𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕮𝖗𝖎𝖒𝖘𝖔𝖓 𝕮𝖗𝖔𝖜𝖓. (COMPLETED)
30. 𝕴𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘.
30. INTENTIONS.
Siya ~
About a week went by without anything major happening around but tonight, I stumbled upon Vani and Amar talking right where they thought no one could listen to them but there I was, standing right behind the pillar to eavesdrop on their conversation.
" Arjun was never supposed to be King Amar. You were and just because we decided that we wanted to be together doesn't mean that we get deprived of our rights. You are the elder son of the family and you deserve this Kingdom and I deserve to be Queen and our son, the heir." She said with an extraordinary amount of venom in her voice that I flinched for a second.
Wait, what son?
Shit. The child. That unborn child Arjun had told me about.
But where was he? Why wasn't he here with them?
" Vani all we need is the inheritance money. Being the King is a position of huge responsibility and accountability. I would rather live with you and Yash peacefully than worry about this place which does not even want us in the first place." Was his response.
" Amar, think big. Imagine being the King and the power which comes with it. We can easily kick Arjun and his annoying wife out of here. What could be better?" The pure sound of evilness in her voice wanted me to throw up.
" No Vani. All this is not worth it. We are here for the money and nothing else. I want to give a good future to Yash and this is not the place for that. After we get the money, we will go abroad and settle peacefully. Yash will attend a good college and we will live away from this for the rest of our lives. All I need is my son and my wife by my side. That's it." Amar, despite having no character or backbone was now, at least on the right path unlike his witch wife.
" No Amar. I want you to be King and I want to be Queen. I want our son to be king someday and I will stop at nothing. You will help me in this if you love me even a little bit." She said, trying to manipulate him and all I wanted to do was go and slap this woman before dragging her out of my home.
" I have to tell this to someone who is not Arjun. He is already so busy with work and I cannot dump this on him too." I muttered to myself before slowly leaving and the only people who came in my mind for help were three.
I slowly sneaked into the bedroom where on one side, there was a huge pile of gifts from Papa, Rohit bhai and Karan bhai along with my mumma and bhabhis and on the other side was a sleeping Arjun on the bed.
I juggled my gaze between those two before walking to the pile of gifts.
'I guess it's time to forgive you all. After all, I do need your help." I muttered to myself, opening the box of chocolates and eating two before going to the bed and lying down next to Arjun.
Thankfully, my footsteps didn't wake him up and I covered myself with the duvet, muttering a small goodnight to him and closing my eyes but I knew that sleep was going to be miles away from me tonight.
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The next morning when Arjun was about the wake up, I quickly closed my eyes, pretending to be asleep and I turned on the other side so that he doesn't see me up, covering myself till the face with the duvet.
I had to tell someone what I heard last night and that someone couldn't be him right now and I knew the minute he asks what happened, I will blabber everything out to him if i don't tell this to anyone as soon as possible.
" God help me." I muttered in frustration.
" Little Flower, wake up. It's time for college." I heard his voice as felt his hand on my shoulder and I threw the duvet off me, getting up on my feet.
" Good Morning Ranaji. Such a nice and beautiful morning, isn't it?" I asked with a huge smile on his lips, trying to be chirpy for some goddamn reason!
" You haven't slept all night, have you?" He narrowed his eyes at me and leaned back, waiting for me to explain myself to him.
" Of course I have! I am just excited about this particular morning. Jeez Arjun!" I mocked him as I decided to get away from him before he could inquire any further but I wasn't so lucky because the moment I took a few steps away from him, I landed right into his arms as he pulled me back into him.
" Fine. I was watching Gilmore Girls all night." I replied in the straightest voice that I could keep and something that I could really do so that he believes me.
" I didn't hear anything all night Siya." He deadpanned and I rolled my eyes.
" You see, mankind has invented something called wireless earphones Arjun. I have been using them. You should too, they are damn nice." I mocked him and it finally looked like he wanted to believe me.
We looked at each other, neither of us making any effort to get away from each other. I kinda liked being with him, despite of how bad I wanted myself to fight it.
" Umm...co...college." I heard myself saying and looking away from him. He too, slowly withdrew himself away from me.
" I'll see you in the evening." I said again, rushing to the restroom to get ready.
" Have dinner with me tonight?" Arjun's voice made me jump, as I was done taking a bath and walked out with nothing one me except a towel and a squeal escaped my lips but I found myself rooted to the ground under his gaze.
" A...Arjun....I thought you had left." I managed to form a sentence with the jumbled words in my head and gulped hard and I knew that I must have been beet red because I could feel my face on fire with his gaze.
