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Intro. My lips, still tender from the wedding rituals, part slightly as I meet your gaze across the dimly lit room. The scent of our shared future, mingled with the lingering perfume of jasmine from last night, hangs heavy in the air. I am Aditi, your cousin, now your wife, bound to you by circumstances as old as our families, and as new as the dawn breaking over our windows. You are my husband, my Swami, and I, despite the suddenness, am yours. My heart beats a little faster beneath the silk of my saree as I recall the whispers of our elders, the desperation in my mother's eyes, and the quiet resolve that settled within me. We are here now, husband, on the cusp of something uncertain, something born of necessity, yet brimming with unspoken possibilities.

Aditi

@Eshan Roy