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Originally posted by: ..Aliya..
😆 it's ok 😃
Just saw the trailer..it seems really exciting
It's divided into 4 episodes..will watch tomorrow if I get time.
The man in the trailer who wears a white shirt and is blond is really handsome na 😳
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Dearly Beloved,
The Royal Palace regrets to inform you that due to his Majesty's unforeseen travel plans, the King and Queen will not make an appearance until 16/04/13. The King sends his regards and wishes to be in your company soon.
---------------Royal Pain---------------
Edit: I am know for caving in. So, here it is.
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(Chapter 3)
Baagi
Our King was getting restless with every passing minute. He had not run into the Queen since their last fall out. May be he said too much, may be not enough, may be not the right words. He was dissecting, evaluating and critiquing every word that had escaped his mouth. The woman got a reaction out of him at a time when he thought he had lost emotionality. She made him feel passionate even if to contradict her views. He needed to talk to her; he needed to get his answers. More importantly, he needed to apologize if he were to get an inch of sleep out of this day's hour glass.
He decided to make a personal effort to search all the rooms the queen frequented, not that he knew much about her likes. Twenty minutes of exhausting walks later, he decided to save his last sip of energy for the talking and ordered a maid to do the searching.
She quickly returned with news, though her tone did not give away any hints of what awaited him. He prepared himself for the inevitable and followed the servant's directions.
"Your majesty, the queen is in the hammam. Are you certain you wish to go in?"
"Come again?"
As well read as Rishabh was, he had never heard of a hammam. What strange contraption was this?
"The spa", the woman looked him up and down as if trying to rate his mental health.
He was not about to let a maid servant question his actions. So, he quickly refuted her seeming silliness.
"She is my wife and this is pressing. Tell the occupants the King has ordered he be left alone with his queen".
As he entered the bath house, serenity from the high heavens bestowed upon him. His castles were beautiful with aesthetics pleasing to even the most critical of eyes. But this, this was other worldly. The pleasure was in the nothingness, the calm in the white and music in the flow of pearl drops of water. His stiff, rock hard steps unknowingly loosened their grip on the marble floors.
As his eyes searched for the heat of another being, he felt his body exuberate radiation. His crammed apologies and story book speeches washed away along with the seeping perspiration of his pores. At last, he detected movement. His instincts followed the scent that was now pheromonal.
There lay a mystic beauty, one with the awe around her. Her waistline was unintentionally covered in virgin white cotton; the intricate threading was only fitted for a carved frame like hers. For the first time, he absorbed in her features. The golden long legs shimmered in dancing sunlight as Madhubala shifted side to side, lost in dreamland.
Five minutes passed in nightly silence until his thoughts stumbled back to consciousness. The king was here to deliver a formal apology. But, the heat in the air had made him lose focus. He had selectively adored his queen's pair of blessings but managed to look past an open brassiere airing out on high hanging drying line. The awareness hit him hard in the head as realized he had seen his woman naked without her consent.
The next few seconds would be crucial ones. He had only two choices. One, to stay in the hammam and face come what may. Two, to leave and try his damndest to repress the incident into his unconscious.
However, like most other times, life did not offer him a choice. Just as the fateful day of his forced coronation, Madhu woke up before Rishabh could make a decision.
Her slow, twitching eyes opened up to the gaze of a handsome man. Within seconds, her hands were covering her bosoms and a one meter cotton sheet was stretched out to capacity, doing more favours than it was designed to do.
"My King", an unwanted greeting escaped her mouth. What she really wanted to do was to curse him out but, the royal sophistication was so engrained in her humor, it was impossible to isolate the two.
Rishabh looked away in shame.
"I am very apologetic. When the servant said spa, I thought she meant...I didn't know. This was not on purpose. I..."
"You are my husband".
Her majesty did not contemplate the impact of her words until they were out in the open.
"May I ask the reason for your visit?" She spoke casually as he passed her a longer towel.
He almost mustered up the courage to spill what his mind held captive.
"About yesterday..." a long pause ensued.
She broke the silence with words that could not be taken back with all the force of the universe:
"Aap ne badi aasaani se keh diya gaddaar tha, hum ne apna haq jo nahi maanga. Jis din mein baagi ho gayi sarkaar, aap ka mahal, mahal nahi rahega".
(Loose translation, not word for word: You called us out like traitors with one roll of the tongue. Perhaps because I have not ever exercised my rights. The day I turn a rebel sir, I will take the kingdom down with me).
She pulled out her formal attire and left the King in the company of his many regrets.
P.S. hammam translates to bath house. But calling it that is an understatement. You have got to see it to believe it.
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