There was something in his eyes which wanted me to let him come to me and kiss me while the sane part of me was screaming at me for being careless and still not making a run for the closet to hide.
His eyes were winning till the time he was standing where he was but the moment he started to walk towards me, I knew that I was screwed. The sane part of my head started to mock me before I tuned it out.
" Umm....what do you think you're doing?" I couldn't help but ask him as I took my steps backwards to put a safe amount of space between us.
There was a mischievous grin on his lips which was equal parts of exciting and terrifying for me as my back hit the wall and there he was, inches away from me, his arms caging me between himself and the wall.
"Tell me, Little One" Arjun murmured, his warm breath grazing my ear. "How does it feel when I'm this close to you? Do you find it hard to breathe?"
I wanted to scream yes but instead and thankfully, no words came out of my mouth but my breath hitched, giving him an unspoken answer to that question asked.
His index finger traced my cheekbone before his hands cupped my cheeks and I closed my eyes in anticipation of what was he going to do next because whatever he did, I would only protest if he gets away from me.
" Get dressed." He said.
" Kiss me." I heard my voice tremble as I opened my eyes.
" You wouldn't have to ask twice." Arjun's eyes glimmered and his hand reaching out to gently cradle my cheek again. My breath caught as he leaned in, his lips just inches away from mine. The anticipation sent shivers down my spine and my entire being focused on the imminent touch of his lips on mine as my eyes closed once again. His hands moved from my cheeks to my waist slowly and tightened around there, pulling me closer and my fingers entwined at the back of his neck.
Everything about him was drawing me in, unnerving me to my core and his lips felt so soft against mine and the adrenaline made my heart pound so fast that I felt going weak in the knees.
Our lips moved in a quiet, musical symphony and I clutched the collar of his shirt tightly to steady myself as we parted for breath.
" I...I..." I didn't know to what to say as then Arjun pressed his thumb against my lips and held his forehead against mine as I continued to hold his collar.
" Shh." He said and we stood there, taking each other in before his phone went off and a look of annoyance passed through, making me giggle a little.
" This better be important." I heard him muttered as I distanced myself from him a bit and he took the call.
And suddenly, just like that, I recalled again that I was standing here in nothing but a towel and my eyes widened at this recollected memory.
Then I made a dash to my walk-in-closet, closing the door behind me.
" OH MY GOD."
WE KISSED.
" Oh god!" I couldn't help control the stupid blush spreading across my cheeks and I cupped my face with my palms.
But I also knew that I had no time to overthink this because I was getting late for college so I had to pull myself together and get dressed quickly.
I desperately wanted Arjun to leave for work before I walked out again but I knew he was right outside, waiting for me.
Siya's Look~
I gathered the courage to open the door and walk out before taking a deep breath.
" Umm....bye." I said in the most awkward manner without looking at him in the eye and reached out for my bag.
" Have dinner with me tonight." He said.
" I have dinner with you daily." I replied, still being a wuss and not finding it in myself to as much as glance at him.
" Go out for dinner with me, Siya." He changed the verbatim, giving me zero chances to find a loophole.
" But...." I started but was cut off in between.
" Siya." Was all he said for me to fold.
" Okay. Bye!" I dashed out of the room straight to my car.
College passed by in haze and before I knew it, I had asked the driver to take me to my parents house and as I reached there, I couldn't manage to get inside the house because of my conflicting thoughts.
I was just about to leave without going inside when Hansika bhabhi called my name out and rushed outside to where I was standing.
" Siya this is your home and it is completely our fault that you are having to think before getting inside and trust me, we all are extremely guilty about it but now that your heart got you here till the gate, please come inside. Please?" She asked, holding my hand in hers and gave me a sad smile.
" I need your help bhabhi. I need all your help." I confessed as we got inside.
" Just ours or do you need your brothers too?" She asked as we sat down on the couch and Tanaya bhabhi came out with little Mahir in her arms and I immediately took him in my arms.
" Hello my baby. How are you." I asked him in my baby voice as he continued to look at me with his huge eyes.
He was going to turn eight months soon
" I need them too but they must be at work na!" I said and shrugged.
" Siya after what we all have done, we are going to be at your call all the time. No matter work. I'll call them." Hansika bhabhi said before calling them.
As we sat for a while, Mumma walked inside the house with so many shopping bags.
" Hansika, look I've got so many things for my Siya. Make sure it's sent to her? She'll love it." She called out and my heart conflicted again.
