Tainted Love by Maniah (english novels to read .TXT) 📕

Writer's POV:-

"I want to meet this girl, Vani." 

Triveni Raichand sighed, "I won't advise you to do that. You know if Mrityunjay comes to know about it then…" 

Indrani Sehgal raised her hand "If the girl is like Lavanya then I will never allow Mrityunjay to marry her. I don't want Gayatri Sehgal's puppet in Mrityunjay's life. This Indrani Sehgal was standing in Lavanya's way and if this Vani is anything like her then, I am standing in her way as well." 

"Mrityunjay has a son, Indrani. It's not the same as Lavanya."

"Sometimes Sacrifices have to be made. I have sacrificed my whole life for my revenge. I can't allow anything to come and ruin everything for me." Indrani Sehgal whispered, releasing an angry sob. 

Triveni only nodded "It's late now, you can go in the morning. Till then, take some rest. 

On the other hand, Vani was sitting with the signed, prenuptial agreement in her hand the whole night. Her life once again was going to change because of Mrityunjay Sehgal. But this time there was one difference, instead of being naive and a fool in love, she now understands the rules of the game. 

In this game, Love, Emotions, Honesty all these things didn't matter. Here, everyone was hiding behind a mask. She has learned her lesson very well. 

Don't show your emotions, because in this world no one cares about them. What matters here is, Money and power. So Vani decided that from now on she would hide her emotions in a box and would not show them to anyone. 

Her time, her love and her emotions were for her son. Only Granth deserved her emotions and as far as Mrityunjay Sehgal was concerned, he was just a means to an end.  She would marry him, but he would not exist for her. She would live with her son, in his home but she would not be his wife. She would be Granth's mother only. They would have nothing in common to talk about except for Granth, She decided. 

She didn't notice how the night turned into day, but when the alarm bell rang she noticed that it was 7 in the morning. Her eyes felt dry with a lack of sleep, she closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose. Sighing, she got up and did her morning routine and after that, she went to the kitchen to make breakfast for her son.

She was kneading dough for Aloo paratha( stuffed potato bread) for Breakfast when the doorbell rang. 

She gulped in fear but went to open the door. She calmed when she saw Mrityunjay, who was standing at her door, not Gayatri Sehgal. 

Mrityunjay Sehgal couldn't sleep the whole night, he was thinking about one thing, if Vani would accept his Grandmother's proposal? What would she choose, The cheque or Marriage with him? His hands curled tightly into fists in anger, if She would choose cheque and not marriage then what? What would he do? He didn't want to hurt Granth, as far as Vani was concerned, Mrityunjay understood that she cares about him as well. For that, she gained his respect now the question was, could she resist the temptation of fortune which could be hers.

From past experiences, he knew that money could make people do anything. He knew that very well. 

Money is anything but a way to hell!

At seven-thirty, he noticed that it's time he should be at Vani's house. Granth might be awake also; he promised to be with him when he woke up. So he showered, dressed up and came to meet his son ignoring the ache in his head. 

Vani stepped aside for Mrityunjay to enter. He walked inside and looked around for Granth, " Is he still sleeping?" He asked turning to Vani.

"Yes, You came early." She replied curtly. 

Mrityunjay pinched the bridge of his nose, his head was throbbing after last night, "Bring me a cup of coffee please." He whispered, squeezing his eyes shut. 

"I am not your servant who will run to follow your orders. You can get out of my house, walk straight and then turn right. You will find a cafe there. Go and order your coffee there. Till then Granth will be awake." 

Mrityunjay turned and pinned her under his scrutinising gaze. "What have you decided, Vanya?" He asked her, ignoring the pain and her jab on him. 

"It's good that Granth is asleep, We can talk freely now. Tell me about your decision." He asked.

Vani gulped and fisted her hands. 

Sometimes you have to bow in front of your enemies to defeat them. Kneel in front of them today so that you could overthrow them tomorrow. 

Vani nodded and went to the drawer in the living room where she had kept the agreement. She took the Prenuptial out of the drawer and walked to him. "I have signed the agreement but before marrying you I have some demands of my own. I will go through the ceremony tomorrow only if you agree with my demands, Mr Sehgal." 

Mrityunjay's brows drew together, he searched her face for some kind of hint. "And what are those Demands, Vanya?"  He asked her, moving a step forward in her direction. 

Vani met his gaze and said, "I will marry you for the sake of Granth only. We will not have any kind of relationship other than Granth's parents."

He raised his brows and moved a step forward "And?" 

"I won't tolerate anyone disrespecting me like your Grandmother did last night." 

Mrityunjay nodded, "About that, you signed the agreement, what happened to the cheque, Vanya? How much did she propose to give you?"

Vani shook her head in disgust, "You all are disgusting, first you and then your grandmother." Vani went and took the turned out pieces of the cheque Gayatri Sehgal gave her. 

"You don't have enough money to buy a son from his mother. My son is everything to me, I don't want a single penny from you." She told Mrityunjay fiercely.  

Mrityunjay stared at her for a long time, seeing the fire of protectiveness in her eyes when she talked about Granth, amused him. How could a person change so much? The girl for whom money was everything once, gave up the fortune she could have.