CHAPTER 49
Divya is extremely upset, as she is not able to understand anything, and he can see her distress on her face. He lowers his gaze towards her stomach, which is now clearly visible because she has a baby of about 4 months.
"What are you so worried about?"
"Nothing... I have told you not once but a thousand times that I do not want this child, but you are forcing this child on me. That is why I am upset; I do not understand. It has only been a few months since the marriage, and I am busy becoming a mother. I didn't even enjoy my life... For me, this child is nothing but a burden."
Divya's behavior has significantly changed, and she now responds to Prakram with harshness and frustration. But Prakram does not pay much attention because he knows very well that for the last 3 months he has not allowed her to go out of the house, resulting in her becoming very upset because even if she has to talk to her family on the phone, he is always sitting near her, so talking to anyone else is just beyond thinking.
Prakram has been closely monitoring everything, particularly her interactions with her family members. It is very important for him to know because somewhere he has become convinced that Manjeet and Divya already knew each other before his marriage to her, due to which his family may face problems in the coming days, which he cannot tolerate under any circumstances. Secondly, he is so attached to the child growing in Divya's womb. He has developed a strong bond with the baby and is adamant about the baby's well-being, which is why he is putting up with Divya in front of him. He is sitting, completely ignoring her, when a maid arrives and informs Prakram.
"Sir, Manjeet sir, has come to meet you.”
Divya's eyes widen upon hearing Manjeet's name, and it seems as if a strange glow has appeared on her face. Prakram has not been able to hide it at all, but without saying anything to her, he gets up from there, goes outside while tucking his hand in his pocket, and silently leaves from there. Manjeet is sitting in the hall, looking around. When he sees Prakram coming from the front, he stands up, spreads his arms as he will be very happy to hug him, and tells him.
"Oh, brother, after a long time..."
Prakram lacks the enthusiasm to embrace him, so he quietly approaches, sits on the sofa in front, and begins observing him while placing his foot on his knee. Manjeet is surprised because he always hugs him without second thoughts; he ignores everything, takes a look around, and then sits in front and tells him.
"What's the matter? No one is visible at home, not uncle, aunt, or your wife... Where is your beautiful wife...'
"When did you start remembering my mom and dad? And as for my wife, I want to tell you that she is pregnant and is resting in the room."
Manjeet starts looking at him as if suddenly he has no words to say; he did not know at all that Divya was pregnant. Due to this, he just started looking at Divya, who was standing upstairs and looking at him. Prakram suddenly looked towards her; at this time, he also looked up and started looking at Divya. Even before Divya descended, Prakram spoke to her.
"Go back to the room.”
Divya begins to look at Prakram with strange eyes, and Manjeet finds it hard to believe that Prakram, who never speaks rudely to any woman, is speaking so harshly to Divya. Armaan is also there. Prakram, who is standing there watching all of this, looks towards Armaan. As a result, he moves towards the stairs, stands in front of Divya, shows her his hand, and gestures for her to enter the room. Divya looks at Manjeet and then silently goes into the room. Prakram turns towards Manjeet and starts looking at him; he says he has a strange expression on his face.
"I had come for some very important work."
Manjeet suddenly looks towards Prakram and then again starts looking upwards, where Divya is not there, and then looking at her, he says,.
"Your men stopped one of my trucks yesterday. May I know why?"
"You know very well that we have signed a contract together that we will never sell women and children to any other country under any circumstances."
"I have to earn money, and this is the largest amount of money in this business. I don't care whose child it is or who that woman is related to; I want my truck back."
"Your truck is safe in our warehouse; you can take it with great ease."
Manjeet is very surprised to hear his words because he has agreed to give his truck very easily, so he immediately tells him.
"What about the goods?"
"They are not an object but a human being. If you don't understand, then understand that you have asked for a truck, you have got your truck, and those people will be safe with me as long as they want to stay."
"You are making a big mistake."
"I like to make mistakes like this again and again."
"You have always interfered so much in my business that I would completely forget that we are both related to each other."
"Do you really think that you have not forgotten this? This relationship ended long ago, according to what I see. We meet each other only to show the world, but there is nothing else on your mind except hatred. I don't have to respond to any of your foolish remarks. Go away from here, and there is no need to show me your face."