" She was supposed to be honest with me." I muttered to myself but my second alternate personality had forgiven her. The one who was her mumma's girl.
" Why don't you give them to her yourself mumma?" I asked, making my presence known to her and made a little run to hug her.
" Siya? I've missed you so much, my doll." She said as I wiped the tears away from her eyes.
" I've missed you too mumma. I am beginning to forgive you but keep the gifts coming, okay?" I asked her and she nodded.
My brothers were here too in a while.
We hugged it out.
No words, nothing. That's how we always have been.
Then, I told them all about this Vani and Amar thing.
" Those people truly don't have anything called self-respect." Tanaya bhabhi said.
" Siya you'll have to keep an eye out always, in the Palace. You already have Papa there. Talk to him and maybe ask Samarth too." Rohit bhai suggested and I nodded.
" Yes Chipkali, you don't do anything until they take the first damn step towards whatever plan they are brewing." Karan bhai added.
" I should get going." I said, picking my bag up and they nodded, giving me a hug and walked me out to the car, bidding me bye.
In another fifteen minutes, I was in the Palace, walking towards Ranaji's office where I knew Papa was going to be there and I had to talk to him and warn him against Amar and Vani.
" Where is my father?" I asked Ranaji's PA who told me that they were were in Arjun's office and I barged inside, completely forgetting what had transpired between him and me earlier in the morning but the moment I saw his face, everything came back to me and I bit the inside of my cheek to stop that blush from coming onto me again!
" I need to talk to my father right now." I said, looking at the two of them and then immediately looking away from my husband and when I looked back to him, his eyebrows were raised.
" What? I need to talk to him and I really don't need to ask your permission to steal him away from you." I crossed my arms in front of my chest, giving him a glare.
" Nothing. I don't remember saying anything." He had a very small smirk playing on his lips as he leaned ahead on his chair, looking at me.
" Ranaji, I will just be back. Come on Siya." Papa said and I looked at him and then I shook my head in a no.
" Nope. See Papa, there are three people right here in this room. Now two of them have to talk so naturally, it is the third person who is supposed to leave, not the two who have to talk, you see." I blabbered and sat opposite the Arjun, mimicking his actions.
" Siya you cannot kick out Ranaji from his own office beta." Papa tried to make me see sense but have I ever?
" I am pretty sure that I can Papa. What do you think Arjun?" I first looked at Papa and then back at Arjun and raised an eyebrow at him.
" She can." He groaned and I smiled.
" Five minutes." He said, getting up from his seat and I followed too, standing up.
" Fifteen." I flipped my hair and he narrowed his eyes at me as I grinned.
" Fifteen." He folded and was just about to walk out the door as I held it.
" Ranaji.....maybe twenty." I said and then shut the door of his office on his face and honestly, it was so fun that I was going to do it again.
" Siya beta is everything okay?" Papa asked as we both sat on the couch and I whispered everything to him about Vani and Amar.
" Are you sure that's what you heard?" He asked and I nodded.
" I will make sure nothing affects Arjun here at work, I promise Siya." He promised and I scooched near him, holding his arm.
" I am so sorry beta." He apologised like he had been doing for the past fifteen days daily and his eyes watered, so did mine.
" It's okay Papa. Let's move on from all this." I wiped his tear away and gave him a Siya special smile.
" Now I'll go and get Arjun back before he gets a heart attack or something about me destroying his office and you being in cahoots with me." I joked and he laughed as we stood up.
" Thank you." He said and I nodded, walking out of the door and found Arjun talking to one of his management guys when I interrupted him.
" Your office is all yours Ranaji." I teased him as he was left alone and was just about to leave when he stopped me by holding my hand.
" I swear that the little dent on the coffee table was not my doing." I closed my eyes and quickly lied to him.
" Little Flower, I know for a fact that it was your doing last week and I did not stop you for that, for heaven's sake." He sounded astounded about my assumption and I opened one of my eyes to confirm.
" Whatever Arjun. You are the King and your coffee table can take a little dent when I am mad at you. Be happy that it was not your head." I made a joke and he laughed.
I made him laugh!
" I am looking forward to our dinner tonight, Siya." He then said, pecking my knuckles and I felt a shy blush make it's way back to my face.
" Where are we going and I am only asking so that I can dress accordingly." I clarified myself first so that he doesn't think that I am excited about this, even though I was.
" There is a dress waiting for you in our room. I will see you tonight." He said, loosening his grip over my hand, letting me go.
" Bye!" I called out before leaving and happily walked to the room, looking forward to this date and the dress!
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