UNBOUNDED LOVE

The Daughter-In-Law

Roop's POV

I stood up in astonishment. I could not believe she had just said that. My whole life had turned upside down because of losing my parents and she brushed it away as if it wasn't a big thing at all.

All eyes were on Dheer's father who looked at us while he said, "Yes. I have decided to make her the daughter- in-law of this family". I was beyond surprised and even happy but I did not believe that he was doing that for the sympathy he felt for me. There had to be something else.

"You have all gone mad. Rajendra, do you have any idea what will happen when you announce that this common girl will be the bride of your son? Everyone will go against us. They will laugh at us for preaching about following the path our elders have paved for us and going the exact opposite way. You will destroy our family name with this decision, Rajendra. But just know that I will not live to see that day. I will kill myself before I can experience that humiliation. Why are you quiet? Make him realize what he is going to do to our family", she said the last part looking at her husband. Her husband, who was quiet all this time, cleared his throat and walked towards him and placed his hand on his shoulder and said, "We all make mistakes in our lives, Rajendra. But not everyone is blessed with an opportunity to make it right. But you have it. I trust your thinking and agree with your decision. Maybe God wants you to give her the happy life you snatched away from her. Do it. I will answer the whole world"

"What are you saying? How can you-", he cut his wife off by saying, "Time has changed a lot, Rajlakshmi. Moreover, their happiness is what we need the most before anything else. Let the situation in the kingdom settle down a little bit. Then we will talk to the royal priest and find an auspicious day for their wedding. Until then, keep this to yourselves", he said and walked out of the chamber after asking Haripriya to take care of herself and the baby and smiled at us. His wife still not satisfied, followed him out of the chamber whispering something angrily. 

Dheer's mother slowly walked to her husband and fell to his feet, "I never wanted to betray you. I thought you would never agree to them being together and said all that. Please forgive me", her tears were a proof of how she was regretting her words and he lifted her up to wipe them and said, "I can understand your concern, Leelawati. I saw how much you had to beg to my parents for them to agree to Hari's wedding. You went against everyone for her happiness. You thought something bad would happen this time. I forgive you for it. But will you ever be able to forgive me for being a husband with whom you can't even say something without fearing about getting a no as an answer?", she cried harder.

They left after consoling each other. I slowly turned to look at him and he was already looking at me with a hint of a smile on his lips. We crashed into each other's arms while I cried happy tears and thought it was only me crying until I felt wetness on my shoulder his face was on. He pulled away and happily said, "They said yes, Roop. We are getting married!!", I smiled like a mad woman and placed my head on his chest and finally felt some real happiness for the first time in a few days. 

We heard someone clear their throat behind us and I moved away from him remembering his sister was still in the room. I sheepishly smiled at her and moved away from him. She was teasingly smiling at us while he looked away from us and pretended to watch something else. "Its okay, Dheer. There is no use acting unbothered now. Just moments ago I saw how you were ready to cry for her", she teased making me look down in embarrassment. 

He was about to say something when she called in an attendee and asked her to make arrangements for me to stay there for the night. I immediately interfered and told her how I had to get back to the palace as Maharani needed me in the morning. She tried to tell me there was no need for that but for the other attendees there, I was still their leader and I had to guide them until there was another person to fill up my place. He dropped me off to the palace and I had to literally push him off to get back to his palace. 

I entered the attendees' quarters and saw how my room's door was open. I quickly got alerted and slowly opened the door and my eyes widened at the sight I was welcomed to. There was my best friend, Kamali, fully naked and beneath one of the guards of the palace who was also, fully naked in the middle of doing you-know-what. I tore my eyes away from them and ran out and tried my best to forget the image of them which I knew would haunt me for the rest of my life. "Roop," I heard her say and saw the now half naked man leave and went into my room, "Ok. What did I just see?", I asked. 

"You saw me having sex with Hem-"

"STOP! I don't want to know his name. How long has this been going on?"

"From the day I stepped into this palace"

"You are very shameless. Do I say that enough?"

"You are no less, now tell me where you were", I explained everything that had happened and she was more than happy. "I feel much better than the orgasm he would have given me if you hadn't interrupted us", she said making me laugh. It was all quiet until I asked. 

"How many times have you done it here? On my bed?"

"Just today. I saw how you weren't here and because of the war he hadn't seen me in a while. One thing lead to another and you saw what you saw", we chatted for some more time and then she left to find some sleep.

It was hard sleeping in the room when the whole place smelt like sex and I walked out of the room and sat down in the huge balcony of the quarters and enjoyed the moonlight. My mind immediately raced back to the moment I learnt how I learnt how my parents had died. I looked up at the dark night sky and said, "Maa, Papa. If you can hear me, just know that I am happy", my voice broke, "even after all this, I am happy. Even if you are not around, I am happy and Dheer makes me happy. I will forever be grateful for getting you both as my parents even when I did not get a lot of time to spend with you. My only request is for you to bless me with the same love, courage and kindness you both had".

Wind blew gently as if it was about to start raining and but I still sat there. At that very moment, a flower which was carried by the wind fell on my lap and it felt as if their blessings had reached me making me cry harder. It felt as if after all these years, I was the closest to them. I also wondered if Dadi knew about this but never told me. Slowly everything was falling back to its place and I could feel the change in my life. A new hope. A new chapter. A new story. I couldn't wait to experience it all with him, the ups and downs in life. I felt ready for it. If someone had told me I would be marrying a royal an year ago, I would have laughed and called them mad. After all, we are all just pawn in the game of fate. The story, the characters, the strings, fate has it all. And it makes us dance on its beats.

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