All Chapters of The Sacrificial Bride: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

“I will not marry a stranger!” Ria cried “of course, you will.” Ashok Mehra, Ria’s father replied. “but where is Sonia? She was supposed to marry him. He is her fiancé.” 

“My bride is as beautiful as she is kind.” Ria heard Arjun's voice and realized a hand on her waist. She looked at him but he was looking at Mamata. “And you of all people are well aware of her kindness.”There was a harsh tone in his voice and Ria wondered if he was taking a stand for her. and just the thought of taking off him trying to protect her and take a stand for her made her heart skip a beat.! No!. She stopped herself again. ‘Stop being a fool! He feels nothing for you. You met him just once and that's all. And don't ever forget that you were never his choice.’

ArjunHe remembered the party at Ashok Mehra’s house where he had originally gone to offer his “help “to the businessmen who was on verge of bankruptcy. And for the help, he was offering, the other businessmen had to marry his daughter Sonia to him and give him the 50% partnership in his business.Mehra had agrred quite easily and his wife was more than ready to even announce the engagement of her daughter, Sonia to the billionaire Arjun Singh Randhawa. He the met Sonia who had no problem with this arrangement because she was assured that she will be given a fixed amount of thousands of ruppes every month which she could spend on her parties and shopping and in return, Arjun would have her 50% shares at his disposal. Ever