Tasmina
Before the feast ended, I bade goodnight to the guests and quickly made my way to my chambers. I removed Mama’s gold cuff from my arm and took off my dress. I had been all dressed up to watch Rikom marry another woman. How ridiculous. As I pulled on my nightdress, I heard the door open behind me. I turned to see Rikom there, his kohl streaked eyes piercing as he looked at me. The sight of him, in his black shalwar, his eyes travelling over my body hungrily, his chest heaving, threatened to open the dam I had been holding in all day. I sighed wearily, removing the heavy jewellery from my ear.
“What are you doing here, Rikom?”
He raised his brow and took a step towards me.
“Are these not our chambers?”
He removed the gold cuffs from his huge biceps and tugged at the gold cor
