GILDED LOVE IN THE SHADOWS

CHAPTER 12

I hurry back to my room just to find my Aanya standing at the door step she lightens up when she sees me

Princess I just wanted to give you something I'll give it and leave

Just come in fast, she runs inside

I call her in and close door and when I am about to kiss her I hear a knock on the door

So listen I heard you are going back

She pauses when she sees Aanya in the same room as mine

Servants aren't allowed in the same room have you forgotten so soon, she orders

Apologies madam, princess called me so I had to step in

Get out now I need to talk with my daughter about something, she demands

Amma don't do that, i called her,Aanya i just wanted to tell you to book tickets we are leaving tomorrow

I see her sad face and tell her to do what Appa asked she leaves but I keep staring at her back as it disappears behind the wall, Amma calls me again

Have you lost your mind you need to learn to keep people at their rightful place, anyways Arjun that guy wanted to meet you tomorrow at the temple make sure you see him before you leave

Sorry ma I am leaving morning itself I'll talk with him once I am back for good

You are coming back for good,she beams

Yes just in months time I'll be back so don't worry and go back to sleep even ill do the same

~Next morning we leave early and reach Madras in a couple of hours being back here feels more like a home than the actual home

I stop and put my luggage aside and run to her to hug her even though it's been a day I missed this so much but instead of hugging back she stops me

Princess I need to shower first you should do as well, once I get rest I'll make some dinner for you, (I have to put up a wall or else I would loose my damn mind)

Wait you never stopped us from hugging ever even when we were a mess what changed

She leaves before I could even stop and ask her

Aarthi was so sad that I didn't hug her but it felt wrong to even touch her now that she is engaged and all before it was different but now it would be wrong of me to even kiss her I'll try to keep my distance for the next three months and ensure she is in safe hands by that I can leave in peace

Aanya come here please(I call her to our favorite place the lakeside studio)

Yes princess what is it(I go in shock to see her just wrapped in a thin silk sheet)

What are you even doing here it's cold out here come inside let's get you warm

Why are you reacting like you haven't seen me like this at all

That's different from then

How so, just because I was engaged to some man doesn't mean what we had or what we have is null and void, you agreed that we have this till we leave this place right, well we will be here for the next three months so I want whatever we had to continue

Princess let's talk inside shall we please I don't want you to fall sick

Answer the damn question ( I stand leaving the sheet wrapping me fully naked before her)

I run to her to take the sheet and wrap around her and take her inside
Listen princess it would be totally wrong to do this with an engaged woman

If this piece of jewelry (I point towards my ring) is what is troubling you I won't wear it at home

(I feel at peace when she calls this place our home, this was just a place where we both used to sleep and eat but it feels really good when she called it our home)
That's not what I meant you are to always wear that what if someone comes home huh or what if others outside saw you never wore it, remember right across the lake your brother's friends house is there what if they see and ask about it

You don't worry about it I have decided as far as we stay indoors this piece is off my body(I slam myself against her and kiss her hard she doesn't budge at first but she caves in)

(Moans against her lips) God stop it princess I told you it's not like that I need some time to think please go to bed let's talk in the morning

I leave her behind even though it hurts like hell she will come to terms with her current status