Aarnav's P.O.V~
I wake up with an anguishing discomfort in my body. Uncommon but pleasant. The morning sings strangely today, the blazing sun's glimmers are sharper than the diverse days.
From the hue of the drapes to the bedsheet, feels foreign. I blink open my eyes, seizing the chamber to not be mine. It's hers!
My hands occupy a chunni, slightly covered around my wrists. What am I doing here? I brush my eyes to disembark the heaviness and recall how I ended up here.
Abruptly, a speech breaks in my head, alerting my whole body. "Prince, you're awake!" It's Nishtha. She's grinning for an unexplained reason, essentially struggling to tuck away her smile.
"Why am I here?" I inquire as I sit up on the sack, but swiftly the blanket drops from my chest, proving the nudeness. Nishtha immediately turns aside, covering more than a striking smile.
Quickly, panic embraces me. My brain ceases functioning as I lift the blanket. I'm nude!
Rage and concern surge through my body and fear takes charge as I stand tall, covering the blanket around my midriff. "Where is Aadhya?" Aadhya's in the garden. She notifies me and blocks me from rushing there.
"Prince, clean up first. She's informed me she'll be there until you meet her there." What kind of sick game is this?
Aadhya's P.O.V~
Here appears the grumpy, tall, and heated prince to ruin my morning tea. He strides with a frantic face and a huffing body. I guess he found out about what happened yesterday.
He was all delightful and submissive yesterday. Now, look at him.
"What did you do to me?" The reticent corner I chose is not silent anymore. Thank god! Others can't hear us. "What are all these marks on my body?" He sounds mad.
"You don't remember? We were tipsy and all over each other yesterday." Even my tone is infuriating him, which is very skittish and steady. "Just tell me, specifically, what did you do?"
"Did you not see the blood on the sheets?" I argue. I didn't recognize Aadhya was a virgin. Well, why wouldn't she be? But I discovered this from Nishtha.
His eyes practically fall off of his sockets and his concern becomes extremely evident on his face. Apart from the luxury, his mutilated face is what I wish to see every day.
"Listen, I didn't realize all of that would happen between us and it was both of us. You're responding as if I molested you when you were enjoying it the most."
"What do you mean?" He subdues his thundering speech down, and I stand up as rapidly as possible as his mother approaches us.
Her deep red, embroidered sari hails her to be the queen. Soon this will be me. How am I going to survive when it's troublesome just making it through as a princess?
"I notice you two are growing closer?" She displays a gentle but charming smile as we both represent our respect for her. "Yes, mother. We are growing closer." He lies positively, overwhelming me.
I hum in harmony with him as the queen adds, "would you like to have a stroll with me? Both of you?" We both nod and track behind her as she hauls me along with her.
"I'm not going to stretch this conversation. Since both of you might be exhausted. Regarding the prince awakened late today. Isn't that right, Aarav?" Nothing is hidden from his mother. She's not angry about it but is bantering. I smirk as he seeks to suppress his face.
"Cut back to the mark. I truly admire how you attended everyone, even with no recollection of them." I smile as she gives me an appreciative glance. "About that. Is your wound healing?" She offers motherly concern for me, which is certainly strange and peculiar to me.
"Yes. It is. The wound is easing and sinking every day." She nods as the prince walks quietly but attentively by her side. He buries his anger pretty well in how turbulent he sounds in front of me.
Aarnav's P.O.V~
Having a stroll, and feeding the birds has invariably been my mother's favorite part of the day. Her smile is genuine evidence of it, but why is Aadhya beaming like that? Feeding the birds can't be that fun.
Before minutes she was responding so bratty and now, look at her.
A strand of her hair sinks on her face as she perches on the slick meadow, extending the wheat for the birds. The sunshine golds her brown skin shade, drawing her brown eyes to illuminate better.
My heart leaped a pulse when she turned to me, grinning with pure joy. I practically ignore that I am angry with her.
I feel the air in my body shortening, my grips sweating, and the tone of all dying out with the melody of her amusement.
"You two will have to take off for my cousin's place tomorrow." My mother's approach wakes me up from my stupor and I acknowledge both of them standing and joining the tea table, steps away from us.