Mira's POV

I felt extremely embarrassed now, I ate my food like a baby on his bed and felt like a spoiled brat. I took the plate in my hand and walked out timidly, covering my head with the veil. He noticed me and kept down his papers and walked towards me. I quickly took few steps behind as I felt intimidated by his stature.

He was tall and masculine whereas I felt so small in from of him. "Keep it there , someone will come and take it" He pointed and also showed me where to wash my hands.

"No I will take it myself" I managed to say.

"You are not even able to walk properly". He taunted with a straight face and I felt my cheeks getting hot in anger and embarrassment.

"And whose fault is that" I retaliated and saw his face fell a little before covering it with anger. 

I bit my lips hard and looked anywhere but him. As he stomped towards me, I shrunk at his presence and closed my eyes in fear, the proximity making me nervous and my hands shivered.

I waited for him to say something but he simply took the plate from my shaking hands and guided me towards the washing area, he poured the cold water over my hand and I quickly finished my business, tightening the veil on my head. He stood there beside me and I could not stop but steal few glances at him. 

I noticed the cloth wrapped around his injured palm and realized that he had torn that from my saree. I blush appeared on my cheeks thinking about it and quickly face palmed myself.

"You will not stay at that quarter, I will arrange a room for you" he said and called few men and women inside his chambers.

"Why?" I asked softly.

"So that you can stay close by me". I looked at him in shock, he would say such things with a straight face as if it's nothing.

"I want a new bed for this room, take this bed from here" he ordered to them and they quickly started working.

"Why would I need to stay close to you?" I again questioned, I saw men removing the bedsheets and opening the pieces of the huge wooden bed.

"Because you are my mistress" he stated in from of everyone.

I saw the attendees stopping their work for a second before resuming it and I just stood still and frozen with this sudden nonsense announcement.

"Wh....what?" my hoarse voice broke in between.

He walked slowly towards me and circled around me in slow pace, the tension between us killing me.

Finally he said in a slow voice . "Aapne raat bitayi hai humare kamre mai"

"You have spent a night at my room"

"Toh? "

"So?"I questioned.

"Didn't you dear father teach you things?" he mocked and I stayed silent. "An unmarried women spends a night with the king, what does it make her?"

"I am no one's mistress" I said angrily and he held my waist suddenly, I shivered at his touch, he asked other's to leave and I struggled in his embrace. It also gave me the time to register his features, he had strong jawline with luscious lips, his eyes were sharp with thick eyebrows. I could see his chest hair from the slight opening of his kurta and a sudden urge to hold his biceps occurred to me but I immediately shoved that away. At this moment I had completely forgotten that I am supposed to kill him, that he is my enemy.

"Dhekna ho gaya aapka?"

"Done with the looking?" he whispered slowly. His breath tickled my ears and I moved my head slightly, he slowly brought his hands on my cheeks, caressing my now hot skin and I momentarily closed by eyes.

"Rajaji" I heard a women speaking outside his chambers and I pushed him away, the impact causing pain in my wrist.

He recoiled back and went to attend whoever it was, I rubbed my wrist and my beating heart slowly.

"Pranam Kaki Maa(Aunty)" I heard Rajaji saying and I instantly panicked thinking she might see me in here. I looked here and there to hide and hid behind the half-opened bed.

When I heard footsteps approaching, I covered my head with the veil and shrunk even low, when I heard a voice of a manly chuckle I raised by face a little.

Rajaji was looking at me and he had a beautiful smile on his face, I had not known that a smile could make someone look even more pretty and handsome.

"A very good place to hide Princess, I just couldn't see you" he mocked and I noticed because of the missing wooden planks on the bed I was clearly visible to anyone. I shook my head in embarrassment.

Why have I become so dumb? I am smart and somehow in front of him I manage to make an utter fool of myself.

I slowly stood up and approached him. I shook my head as if shaking it would also shake away the way I was feeling right now.

"Rajaji , thank you for saving me yesterday. I will do anything to repay your kindness but I cannot be your mistress" I adjoined my hands and muttered slowly. I tried to keep my voice as smooth as possible but he must have sensed the irritation in my voice.

"I would have done that for any woman " he said haughtily.

"And regarding you being my mistress " he chuckled. "Who said I want you to be one I just wanted everyone to think that you are"

"And yes you will repay me my kindness " he again mocked and I bit my lips to not say anything that I would regret. I am clearly at disadvantage here with no support and contacts.

"What do you want me to do ?" I asked cautiously, I shifted on my legs a bit as it was aching, I wanted to sit somewhere.

"For now go to your room , take your medicine and rest" he came a bit closer to me and whispered in a slow voice.
"I need you fully recovered my little mistress. you have duties to fulfil. " I gulped nervously. "Don't call me a mistress" I managed to whisper but the voice came out breathlessly.

He simply chuckled and left my side.

I heaved a sigh, I was supposed to seduce him and here I was the one getting affected.

I took up the medicine bottle and hurried back out of the room where an attendee showed me my new room. It was only slightly smaller than his chambers and just across from his.

As I entered I saw men assembling the bed at the center of the room, I tightened my veil to cover my face .

" Rajaji said to assemble his bed in this room" the attendee said. Why would he do this? Is he planning to stay in this room, I shuddered at the thought.

"By the time the bed is getting assembled you can sit here Princess" she said.

She seemed young and overly enthusiastic and when I saw her directing them like a boss.
"Here ! This will go here !" She shouted, I smiled at her.

"What's your name ?" I asked
She looked at me in shock and smiled cheekily. " It's Mishti " I smiled listening to her name. Indeed she was sweet. "And what's your age Mishti?"

"I am fifteen Princess" she said timidly and I smiled.

"Just call me Mira Didi Mishti, " I said and she looked at me in shock and shook her head vigorously, but I looked at her pointedly and nodded..

Okay "Mira Didi". She said after a second testing my name. It felt good to hear my name.

"Oh and why Rajaji asked to move his bed here?" I asked her in confusion, what trick is he playing.

"I don't know but he has never asked us to do something like this before". She muttered.

"Or maybe he just wanted to give me a used bed." I muttered slowly. He definitely knew how to make me feel small.