Pregnant For The Royal Prince

TO say that Lady Aarti was shocked was an understatement, she was left flabbergasted. My gee, what was he trying to say? That this lady in the picture is the same lady he’s been talking about?

“Yeah”, he replied jolting her back from her trance of thoughts.

She turned to him, and a little smile played on her face.

“You don’t mean this Raghav”, she spoke.

He laughed.

“I do, she’s the one, my heart”, he said.

She nodded.

“Destiny is at work here, she is definitely the woman for you, and none other, none”, she said.

“This picture was taken at the tourist site huh?”, he asked dropping them on the table.

“Yeah”, she nodded and relaxed more comfortably into her seat.

He simpered.

“I was there, that fateful day. Infact, that was the day she stole my heart”, he said in a whisper.

She smiled so broadly and endearing.

“Well news reached me later that you came around, you know”, she shrugged.

“Oh well, I had actually gone there because of you, I wanted to set my eyes on you and Ali baby, but it was only Ali baby I saw”, he said.

“Well you don’t know how she already loves this lady, already fallen in love with her personality in imagination”, she laughed.

Raghav looked at her.

“Seriously?”.

“Yeah. You know she had given her a candy, and since then that brand of candy, is now her favourite. Ali baby is madly in love with her, always asking me to invite her to the palace. Gosh! She gonna go crazy once she hears she is your angel”, she gushed.

“Wow, I never knew Rina has this effect on her”.

“Well, she does”.

Then she sat up laughing, so life could be this amazing huh?

“That’s not all I wanted to show you, go through them again”, she nudged him.

He took up the pictures again and began going through them, then he sighed and dropped it back.

“Well Aunt, I saw all these myself, you don’t need to show me”, he said.

She nodded and began putting back the pictures into the envelope.

“So how do you see Vidya? She tripped my daughter and called her a pauper”, she spilled it.

“Huh? She did that? I thought she only tripped her?”.

She shook her head.

“She also insulted my daughter, the daughter of Prince Rudra of Kuru kingdom”, she stated, heaving as she talked.

He splayed his right hand on his forehead. What kind of a girl was this? He never she was this rude, ahh.

“The bitch is rude, so rude. You know I had gone up to them at the site after Ali baby left, my gee, you needed to see the way she treated me”.

Her eyes widened in surprise.

“Really? You were disguised?”.

“Exactly. That’s the reason I fell for Rina, she’s so kindhearted and loving”.

“Yeah, someone who doesn’t love you for your fame and wealth, and that’s the kind of woman I’ve been praying for you”, she said.

He laughed.

“I appreciate Aunt, I don’t see this meeting moving any further huh?”, he shoved his seat backwards.

“Yes, I should leave you to rest, you really need it”.

“Yes Aunt”, he got up.

“Teddy”, she called, “don’t relent or back up for the one you love, they will be obstacles definitely, but you can fight it”, she said in a hushed tone.

He exhaled, then nodded.

“I have heard you, thanks Aunt”, he appreciated.

“It’s my pleasure”, she replied opening her drawer.

“See you at dinner”, and he walked out the study.

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Rina and her mother had just finished having a silent but tasty dinner of Masala dosa, tea and sandwich.

She got up and began clearing up the table, packing up the plates to the kitchen. She returned to the dining for the cups and jugs when her mother asked her to return after dropping them.

“I’m here mother”, she announced and sat down on her seat, facing her. Everywhere was silent and quiet, only the chirping of night insects, could be heard.

Selena cleared her throat, then began talking.

“I want us to have a discussion”, she said.

Rina scoffed.

“Huh? In the dining?”, she asked.

“Rather too awkward, this is my house, I can choose to have this conversation anywhere”, she said and Rina noticed the anger in her voice as she spoke.

She nodded meekly, for that was all she could do right now, keep mute and obey.

“Fine mom”, she said.

“Now you have returned from the palace, what is it you wanna do with your future? This is the time to talk reality, and face it. What are your plans?”, she asked.

Rina was taken aback by her question. Wasn’t it too early to discuss such thing? My gee she just returned.

“Mom?”, she called, “isn’t it too early to talk about this, like just give me a week to settle down first”.

She looked into her eyes as she spoke and she saw glint of anger.

“Are you done?”, she asked.

“Ugh, yes”, she replied rather too reluctant.

“Good. First you didn’t return on your own accord, you were fired, second you were fired unjustly, not because you did any wrong. So why give you time, time to do what exactly?”, she asked and Rina sighed, looking elsewhere, hoping her mom could just stop, but she wasn’t done yet.

“Time to correct mistakes? Or time to amend your ways, or time to think how not to be fired by your boss?”, she continued reeling out questions.

“No, time for what exactly? Look up Rina, most of your classmates back then in high school are now in college, some are doing legit businesses and working as secretaries under big companies, none of them are idle, I mean none”, she reminded her.

