Chapter 3:
622 Words
Donzai is sitting beside Kevin's table.
“Isn't it tough being her PA?” Donzai asks softly.
“Not really. Madam is kind of cute.” Kevin blushes while answering.
Donzai looks at him with the corner of his eyes.
Ravana comes out of her cabin and hands Kevin a file. She looks at Donzai.
“I will be going downtown today. I am telling you before in case you cry again…” Ravana says while leaving.
Kevin looks at Donzai surprisingly. Donzai gives a shocked look.
“I wasn’t crying…” Donzai panics.
“Yeah yeah!” Ravana leaves waving her hand.
She sits in her car and leaves for somewhere. Donzai looks at her car and signs.
Ravana receives a message from Ben. It says,
"You left your gown in my room. It looks expensive. When will you take it?" Ravana calls Ben.
“Hello Ben?”
“H-hey…”
“How are you doin'?”
“I am good. You shouldn’t leave your clothes anywhere. It looks expensive.”
“(laughs) That is. It cost a million. But I left it at your place so it's fine.”
Ben doesn’t even know what to say.
"Why does she trust me! She doesn’t even know me properly." Ben thinks.
“Ben, if you don't mind, can you please drop it at my place?”
“Ah… Sure.”
“Great! I will text you the address then. See you!”
Ben takes the dress in his hand.
"A million? If anyone finds out, I will be killed for this dress. No wonder that taxi driver was giving me looks last night. He must have thought I kidn*pped her." Ben wonders.
He signs and leaves for Ravana's house.
Ben stops in front of the address Ravana gave. He keeps staring at the huge mansion.
"She lives here?"
He imagines Ravana walking down from the stairs looking like a queen. Hundreds of servants are busy serving her majesty.
Ben recalls how Robert also addressed her as, "our queen". She is no less than a queen, Ben thinks.
Ben rings the bells and waits. No one opens the door. He knocks on the door a bit harder and the door opens by itself.
"It was open!" Ben wonders.
He goes inside slowly, counting his steps. There is no sign of life here. Suddenly he hears a voice.
"Ah Ben! You are here."
Ben looks in the direction of the voice. Ravana is coming down from the stairs.
Ravana's hair is a mess. She is in her nightdress. She looks quite different from Ben's imagination.
"She looks like a ghost rather than a queen." Ben thinks. His face gets lighter.
“Where are all your servants? Are they on leave?” Ben asks, looking around.
“What servants? I live alone here…” Ravana also looks around while answering.
Ben starts to feel strange.
"She looked too unreal from the start. Is she a ghost?" Ben wonders.
“What are you thinking?”
“Nothing in particular.”
“Sit down.”
Ben sits awkwardly. He looks around and sees the mansion. The thought that Ravana slept in his tiny room last night crosses his mind. He starts to feel ashamed. He thinks about how Ravana might have reacted when she woke up. He imagines Ravana freaking out in disgust.
"Ew! Where am I! That damned Ben! Why did he bring me here! Why didn’t he book me a hotel room! That broke bustard!"
Ben imagines Ravana is screaming this. His face becomes miserable. Ravana looks at his face and says,
“You okay, Ben?”
Ben looks at Ravana with a sad look and nods. Ravana blinks her eyes without understanding the situation.
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