“Oho. Workplace romance.”
Yamini’s cheeks heated.
“I’m working,” she said. “My PR project is valid for three more weeks.”
“Good! Stay close and show those women that the Jogra maharaja is yours!”
Yamini laughed. “Bye, Pooja. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
She ended the call.
For a moment, she stood smiling.
And then, she began walking.
The factory office was on the upper level, glassed on one side to overlook the floor below.
“Your Highness,” the security greeted her.
Yamini greeted them with a smile.
Before she could even knock, the office door opened, and Imran stepped out.
It had happened more than a couple of times before, until she realized Bharat knew she was coming to his office and dismissed his assistant.
Imran greeted her before leaving.
She pushed the door open.
Bharat was at his desk. The factory floor camera screens spread across one side of the wall, where he must have seen her walking across the factory floor with her camera.
He was in his usual factory clothes, dark jacket, sleeves already folded once at the wrist. The desk was immaculate with files aligned and a tablet placed exactly at the edge.
He looked up.
She didn’t stop at the chairs opposite to him. She walked around the desk to his side and sat directly in his lap.
He went still for exactly one second.
Then his arm came around her waist, automatic and adjusted, the way it always did.
“You are trending,” she said.
Then she pulled up the link Pooja had sent for the social media page with his picture, which had four lakh likes and several thousand comments.
She watched his face as he looked at her phone screen. He studied it the way he studied everything, methodically, without visible reaction.
“I do not monitor social media for frivolous things,” he said at last.
She had expected that exact reply.
A laugh escaped her.
“You have admirers,” she said. “Female ones. Approximately four lakhs, though Pooja said the number is climbing. They are commenting on your golden-brown eyes and your cheekbones.”
He held her gaze.
“Public fascination is irrational.”
