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Wonderful update! :) glad Manyata's realizing her love for UV :D
and LOL Chiki! I almost miss her in the show..ALMOST 😆
Hey muffins! Hows summer going??
So I realized that I have not been thanking you guys enough for all the effort you put in with reading, commenting, liking and also putting up with my busy schedules and late updates!
So Thank you all SOOO Much! 🤗 its great to have such a sweet and enthusiastic audience. I know so many people have left the forum = decrease in readers but for all of you have stuck by, I really appreciate it! 😳
and since I was a lil late, I thought of making the update a bit long, oh and this on is FIERY!
Chapter 10: Igniting the Fire
I slept in my bed until a maid came
and woke me up, I hurriedly straightened myself up for dinner and proceeded down
to the dining table. Everyone had been seated already; DS, Mom, Dad, Uday,
Unnati, J, Vijay bhai, and of course Akash, Soni and Chikki. I smiled and
greeted them, also apologized for being late.
Once settled the three courses of
meals arrived, at first I used to think 'what the hell?' because I was not even used
to eating one meal. If Baba was able to, he would only have money for a one
time meal, but now I enjoyed the meals provided to us. Also, they weren't so
lavish or demanding and I made sure to donate food to the poor whenever I got
the chance as I myself experienced the struggle of keeping my tummy happy with only
water.
I started small talks with Vijay bhai, just teasing and pulling his leg when I noticed Uday smiling sweetly. I smiled thinking that he was probably smiling at me but his eyes caught my attention and they were NOT on me. My eyebrows furred, I followed his glance to see him grinning wildly at my sister, JAINANDINI!
How dare he? Just a few days ago he
was flirting with me, telling me that I was the one for him, that he would not
look at anyone else and now? This guy was so confusing! I was boiling in anger;
he had cheated on me and betrayed me with all his sweet flatters. I shouldn't have
trusted him at all...I should have known better.
"MANYATAAa!!!!" Vijay bhai
sang in a loud tone, I gave him a weird expression, "What? You spaced out so I
had to do something...by the way...who were you thinking about?" He wiggled his
eyebrows and I smiled weakly telling him to forget it and go back to eating.
While I was cutting my bread I managed
to look up and stare right into Uday's eyes, to my surprise he stared right
back. I got glued to them, not being able to move another muscle; my hands
stopped working on the bread and lips parted at the sight of his cute face. For
a moment I felt like the warm and loving Uday was back, his eyes showed some
kind of a care or concern for a second. But suddenly he turned his head and
talked with J.
"So our dinner tomorrow is on right?"
What! They were going on a DATE! I
couldn't stop my anger, I noticed my terrible acting skills as anger boiled
through my face and Akash gave me a worried look. I excused myself and went to
my room. I threw everything in my way...how can he possibly date my sister. Sure
they had a relation before but what about his promises to me?
I took my sword and went to the Royal
defense ground to shake off the temper and also try to practicalize my ideas of
murdering someone. The trainees came one by one and I managed to defeat all. I
was panting but still wanted more, I needed to get everything inside me
out...that too fast.
A sword swung at me and I slammed into
a well-built hard chest. I looked up in anger only to be left numb with
intensity and fire burning through his eyes.
"Uday," I said slowly, my voice was so
vulnerable it felt as though I might collapse into his arms but then I
remembered the way he flirted with J today and it was enough to rile me up again. I shoved
him hard but he didn't budge.
"Accepted defeat so early?" He said
with a smirk and put forth his sword, instigating a challenge. I lunged forward
in animosity and tried to take him down but he easily stood grounded and broke
off my attack with a great defense. My ego and pride wouldn't let me back down,
the rat and mouse game continued on for quite a while until I ran to catch
my breath and hid behind a pillar.
Suddenly a sword held my neck, all I
could see was emptiness as the person wasn't in front me. He was holding
the sword from behind the pillar. Slowly the sword steered, it was so close to
my neck! I felt something trickle down my neck but remained too scared to
move.
Uday came in front of me with a smirk
on his face and eyes covered in darkness, the evil Prince was back. I was about
to scoff at him for being a coward and attacking from behind when abruptly his
body stiffened. His jaw clenched as his eyes searched my neck, worry crossed
his face and his eyes had a shadow of guilt in them. He lowered the sword so it
was on my chest and angled so I wouldn't get hurt. He came a step closer and
I started drifting in his scent of aftershave and perfume and what not.
He
gently took hold of my face, four fingers in my hair and a thumb caressing my
cheeks. I started breathing heavily and nauseous as his face came down to the
crook of my neck and slowly touched it with his soft lips.
I felt him open his mouth and slowly
glide his tongue up my neck, sucking in the droplets of blood that had flowed
out. My legs became week and I grabbed on to his shirt for support while he
teased me by nibbling and passionately kissing my neck and shoulders. I let out
a small moan with the pleasure he was providing me but before I could continue
he pulled himself up, slowly dropping the sword in my hand and bidding
farewell.
