A Royal Affair

Continued-

It was evening after the shopping...Haseena was still looking at the bangles he had made her wear...her trance was broken when he spoke.

AS- aapko aise akele nahi aana chahiye tha Market mein...(Calmly)

HM- toh kya fauj lekar aate?(Sarcastically)

AS- yeh mazaak ka waqt nahi hai, aap jaanti nahi hai kuch...aap hamari patni hain aur hamare har dushman ki nazar aap par hai...

HM- aapko hamari fiqr karne ki zaroorat nahi, Rajkumar...hum toh keh rahe hain, divorce de dijiye humein aur chhutkara paiye...humein bhi azaad kijiye...par aap woh bhi nahi sunte...

AS- humein iss baat par aur charcha nahi karni...aap change kar lijiye..(coldly)

HM- "change kar lijiye" (mimicking him)...Khadoos Singh..(mumbled)

AS- haan hain hum khadoos..ab jaiye!

She huffed and got changed into some comforting clothes. Emerging from the washroom, she found him asleep already...her phone rang, it was Ammi..

HM- kaisi hai Ammi?

Ammi- humein kya hona hai bacche, tu bata, kaisi hai? Anubhav ke sath khush haina wahan?

HM- haan Ammi, chinta mat kariye....humne kaha tha na aapse..hum theek hain...

Ammi- hmm...toh, wahan darshan kiye tune?

HM- ji...Anubhav ji ke sath hi gaye the...

Ammi- accha hai, aur bata...kab aa rahi hai ghar?

Haseena glanced at Anubhav and then answered,

HM- ayenge Ammi...Reception se kuch din pehle aajayenge...

Ammi- theek hai...tab main tera favourite sheer khurma khilaungi tujhe..(smilingly)

HM- bilkul ayenge...aur hamari favourite har woh dish khayenge jo aap banayengi...accha ab rakhte hain...neend aa rahi hai...

Ammi- Good Night bacche..

HM- Good Night...(She said and cut the call)

Haseena went to the balcony of the room and looked at the shining full moon....the atmosphere was peacefully cool....contrary to her thoughts, which were eating her out from inside...

HM- aakhir chaahte kya hain Anubhav ji humse? Unse mohabbat karte hain hum, par unhe dikhta nahi yeh...uss din bhi Ammi se sach nahi kaha, kyunki humne socha tha aap sudhrenge...humse maafi mangenge aur hum aapko maaf karke apne pyaar ka izhaar kar denge...par aapne aisa kuch nahi kiya...bas humein dard diya...par hamari khwaishein bhi puri ki...aapse mohabbat karna jitna mushkil haina, usse kayi zyada mushkil aapse nafrat karna hai hamare liye....aapka aur hamara saath hamare aur iss chaand jaisa hai...hum pasand toh bahut karte hain isse...par itni dooriyan hai ki kabhi paa nahi sakenge aapko...(Sadly smiled and went inside)

She looked at his sleeping figure, put a blanket on him and slept beside him....

Next Morning,

Anubhav and Haseena went back to the magnificent kingdom of Indrapuri...Sidhika welcomed them happily..

S- sab acche se ho gaya na?

AS- ji maa....(Smiled)

N- aur bhaiya, maze kiye?(Teased)

Anubhav glared at him...he kept mum..

N- Khadoos..(mumbled)

Haseena chuckled as she heard that...