Chapter 40: Chapter 40

Author's pov

Opening her eyes, Orni tried to adjust to the faint light in the room. Feeling something soft under her back she realized she is on the bed. She tried to move her hands and heard the sound of loud metal echoing in the whole room. And, that's when she understood that her hands are tied with chains. Not only her hands were bound but also a cloth was stuffed inside her mouth.

" You are up, my lovely wife," Orni heard VR's intimidating voice and she was one millisecond away from peeing in her pant

" You are up, my lovely wife," Orni heard VR's intimidating voice and she was one millisecond away from peeing in her pant.

Hearing her muffled voice he removed the cloth and Orni inhaled as much as oxygen she could. Looking at his menacing eyes she realised he is going to do worse with her. Sitting beside her he traced his fingers all over her face and then down at her neck and chest making her scrunch her nose in disgust.

" How did you seduce my brother?" He asked opening the strings of her dress.

She remained silent when he said creepily," With this body, right?"

" Are you going to kill me?" Orni asked shedding tears when he started laughing.

Without answering her, he shouted ripping apart her dress," From this onward you are going to stay naked in this room. You are a whore and whores don't need clothes, right?"

After that, he clapped his hands and two maids entered the room with Orni's clothes. Before Orni could say anything properly he lit a matchstick and threw it on her clothes.

" No, please," Orni yelled nodding her head vigorously seeing the clothes turning into ashes.

Clutching her jaw tightly he whispered smirking," But, you can earn money to buy them."

" How? I will do anything. I can't stay naked. Please, don't be so cruel toward me," She asked innocently where tears were flowing down her cheeks like a never-ending stream.

He replied trailing his finger over her shoulder," You can earn money by your body. You just have to spread your legs in front of me like any other whore. Per night ten thousand rupees."

Orni couldn't hear anymore. Closing her eyes she let the tears flow silently. His words just sting right into her chest. She never imagined that one day he will treat her like that. Like a prostitute. She never imagined that she will have to sell her body just to buy clothes. She wondered where is his those promises which he made to her? He promised to treat her with respect but she never knew what a great liar he is.

" So, can I take your silence as yes, right?" He questioned and Orni remained silent like a mute.

Wiping away the tears he whispered in her ear," You didn't do the right thing by putting your eyes on my brother. I hope after this punishment you will learn your lesson."

A week later

One week passed and VR did whatever he promised to her. Every night he would come, fucked her and then gave her money before leaving. He treated her like an actual prostitute and the drug abuse didn't stop too.

Though he didn't want to drug her more, her desperation and addiction forced him to inject her with drugs. In this one week what Orni felt, it's not needed to describe. Her self esteem was burned into ashes the day he burnt her clothes in front of her eyes.

A click sound reached Orni's ear and she looked at the door with horrified eyes. There was standing her nightmare VR. Curling herself into a ball she tried to hide her naked body but what's she was trying to hide. He has seen every inch of her body.

Taking predatory moves he walked towards her and sat in front of her. He tried to touch her face when she scooted away like a scared kitten. A chuckle left his mouth seeing her scared expression.

His eyes fall on the table where the money was. The money she earned by demolishing her self respect and killing her soul.

" You have earned a lot. Won't you go for shopping?" He questioned counting the money and apart from her crying sound nothing could be heard.

He clapped his hands again and a maid entered holding a saree, blouse, skirt, her nuptial chain and some makeup items. The maid kept her eyes down since she doesn't want to see Orni naked.

" Get ready and we will go for shopping," VR said giving her the saree which she grabbed tightly without wasting another second.

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Reaching the shopping mall VR bought a lot of clothes for Orni. The clothes were bought with her earned money and every time she looked at the cloth, automatically his cruelty flashed in front of her eyes making her numb.

" This saree will look good on you," VR said picking up a floral print saree.

He ordered handing her the saree," Go and change into this."

Orni didn't argue and went to the changing room to change her clothes. Shutting the door she fall on her knees and started crying placing one hand over her mouth. She doesn't know what sin she has committed that God is punishing her like that.

Suddenly, she noticed that she hasn't locked the door properly. She was going to lock it when she noticed that VR was talking to someone over the phone and his concentration was not here. She also found that the guards were not here too. And, that's it. Without wasting another second, she sneaked out and decided to escape. She doesn't know where she will go but she knew that she can't stay here anymore. She will prefer staying on the road than in his house.

Taking some fast steps she will just walk past the showroom when she noticed the female guards returning to the showroom. Hurriedly, she hid behind a mannequin and started trembling already. If VR comes to know that she tried to sneak out then God knows what will happen to her. Remembering his past week's barbaric behaviour she started whimpering putting one hand over her mouth.

On the other hand, a young man was looking at the lehenga which was wrapped around the mannequin. His age wouldn't be more than 30 and looking at his appearance anyone can assume that he is from an aristocratic family. He was imagining his wife in this lehenga when he heard Orni's whimpering.

" What the hell!!!" The man uttered shockingly when he noticed Orni sitting on the floor behind the mannequin.

Orni was looking very frightened and he saw some red marks on her cheeks. She tried to cover the marks with makeup but couldn't do it properly. He also noticed her from head to toe and she was wearing a saree. He became astonished noticing her nuptial chain and vermillion indicating she was married.

"What the fuck!! How can someone marry such a child? She is looking too young. Heck!! She is looking younger than my sister Lily," The man thought mentally looking at Orni's face.

He felt extremely bad seeing her afraid face. She was hugging her knees and crying continuously.

He asked her softly," Are you ok, dear?"

" Please, don't tell him that I am here. Otherwise, he will punish me. I don't want to go back," She said very innocently nodding her head vigorously.

The man thought, "Poor girl!! She must be afraid of someone. If I am not wrong she is being abused. Her hands are showing red marks as well. I need to take her to the nearby police station."

The man replied offering her his hand," See, I am like your elder brother. I won't tell anything to anyone."

She looked at his hand for a few seconds and then looked at his face. It's like she is thinking to trust him or not.

" Nobody will harm you. I promise," he assured her and that's when she took his hand noticing genuine concern in his eyes.

He helped her coming out behind the mannequin and asked her affectionately," Dear, can you tell me about your guardian? Or, how you came here? And, why you are so afraid?"

" If I say anything to you then he will punish me. He will force me to walk on the heated coal and hurt my teddy bears," She replied with her afraid voice. She was so scared that she wasn't understanding what she was uttering.

Looking at her eyes, he saw so much pain and agony that he can't say in words. Looking at her expression, he felt like she will pee anytime because of fear.

He tried to ask her more when two female bodyguards approached and told Orni," Orni madam, you are here. Sir is waiting for you in the car."

"So, her name is Orni. A beautiful name for an innocent girl. But, who is this Sir!! Is he her husband or guardian?" The man mumbled confusingly.

" No, I won't go with him. Bhaiya(brother), please tell them that I don't want to live with him," Orni said going behind the man and clutching his shirt with her tiny fists.

The bodyguards tried to touch her when he said standing in front of her like a shield," you can't take her like that. She is frightened and I want to know your identity first. Otherwise, I will call the police."

" We don't have time to talk with you gentleman. Move away. Trust me, after knowing our identity you won't like to involve yourself here," One of the guards warned the man and held Orni's hand.

Orni started wriggling and tried to hold the man's shirt but the guard was holding her tightly.

The man tried to protest when the other guard reminded Orni about the punishments in her ear and she stopped her wriggling. She became a statue and also stopped crying.

" Orni dear, don't worry. I will call the police right now," The man assured Orni and took out his phone.

But, before he could call the police, Orni snatched the phone from his hand and threw it on the ground. The man just looked at her with shocked questioning eyes.

" If you call the police then he will kill you too. Just like Rohan. I don't want to lose you too, bhaiya(brother)," She screamed at that man's face and ran away.

The guards also followed her and the man kept looking at their retreating figure. He was still in a daze thinking about what just happened!!! The marks he has seen on her face and hands were itching him very badly.

" The girl is in danger," His subconscious warned and he nodded his head in the positive.

The man was still looking at Orni's retreating figure when a female voice said from behind," Shiv, look. How am I looking?"

The man was so engrossed in Orni's thoughts that he didn't hear his wife's voice. Orni's bruised skin, that doleful expression on her face, those frightened eyes were making him disturbed.

" Mr Shivansh Raichand, I asked you something," the woman said slapping his shoulder and that's when he came back into reality.

Seeing his confused face the woman asked curiously," What happened? You are looking like you have seen a ghost now."

" Niyati, actually I met a girl who was even younge..............." Shivansh couldn't complete his sentence when her phone started ringing.

She received the call where Shivansh looked back at the place where Orni was hiding a few moments ago. He doesn't know he felt so weird looking at Orni. He felt like Orni was not a stranger to him but someone very close to him. He doesn't know why he was feeling like that for a stranger.

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" You again tried to sneak out! I don't know when you will learn," VR shouted slapping Orni and she fell on the ground like a rag doll.

She hit her head on one corner of a table and her forehead started bleeding. The impact was so harsh that she couldn't cope with it anymore and fainted instantly.

A few hours later Orni was sleeping on the bed hugging one of her teddy bears. Her forehead was bandaged and she was hugging the teddy bear so tightly like it will vanish if she loosens her hold around it. A broken expression was covering her face including his five fingers.

Laying beside her VR was trying to sleep when a nasty smell touched his nostrils. He also felt that the bedsheet was drenching with water and when he looked carefully he found that Orni has peed on the bed. Scrunching his nose in disgust he started shaking her vigorously to wake her up.

She woke up obviously but her next action made him dumbfounded. He blinked his eyes repeatedly to understand her weird behaviour.

" Papa, I am scared," Orni said pouting her lips like a child and sitting right on VR's lap.