[After the business deal: at Abhimanyu's residence]
Abhimanyu threw everything that passed his sight and could not bear this massive failure. "I...I cannot loose, how did Karan steal this opportunity from me....aaaaaaaaa I'll destroy him. He has played some tricks and he needs to learn a lesson. Get me every single detail about Karan." Abhimanyu addressed his staff in anger and went to his room.
Meanwhile...
Maya suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, she couldn't breathe properly which made her restless. She felt as if she was caught in a jail. Her arms were shivering and her heart was pumping as fast as a cheetah. All her heart told her was to go out of that place and fill some fresh air inside her lungs.
Without thinking of the time Maya quickly wrapped herself in a shawl and went towards the temple. Maya could barely walk but she pushed herself hard as she wanted to be away from that house for a while.
She reached the temple and sat in front of the statue as tears flowed from her eyes. She could not utter a word, she just kept staring at the statue while her mind was giving her flashbacks of her life from the day her parents left her.
On the other hand Karan was having a very bad dream, he woke up out of that bad dream and could only remember red eyes filled with tears, it felt as if the universe is addressing him and telling him that someone badly needs him.
Karan's heartbeat raised and the only person he could think of was Maya, He felt that Maya is in some trouble and he needs to be with her. Within no time he sat in the car and headed towards Maya's house.
On his way his car ran out of fuel and he simply left it in the middle of the road and started walking although it was not safe for him to be out of the palace without any security.
He did not think about himself even for a second and just kept running towards Narsinh's house but on his way he saw a pair of juti near the temple stairs, which made him curious to know that who is so desperate to pray at this hour, he climbed the temple stairs and to his surprise saw Maya siting their motionless.
He quickly ran towards her and shook her, "M-m-Maya, are-are you ok? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Karan asked Maya while shaking her just to bring her back to consciousness, but Maya did not realize anything until she felt a hand caressing her head which made her remember her beloved mother and she spoke up, "Maa" but to her surprise she saw a man who was sweating from top to bottom, Maya's eyes clashed with another eyes which had turned red.
Maya got scared and quickly got up and went two steps back from the man and asked, "Wh-who are you? Stay away from me." "Maya.....Maya it's me, Karan I'm here to help you not to harm you. Don't be afraid of me."
Karan spoke as he came close to Maya and made a worried face. Seeing him Maya could not control her tears, and fell on her knees as she cried hard and was unable to stop. Karan's heart skipped a beat seeing Maya like this, He sat on his knees and gently hugged Maya while caressing her head.
Realizing this Maya pushed him away, got up and turned her back towards Karan, "What are you doing? We should not be together. Already bohot baat ho rahi hai or main nahi chahti or baat ho." Maya said as she got flashes of what Narsinh told her the other day.
"I don't care log kya baat krte hai, I just want you to be safe Maya. Pata nahi kyun pr tumhe iss halat mai dekh kr muje bohot bura lg rha hai." Karan said as he moved towards Maya's face.
"Ha aapko kya fark pdta hai, aap rajkumar hai or mai sirf ak mamuli anath(orphan) ladki. Aap nhi jante muje kya kya baat sunni pad rhi hai. Leave me the way I am, please." Maya said this as she pushed Karan aside and ran towards her house.
Leaving Karan in thought, "aisa kya hua hai? Kya baatie ho rhi hai? He bhagwaan Maya ki madat kro. Or mujse kyun Maya ki ye halat dekhi nhi jar hi? Akhir lagti kya hai vo meri?" Karan saw towards god's statue, spoke these words and left the temple and followed Maya just to make sure that she reaches home safely.
Next morning Maya was thinking about Karan, "why is he soo concerned about me? He's a Prince, I'm nothing in front of him. Aaisa kya hai jo vo meri itni parvah krte hai?" Maya spoke to herself as she sat on her bed but her thoughts broke when Kamni called her, "Maharani ji, agar aapka aaram ho gya ho to kam pr bhi thoda dhyan de dijye." Kamni spoke.
Maya went downstairs and started with her work. Karan had just woke up and was all set to go to the office. It was a very special day for him as it was the day when he was going to sign papers of his dream project.
