without turning around, I kept doing my work when I felt him slowly scooting closer to my body till my back hit against his hard chest.

"Too engrossed in cooking?",he asked with his minty hot breath fanning against the crook of my neck making me slightly shudder.

"I don't like mum kittens! Speak!!",he barked near my ear making me suddenly flinch from the intensity of his voice and I accidentally slit my index finger. Dark reddish liquid started oozing out from the cut and within a snap of seconds, the chopped onions along with the chopping board were coated with my blood.

Pressing the wounded finger against my other free hand,I swiftly turned towards him and almost yelled in frustration "What? Can't you see that obviously I'm cooking!"

His eyes grew dark and immediately a chill ran down my spine when I noticed his furious eyes.

"These days, I think I've been too much lenient on you and had given you so much liberty that you forgot your place! Haven't I warned you in the past to not raise your voice in front of me? Looks like you got wings on seeing my grandma here...",he replied in a very atrocious tone.

"Huh?"

"Listen carefully! You will go straight to my grandma and will simply deny to go on honeymoon with me, Understood?"

I was shocked upon hearing his words, honeymoon? And with this devil that he'll strangle me on the way and throw my body away so that no one would ever be able to find my body! Ofcourse I don't want to go but why should I ask grandma? He can do it himself too. She's the only sweet lady in this hell and I don't want to take the blame of denying her wish on myself. On the other hand, Atleast I can enjoy the perks of being Mrs. Malhotra. He doesn't consider me his wife than also the fact won't change. If I'll not show my right on him than very soon, someone else will and the amount of hate, he has for me and my family being in a relationship will only be intensified if I'll be separated from him and maybe this trip can be divine for me and he change his vicious plan of taking revenge on me and my poor family!

"I don't like you stapling your lips whenever I ask you to speak! Should I make it more clear?",he asked darkly in a bone chilling voice and I instantly came out of the trance when suddenly I felt an intense pain shooting through my wounded finger and my eyes widened in bewilderment. He was pressing my wound intentionally with an evil smirk plastered on his lips. He doesn't give a shit about me and I can see it clearly through the happiness that was etched across his face upon seeing me in pain. If this thing continued than I won't be able to save this marriage...

"Ah!! L-leave my fin-finger...",I uttered with much difficulty frowning in pain while my tears started blurring my vision. He tightened his hold even more than it became almost impossible for me to bear and a loud shriek escaped my lips.

"What is going on here!!",I suddenly heard a loud elderly voice booming in the entire kitchen and instantly I opened my teary eyes to see dadi sitting on a wheelchair and was slowly approaching towards me with concern clearly visible in her eyes. Immediately Akshat stiffened on hearing her words from behind him.

"How many times have I told you to be careful with knives? Look what have you done with your finger!",his sudden change of demeanor took me by pure shock. Is he bipolar? Then I realised that it was all a drama that he created to prove his innocence in front of his poor old dadi who won't easily understand his evil intentions behind his fake facade of goodness.

"What happened Akshat?",dadi asked innocently...

He immediately took my wounded finger and dipped it into cold water while turning towards dadi, he said "Nothing to worry about dadi! It's just a small cut. You must not step outside your room. Your injuries have still not healed completely!"

"How caring you are towards your wife! May god bless you both and soon I'd be blessed with great grand children",she replied with smile adorning her face.

My eyes nearly popped out of my socket while I noticed his face immediately dropped upon hearing the words, children! Does he hate me so much that he don't even want to have a child in the future with me? Than with who else, he wish to have child with? Don't worry Akshat Malhotra, I may love you or not but I've sincerely committed myself in this relationship and even if it's end would be divorce than also I won't let any woman enter in your life and thats a promise of Aranya Malhotra to you. You can never live peacefully after destroying my life and I will make sure of this. You should never test the limit upto which a woman can go for saving as well as breaking a relationship.

She immediately scooted away from the kitchen leaving me alone with the devil whose mood instantly changed and grabbing me roughly by my arm, he whispered "Either you deny for this honeymoon or I'll make sure to fuck you so hard till you knock out, the whole honeymoon period and beg me to stop but I will not!"

His rough use of words made my breathings knocked out of my lungs. I immediately started feeling scared because I knew one thing that he is a man of words. If I won't oblige to his command than he would surely abide by his words.

I didn't said anything and just frantically nodded my head while gulping down the Knot that was formed in my throat.

"My obedient slave!",he replied with a sly smile while caressing my cheeks while an ugly scowl made its way upto my face. Tapping his rough palm on my left cheek, he immediately walked outside leaving me in a complete daze.

After cleaning the bloody mess, I heard my phone beep against the platform. Seeing the name flashing on the screen, I placed the phone on speaker and was about to mutter hello when I heard a panicked voice of my brother Neel!

"Di(sister)! There's an emergency. Please reach to the hospital soon!",and the call ended abruptly, leaving my heart palpitating vigorously against my chest with fear and anxiety started groping my body and mind. I immediately turned off the gas stove leaving the half cooked rice as it is and rushed upstairs towards my room. Immediately grabbing my slingbag from my cupboard, as I was about to step out of the room, a hand swiftly grabbed my wrists and roughly pulled me inside.

"Where to at this moment?",his angry eyes made me even more scared...

"L-leave me! I need t-to go...",I replied frantically pleading when I noticed his frown lines deepening and his eyes started blazing with fury!

"Where the fuck are you going whore at this hour in the night?",he growled instantly holding me by my nape while pulling his face closer to me.

"Ho-hospital! There's a-an emergency! Please let..."

"Shhh!!! You're not a doctor baby. It has nothing to do with you whether there's an emergency or if the patient dies",he replied emotionlessly while smiling viciously at me.

"It mi-might not be a big deal f-for a monster like you but f-for me the patient's life m-matters because he's m-my father...",I replied instantly with an immense anger bubbling inside me and immediately removing his harsh grip from my wrist, I immediately scurried away from his evil aura and went downstairs. Dadi and juliana were sitting in the hallway when their eyes immediately snapped towards my direction and they started giving questioning looks to me.

"I'm going t-to the hospital! There's be-been an emergency...! My fa..."

"Okay! Okay! We understand but come back soon. I don't like my daughter in law to be out in the dark", juliana interuppted abruptly while looking at me with a murderous look etched on her face.