A girl has so many dreams and expectations for her most awaited day ... ' Her wedding day' as It's the most important day of he life where she is all excited and nervous while experiencing butterflies fluttering inside her stomach. She would always want to feel her every single moments before her wedding day with her near and dear once as after that she will have to leave her father's home and spend rest of her life with her loving husband.

But here..... with me , ... it's like all empty and colourless for me. Its like I am getting a bowl full of sweets with no sugar in it and my brain is busting out of numerous questions while uncertainties pops into my head.

Its Not even in a month or a week its just two days left for this meaningless wedding to happen. my level of restlessness is increasing by every passing moments.

I respect and understand Dhai Ma's concerned feelings for me but....... why Siddharth Veer has even agreed to such a proposal ?? .... God knows what reasons he has of his own to unnecessarily tie up his knot with me.

It is not a child's play where thing are made and broken easily at the same time, it's a question of our whole life .

" No No .... I should talk to Siddharth Veer right now without making any further delays." I said to myself internally pacing up and down in my room.

And hence wasting no more time, With a mindful of determination I set my way straight towards his room but reaching there I found him nowhere. Asking a guards about his whereabouts I came to know that he was gone to pay an emergency visit to a near by area of his Kingdom and will be returning tomorrow.

Unable to speak to him. My restlessness knew no boundaries and was now added up with too much panic .

I half heartedly made my way back to my room as I didn't no what to do . For a moment I thought of speaking to Dhai Ma regarding this but even she will be not be able to do anything because its only Siddharth Veer , who can change or take any decision and hence I have to directly talk to him.... only ...

and no matter what I will any how surely talk to him tomorrow itself.

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My night passed by pacing up and down in my room while my mind drowed into unending thoughts of my sad and dissapointing fate where I am getting tied up with a man who will never love me in his life and like any other girl, I too want a man who just loves me from the bottom of his heart but I guess its never going to happen with me.

Soon it was next day morning and when I woke up after my accidental late night sleep..... I hurriedly completed my morning routine and hurried my way towards his room again.

After reaching there again I found his room empty just like yesterday. I asked the gaurd who told that their King has already left for his courtroom meeting.

" Oh NO !! Its all because of my late night sleep .....for which I again missed my chance to talk to him ." I scolded myself internally being furious about my own stupidity.

I walked away from his room but I stopped on my way and again returned back.

" No no...... this time I will not miss my chance to talk to him no matter what...." I murmured to myself and decided to wait in his room until he's back.

I started to pace in his room flowing in my own worries while planning what to tell and request him to convince him to stop this wedding.

To pass my time , I checked every detail of his room during this span ,...... again paced from left to right in the room ,..... I went to the place where I use to sleep and did everything to pass my time in there but the time was just not moving any faster like a laziest snail. Siddharth Veer took like forever to return back to his room.

I went near to his balcony and stood there looking down and everywhere visible from it. It was all the same , there was nothing that I have never seen it before.

Than suddenly from there when I looked back into his room I saw something shining under his bed. The shine was .... green in colour.

" What is that shining..??!!" I thought.

Being curious I slowly made my way towards his bed. I kneeled down and brought my ear to the ground to take proper look under the bed at that shiny thing.

Stretching my hand I took that thing and brought it out from dark under his bed . The shine was of this

" 'Emerald ring ' ..... ??!!"

" Its Shourya's ring which Siddharth Veer has gaven it to him as a gift but why its lying under Siddharth Veer's bed ?? ....... as far as I know we the Royals don't take anything back what we have already gifted to someone else." I thought internally.

I again bent on the ground and looked under the bed , it was just not only the ring there was something else too but due to less light , I was not able see it clearly and so I again stretched my hand a little bit more and grabbed that thing and pulled it out from under his bed. It was someone's clothes.

I took a proper look at it.

It was exactly the same coloured tuban and clothes which Shourya use to wear.

Initially I was a little confused to find his things hear but at the same time I also started to feel uneasy about it.

Mysteriously finding Shourya's ring and his cloths here in Siddharth Veer's room was altogether giving me a very very nasty vibe about it ...

I was now looking at those clothes, his turban and his exact same ring with my fear filled broad eyes. My hands started to shake in horror while breathing hard.

