THE RULERS OF RISHABHAPRIYA

I Missed You

WARNING! SLIGHTLY MATURE STUFF AHEAD!! 18+ ONLY!!!

Surabhi's POV

The guards were on high alert as they went for rounds around the palace from time to time. The attendees were working on full swing to meet the expectations of their new guest of the week who would be arriving in the morning. The gate of the palace was wide open and some boys were tying flowers on it while laughing about something. The little girls were wearing their night skirts and were running around the palace making it feel like the palace was preparing for a wedding. I sat on the front balcony of the palace with my hair dancing with the wind and looked at the moon shining bright in front of us while I made sure everything was going on in the right way.

I moved a little making me wince and fist my hand into his shawl that was wrapped around me. The sweet pain somehow managed to make me want more time to spend with him after two nights ago. I smiled remembering that night and pulled his shawl closer to my face to sniff into it. His scent relaxed my whole mind and form and I smiled remembering what he had kept saying in the two days. 

"Madam, why don't you get some rest? Everything has been taken care of. You have checked it yourself twice since morning", the moment the attendee spoke of the morning, only the memories of me being wrapped in his arms naked came to me and nothing else. I nodded and asked her to prepare for a bath for me and got up to reach my chamber. With each step I took, I could feel how sore I still was and that brought back the memories again. As soon as I reached my chamber, I removed the armor, dismissed the attendees and sat in the warm water and moaned in pleasure. I did not bother to remove my clothes and it felt weird at first but it weirdly felt soothing at the same time. The warm water felt very relaxing after a hectic day. I put my head against the wall of the pool and closed my eyes. The weak breeze blowing around me grew goosebumps across my skin and I shivered slightly. My mind rolled back to one particular memory that had been stuck in my mind for two whole days as I slowly started to remove my wet clothes.

"Oh, baby. That feels so good!", he moaned loudly and ran his hands through my hair. I grabbed his shoulders and fastened my movements while crying out his name. "Look at me, love. Look at me. I want to see how I make you feel", he whispered as I dragged my fingernails down his chest. Suddenly, I felt my stomach getting into knots and my movements turned sloppy and slow as I felt my insides squeeze around him. He immediately grabbed my hips and started moving in and out of me in a constant rhythm while cursing and biting his lips. I forgot everything else in the world and kept moaning his name as if my life depended on it. 

He cursed loudly as soon as I felt myself reach the peak along with him and tremble in his arms yet another time. I kept gasping and moaning and gradually relaxed after a few moments. "Oh, my- are you ok, baby? Come here", he wrapped himself around my midriff and I around his shoulders as I sat on his thighs. I felt him move a little to the side and made me lay on the bed beside him and we slowly drifted off to sleep because of exhaustion. 

The first night we had spent together. The first night we did all sorts of unholy stuff. The night I gave myself to him and became his in all ways. That was the memory that I knew I would cherish for a long time. I heard footsteps behind me entering the bathing area and turned around slowly to look at him walking in while removing his upper shawl and jewelries. "Are you done bossing around everyone? Will you give me some time now?", he asked and stepped inside the pool while I laughed at his words. "I missed you", I whispered as he hugged me tightly and placed his head on my shoulder sniffing in my scent. 

"I don't know what I'll do without you", he whispered. "I'll make sure you won't stay a second without me then", he pulled away as soon as I said that and looked at me for a few seconds before he kissed me lips gently. "I'm sorry", he said and I broke away from his embrace. "You still haven't forgotten that, Bhargav?", I asked as I reached out to get the herbal balm to rinse my skin off all the dirt and sweat. He sighed as he sat a little far from me and rested his head against the wall of the pool before closing his eyes. 

I rubbed the paste on my skin and massaged it firmly as he spoke, "Every time I remember that night, I feel a mix of emotions, Surabhi. I feel like I got more than what I deserve on one hand and on another, I feel like you did not get what you deserved. It was not like what I had planned for us", he opened his eyes and looked back at me, "I wanted it to be full of love and... you know.... just us and no one else in our minds. Worrying about nothing. Calling you my wife, knowing that none of us were forced to do that and we genuinely wanting each other's touch. That is what I wanted. What happened two nights ago felt rushed. It felt forced. Not for me. But for you", I shook my head but he kept speaking as he looked away from me.

"I feel like a lot of people were involved in that. It should have been very special and private. Not under some pressure or force", I stood up and walked to him with the bowl and placed it behind him on the platform and started to apply the balm on his shoulders slowly as I spoke. "I know that there are a lot of reasons for you to say all these, Bhargav. I know that you feel like it should have been more personal and special but I think when we are in love, we need to respond to each other's needs and pain immediately rather than waiting for the right moment to do it. That night, we had no other option. You were deceived by your family and the first task for me was to make sure you were okay. I did what I had to and more than anything, what I wanted to do. Yes, we were forced to do it. But just see how close we have grown after that", I sat on his lap slowly and kept massaging him as I spoke. 

"If you are worrying about me, Bhargav, just know that I do not regret that night. It was definitely forced on both of us. But whatever I said and felt that night was true", I held his hands and said, "I had lost hope about finding a man to call mine. To love. To make memories and grow old with. To become a parent with. I thought no one would see me for who I am. I was a prisoner and that had become my new identity. You gave me so much confidence in just a look and made me feel beautiful that I became the old Surabhi who daydreamed all day. You make me feel like a woman, Bhargav. You make it feel so graceful and beautiful to feel like a woman and not a warrior who has to be on alert all the time. What else would a broken person like me need?", tears rolled down my eyes as I spoke and he pulled me into a hug immediately.

"I understand that it wasn't what you had planned for us. But let us start over. Let us make every moment however we want it to be. You are all I need, Bhargav. I don't care about anything else", I said as I wrapped my arms around him and kissed his head while he pulled me closer on his lap. We stayed in peaceful silence for a few minutes until he said, "Let's wash you up. The water is getting cold. I don't want you to meet your family with a runny nose", I chuckled at his words and we both completed the bath soon and walked out to get dressed. I picked up the clothes laid on the bed by the attendees and wore it as he searched the trunks upstairs for his clothes. He had sneaked in some of his clothes to keep them in my chamber with no soul knowing about it. 

He walked down the flight of stairs as I sat against the headboard of the bed and prepared to go to bed and he joined me in no time. He pulled me to his chest and I laid my head on his bicep and said, "I love you". He kissed my forehead and said it back. That was all we said before the both of us drifted off to sleep.

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I know that you all have a lot of doubts. 

The next chapter will give you a complete idea of what happened before this. 

So see you day after tomorrow!!

Lots of love💗