Bound by Revenge

"What do you mean by 'wedding is now solemnized'? You do realize that this was part of a skit, right?" demanded Chaitali exasperatedly, looking around desperately for someone to support her claims, but she only received resounding silence in response.The whispers of the onlookers got louder and few of them proudly wore their devious smirks at her absolute despair. Dread and disbelief wrapped around her consciousness in a vice-like grip, severing away rationality and composure instantaneously. Her eyes traveled sideways northwards towards the man she had supposedly wed - Suman Dixit.Her piercing and accusing gaze pulled Suman out of his reverie as he realized that he had been outsmarted in his ploy, by a player he had underestimated due to his arrogance."Why did you do this, Rajeev?"

 FLASHBACK"Congratulations on the win, buddy! You aced it!" praised Avinash, shaking hands with Suman. Listening to words of appreciation boosted his ego and a haughty smirk made its way to his lips."What can I say? I just love to win and accepting defeat is for weaklings, not for Suman Dixit," replied Suman, proudly, while his friends rolled their eyes listening to his arrogant words."Oh? Then, what happened in front of that lady who asked you to call your mother, 'Suman Ji'?" questioned Arif, with a teasing smirk etched onto his lips. The rest of the friends who happened to witness the exchange between the mystery girl and their friend burst out in laughter.Suman's nostrils flared in anger. His just inflated ego had been deflated by the mention of the incident. It had been almost a month since that incident and his friends continued to tease him using the same."Let that woman come in front of me once again! I wi

 FLASHBACK"The laptop and USB drive will be deposited soon. Make sure that you tell the moderator to make appropriate changes in her script," instructed Divya, sternly. Her penetrating gaze fell upon Chaitali's guilt features and her anger mellowed down and her tone decreased by an octave."I don't know what happened today, Chaitali. I know it is unlike you to display negligence of this sort. Thank you for your idea of asking Suman to be the presenter. I hope you will continue to stand up for the occasion like you always have and do not repeat this ever again," advised Divya, patting Chaitali's shoulder affectionately before walking out of her cabin to welcome the dignitaries.The disappointment and concern in her mentor's tone deepened the wounds already inflicted upon her heart. Chaitali always prided upon being the reliable and accountable student, daughter, and citizen, and it evoked tempestuous turmoil in her heart to accept t

 FLASHBACK"Bro, stop! This won't correct what has already happened," yelled Arif, gesturing his friend to not hurl the side table onto the wall and bestow the same fate as numerous other articles in the room."How dare she! She manipulated the whole situation and escaped the blame completely! She is too smart for her own good!" barked Suman, turning a deaf ear to his friends and continuing on his destructive rampage. The battered appearance of his room would make the observers wonder if a storm had wrecked the room."And if you think by destroying your furniture and articles would affect her in any way, you have totally lost it, pal! What happened was unexpected and disastrous! There's no need to increase the damage by tearing down your own house!" advised Avinash, trying to move towards his friend and physically stop from wrecking the house any further."You know what? You are right. I am venting my frustration at a totally

 "How dare you! You bloody bastard! How dare you hatch such heinous and devious plot against Chaitali!" snarled Sumit, barging into Suman's house, closely followed by few other batchmates of Chaitali."Guys, calm down! Even Suman did not see this coming, okay?" interrupted Avinash, physically placing himself between Sumit and Suman to prevent an altercation between the two."Oh, really? Do you think that somehow absolves your friend of all the sins? You are our seniors, but do not think even for a second that it will deter us from demanding justice for our friend! He wanted revenge from Chaitali, Rajeev wanted revenge from your friend and our friend just became the scapegoat for everyone!" remarked Shashank, pushing Avinash out of their path and grabbing Suman by his collar and slamming him against the wall behind him.Suman, on the other hand, was uncharacteristically quiet and unresponsive despite the chaos and overflowing overwhelmed testosterone