Prakram does not stop there to wait for any other words from him and turns and walks away, but Armaan's eyes are on Manjeet, who is looking only at Prakram with a lot of hatred in his heart. Prakram comes into the room, where Divya is looking at him. Seeing the hatred in her eyes at this moment, he leaves from there. He returns to his study and gazes out the window, uttering these words.
"The moment I came to know about your cheating and it was confirmed that you were cheating on me, the relationship between us ended at that moment. If we are connected today, it's because of the child in your womb, who I want to give a better future to. Therefore, I am ready to forgive your every mistake and move forward solely for the sake of my child. I am giving you time. Just stop otherwise."
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Prakram is driving the car, and Divya, sitting nearby, is looking out of the window. There is a strange smile on her face today, due to which Prakram has noticed very well that they are coming from the hospital, and the moment they came out of the hospital, a smile appeared on Divya's face as soon as she arrived. Prakram understood very well that something was definitely wrong. He stops the car, and Divya starts going inside without even looking back at him. Prakram tells her.
"It's been a long time since I met your parents, and I'm thinking of taking you to them too. How about let's go tomorrow?"
Divya smiles widely and hugs Prakram, and Prakram starts looking towards the front, where Armaan is standing. Divya is delighted that he was able to bring everything to life earlier.
During dinner, Prakram's eyes are constantly on Divya, who is eating very well today, and like every day, she has also served food to Prakram, due to which he is eating slowly. He looks at Armaan. He has directed his gaze towards Armaan, who is wearing a very sad face, but he completely diverts his attention while eating quietly. At night, when Divya is sleeping, Prakram gets up from bed and goes out because he knows very well that Armaan must be waiting for him. And as he had guessed, Armaan was waiting for him.
"Arman's any problem..."
"Sir, your guess was absolutely right: Divya will definitely say something to the doctor, due to which the child may be harmed, or she may do something that is not right. The doctor did what she said because you told her to. She should do whatever Divya tells her."
"And what exactly did Divya tell the doctor?"
Armaan Prakram starts watching the recording, which he had filmed because he was already present in the doctor's room hiding there, and Prakram had already alerted the doctor that his wife is very careless about the baby and she will do anything to hurt the baby under any circumstances. She wants to harm the baby at any cost. She knows Prakram very well, and at the same time, no one knows that Digvijay has borne the entire expense of her education, so she is very loyal to them. Prakram is more grateful, as he has clearly told her that he has to do only what Divya asks her to do. Prakram starts watching the recording.
IN RECORDING
"Doctor, the man sitting outside has forcibly taken me into his clutches. Please make me talk to my father by any means. I must take all necessary measures to protect myself from this man. He is a rapist and is forcing me to get pregnant."
Prakram is shocked after listening to Divya; he never imagined that she had accused him of being a rapist. However, he continues to look at the recording. Armaan closed his eyes and informed Prakram.
"We already tapped her father's phone, so their whole conversation is here."
The doctor deliberately makes an expression of extreme surprise and gives her phone to her while looking outside. Divya immediately dials her father's number and puts the phone in her ear; within a few rings, the person in front picks up the phone.
"Papa… You are not coming to meet me; he is not allowing me to meet you. I am not able to understand what is happening. You guys have told me that you will kill all of the Bundela family members within a year. You will take me in and free me from this marriage."
"Stop your nonsense; you know you are talking on someone else's phone. First, make me talk to the doctor, and then I will talk to you."
Divya gives the phone to the doctor, who then takes it and starts talking to Divya's father.
"Yes..."
"I want you to completely forget what you just heard, as you haven't heard anything at all. I'll give you one crore tomorrow to help you forget this."
The doctor starts looking at Divya with a smile, due to which Divya is completely sure that the doctor is going to support her.
"Yes, sir, I don't remember anything."
Divya starts talking to her father again.
Papa, I am not able to understand anything; neither does Prakram talk to me properly, nor is there anyone else present in the house. He has also thrown out Sandhya and Digvijay from here, and here I have to see his face the whole day because he has been guiding me throughout the day. I am unable to take any action, nor can I communicate with you or anyone else over the phone.
"I also tried to meet you several times, but every time he said that you were pregnant, he wouldn't let you go anywhere, and whenever you call, I get the feeling that he is around you, so I don't talk properly."
"Papa, do something. I am getting very worried. I don't know anything. You still killed Prakram. I don't care what you want to do next."
