Pregnant For The Royal Prince

AS soon as Raghav walked out the door, fuming with rage, Vidya followed behind, they were now out of the dining.

Arya turned to her husband, who pretended to be oblivious of what was happening, he just concentrated on his food.

Huh? Like, wasn’t he aware of what just happened? She fumed.

“Don’t tell me you didn’t see that honey?”, she asked, getting up.

Neel looked up from his food with a start, then stared intently at her.

“I actually saw, but what were you expecting Arya? For it to turn out well?”, he rhetorically asked.

What! Prisha turned to her mother, what was her dad talking about? Hmm, she suspected something fishy.

“I told you but you wouldn’t listen”, he continued and she gave him a cranky look.

“It’s okay my Lady, she would surely be back with him, please sit”, Mrs Roshan said, pacifying her.

Arya sighed and sank into her seat.

***

Raghav angrily walk through the hallway, fuming as he went. Like what the hell was actually going on there? What kinda acting was that?

Ugh, he was really peeved, like so peeved. If mom could actually trick him in order to matchmake him, what wouldn’t she do?

He briskly walked along heading for his room, someone special had been waiting for him, he cleaned off his face with his right hand and tried to calm down, she need not see him this way, never.

“My prince? …. My prince”, he heard someone called from behind, he groaned.

Jeez, it was that rude lady; his so called childhood friend. But hold on, was she really thinking he already likes her? Hmm, she must be a joker.

“Maharana?”, she called again trying to catch up with him, but he kept his pace, not bothering to turn back.

Vidya quickened her steps, raising up her gown so she could run, gosh! He walks in large strides. Finally, she got to him.

“Sorry about that Maharana? You know I was only trying to get you to remember some things from our childhood since it looks like you’ve forgotten”, she said as they walked together.

He scoffed, keeping silent and saying nothing to her. She sighed and continued.

“If it made you angry please I’m sorry, I really want you back at the dining, please”, she tried kneeling.

Raghav kept mute, he really wasn’t in the mood for that.

Gosh, why is he being so cold and rude towards her? Why?

“My prince I…”, she placed her two hands on his right arm and he flinged them away.

“Will you get your rude filthy hands off me? You gat no respect”, he suddenly stopped, looking at her.

She flinched, looking downcast.

“I’m sorry my prince”, she whispered.

“Reserve that sorry, and tell it to yourself, you need it”, he hissed.

Jeez, she couldn’t bear the insults, her eyes began tearing up, she tried using this method on him as her tutor had said, cries weakens him.

“I’m really sorry”, her voice shook as she spoke.

He gave out a dry laugh, this wasn’t Rina, therefore he saw the tears as something which brings him joy.

“You know what? I really do think you still need more training on how to cry in order to weaken a man, not just a man, but Prince Raghav”, he said sarcastically, laughing.

Huh? She looked up at him.

“You have actually changed so well Maharana, our childhood wasn’t like this”, she said.

He tilted his head, she really had guts. So she still has the effrontery to keep laying reference with his childhood?

He smirked.

“Go tell my mom and your momma, that I vividly remember all about my childhood and I never remembered having a rude lady, for a friend”.

What? She looked intently at him, why was he saying this? Does he know about….? No, he never can.Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

She looked down at herself, wasn’t she beautiful and gorgeous enough for him?

“Well I don’t fall for beauty”, he said, licking his lips and she flinched.

“But you see, one thing you should know is that, the kinda ladies that enthralls me and draws my attention, beats you hands down hundred percent in beauty, so if it’s about that, please just cut the crap, I don’t like you, and I never will”, and he turned and left.

Jeez, she couldn’t believe it, she couldn’t believe her ears, she was utterly dumbfounded as she watched his retreating figure.

“Hahaha, I told you”, she heard a voice from behind and she sharply turned, it was Prisha, she turned angry instantly.

“I told I just hope my big bro gets to like you as my mom said, but you thought I was just joking”, she laughed, then folded her arms.

“You know you had better stop thinking the prince gonna love you… the prince gonna make you his bride… this and that”, she exhaled deeply.

