I couldn’t calculate the consequences back then and still can’t.
But after that incident, I felt a connection every time I saw her. I believed it was my duty to keep her safe from those people.
I was deeply drawn to her. It was hard to figure out why I kept struggling to stay away whenever she walked into my room. Each time she stood before me, I felt an irresistible urge to engage, tease, or do anything to make her want to stay with me.
Her skin felt soft against mine. Her lips had never looked so beautiful. Or perhaps I was being observant now. She had such captivating eyes, and whenever she applied kohl to them, as she did today, it made me feel, maybe without my choice, that she was mine.
In the previous two weeks, I noticed she was ignoring me, and I, too, tried my best to ignore her. However, just glancing at her would make me feel that everything with her was real.
Still, she couldn’t be my secret affair. Even though my defences crumbled before her, I tried hard to mask them with my rudeness. I couldn’t get close to her.
Everything was going against my original plan.
I wanted to be close to her before I left for Mehrangarh again. Because if anything happened to me, she would blame herself.
It was a hard truth to swallow, but it was evident in her eyes that she saw me as more than just a prince. Her fierce demeanour toward me and her ferocious words implied she felt a claim on me. Everything was driving me crazy.
Suddenly, Bhabhi-sa’s screams grew even louder, snapping me out of my thoughts.
I intertwined my fingers and felt a hand on my shoulder.
I turned to look at Ranvijay Bhai-sa.“Bhai-sa,” I said, prompting for a hug.
“Oh, what happened?” he asked, amused, as I felt him gently patting my back.
“It’s okay, Agastya; it happens during childbirth; she’ll be fine.” His words made me even tenser, and I closed my eyes.
“I don’t know, Bhai-sa; she’s the only person I’ve ever seen as a motherly figure,” I mumbled.
He brushed his fingers through my hair and replied,“Just a little more time, and we’ll both become father figures to someone.”
I immediately broke the hug and looked at him.
“Yes, yes, I’ll become Kaako-sa24,”
He narrowed his eyes.“Chote Kaako-sa.” He corrected me, and I smiled.
“Sixteen days fast… no… no, twenty-one, twenty-five. Twenty-five days fasting, I need a girl, a girl…” I continued negotiating with God and walked toward the corner.
My gaze landed on my half-wife walking through the hallways to the other side of the chamber. I sprinted to stop her midway.
“How is she doing now?” I asked.
She furrowed her brows at me.“Same.”
Okay, she was mad about the hot thing. She hurried past me.
“What does‘same’mean?” I asked, following her while keeping my eyes open and alert so as not to be noticed.
“In pain,” she replied, stepping into Bhabhi-sa’s dressing room. I followed her inside and watched as she opened a trunk.
“When is the girl coming out?” I inquired politely.
She lifted her‘unbelievable’gaze to my eyes.“It’s going to be a boy,” she countered.
My eyes widened.“No,” I said.“It’s definitely a girl.”
She clicked her tongue in frustration and grabbed a fresh pair of clothes.“No, no, her symptoms showed a boy,” she stated.