" Oh my god ... this everything is of Shourya. ... N NO NO.... did Siddharth Veer came to know that shourya was my friend. Did he??...did he ....?? killed him .... just because Shourya was being friendly to his hated enemy.... No no no ... SHOURYA !! .. OH my god.... may be thats the reason why he never came again to see me ..... because Siddharth Veer has killed him." I thought in panic.

My hands shook involuntarily.

I couldn't feel anything as this engulfing fear creeped up into my brain making my every sense paralytic at the same time swallowing me whole.

I was not able to take it, that my friend must have got killed because of me. After Siddharth Veer separated me from my girls , it was Shourya who had become my first friend in this unknown place and now he's gone too.

I gulped my tears and looked at Shourya's clothes and that's when I heard Siddharth Veer stepping inside his room.

The moment he noticed me we both looked at each other.

" Nandini... ??!!" He asked about my presence here .

I looked back at him and immediately got up holding everything which I just found out from under his bed and walked near to him.

" wh .... why are these things stuffed under your bed ?? " I asked looking at him at the same time spoke with my shaky terror filled voice.

He glanced at those things in my hands and lifted his chin up as if he was gauging something.

" This ... this is my friend Shourya's clothes. .... "

I showed him his Emerald ring specifically

" and This ... this is his ring which you gifted him. This is the very much that ring which he showed me as his achievement. Why are his things here .....? What ... what ... did you ?? what did you do to him ?? ANSWER ME....." I questioned him

" You should go back to your room." He ordered to avoid answering me.

" NO ..... I AM NOT GOING BACK ...until you........." I trailed off as a thing clicked into my head.

I gasped looking at him with my wide eyes which were now brimming out hot tear of sorrow from my lower lashes

" You ..... you really killed him.... thats the reason why you are not answering " I spoke softly guessing it right.

As I was engulfed by too much hurt and anger I questioned him in one breath.

" YOU KILLED MY FRIEND. ... WHY DID YOU KILL HIM.....?? WHAT HE DO TO YOU .....?? YOU ARE A BLOODY MURDERER. YOU ....." I shouted loud while crying

But suddenly he too shouted while cutting me in the middle and stepping into my personal space hovering over me.

" YOUR FRIEND IS NOT DEAD BECAUSE HE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU." He too spoke in one breath

He glared at me but quickly blinked his eyes in hasitation as if he was not suppose to say it.

" What....??!!" I asked being confused while I looked into his eyes wanting him to be more specific about this confusing details he just blurted out ......

He closed his eyes in irritation and shook his head a little.

And spoke

" Who do you think your friend Shourya is ...?? Who do you think actually saved you from those decoits in that jungle ?? Who helped you out to heal that little rabbit that day ...?? Who do you think brought you fruits when you were in the dungeon ..??"

I was looking at him in confusion

" How do you know all this ...??!! " I asked him confused

"These incidents was only supposed to be known by Shourya then How does Siddharth Veer knows about all this ...... ??" I spoke to myself drowning in this immense ocean of confusion.

In a flash of a second I went back jogging into my memories when I spent my time with Shourya. ..... his hidden face .... his physique...... his way of talking. ...... his stammering while telling me about his details...... everything was now looking to be fishy which never seemed doubtful to me before but now . Everything flashed infront of my eyes scene by scene.

I slowly got the link to it and found the connection of what he just said . my eyes grew even bigger after my realisation that ....... my friend Shourya was none other than, This man standing right in front of me. .....

It was Siddharth Veer Singh all along. He was the one who saved me ... he was the one who was with me in that jungle. ... even in that dungeon it was Siddharth Veer Singh who brought me those fuits..... It was Siddharth Veer Singh who was my only dear friend in this unknown place . The man who hated me was secretly a friend to me .......?? Realising everything only one question popped into my mind which went out of my lips as a whisper

" It was you .... you are Shourya ..." I whispered in shock.

" Waaahy. ...??" I whispered again.

He drew himself a little back from me and spoke in an Ordering tone.

" I am not bound to answer all of your questions"

" You may leave ... " He further ordered making a straight face.

" No ... I am not going anywhere today. You have to tell me , Why you did that .... I WANT TO KNOW ALL. " I raised my voice and spoke in one breath while again refusing to go anywhere.