Vidya watched her in anger as she spoke.

“Because he never would, I know my big bro so well. So you had better go tell that momma of yours that you guys plan, aren’t working. Besides, big bro is in love”, she splayed her hands on her chest as she talked.

“What!”, Vidya exclaimed, her eyes widened in shock. In love? With who then?

“You better go mrs prince”, she laughed and walked away, taking the direction Raghav had taken.

She couldn’t hold back the tears anymore and she let it flow down her cheeks, not minding her makeover.

If anyone ever told her the prince was going to behave this cold towards her, she never would believe, I mean she was damn good looking, had clean accents, good quality education… infact everything a prince would definitely want in a woman, everything.

And to what the princess just told her too, he was in love, with who then?

She sniffed as she cleaned off her tears then looked towards the direction they had taken one last time, she turned and began walking away.

This was totally ruined.

*

*

“What did you just say?”, Amaya asked, still sounding dumbfounded at the whole thing.

Davida had just given him one huge task, a mighty one.

“No one, absolutely nobody should see you”, she repeated.

“Goodness gracious”, he dropped the bottle of the alcoholic wine in his hand on the table.

“But why the such mundane task if I may ask?”, Amaya asked.

“Well, he disclosed to me that prince Raghav is well fortified, armed with so much powers, and trying to take away his inheritance isn’t an easy puzzle to be solved, therefore you need to do all that, in order to strip him off his powers and render him powerless”, she explained.

He nodded.

“Now I see, well you have to get along. Visit whoever friend is it you want to visit, get the next available flight, and come home immediately. We gat work now”, he clicked his fingers as he spoke.

“I know bro. A huge workload at that”.

“Right, I’m waiting”, and he cut the call.

*

*

Raghav got to his chamber and angrily pushed the door open, startling Rina who sat at the dining reading a book.

She looked at up with a start.

“Oh, my prince”, she scratched the back of her head, “you scared me”, she pouted.

He looked at her and calmed down, and closing the door behind him he walked up to her.

“You are back”, she said getting up from the seat.

“Yeah”, he replied shortly and held her in a tight hug, she laughed.

“But…”, her eyelids flickered, “you were coming in fuming, anything happened?”, she asked, her two arms wrapped around him.

He sighed.

“Nothing baby, it’s fine”, he caressed her cheeks, and she chuckled.

“You know I have….”, suddenly the door opened interrupting her, and she instantly tried releasing herself from his grip, but he held her back.

“Don’t you dare Rina”, he said and she gasped.

It wasn’t her fault, she was only scared someone gonna bump into them.

“And so?”, he asked, she looked at him and sighed.

“Oops Maharana”, the person who had come in called, “I’m sorry”, she concluded, it was Prisha.

She smiled and walked up to them.

“Your grace”, she slightly bowed.

“Greetings my princess”, Rina genuflected.

Prisha smiled.

“Namaste”, she nodded smiling.

Rina sighed, her eyes rolled, she was so uncomfortable still in the grips of Raghav.

“I’m really sorry about what happened at the dining Maharana”, Prisha said.

Huh? Rina was taken aback, something happened at the dining? Woah, she said it, the way with which he barged into the room said it all.

Raghav sighed and released her, then walked up to the bar section, Prisha followed.

“I really don’t know why mom would want to trick me”, he spoke as he selected out half drunk bottle of Hennessy.

“Huh? Did you say trick? How?”, Prisha asked as she stood beside him.

Rina walked back to the dining, her ears on stand as she heard what they discussed.

“Yeah”, he nodded as he sipped.

Prisha looked befuddled.

“But why? And how did you know?”, she asked.

“Well I always know. Dad told me, I also decoded their minds, and that so called childhood friend…, ah gosh!”, he exclaimed.

“She is too desperate, I hate her!”, she cussed.

Jeez, Rina couldn’t believe her ears. So the dinner party was really for the prince to meet with someone his parents are probably trying to matchmake with him? Goodness.

She quietly took a seat, still listening to the siblings.

“She isn’t any childhood friend of mine, it’s all a plan”, he said in a cold voice.

