" He will never know ,
What he lost .
Because he never knew ,

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The sky was shining with the orange glow of sunset , the dusky evening casting innumerable shadows , the crisp air of July carrying the  aroma of earthy scent .

The shrill  wailing sounds of the baby filled the whole household . Mrinal who was working in the kitchen  got alerted , her baby was up from her nap , she was moving towards the room when the voice of her
mother -in - law  Sarda stopped her .

" Make a cup of tea for me . " She demanded ignoring the loud cries of the baby , who is crying not finding her mother after waking up . The little baby is  hungry .

" Maa ji  , I will make tea for you in few minutes , just let me check on her . "  She almost pleaded , her heart was not at peace hearing the cries of baby , being a new mother she gets tense in small things . And knowing the  family members were not so fond of her baby made her to give all the love and attention  to her baby .

But her mother in law was not convinced , Mrinal quickly move towards the kitchen and  prepared the tea , after serving the tea to her mother in law  she  went  towards the room where her baby was crying .

Her baby's face had turned red due to crying , Mrinal's eyes started tearing up , she quickly went to her little baby  cradling her up to her chest, saying soothing words she  started feeding her kissing baby's  forehead affectionately  .

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Mrinal's eyes held oceans of grieve , but not a drop of water . Her heart held tornado  of  emotions but not a ounce of hurt .  She was disappointed in herself , on her husband , on her family , on the whole surrounding  . She knew her husband wasn't happy about the birth of their daughter , but she  didn't expected him  to have an extra martial affair with his  colleague .

Kavita . The name itself send chills throughout her body. Kavita  knew he was someone's  husband , someone's father .

Purab himself knew what he was getting into , when he  decided to start an affair while being someone's father and husband . Not caring about his wife and few months old daughter Amruta.

He never wanted a daughter at first place  , daughter means a burden who will yield nothing in future , he wanted a son who can be his support system in his old age but his good for nothing wife couldn't even give him a son , moreover  pregnancy has changed Mrinal's body , the stretch  marks , the extra fat on her belly and thighs made him disgusted to even touch her , she was chubbier then before which was not to his liking .

Mrinal and Purab had an arranged marriage , Mrinal was 21 years old when she was married off to  Vinay , she have always been in a conservative household , whether it was her own house or her in law's .

A household where daughters are taught to be a dutiful daughter and a dutiful future  wife .  Where daughters are taught to never answer back to elders . Where daughters aren't allowed to  be outside of  house after the  sun set .
Where daughters are taught to treat their husband equal to god , to  fulfil  their needs  including physical needs  , to obey them without questioning and to carry their babies.

Mrinal was pregnant after few months of her marriage. Everyone was elated by the news , much to her surprise her mother in law who always taunted her on everything thing she do started taking special care of her . Her husband who had  been a  stranger & distant person to her  except at nights when they used to have sex was taking special interest in her . The news of her pregnancy brought her closer to her husband .

She was enjoying all the attention and affection ,  until the day of her delivery  , everything changed when she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl  . She could sense the cheerful nature was long lost , nobody said anything but it didn't take a genius to understand they were unhappy due to the arrival of daughter . But she was on cloud nine , she was bestowed with a daughter from god on the day  her twenty second birthday . Yes her baby and she share the same day as birthday .  She promised to cherish and love her with her everything , she had never stand for herself but if someone will say anything to her baby girl she won't tolerate that . A women can be weak but not a mother.

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Mrinal 's world turned upside down in a slight movement , but can a hurricane destroy something which was never built .

She saw her husband's cousin brother
Kunal  punching the  life out of him with her mother in law stopping him from doing , typical mothers, mothers need to teach their sons how to respect and treat women , not covering their mistakes .

He was the one who found out her husband was having an affair with his colleague Kavita . Like any other cousin he didn't tried to cover up Purab's sin rather he dragged him to the house .

Purab accepted , he is having an affair , but in turn he blamed Mrinal for it ,  firstly she couldn't give him a son , and now she is so invested in her motherhood that she doesn't have time for him anymore .

" You get that , I love Kavita , I don't want you or that girl , she is not my daughter , I never wanted her , I never wanted a girl as my child ."

Purab shouted on the top of his lungs , claiming his undying love for a women who wasn't his wife , his face red with bleeding mouth due to the punches of his cousin .

Mrinal flinched at his voice ,  how can someone have so much hatred for an innocent little soul , to their own blood .

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Tell me about your views  about this story . What would you like Mrinal to do now .

What type of punishment to you guys want Purab  to endure .

I am sick of wattpad stories or in real life ,  where the husband cheats on the  wife , insults her , treats her like a  trash , but at last wife accepts the husband with open hands being the kind-hearted soul with no self respect at all , sorry but this is utter bullshit and pathetic.