MARRIED TO A STRANGER — EPISODE 60

I HATE HER!!

Amara had run away from her home and was waiting at Nikhil’s house until late at night for his return. Eventually, she fell asleep.

In the morning, when she went upstairs to Nikhil’s room to freshen up, she opened the door. The sight in front of her made her feet freeze in place, and she screamed loudly.

“Nikhil! How dare you!”

Actually, Nikhil was inside the room with another girl on the bed.

Both of them were completely naked. The girl was sitting on top of Nikhil between his legs, moving up and down while moaning softly. Nikhil was holding her waist with both hands.

The scene before Amara was extremely painful. She had never imagined that Nikhil would betray her in such a way.

Amara’s voice startled both of them. The girl immediately got up from Nikhil and began covering herself with the blanket. Nikhil also got up, put on his underwear, and started trying to convince Amara.

The girl began looking for her clothes.

Amara shouted at Nikhil angrily.

“What is going on here? How dare you betray me? I have been waiting for you downstairs since last night, and you are here with this girl! Who is this bitch?”

Nikhil tried to explain.

“Amara, please listen to me first.”

“What should I listen to? That your love was fake? That the dreams you showed me were all lies? That you only used me?

“I was ready to marry someone else just for you, and here you are sleeping with this bitch! You didn’t even think about me once?”

Amara had started crying, but instead of calming her down, Nikhil began questioning her.

“Wait a minute. What did you just say? Marriage? Wasn’t your wedding with Tunde today? Then what are you doing here? You should be at the wedding right now!”

Hearing Nikhil’s words, Amara became even angrier. She walked towards him and slapped him hard.

Nikhil couldn’t tolerate the slap. He became furious and slapped Amara back.

“How dare you raise your hand against me?”

Because of Nikhil’s slap, Amara fell to the ground and began crying even more.

The unknown girl took the opportunity to slip away. Now, only Nikhil and Amara were left in the room.

Nikhil sat in front of her, grabbed her shoulders, and angrily asked,

“Will you tell me what you are doing here at this time? Today is your wedding, right? You should be there. If the wedding didn’t happen, then… Have you forgotten our plan?”

Amara was frightened.

“I… I ran away from home. I ran away from the wedding last night.”

Nikhil was shocked.

“What? Why?”

“My mother… she said…”

Amara hesitantly and quietly told him everything that had happened between her and her mother.

Nikhil listened carefully, but after hearing the whole story, his anger grew even more.

Amara spoke fearfully.

“I wanted to stay with you and marry only you, so…”

But Nikhil shouted at her.

“So you ran away just because of that? Don’t you have a brain? You ruined our entire plan! Do you have any idea what you’ve done?”

“But if I had gotten married, I would have had to stay with Tunde forever, and then we could never be together…”

“Oh, we could have dealt with all that later! You could have lived with him your whole life. What difference would it have made?”

“Are you the one saying this, Nikhil? Do you really not care at all? After what you’ve done, I should be the one angry at you, but you are…”

“What have I done? I slept with that girl. What’s the big deal? A new girl comes to my house every day.

“Did you really think you alone were enough for me? No, baby. You turned out to be really naive.”

“So that means you only used me and made me a pawn to ruin Tunde.

“I was madly in love with you and was ready to do anything for you, while you were here enjoying yourself with other girls.

“Ugh! I hate myself for loving you. Tunde is much better than you. It’s only been a few months since he met me, yet he truly cares for me and has never disrespected me.”

“Then go and sit in his lap now. Anyway, you’ve already ruined my entire plan, so you are useless to me,” Nikhil said without hesitation.

“I never imagined you would turn out to be such a disgusting man.

“You are a liar, and your love was a lie too. My mother was absolutely right. You’re not right for me, and you would ruin my life.

“I wish I had listened to her back then. Today, I wouldn’t be standing here begging you like this.”

“Oh, please, Amara! Stop this drama and acting like the world’s most innocent girl.

“The whole college knew how big of a flirt you were and how many affairs you had. I was the only one who stuck with you, and you got attached to me. That’s not my fault.

“I had already left you when your family rejected me. But then I found out that your marriage was fixed with Tunde Adeyemi, and I had an old score to settle with him.

“Who could have been a better way to get my revenge than you?

“So I came back to you and manipulated you to carry out my plan. But now that you’ve run away from your wedding, that means…”

Nikhil suddenly stopped and realised something.

“Wait a minute! You ran away from your wedding, meaning the wedding is called off! The great businessman Tunde Adeyemi’s wedding is cancelled!

“Breaking news! Right now, his family’s reputation must be getting completely destroyed in the media. I can’t miss this chance!”

Nikhil immediately turned on the television and switched to the news. However, instead of what he expected, something entirely different was being reported.

“Breaking news! The great businessman Tunde Adeyemi had a very royal and grand wedding today. The entire city was eager to witness his wedding. Such a magnificent wedding has never been seen before in this city.”

Nikhil angrily threw the remote onto the floor.

“What the hell! How is this possible? If you are here, then who did he marry? Will you tell me who he got married to?”

Nikhil looked at Amara and asked, but she had also lost her senses after hearing the wedding news.

“No, this can’t be! Tunde got married? But to whom? And how?

“Today was supposed to be our wedding. Then how could the wedding happen without me?