" I am not going to answer any of your questions any more." He turned and walked a few steps away from me .

"But I what to know. You have to tell me. NOW " I demanded.

" Just go Nandini..." He Ordered being pissed .

" I am requesting you .... please tell me..." I pleaded nicely

" No..." he ignored harshly and turned to look at me.

I gasped at his stubbornness. Feeling highly pissed off by his attitude I bit lower lip and I randomly looked everywhere to find something in this room.

" So ... you won't tell ... huh ..?" . I asked angrily.

And Suddenly my eyes fell on the his dagger lying on the table . I dont know what took over me as I quickly grabbed it and uncovered it. Doing that I stood holding the dagger pointing towards my stomach. I was breathing hard while looking at him holding fire in my eyes.

" What are you doing ..... keep it down... " He ordered me looking worried.

" No.... "

" You can't force me to say anything.... Nandini.... I say JUST. KEEP. THAT. THING. DOWN. ?? " He ordered strictly while his fear peeked out of his eyes.

" Answer me or I will thurst it in my stomach and my death will be in your hands and trust me I'll do it ." I threatened bareing my teeth while wearing my heavily murderous expression on my face.

My chest raise and fall hurriedly in tension. His face tightened too as he looked very much worried about my current action.

" You don't want to do it.... " He tried to calm me down.

" Oh I am so going to. You have no idea " I hissed in anger.

" If you aren't going to tell me within the count of three than I am assuring you.....that today we are seeing each other for the last time." I threaten

" ...1..." I started counting like a maniac

" ...2..." I tightened my hold on the dagger while my heart beated in my chest relentlessly.

" ...3..." and the moment the word ''three" left my lips, I raised my hand for the same but before I could gut myself out.

He shouted out loud in horror

"I DID THIS BECAUSE I LOVE YOU." He blurted out

I stopped in my action and

looked at him with my mouth agape. As what I just heard right now from Siddharth Veer Singh was a 'Mother' of all Shocks which I had ever received till date.

His tone softened as he took a breath of relief or probably released a breath of surrender.

" Yesss. ....I loved you.... since the time I first saw you as a prisoner. I was very happy when I learned from you that you were a simple local girl. I was floating in my highest cloud of fantasy . .... But when I found out that you were Shaktinand's daughter, my sand castle scattered away with the strong wind of your original indentity. I swore to hate you .... I pledged to make your life a living hell and trust me I DID.... I did everything to hurt you but inspite of all. I..... I.... couldn't control my feelings for you ..... God knows how hard I have tried to push you away but more I pushed you the more I cared for you. I , myself threw you in the gravest dangers but also couldn't stop myself from saving you because unknowingly I had already fallen hard for you. But ......"

All of a sudden he quickly walked towards me like a psycho , pinning me with his angry glare and at the same time making me step back and bump my back on the wall.

Watching him coming closer to me, ..... the dagger which I was holding like a brave warrior Prince to threaten him, slipped out of my hand out of nervousness. Intruding into my personal space again He placed both his hands on the wall cageing me in with his strong body and hovered over me .

" BUT INSPITE OF KNOWING THAT I LOVE YOU... NOTHING CHANGES FOR YOU .... BECAUSE.... in the end you will always be you daddy's little girl. The one who is also not capable to love anyone just like her father and FOR THIS . I HATE MY MYSELF FOR LOVEING YOU SO MUCH but still I will keep loving you always even when you'll NEVER ever love me back. "

He spoke furiously all at once ... putting all his heart out infront of me which was filled with too much frustration and love at the same time.

Being trapped in his cageing body and after listening to everything he just told, I was somewhere in the middle of processing everything while he intimidated me with his intense glare .

I noticed that his anger filled eyes which was looking deep into my mine, slowly dropped to my lips as he stared at them with hunger. He came a little more closer to me while his eyes never left my lips...... but all of a sudden he pulled back and just walked out of this room leaving me panting for my lost breaths.

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🧚‍♀️ : God .... 🤯 it was such a lengthy chapter filled with so much drama .... my head is paining after writing it and also handling my daughter at the same time.

So ?? Finally Siddharth told Nandini what we were waiting since so long but still.... climax is yet to come so hold on tight as more is to come.

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and if you are liking my story. Till than ..HAPPY READING 🌷📚📚

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