AUTHOR'S POV

The next day at the Rai household, preparations were underway for a significant event—the visit to the prospective bride's house for a wedding alliance. Inside the house, Ishita Rai, the sister of the groom-to-be, was still fast asleep, blissfully unaware of the bustling activity around her. Suddenly, her peaceful slumber was interrupted as her brother, Addarsh, began shaking her bed vigorously