“No, no, no! I can’t lose Tunde. I have to stop this wedding!”

Nikhil looked at her with a strange smile.

“Weddings can only be stopped if they haven’t happened yet. But I think you didn’t listen to the news properly.

“Tunde Adeyemi is already married. However, the news reporters aren’t showing the bride’s face. Even in the wedding clips, she is covering her face with a veil.”

“No, this can’t be! I will go and talk to Tunde today. He will fix everything. I can’t lose him.”

“Just a moment ago, you were calling me disgusting, but look at yourself.

“Five minutes ago, you were crying for me, and until yesterday, you couldn’t even stand the sight of Tunde. You were deceiving him so well.

“And now you’re dreaming of being with him? I’m not the disgusting one. You are! You’re the real bitch! At least I don’t have double standards like you.”

“It’s better if you don’t say anything. The only selfish and disgusting person here is you.

“People say that we only realise the value of something once we lose it.

“Today, I have truly experienced that. I was so blinded by your fake love that I couldn’t see Tunde’s true love. Your lies had covered my eyes, but now I finally understand what is right for me and what is wrong.”

“Fine, then go. Do whatever you want. Just get out of my house. I’m sick of you!”

“I’m leaving. But after today, don’t ever come in front of me again, not even by mistake. I hate you, and I don’t even want to see your face.”

Amara quickly left Nikhil’s house, taking her belongings with her.

However, once she stepped outside, she felt utterly lost, unsure of where to go.

She couldn’t go to Tunde, nor could she return to her parents because she had left a letter in her room before running away. If she returned like this, no one would forgive her.

On the other hand, the thought of whom Tunde had married kept tormenting her. But for now, finding a place to stay was more urgent.

She hailed a taxi and stopped in front of a hotel. She booked a room for herself and threw her luggage to one side as soon as she entered.

“What have I done? I’ve ruined everything for myself!

“If only I had listened to Mother yesterday and hadn’t run away. Today, I would have been married to Tunde.

“I would have been living in that house like a queen. But because of Nikhil, I’m left with nothing.

“How could I trust such a vile man so much?”

Flashback ends.

Someone was knocking on Amara’s door.

The sound jolted her out of her thoughts, and she went to open the door.

A cook stood there with food and said, “This has been sent by Gold.”

Saying this, the cook placed the food on the table and left.

Amara sat on the bed, glaring at the food.

She was very hungry, but just hearing that Gold had sent it made her angry. She was now irritated at the mere mention of Gold’s name.

“What does this girl think of herself? What was she thinking when she sent me food? What does she want to prove?

“That she’s the queen of this house and that I am nothing?

“Just wait. In a few days, I’ll take Tunde and this family back.

“Tunde will divorce you and marry me, and then you’ll have no choice but to leave this house.

“Even as a child, when Dad would let you play with my things, I hated it. I’ve never liked anyone touching what’s mine.

“And now, you’ve stolen my fiancé from me!”

Amara’s mind was completely filled with hatred for Gold.

Although none of this was Gold’s fault, Amara couldn’t stop herself from hating her.

Every time she saw Tunde with Gold, it made her furious. She wanted to see herself in Gold’s place.

On the other hand, Gold had just finished her work and entered her room when her phone started ringing.

She saw that it was Rita calling and answered.

“Hello, Rita!”

“Gold! How are you?”

“I’m fine. How are you?”

“I’m good too! And Gold, I wanted to thank you.”

“Thank me? But why?”

“Because you and Tunde helped me so much! Tunde managed Olamide for so long, and you helped me figure out what was right and what wasn’t.

“It’s only because of you two that Olamide and I are together and happy now.”

“Okay, okay! Stop thanking me. Haven’t you heard? No sorry, no thank you in friendship!”

Both of them laughed, but then Rita remembered something and excitedly asked,

“Forget about me! Tell me, did you propose to Tunde? How did it go?

“Did he say yes? And did you tell him everything from your heart? You didn’t hide anything, did you?

“And he didn’t get angry, right? Come on, tell me what happened!”

Hearing Rita’s questions, Gold fell silent for a moment. But then she composed herself and replied,

“Calm down! Let me talk!

“And no, nothing like what you’re thinking happened. I didn’t propose to him.”

“What? Why? I told you to just say it without any fear, and still…?”

“It’s not about being scared or not, Rita.

“Life is just too complicated right now, and I don’t know how everything will turn out.

“Tunde is already very stressed, and I don’t want to add one more problem. That’s why I didn’t say anything.”

“What kind of problems? What happened there? Is everything okay?”

Tears welled up in Gold’s eyes, but she held herself together and replied,

“No, nothing is okay here. There’s a problem.”

Gold then told Rita everything that had happened the previous day. She told her about Amara and how Tunde was troubled because of her.

She also shared her suspicion that Tunde might still be in love with Amara.

Hearing everything, Rita was shocked and couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

She felt terrible for Gold but knew there wasn’t much she could do at the moment. She consoled Gold and told her to stay strong and not break down.

The two friends talked for a while longer before ending the call.

Talking to Rita made Gold feel much better.

No matter what problems you face, just spending some time talking and laughing with your friends can make your worries disappear, leaving you feeling much lighter.

There’s no replacement for a true friend—not even your family.

TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER…