Is It Hate OR Love? Jodha Akbar

Chapter 22

Chapter 22 :

His anger melted seeing her in tears, "Jodha, I am sorry... I agree, I should never let Kanika come that close to me, but I was very upset and I wanted to make you jealous so I went a little far but I was not keeping my eye on both of you... If I had a doubt on Surya and you, then I would have to kill Surya in a sword fight... I knew you were trying to make me jealous but I can't tolerate that anyone else loves you... His love for you gave me a big sting and yes, I was very much jealous of Surya." Then he cupped her face and continued in a gentle tone "Do you know why I love you so much? Because of your purity and honesty" After wiping her tears he continued "Jodha I love you so much and you are the only mine..." He kissed her on her forehead, then both of her eyes which followed by her cheeks and finally touched her soft lips... Eventually, her anger diluted and she kissed him back with equal passion, once again the couple hugged each other possessively.

"Shahenshah please forgive me... I don't know why I got so much aggravated. It was my mistake too, I should never let Surya come that close to me and please, believe me, I had no clue that he is in love with me otherwise I would never meet him alone... I never thought of anything else other than our friendship... He is always a friend for me nothing more." Guilt was clearly visible in her eyes and tone was filled with regret.

To divert the mood, in a teasing tone he stated "So, other than biting my wild cat knows how to shout and be angry at Shahenshah" Her lips curved with a smirked... Once again the couple lost in each other.

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Her hands trundled around his chest, she rambled in a grouchy tone while kissing on his cheeks "I am so terrified of you and your anger Shahenshah."

Jalal grinned hearing her whiny complaint, he slowly released her from his cuddle while beholding in her beautiful hazel eyes he responded in a solemn tone but mischief danced in his sharp eyes "Hmmm So my chosen most beautiful queen is terrified of me... Can you please enlighten me, my dear, why you are so terrified of me???"

Her face turned pale and she countered in a serious tone "Shahenshah, I am not jesting, I genuinely am scared of your sudden wrath, when you are angry you forget everything....Today for a moment, I thought you will kill me.....eerie in your red spooky angry eyes frightened me to my core. Anger completely took over your senses."

Hearing her dissension, Jalal defended calmly "Jodha, tell me something, if you are scared of my anger then why didn't you leave when I insisted??? Why you waited for me to burst? First, you make me angry then you complain about it and so you know, you are my queen and all of my queens should be scared of me." By the end of the sentence, his tone altered from calm to demanding.

"I knew you were very mad but I also knew that you were deeply hurt. I felt your pain and misery in your eyes. So you know... even though I was scared I decided to face your wrath because it was unbearable for me to see you in this desolation, it ripped my heart, I even don't know how I amassed so much strength to face your anger but inwardly I was shivering and trembling. Shahenshah I do not agree with you that wife should be scared of their husbands... I believe queens should respect their kings out of love, not fear." Jodha debated evenly while crossing her hands.

"All right, I agree with you Jodha!!! You have won this argument..." Seeing her stubborn posture he quickly put his hands down because somewhere deep down he didn't want to argue or dispute further to ruin the perfect moment. So he depicted in composed tone. "I don't know about other queens, but I want you to respect me out of love keeping not out of fear but I prefer you to stay in constraints of regal ethics. And for your complaint, I admit when I get angry I become ruthless and scary, but do you know you also threaten me with your calm demeanor, I am equally scared of your silence? You are the one who introduced fear to me... I never knew what fear was before you came in my life"