"Sorry Your Highness, I gotta plan for
a special dinner for tomorrow."
He turned around to leave when my extremely furious body busted, "WAIT!" I yelled.
I stomped up to him, turned him around
and grabbed his collar tightly.
"What do you think of me Uday? Am I
some play toy who you use and throw? Huh? Oh but never mind, you were always
like this, always using and throwing. That's what you are Mr. Udaybeer Singh!
You have no feelings, no emotions nothing!" I stared into his eyes with fire
burning wildly.
He took hold of my and pushed me away. I stood there shocked, about to retort when he shushed me forcefully.
"Manyata when you point one finger to others, three more point at you. And what are you talking about? Huh? I am toying you or are YOU toying ME? Why would I want to bother about you when you don't bother about me? I am OVER you Manyata...get it through your head! I won't go around you like a puppy when you are already with AKash! You can't expect me to either...you just CAN'T have the best of both worlds Manyata!"
(This was supposed to be a separate chapter, but I thought of putting it in one 😉)
The best of both worlds. The best of
both worlds; the sentence rang through my head over and over again. I stood
rooted as I saw Uday turning and marching off back to the palace, leaving me
there repeating the sentences.
"Moniya!!!" Someone came and jumped at me from the back. I turned around in annoyance only to find Chikki there while Soni and Akash trailed behind her with goofy smiles.
"Kahan chaligai thi? Huh? Tere saath theek se time bhi nahi bitaya. Ab chal, thodi masti karte hai aur gol gappe khatte hai."
"Haan Moniya, yahan waise bhi rakha kya hai. Sab itne bade bore hain, tumhari family toh theek se ek joke bhi nahi marti,"Akash said with disappointment in his tone.
"Tumhara matlab kya hai?" I asked, god why were they behaving like this? I loved my family, they had been so nice to me from the time I had come to live with them.
"Arre, aise, mera matlab hai itni formally koi khana khata hai kya?"
"Akash, hum rajwade hain, aur humein aise hi sikhaya jaata hai'aur yeh baat tum sab jitni acchi tarah se samajhlo utna accha hoga."
"Wah Monia! Tu toh badal gayi, pehle toh inka muh bhi nahi dekhna accha lagta tha, aur aab."
"Dekh Chikki, mujhe aisa PEHLE lagta tha, ab nahi. Aur iss mein burai kya hai, theek se khana khaana koi gunah nahi."
"Kyun apna time waste kar rahi ho!" A voice called out, we all turned back to see Jainandini in a beautiful dress make her way towards us.
"Hey Jiji, why so mad? Kya hua?" She asked with concern.
"Kuch nahi, bas kaam," I reassured
her.
She then turned to Chikki and said in a calm voice, "Chikki, mujhe nahi lagta ke Jiji abhi acche mood mein hai issliye joh bhi unke muh mein se niklega woh shayad tumhe accha na lage. So baad mein baat kar lena..hhmmm.."
"Nahi. Mujhe Monia se abhi baat karni hai---"
"Par, Jiji thak gayi hongi----"
"Are, aisa kya kaam kar diya Monia ne joh itna thak gayi? Huh? Aur waise bhi, office mein do char paper padhne se koi thakta nahi."
"Bas! Chikki, bohot bol liya. Tumne mere bare mein joh kaha usse mujhe bura nahi laga. Lekin, tumhe J se maafi magni padegi."
"Kabhi nahi. Jaa Monia nahi chahiye teri dosti." She turned around and ran away, Soni and Akash try to call after her but fail to do so.
"Monia, tum jabse maharani bani ho, hum ko toh bhool hi gayi ho." Akash said in an accusing manner.
"Kya! Akash yeh tum keh rahe ho. Tumhare liye maine kya kya nahi kiya!"
"Mere liye ya humare pyaar ke liye?"
"Pyaar? Agar tum mujhese pyaar karte toh mujhe samajh ne ki koshish karte."
"Please Monia, meine tumhara humesha saath diya hai, bas tum..."
"Kya! Akash mein ne apne maa, baap, dadi, bhai, behen yahan tak ki Uday se bhi larhi hoon tumhare liye! Sirf tumhare liye!"
"Uday Uday Uday! Humesha yehi kyun aata hai? Huh? Woh tumhe samajta hai? Who tumse pyaar karta hai? Who bhi mujhse zyaada?" His tone came out angry and rushed.
"HAAN! HAAN! HAAN! Lekin problem yeh hai ki mein TUMSE pyaar kartii hoon!"
"Toh ab mein ek problem ban gaya, thanks Monia, kya sila diya hai tumne mere pyaar ka."
I felt guilty as soon as he said that, I ran to him and embraced him tightly.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Mein, itna sab kuch ho raha hai, mein...I'm sorry!" I sobbed in is arms and drained my headache.
"It's ok, I am sorry too. Mujhe tumpe chilana nahi chahiye tha."
On the other hand, there was J who texted a message to Vijay.
Sent >>The fire's been ignited ;P
Reply>> So now,
lets let it burn
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