𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 (A Rᴏʏᴀʟ Rᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ)

Chapter 17

Amrita's pov:

I froze in one place hearing him so close to me and just closed my eyes, praying for him to get away from me but surely he had other intentions.

"Amrita?..."

He spoke in an unknown gentle way and just keeping his hand over mine, he raised it to his face level and kept it on his cheek and leaned his face against my hand.

That's when I opened my eyes in a jerk and looking at him through my veil, I immediately jerked my hands away from him and took a step back.

Due to which he looked quite disappointed but quickly hid it with a fake smile and said,"What are you doing here?"

"Collecting flowers for the pooja...." I said in rather hesitating voice like a criminal.

"Ahh...for your first royal pooja, I see." He said as if it's the first time he is hearing about it.

Just then a servant entered and just as he us together, he was about to leave but luckily I spotted him before he could leave and loudly said,"Hey, wait. What were you about to say?"

His majesty looked at me as if I betrayed him and then turning towards the servant, he silently listened to him.

The servant then said,"Dai ma has prepared everything for the pooja and has called you both in the temple." He said and when his majesty raised his hand, he left.

I don't know why but that was cool. Like just by raising hands, you can make someone come or leave. I wouldn't say that I like it but I would say that it signifies just how powerful his majesty actually is.

I stares at him when he noticed my gaze and with a faint smile he asked,"what's wrong, dear? Do I have something on my face?"

"You're cool, your majesty." I said like an admirer and he stared at me in disbelief for a second and then started laughing out loud.

Wait, why did he laugh? Was it so funny? Angry me, I started walking towards the inner corridor without him when suddenly he ran after me and catching up to me, he hugged me from behind and enwrapping his amra around my waist, he rested his face on my left shoulder and staring diagonally at my face, he said,

"Sometimes, I really can't understand you but I know, I didn't make any wrong choice in marrying you."

I looked at his arrogantly handsome face and said in a angry tone, "and how does that suffice the fact that you laughed at me?"

"It's just that I can't even remember the last time this much but with you, I don't feel like the self everyone is used to see, I become myself whenever it comes to you and I don't know why."

I silently listened to him, too stunned to speak and blushing like a tomato. But quickly composing myself, I told him,

"Maaji is calling us to temple, shouldn't we already be leaving?"

"Maaji? Who is that?"

"Dai maa."

"You decided to call her maaji?"

"Can't I?"

"You can but it's just I didn't expect it."

"You just wait and watch, I am going to make you regret marrying me."

"Is that a threat? To the king?"

I untangled his arms from my waist and swiftly turning towards him, I said, "as your queen, I have the right to threaten you." And walked away from there without even seeing his reaction.