Karan wore a brown suite and headed towards the breakfast table.
"Karan beta, itne time se shaadi ki baat taal rhe ho tumhare uss project ki vjah se. Ab to vo kam bhi khtm ho gaya. Ab dundna shuru krdu humari bahurani?" Karan's Aunt, Sujata teased him, to which Karan blushed and said, "Abhi nhi chachi(aunty) abhi bahut kuch achieve karna baki hai."
After 1 day
[At Abhimanyu's residence]
"Abhimanyu sir, Mr. Karan Raghuvanshi ke baare mein ak bohot hi shocking chiz pta chali hai." Abhimanyu's staff member, Vishal who was having eyes on Karan's every single move informed Abhimanyu.
"Very good, batau muje ki tumhe kya baat pta chali hai" Abhimanyu said.
"Thode time se locals mai Karan Raghuvanshi ka name ak ladki k saath joda ja rha hai & it's strange because unlike other kingdom's prince Karan ka name kabhi kisi lady k sath juda nahi hai." Vishal said while inserting pendrive in his laptop.
"Kon hai ye ladki? Kitne billion ka empire hai uski family ka?? I'm sure Karan uske paise k piche pda hai, uske jaisa money oriented insaan paise dekh kr he ladki dundta hoga." Abhimnyu said to which Vishal interrupted, "Nhi sir, she's not from a billionaire family. Vo ladki ek normal family se belong karti hai. Her name is Maya & she's an orphan who lives with her uncle, Narsinh."
"What? Seriously? Tell me more." Abhimnyu curiously said to Vishal. "Narsih forcefully Maya ki shadi kisi se krva rhe the, but shaadi k kuch din pehle somehow Maya meet Karan and usne Mr. Karan ko ye baat bta di and uski shaadi k din Mr. Karan & unke dad Maharaj Vikram Raghuvanshi ne shaadi roki.
Or kal raat humari team jo Mr. Karan pr nazar rakh rhi thi unhone Malva k shiv mandir mai Karan Raghuvanshi or Maya Saah ko saath dekha. Maya bohot ro rhi thi, Karan use console kr rha tha and they even hugged for a while. Jb Karan k saath kuch argument k baad Maya mandir se chali gayi to Karan ne 2km Maya ka picha kiya just to make sure ki Maya safely ghar poch gyi.
Malva ka Rajkumar jisne shayad aaj tk 2 km to kya 200 meter bhi security or car k bina nhi gaya hoga vo kl raat bina car, bina security ke aise he Maya k liye chala gaya." Vishal said to Abhimnyu while showing him the pictures of last night.
"Kuch to connection hai Maya or Karan ka, Maya ki details nikali?" Abhimanyu asked Vishal. "Yes sir, Maya ki life mein kuch khass pta nhi chala except for the fact that she's never treated well by her uncle & aunt.
Locals ko uske bare mai pucha to unhone btaya ki Maya to ghar se kabhi bahar nahi nikalti hai. Sb shocked thai or bol rhe thai ki Maya jaisi ladki aaise mu kala kar ke aayegi ye socha nahi tha." Vishal said while showing Maya's photos to Abhimanyu.
"Great, Maya ko kuch hoga to uske family vale kuch krege nhi, because clearly unn logo k liye Maya matter nahi karti. Or vo abhi limelight mai Karan ki vjah se hai. Ye baat Malwa se bahar spread krdo. Humari sari PR team ko kam pr lga do and jitna ho sake ye news spread kro ki Malva ka Rajkumar ak simple orphan ladki ko date kar raha hai.
And iske thode din baad dhere dhere or fake news spread karna start krdo jise humare rajkumar sahab ki sari reputation paani mai mill jaye.
[Note from writer]
Hello readers, I hope aapko ye chapter acha lga ho and next chapter se rollercoaster ride start ho rahi hai.
Things are gonna get spicy now onwards. A very big twist is waiting for you in the next chapter, so stay tuned!!!
Jaisa aapko pta hai ye first novel hai so please isse share kijye, comment kijye and to get update about the novel follow kijye @inkedbymisha on Instagram.
~Misha
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