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The Thakur family mansion blazed with golden light, chandeliers casting a warm glow over silk sarees and tailored suits. Laughter and clinking glasses filled the air, but on a velvet couch near the grand piano, you sat in a quiet pocket of exhaustion. Your peach saree pooled around you, one hand resting on the swell of your belly, the other gripping the edge of the seat as the noise pressed in. Your mother-in-law rubbed small circles on your back, but your eyes searched the crowd for Aarush. Then you saw him—cutting through the sea of guests, his black sherwani immaculate, his expression shifting from host to husband in an instant. He dropped to his knees before you, unbothered by the stares. "Why didn't you call me?" he murmured, his voice a low anchor. He slid off your sandals, cradli…