Why was she saying all these now? She looked up at her.

“Alright mom, so what do you want me to do?”, she asked.

“Good question. What do you want to do? Complete your high school education and then go to college, or learn something? They are a lot of things to do”, she stated.

Rina looked intently at her again, there must be something else making her do this, not necessarily because of her mates, there must be a motive, she knew it.

“Mother?”, she called and looked away, thinking.

“Yes”, she replied.

“Fine, I will do both”, she finally said.

A smile played on her mom’s face.

“Wow, I said you should pick just one”, she reminded.

“I know mother, but I’m interested in both. I really want to complete my high school, and also learn something”, she licked her lips.

Her mother clapped twice.

“Good thing daughter”, she said, she was smiling and grinning from ear to ear.

Rina forced a smile.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

“You know I have this thing, this desire for graphic designing, I would love to learn that, and then attend extra murals for the degree exams in high school, you know that was the only thing I missed”, she explained.

“All at the same time?”.

She nodded in affirmation.

“Yes mom, simultaneously, it isn’t going to affect me”.

She intently looked at her.

“Are you sure? Your health Rin, don’t forget”, she reminded.

“I will prevent whatever it is that’s gonna make me breakdown”, she assured.

“Oh wow, you are such an intelligent daughter, jeez! Never knew I had a Solomon for a daughter”, she laughed out.

Rina stiffened a laugh, forcing herself to. She really isn’t alright, she is only forcing herself to do this with her mom, so she could let her breath.

Though she really meant all she said, that is her new plan for her life, for her future.

“So, the money you have made so far gonna go a long way in helping right?”, Selena asked.

She nodded.

“Yeah, but there’s this thing I want to do”, she suddenly snapped as it came to her remembrance.

“What is it dear?”, she folded her arms.

“It’s really from my heart mother, I want to do this for you and I don’t want you to stop me”, she said.

Hmm, what must this be?

“Go on”, she nudged her.

Rina sighed deeply.

“Mom, I want you to own a shop at the mart, I will do this for you, I’ve got cash”, she rushed her words.

Her mother was taken aback and flabbergasted, too lost for words. What does this child know she was saying? Own a shop at the mart?

“Can you hear yourself speak?”, she finally asked.

“How?”.

“Do you know how much it takes to own a shop, let alone stock it with goods? Please Rina forget it, I’m okay with what I do besides, I now own a job, even though it’s not that befitting”, she looked away.

She heaved in expectance.

“I knew this was what you were going to say, reject my offer”, Rina flared up.

Huh? Selena flinched.

“Alright… alright, calm down. Would there still be enough money left for your plans?”, she asked.

Rina nodded, even though she wasn’t too sure. All she just wanted was to help her mom the little way she could, this woman had really tried for her.

“Yeah”.

She relaxed back into her seat, seeing this as an opportunity.

“I will let you do this only on one condition”, she said.

Rina looked at her with her furrowed brows, what was she up to now?

“What mom?”, she asked.

“That you stay away from Prince Raghav”, she hit her with her words.

Infact, Rina died and resurrected a lot times as she said that. How could she stay away from him? He has become her life, her world, her reason for living, her everything.

She shook her head in sadness.

“It’s impossible”, she stated.

“What do you mean?”.

“We love each other mom, we feel for each other mother can’t you get?”, tears were already streaking down her eyes.

Selena instantly felt weakened on seeing her tears, all she wanted was her daughter’s happiness and comfort.

Having a relationship with the royal prince, especially for paupers like they are, was really risky, the rest of the royal family may not take it lightly, and this was what she’s trying to avoid, humiliations and embarrassments.

“Well, if you really love him, it’s fine, but do not forget I tried warning you, these are royals, and they’re incompatible with paupers like us”, she said then shoved her seat backwards.

She watched her shoved her seat and the last line kept ringing in her head, ‘these are royals, we they’re incompatible with us’.

Crap! Almost same thing with the way the queen had sneered at her at the palace. She shrugged it off, she and Raghav was gonna fight this, but first, she’s damn peeved with her.

“Good night Rin, see you tomorrow morning”, her mom said jolting her back into reality.

“You too mommy”, she replied and got up as well, then walked into her bedroom.

She had put off the lights and closed tight the windows ready to sleep, when her phone beeped, lighting up into the darkness of the room.

Without thinking she sighed and picked it up, it was a chat from Raghav.

“Huh? He chatted me”, she gasped.

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Raghav has just retired to the guest room the maids showed him to. Dinner with the family was awesome and he had met with the old king, Rudra’s father.

Now, he was in his room, ready to sleep, but first, he needed to do something.

He had actually discussed with Zaina and got more information about her. Zaina was indeed a best friend, she had without missing anything, told him exactly the way he should expect her behave, and it was exactly it.