"Shut up… You don't even realize that at this time Prakram is in the position where everyone wants to reach, and because of you, whatever information we get is becoming very beneficial for me and Manjeet. The Bundela family has to die; just let him live for a little more time."
"Papa, what should I do now? Tell me what I should do at this time. My thoughts are becoming increasingly jumbled, and I can no longer bear this man in my life."
"You will have to tolerate this man for some time, and anyway, I feel that he has become suspicious of us. That is why Prakram is behaving like this; you just have to maintain your position by supporting and loving the child. You know that Prakram loves this child."
"Prakram loves this child until he doesn't know if it is his or not; even I don't know if it is Prakram's or Manjeet's."
The doctor gazed at her with peculiar eyes, yet she immediately conveyed her message.
"Give me medicine so that this child slowly dies in my stomach."
RECORDING STOP
Prakram immediately stops recording and begins looking ahead. Armaan, who does not want to remain silent at all when seeing him like this, immediately tells him.
"Sir Divya is currently 7 months pregnant, and we can easily conduct a paternity test in such a situation. You can take the test and easily determine whether the child is yours or Manjeet's. If this child is not yours, then this woman is very dangerous. You should know everything about it as soon as possible and end it."
Prakram is sitting absolutely silent and watching from the front like a blank. Armaan comes and sits nearby, holding his hands.
"Sir…"
"I don't know whether this child is mine or not, nor do I want to find out now. This question also crossed my mind when I discovered that the child might not be mine, and I felt compelled to ask Divya numerous questions. But when I learned about the pregnancy within a few hours, I felt that I loved this child very much. I love this child so much that perhaps I have never loved anyone else so much. I feel so connected with the child; I happily dream with the child... I am not able to prepare at all so that I can find out whether this child is mine or not, because even if it is not mine, perhaps my love will not destroy the child, but after knowing this, perhaps somewhere or another, I will A strange doubt creeps into my mind, reminding me that this child is not my blood, and I may not be able to give the baby the love I desire. That is why I do not want to find out whether this child is mine or not. Therefore, it doesn't matter to me whether you think I'm a fool or not, but this should remain a secret between the two of us. The baby's identity is just a question mark. No one ever comes to know about you."
Armaan understands his words very well, so he just nods. Prakram continues.
"After witnessing everything, I am confident that Divya's father is also well-informed; in other words, her family has extensive knowledge. In such a situation, it is very important for me to confront those people. Tomorrow, I will take Divya to her house. All I know is that I need to know a lot more than that."
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Divya is very happy to come home, and the happiness on her face is worth seeing. Prakram comes inside and sees Divya hugging her father. He very comfortably sits on the sofa and puts his feet on his knees. This is the first time he hasn't greeted him directly. Divya starts looking at him with strange eyes. His father is filled with apprehension that Prakram has come to know a lot of things, so he immediately takes out his gun. Without any delay, Prakram pulls out his own gun and fires, injuring his hand. The gun explodes from his hand, causing Divya to scream loudly and attempt to escape. However, she rushes towards Prakram, who catches her with one hand, controls her, places the gun around her neck, and then informs her father.
"What made you guys think you would keep deceiving me while I didn't know anything?" So why did you guys do such a stupid thing?"
"Prakram listens. Leave her; she is carrying your heir."
Divya's father is scared after seeing her like this, but Prakram also knows very well that if he wants to know the truth, then he will have to fear this man only because he has noticed Divya very well. She is innocent only to show off; the rest of her heart and mind are like any mafia cruel lady; she doesn't care if he kills her father in front of her at this time; if she cares about anyone, then it is Manjeet who is not here at this time. Prakram questioned.
"You are absolutely sure that the child growing in her stomach is mine and not Manjeet's."
On hearing this, Divya also turns and starts looking at him. She was sure about what Prakram had suspected, but in the process, she also found out with whom she was connected, and she is very shocked to know this. Now that she understands everything very well, why does she not see that love and affection in Prakram's eyes, which were visible for a few months? However, she is also acutely aware that she will never truly love this child. She loves him very much, so she calls him.
"I know you can't hurt me because you love this child so much."
Prakram needs to know everything, so he smiles at her, glances at her stomach, and informs her.
"I love this child only as long as it is mine. The moment I realize that it is not mine, at that very moment I have nothing to do with this child either."
Divya and her father are very scared after hearing this because the hatred with which Prakram is looking at them at this moment is really scary.