ROYALLY DESTINED

'WE'

3
MISSING PIECES
PART 3 : 'WE'

RAKSHAK'S ROOM , SHREEGARH PALACE
RAKSHAK'S P.O.V.

I enter my room and then the study , with Veer trailing behind , we enter, and he slumps down on the chair opposite my desk rests his head on backrest of chair and closes his eyes ,

I know it is not that easy to take that all your inheritance and family relation depend on an arranged marriage .
I choose to give him time and open the leather document.
In good 20 minutes. I complete reading the document and see Shauryaveer's eyes settled on the wall clock sipping his cup of tea and lost in deep thoughts and I call out to him, and he blinks his eyes before setting his concentration on the document .

He thoroughly reads it over and over again , I stop him this time as he again starts to reading it for the 4th time,

"Shauryaveer keep it down and share with me . What are you feeling?''
"I don't know Bhai Sa" , ah the universal answer
"What do you think this arrangement is right or wrong according to you?"- I ask
"Bhai Sa , I um... You know it somehow feels forced , like it is an arranged marriage with no choice , if I don't want to do it I am losing everything and if I do which most probably I am going to , I don't think I would be having or WE would be having a normal start , as Dadi Hukum just said we both have a certain group of consequence if we fail , or if we don't get along or as a matter of fact even if something unexpected happens , we are molded in it and that seems to be the problem . Like the idea of Arranged Marriage is not what is offending me , but the conditions laid are bothering"

Shauryaveer completes himself and releases a long breath as he pressured the word 'WE' .

"Shauryaveer Dada Hukum must have accorded this with a lot of thought, and weighing all the probabilities , I am sure there must be something special about her that convinced him of not only about your both marriage but also making sure you stick around'' I said , trying to convince him .

"Really , Bhai Sa ... Dadi Sa just said she turned 18 and I am sure there is a difference between a 7yr old child and an 18yr old girl , which girl in her sound senses would agree to an arranged marriage , so soon , with so many conditions, huh. She can be another gold-digger for the love of god" Shauryaveer angrily spats out giving me a I-am-pissed-look

"Maybe , she can be , I am not arguing with that, but I would want and indeed everybody in the family would want you to give your loyalty and your 50 percent in the relationship with full heart , let her see for herself." I second, trying to calm him
"And what if she turns out to be not so different from that make up caked population, with slutty and un-modest dressing trying to seduce you and she comes from a royalty... right , maybe she can be a spoiled brat who doesn't takes a dig at people or moreover a manipulative one , who is something else from outside and a completely different on the inside" Veer says shaking his head in disbelief .

"Veer , the royalty , Dadi Hukum and us we are not fool , if Dadi Sa can understand her own daughter to be manipulative and after-money she can identify this girl as well and if you didn't notice , Dadi Sa mentioned of divorce , to intelligent people who can understand word as well as meaning behind - this directs toward that if un-potential or something like you said comes in the scene , marriage can be broken..."
"And I will lose the business" Veer cuts me off

"These are the conditions laid , we have to abide, and she may or may not be like your expectations , anyways we have no other option , and , as a big brother advice , leave the ifs and buts , you cannot keep your expectations this high ... or maybe this low" - I state trying to tell him the broader sight .

"Bhai Sa I will sign it in some time , I need to get my thoughts together" - Veer leaves the room without giving another glance .

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