RICH’S POV
A guard entered and announced with a bow. “My Chamlee, the ladies are here”
“Get the elders ready, the meeting will be in an hour” I ordered.
He bowed again and walked out.
“Are you ready for this, Lara?” I asked Lara.
She inhaled and rubbed her hand on her forehead. “It is part of it, right? I should be ready” she murmured.
I walked to her back and asked the servants to excuse us. I leaned forward with my hands at the back of her shoulders and looked at her through the big mirror that was in front of her.
“Yes, it is our duty. But we can just send them away without more, we can ask an elder to do that” I replied.
“I don’t know if that would be right,” she said.
“You are with a veil, there will never know that it is you. Their mind will never go there” I encouraged.
I got up and went to sit on the bed, and looked at her reflection in the mirror. “You don’t have to say anything. I already told Moorso what to decide” I revealed.
I will not be there with her today. I would be recognized if I do. Only Lara will be there with her veil covering her face.
She turned to me. “What will be the verdict?” she asked. I could see that she was a little tense.
“There is no room for them here” I replied. “I don’t want to ever see them anywhere here” I added and brushed my hand over my hair to keep it from falling carelessly on my face.
A heat of rage cuts across my inside. I wished I could make them pay for all of their evil deeds, but then as the Chamlee, the temporary one, I have learned not to act on impulse. I cannot take decisions based on personal grounds alone.
She inhaled. “I doubt if Chamlar would have looked at them with pity”
“There is no saying what she would do. But I know that she would not act on personal reasons alone. She only acts for the good of our land” I replied.
“Yeah” she nodded. “And getting them far away from here would be the best,” she said.
I looked at her face in the mirror as a faint line appeared on her forehead. She had never been this way before, she never had any cause to think about matters of this nature. And I must commend her, she is doing great by the day.
But there was something else on her face, something that I have never noticed. Her face, it was angelic.
I shrugged my shoulders lightly to get this thought out of my head. I know I am married to her, but it was just something that was made up by Scarlet and once she returns, we will all find a way to annul this.
“Is something the matter, Rich?” she asked as she noticed my countenance.
“Yes, ehm… I mean no” I stuttered.
She ignored me and continued with her make-up.
I could not resist her. It was as if I was seeing her for the first time. I was never aware that she was this beautiful. I know that I have always had a thing for her, but I thought it was just a result of the familiarity between us. Maybe Scarlet had noticed to have done this.
I sighed again and shook my head. I had to get this wild thought off me. I may want this, but it might not be the same for her.
“And after now, what next?” I heard myself ask even before I could fully process the question.
“Huh…?” she murmured.
“Yes… I mean the marriage” I replied as I tried to garner control of myself.
“I have been thinking about that too” she murmured and then she looked at me. “Do you think she would agree to separate us?”
Damn it, I cussed inside of me. She has the same thought as me. It hurts to think that she does not find me good enough.
“I don’t know” I replied.
“I doubt she would,” she said and came to sit on the bed beside me.
“But by then she would not be needing us as her replacement anymore” I murmured.
“Maybe we have to wait to find out what she thinks about our union” she mumbled.
“And you?” I asked.
“Huh?” she murmured.
“What do you think about this, our marriage?” I asked.
“What do you think?” she replied with a question.
“We are good friends,” I said. “But I have never thought of you this way. I mean, you should be allowed to have a say”
“Maybe we should tell her what we think as soon as she gets back” she replied.
“Or maybe we should try to find out the reason why she would even suggest this,” I said in a whisper.
“Wh..”
I stopped her from speaking any further. I was already with my mouth on her. Having her this close to me I could not resist any further. I could not control my urge.
I may not be in my right frame of mind, but my whole senses wanted her.
She gulped and moaned softly under my kiss.
I finally came to my senses, and let go of her. I felt a sense of regret and looked deep into her eyes. “I don’t know when I did that,” I apologized.
She blushed and tried to hide her face. “Sure. We are married now” she murmured.
“But then we have never been this close, we don’t even share a room” I said.
I never thought that it would ever get to this. I didn’t know that a part of me desired her, had always desired her. The first time I had kissed her, I never allowed myself to dwell on such thoughts again. It took me having her lips in mine this second time to come to such realization and now it is as if that part of me would never want to see her go.
“This was all Scarlet’s arrangement” she muttered uncomfortably.
The blush had disappeared from her face, and in its stead was something that looks like anger.
Was she angry with me for what I did, but she was receptive and never tried to stop me? “I am sorry, Lara” I apologized.
Her eyes grew wide as she looked at me. “But we are married,” she said.
“Yes, the Chamlar had joined us and we have no right to refuse. But you, what do you want?” I asked.
“Maybe we would have to wait for her return” she stuttered and avoided my gaze.
“See, if you don’t want this, then I will make sure Scarlet annuls it once she returns” I assured her and grabbed her hand.
“You, what do you want?” she asked with a look that pierced my heart.
I looked at her. I might not have realized this earlier, but I want what I already have.
“You…” I murmured.
She was intrigued and she murmured. “I thought, the first time…”
I knew what she wanted to say so I stopped her. “The first time, I never truly knew what I wanted. I needed this push”
“But are…” she tried to speak again.
I placed my hands over her lips. “Shhh…” I whispered and reached hungrily for her succulent lips.
She moaned in acceptance, and I gently pushed her on the bed.