The untold story of a Courtesan

Seven

The muslim suitor enter the corridors behind the curtain's and look right and saw the young courtesan running in a slow pace and heard her crying which also scared him abit and raced after her.

When he came within inches of her and called out to her"hey......excuse me!".

Alia turned and looked at the man who insulted her a few minutes ago and asked"what now....I thought after the slap I gave you....you will come to your senses!".she said with tears running down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry that's what I meant to say!......the reason why I'm so rude is because of the girl I loved is getting married to someone else!".he uttered with his face looking down to the floor.

Alia felt abit annoyed in a way cause this is the second time she heard such a ridiculous story of love,first the prince and now this guy.but told him"whether people are meant to be together or not, sometimes it's best to let it go......I don't want to sound rude in a way!".she said to him by placing her hand on his shoulder.

"To be honest,I always used to tell Shahida that.it feels weird hearing that saying coming from someone else's mouth but thanks for the insight!".he said while laughing silently.

Alia was surprised to hear the name cause the men she been with never told her anything about their lives or families and told him"what a beautiful name!".she said while placing her hand on his back and rubbing it back and forth while he was keeping his face covered with his massive hands.

He looked up to her and replied back"thanks.....i don't know how to say this but for the first time I'm actually having a conversation with a courtesan and I never visited laal Mahal but by hearing the stories of this place,I thought that a man just come and sleeps with a women and leaves!".he stated with smirk on his lips.

"Women like me are condemned bad but beside all that stigma we are also people with good hearts!".she replied with a smile.

"So what do we do now?".the young man asked Alia.

"Come to think of it.......I have no idea!".Alia said but then remember something that she never got know.

"How weird life can be?........when stranger's start having a conversation but don't know each other names....hahaha".Alia replied.

"Well......for a matter of fact,I don't yours either just that you are well-known courtesan of Jhansi and secondly it's Zafar by the way".

"Alia!".she said with a firm voice.

Zafar was intrigued by such a beautiful name,cause it's a muslim name and asked"are you Muslim?".

"No I'm not.....my name say otherwise but I was born and raised as a hindu!".

"It's a beautiful name by the way".Zafar said with a smile.

"Sukraan(thank you in Urdu)".she spoke in a language he would understand.

"You amazed me.....you know that,from your name and speaking Urdu....what next!".Zafar said while laughing.

"Let's go to my room,we have better time since the Jhanvi begum will kill us talking instead of doing the deed!".Alia said and grab Zafar arm and ran to her room.

They arrived at room which had white walls and a huge window to their left that look over a river which was behind the palace, across them against the wall a wooden bed with blue satin bedding covering it and four wood pillars that stood at each corner with a white lace cloth that hang like curtains around the bed and gold chest infront of the bed and white dressing table with a black chair on their right.

"A gorgeous room...... comfortable for a queen or king to live in here!".Zafar said looking at every part of the room and admiring it.

then they went and sat down on the bed with Zafar lying on the satin bedding and making him comfortable as he could fall asleep at the any moment until Alia said"beautiful isn't it huh?".

"It is!".Zafar replied.

"But with beauty,pain always follow!".she said with a sad expression.

It didn't take Zafar long to put the whole picture together by what she meant of and sat up straight and pulled her against him and said"enough talking about that......let change the topic!".he uttered.

Alia was surprised with how Zafar comfort her and couldn't seem to wonder how safe she felt in his arms.lying her head against his chest and fingers trailing down his abs indicated to Alia how well built he is.she then lifted up her head and look him directly in his blue eyes which captivated her and with nothing being said,both their heart's began beating at a fast rate until Zafar reached in to kiss her but she pressed her lips on his and ascended down to the bed and threw her body on top of him.