She had also told him to woo her again.

“I know my friend, if you want her to listen to you, all you have to do is to woo her again, try and win her heart back”, she had advised.

He had laughed.

“But I didn’t lose her heart that I’m gonna try get it back, she’s just not picking up and I think she needs space”, he had said, doubting.

She sighed.

“Well my prince, if you really want your Rina back, you have to do what I said else, you might not see her again”, she had said and got up, then bowed and walked out of the balcony.

Now, he had realized that as the only option left, he didn’t bother if he was a prince or not, a billonaire or not, he just wanted to have his woman back.

Even if it meant him going hungry for forty days, washing the latrine, or killing for her sake, he was ready, all he wanted was Rina.

Not only that, he didn’t even know that his most precious aunt, already had her in her good books, ready to recommend her for him. So also Ali baby, who had already loved her, what else does he need to convince him that Rina was truly his?

Gosh! This lady is divine and more of an angel, his love for her deepened.

He picked up his phone and visited her social media handle, then sent her a chat, this was a start to woo her over again, right?

@royalprinceraghav_219: Love, sleeping?….

He sent it and waited for her reply, hoping she hadn’t slept.

Rina saw the chat and gasped, aww, how sweet of him to. She instantly wanted to reply but halted, she was still angry right? I mean angry with him, well, she shrugged.

After about two minutes she sent a reply.

@cutierina?: What do you want?

Raghav read the reply and freezed, jeez this was rather too harsh, and rude. Was she still angry?

@royalprinceraghav_219: Come on baby, don’t tell me you’re still angry.

She scoffed on seeing the reply, then racked her brain on what to text. She was still thinking when another chat came in, and she looked at it.

@royalprinceraghav_219: I really haven’t been myself since Rina, so much on my neck and Dad’s down with fever. If I should tell you where I am right now, you wouldn’t believe.

She scoffed again after reading. She already knows the king is down with fever, well…

@cutierina?: Dad gonna be fine.

Raghav broadly smiled on seeing her reply, at least that was a progress, she was showing concern.

@royalprinceraghav_219: I know Rina, thanks .

Rina got peeved at him, why was he always replying her with her name, and not a pet name? Gosh! He doesn’t love her anymore.

@cutierina?: Why is it now you are chatting me? Since you began calling?…

@royalprinceraghav_219: Come on Rina, don’t you know I have other things doing as well, a whole lot is on me now.

His reply came in almost immediately, interrupting hers. She squeezed her face so hard again, on seeing the reply. He was calling her Rina, not baby, not sunshine, not princess. Goodness!

@cutierina?: Alright fine prince, go on and face ‘other things’, nightie.

She texted and waited his reply, imagine, after saying nightie, then why still awake waiting for reply? Well, she has only just said that to freak him out, inwardly, she was so happy he had chatted her and actually wanted the conversation not to end.

She felt like a queen, I mean who wouldn’t? The royal prince himself, chatting her. She was definitely never gonna delete these chats, not in a lifetime.

She had waited for like five minutes yet, there was no reply, no view even, and she felt bad.

She was about sleeping when her phone beeped and she sprung up and looked into it, her heart beating.

@royalprinceraghav_219: Please baby, I’m actually not home right now, not even in New York.

Huh? She was taken aback. Then where the hell is he? She wanted to ask but stopped, she just didn’t want anything that was gonna make him thinks she was showing concern.

@cutierina?: Be wherever it is you wanna be, it’s your life. When you were supposed to come protect me, you didn’t. Besides, why you chatting me up now? Is it now you heard your mother fired me?

Raghav heaved a sigh on her response, why was Rina behaving this way huh? Well…

@royalprinceraghav_219: Stop this Rina, stop it. Why don’t you want to hear me out? Alright fine, goodnight, will chat you up tomorrow.

Then he put off his phone and laid down to sleep, he was gonna talk to her tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Rina read the reply and became more peeved, like what the hell? Was he seriously greeting her goodnight?

@cutierina?: No you can’t do that, you are yet to reply me.

She sent the text and then waited as usual for him to reply. She had waited for like seven minutes, and yet no reply, no view.

Gosh! Has he really gone to bed like he said he was going to do? She closed the chatbox page and went over to her contacts, then began scrolling through, searching for his.

Finally she saw it and halted, then began fighting with her head whether to ring him or not.

‘No don’t, it’s too late, can’t you see?”, a voice in her head spoke.

‘Come on, get on with it, you are his woman he gonna understand’, came another voice.

The voices fought for a while then she finally succumbed to the last. With her fingers shaking and her heart beating non stop, she dialed his contact.

Damn! It was switched off, the service provider said so. She groaned, he has switched off his phone on her huh?

But he had said he would chat her up tomorrow right? She should just wait for tomorrow then, she was still in her thoughts when sleep eluded her and she dozed off.