Married To My Sister's Husband
Tara Sen had always dreamed of a love like the one her elder sister shared with Neil Oberoi. She never imagined she would become his wife.
At twenty-six, Tara is ready to marry the man she loves, until Samar abandons her at the altar, leaving her heartbroken and her family humiliated. When the formidable matriarch Vidya Oberoi proposes an unthinkable solution, Tara finds herself marrying her late sister's husband—a man sixteen years her senior, whom she hasn't seen in a decade.
Neil Oberoi, forty-two, is one of Kolkata's most powerful hoteliers. Widowed for ten years, he has built an empire around a life carefully guarded against love. He never intended to marry again, least of all to his beloved Naina's younger sister.
Their marriage begins without affection, with separate bedrooms, unspoken boundaries, and two hearts still belonging to other people—or to memories of them.
But behind the imposing walls of the Oberoi family's ancestral mansion, something begins to change.
Tara discovers a man whose silences conceal more than his words ever reveal. And Neil, accustomed to controlling every aspect of his life, fails to recognise when his growing fascination with his young wife becomes an obsession.
The sound of her bangles, the scent of her hair, the glimpse of her across a crowded room—everything about Tara begins to unsettle him.
He knows he should keep his distance.
But resisting his own wife is becoming the one battle Neil Oberoi cannot seem to win.
And just as Tara begins to question whether she could ever love again, the man who abandoned her threatens to return.
She once wanted a love like her sister's.
She never expected to discover an entirely different one with the same man.
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Chapter: Chapter 6The wedding took place shortly before midnight.The priest placed the small silver container of vermilion before Neil and instructed Tara to lower her head.For a moment, Neil did not move.Fourteen years had passed since he had last performed this ritual. He remembered Naina sitting beside him, struggling to suppress her laughter because he had been so solemn throughout their wedding ceremony. She had teased him about it afterwards, telling him that he had looked less like a groom and more like a man attending an important board meeting.The memory came without warning, painfully clear.“Mr Oberoi,” the priest prompted gently.Neil returned his attention to the ceremony. He took a small pinch of sindoor between his fingers.Beside him, Tara lowered her head. Her thick black curls had been drawn away from her face, revealing the neat parting of her hair. The elaborate gold jewellery she wore caught the flickering light of the sacred fire, while the crimson silk of her Banarasi saree l
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Chapter: Chapter 5Tara was sitting beside her mother when Vidya entered the bridal suite. Her jewellery had been removed, except for the bracelet that had belonged to Naina. The heavy silk saree remained draped around her, but her makeup had been washed away, leaving her face pale and exhausted.She looked up. "Dadi."Vidya crossed the room and sat beside her, for a moment, she simply held Tara's hand.Then she said, "My darling, I want to ask you something."Tara looked at her uncertainly, Vidya glanced towards Kavita. "I've spoken to Neil."At the mention of his name, Tara frowned."Neil?""Yes.""Is something wrong?""No."Vidya drew a breath. "I've asked him to consider marrying you."Tara stared at her. For several seconds, she appeared unable to understand the words."What?""Neil.""Naina's Neil?"Vidya's expression softened. "Yes, darling."Tara looked towards her mother.Kavita was equally stunned. "Vidya ji...""Please hear me out."Tara slowly withdrew her hand. "I don't understand.""I know
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Chapter: Chapter 4Vidya Oberoi found Vikram sitting alone in the private lounge shortly after nine. He had loosened his tie and removed his spectacles. A glass of water stood untouched on the table beside him.For a moment, she watched him from the doorway.She had known Vikram for more than fifteen years. He had been a proud, affectionate father when Naina married Neil, and their families had grown close during the four years of that marriage.After Naina's death, Vidya had watched him struggle through a grief no parent should have to endure. She had never forgotten the way he had held Neil at the funeral, two men devastated by the loss of the same woman.Now Vikram looked as though those years of recovery had been swept away in a single evening."Vikram."He looked up. "Vidya ji."She crossed the room and sat beside him. For a while, neither spoke.Then she asked, "How is Tara?"He shook his head. "She won't stop crying."Vidya reached for his hand. "I'm so sorry."Vikram looked away. "I never wanted
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Chapter: Chapter 3Neil found his grandmother in the private lounge adjoining the ballroom. She was speaking to Kavita when he approached. "Dadi."Vidya turned. "Finally."He bent slightly to touch her feet, and she placed a hand on his head before straightening the lapel of his jacket."At least you remembered how to dress for a wedding."Neil looked at her. "Was there any doubt?""With you, there's always doubt."Kavita stepped forward. "Neil." He turned towards her, for a moment, they simply looked at one another. Then Kavita embraced him. "It's been too long."Neil returned the embrace. "It has."She stepped back. "You look well.""So do you."Kavita smiled faintly. "You've become very diplomatic.""Occupational necessity."She laughed, Vidya watched the exchange with quiet satisfaction.Neil rarely attended family occasions, and seeing him standing beside Kavita brought back memories she generally kept to herself.There had been a time when he and Naina visited the Sen household almost every weeken
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Chapter: Chapter 2Tara Sen had spent the better part of the afternoon being dressed, painted, photographed, admired, and repeatedly instructed not to move. By seven o'clock, she was considering the possibility of escaping through the bridal suite's balcony.She was sitting before an enormous antique mirror, wearing a deep crimson Banarasi saree that her mother had chosen from a weaver in Varanasi. The silk was heavy, its intricate gold work catching the warm light of the dressing room. A traditional gold necklace rested against her collarbone, complemented by matching earrings and a delicate bracelet that had belonged to her elder sister.Her black curls had been styled into a loose arrangement at the back of her head, with several soft strands framing her face. The makeup artist had spent considerable time perfecting her eyes, although Tara suspected the effort would be wasted the moment her mother began crying.She had inherited Kavita Sen's appearance almost entirely—her fair complexion, rounded fea
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Chapter: Chapter 1The last time Tara Sen had seen Neil Oberoi standing before a sacred fire, he had been marrying her sister.She had been twelve then, dressed in a pale pink lehenga, her hair tied into two elaborate braids that her mother had insisted upon despite her protests. She remembered the flowers, the music, the endless procession of relatives, and Naina's laughter as Neil struggled to follow an instruction from the priest.Most of all, she remembered the way he had looked at her sister.As though, among the hundreds of people gathered to celebrate their wedding, Naina was the only person he had come to see. Fourteen years later, Tara sat beside that same man, dressed as a bride herself. Only this time, the bride was not Naina and the groom was not the man Tara loved.The priest was speaking. Somewhere behind her, a woman was crying quietly. Tara could hear the crackling of the ceremonial fire and the occasional rustle of silk as relatives shifted in their seats.Her wedding jewellery felt unb
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