“Huh?”, Prisha spoke up, this was all happening like a dream to her.

“My gee, I thought she really is. The way she talked, demonstrated and all that, my God!”, she exclaimed.

He shook his head in the negation.

“She isn’t”, he said, “I know her”.

“What!”.

Crap! Rina looked at him, was it Vidya? If the prince actually knows this lady, then it must be Vidya or….

He sharply turned to her and she freezed, her eyes widened in shock. What! Has he? Has he…, oh my! Too late, he had already read her mind.

She turned away, looking down at the book on the table.

“Well since it’s already known Maharana, what you going to do?”, she folded her arms.

“Keep it cool, pretend like I know nothing, let them fool more of themselves”, he replied.

She laughed.

“I trust you big bro. Are you coming back to finish up your food?”, she began walking away.

He shook his head.

“Nah, I’m okay. If I become hungry, I’ll ring the maids”, he said.

She nodded and turned to Rina.

“Come on Rina, what are you reading?”, she walked up to her.

*

*

The door flung open and Vidya barged in, enraged and fuming. She was damn peeved, Mrs Roshan followed behind.

The party was damn ruined, it was ruined. Gosh! The prince had acted so rude to her, such that she never expected.

Ava walked up to them, smiling.

“Welcome ma’am, welcome miss”, she greeted.

Vidya looked at her and hissed out loudly.

“Silly, what do you even know? Smiling when there’s nothing to smile about”, she hissed again, then flopped down on the couch.

“I still can’t believe this mother, it’s been ruined, all our plans are gone”, she complained.

Mrs Roshan shook her head.

“No, don’t say that. We just have to try again”, she said.

“Try again? Would the queen ever give us that space to?”.

“I’m dead sure she will”, she replied.

“Oh God! You aren’t getting this, we just watched the prince slipped off my hands”, she stressed.

“Ugh, I’m sorry”, Ava said and instantly scuttled into the kitchen.

Vidya’s scornful eyes watched her as she walked out, then she hissed.

“Oh mom this is getting me on my nerves, the prince doesn’t like me”, her voice began cracking up.

“Oh no daughter, don’t say that. How do you know?”.

“He said it to me, he said he doesn’t like me and will never do”, the tears began gathering momentum.

“Huh? He said so?”.

Vidya sighed and got up, then left for her room. She bumped into Roshni by the door.

“Hey girl, watch out”, Roshni called.

“You are back?”, she asked.

Vidya turned to her and the tears in her eyes made her gasped, huh? Why the tears?

“What’s the problem? You are crying?”, Roshni asked.

She ignored her and walked into her room, Roshni followed.

“I’m talking to you. Didn’t you get to meet the prince?”, she asked again, then went to sit beside her on the bed.

Vidya kept mute, crying profusely. Roshni became perturbed, what exactly was going on?

“Please Vidya, talk to me”, she nudged her, pleading.

“The… the prince…”, she paused, sniffing.

“Yes the prince, what happened?”.

“He… he…”, the profuse tears continued.

“Oh please Vidya, stop this and talk. He what?”.

“He snub… he snubbed me, prince Raghav snubbed meeee”, she cried as she talked.

“What? Snubbed? But why?”, came the question.

“I don’t know, but he did”.

“Wait…”, she chuckled sadly, this was becoming serious now.

“Is it that you didn’t play your own cards well or what?”, she continued asking.

She shook her head.

“No, I did my part very well, still he didn’t even as much as say hi to me. At first, he was staring at me and I thought he was already falling in love with me, but then he never as much as gave me a glance all the time we ate”, she paused to cry more.

“Jeez, why would he?”.

“I don’t know. He even left the dining when we yet to finish eating, and I followed…”.

“You did what?”, she interrupted.

“I followed him, but he said so many bad things to me. First, he said he doesn’t like me, and never will, then secondly, the kinda ladies which enthralls him aren’t my match”.

“He said all that? Jeez!”.

She nodded.

“Not only that…”.

“What again?”.

“I was also told that he is in love with someone else”.

“What!”, she gasped.