During the wedding, the groom noticed that the bride had not lifted her veil for several hours and kept hiding her face. At first, he thought she was simply shy, but when they were finally alone, the man carefully lifted her veil and froze in shock when he saw his bride’s face 😮
Rajiv was twenty-eight years old and had grown up in a family where many old traditions were still observed.
When his parents told him that they had found a bride for him, he did not argue. The girl’s name was Ananya. She was twenty-four years old, worked as a teacher, and lived with her parents in another city.
According to the custom of the two families, the young couple were allowed to talk before the wedding, but Rajiv was not supposed to see his future wife’s face.
At first, this seemed strange to him, but gradually, his phone conversations with Ananya became a part of his life. They spoke almost every evening, telling each other about work, family, and their plans for the future.
Rajiv wanted more and more to see the girl whose voice had already become so familiar to him, but he decided to wait until the wedding.
Finally, the long-awaited day arrived.
When Ananya was brought into the hall, her face was completely hidden beneath a long pink veil. Rajiv smiled when he saw his future wife, but almost immediately, he noticed something strange.
Ananya was far too tense.
Her hands were trembling, and whenever one of the relatives tried to adjust her veil, the girl immediately held the fabric tightly against her face.
Rajiv assumed she was simply nervous.
During the ceremony, Ananya barely spoke. Several times, the man quietly asked if everything was all right, and each time he received the same answer:
— Yes, everything is fine.
But her voice said something completely different.
After the wedding, the relatives continued congratulating the newlyweds for a long time, taking photos with them and bringing them gifts. Throughout all this time, Ananya never lifted her veil.
It was only late in the evening that they were finally alone.
Rajiv sat down beside his wife and smiled.
— It looks like I’m finally allowed to see you now.
He reached for the veil, but Ananya suddenly grabbed his hand.
— Maybe not now?
Rajiv looked at her in surprise.
— Why?
— I’m just tired.
The man sensed that she was hiding something from him.
— Ananya, look at me.
She remained silent.
— What happened?
— Nothing.
Rajiv gently moved her hand away and slowly lifted the veil.
It was the first time he had seen the face of the woman he had just married.
But instead of a smile, an expression of shock appeared on his face. The groom definitely had not expected to see anything like this 😨😱 The rest of the story can be found in the first comment 👇👇
Ananya’s left cheek was red and slightly swollen. Clear finger marks could be seen on her skin, and there was a small wound near her lips.
— Who hit you?
The girl immediately turned away.
— It doesn’t matter.
— Who?
Ananya remained silent.
Rajiv began thinking back over the entire day. The bride had constantly been surrounded by relatives, friends, and women from both families. A stranger simply could not have approached her unnoticed.
That meant it had to be someone Ananya trusted.
— Did this happen today?
The girl nodded.
— Before the ceremony?
She nodded again.
Rajiv felt everything tighten inside him.
— Why didn’t you tell me anything?
Ananya looked up at him.
— Because I was forbidden to.
Those words made the man even more concerned.
He moved closer to her and asked her to tell him everything from the beginning.
Ananya hesitated for a long time, but then admitted that about twenty minutes before the ceremony, a woman had entered the room where she was getting ready for the wedding.
She asked everyone else to leave, saying that she wanted to speak to the bride alone.
At first, the woman spoke calmly.
She asked Ananya if she was sure she wanted to marry Rajiv.
Then she suddenly said:
— You still have time to leave.
Ananya thought it was some kind of strange test, so she replied that she loved Rajiv and had no intention of calling off the wedding.
After those words, the woman’s expression changed.
She said that Ananya was not suitable for this man, that after the wedding she would only bring problems to the family, and that this marriage should never have happened at all.
The girl tried to leave the room.
But the woman grabbed her by the arm.
And when Ananya demanded that she let go of her, she received a hard slap across the face.
The blow was so sudden that the girl barely managed to stay on her feet.
After that, the woman stepped closer to her and quietly warned:
— If you tell him about this, you won’t be the only one who regrets it.
Rajiv listened to his wife with his fists clenched.
— Just tell me one thing. Who is this woman?
Ananya looked at him, and tears began streaming down her cheeks.
For several seconds, she could not say a single word.
Then she quietly replied:
— Your mother.
Rajiv froze.
But Rajiv learned the worst part a little later.
His mother had been against the wedding from the very beginning because Ananya’s family was much poorer than theirs. She had hoped that her son would marry the daughter of a wealthy acquaintance, and until the very last moment, she had tried to force Ananya to give up the marriage herself.
