The Prince's Bride

IV. The Prince's Grudge

Rudra's POV:

I walked in to find Jaanvi sitting on the bed with a long veil over her face. I kept my sword which I had been holding all through on the stand.

I went and slowly removed the veil. She looked at me with teary eyes as she got up from the bed immediately and bought the traditional glass of with the least of love possible.

I drank it and handed her the glass. She took it and kept it back on the table from where she had picked it.

She then walked back upto me and said,

" Kunwar Rudra Pratap Singh,", she said, " I'm all yours now. Do whatever you feel like.", she said looking straight into my eyes.

I held her by her waist and pulled her towards myself.

She really had not expected that I would actually do 'whatever I feel like'.

I pushed her again at the wall removing my hand from her waist and now pining her hands on the wall as I moved uncomfortably close to her.

" Move away!", she shouted but unfortunately no one could hear.

" You said I could do whatever I feel like, isn't it? ", I said going closer to her neck inhaling the scent of her dark brown hair which I couldn't deny was enchanting.

" I didn't think that you'd be so shameless! Gaurav is so much better!", she said as I felt as if somebody had just pierced through my heart with a knife.

I immediately left her hands which had noticeably turned red and held her by her neck looking straight into her eyes.

" Do not take his name in my house.", I said in a low dangerous voice.

She seemed genuinely frightened and then said in a low voice,

" What is wrong with you, Rudra?", tears flowed down her eyes.

I kept quiet as I felt a lump in my throat.

What had I become?

She slowly placed her hands on my cheeks rubbing of the tears which had started flowing unconsciously. She held me that way and so did I. A moment of silence as I looked deep into her eyes and so did she. I seemed to melt away as I slowly edged forward pressing a slow and soft but passionate kiss and she reciprocated.

After a while we pulled away and I immediately got back to my senses. I wasn't going to love her, I was going to torchure her! I immediately moved away realizing how wrongly had my plan gone. I wasnt going to allow her to melt me away just the way I had turn as a child.. No! I couldn't.

I must make today her worst night irrespective of how much it would hurt me.

I pulled her by her hand and pushed her on the bed.

" Enough of your nonsense! I know why you are doing this.. You deserve such treatment! Remember one thing, you will forever be my maid! Do you get that? My maid, nothing more!!", I shouted.

" Correct! I am just your maid! But why?! What have I done?! ", she shot back in the same tone.

" You betrayed me.. You broke my heart.. You killed the happy man I used to be and turned me into an animal! Anything else I have to say?!", I said as I walked upto the bed.

" Today is your worst night.. Isn't it?", I said in a low, dangerous whisper as she sat up.

Tears of pain flowed down her eyes, tears of anger flowed down my eyes.

" Yes.. Just because I married you!", she said as he held me by my sherwani's collar revealing my chest.

I held her by the back of her neck and said,

" That's the exact answer I wanted to hear.", I said and moved away from her.

A part of me ached at her tears and that part of me was which I had locked away years ago. That was my heart.

I left her alone in the room and left.