INDIAN BRIDE OF ROYAL PRINCE novel Chapter 3

Udaipur, India

Author's pov

A beam of sunlight coming through a glass window and falls on a sleeping girl, her hazel eyes covered with her heavy black brows, and her round face with pink lips glowing with a beam of sunlight, her black voluminous straight hair which had scattered on her pillow, and she had covered herself from her duvet.

A middle-aged woman, who continuously patting her shoulder and calling her by her name - "Ruh...Ruh...Get up dear"

(Ruhi Bansal, 22 years old, elder daughter of Bansal house. she is pursuing her graduation in English Hons in her third year. She is the daughter of Gauri Bansal. She is an introverted, kind-hearted, shy, calm, and ambitious girl)

As she opens her eyes, she saw that lady in front of her and waked up hurriedly and sat while leaning on the headboard.

"Choti maa, you, What happened?" she said while rubbing her eyes like a child, "Why have you woke up early today?"

(Her name is Reema Bansal, Gauri's real sister, and teacher in the primary school. She loves Ruhi more than her daughter Riya. She has been pampering her since childhood and is always worried about her, for her naive nature as her own daughter has been taking advantage of her.)

"Ruh, I've woke up on time as forever", she said while keeping her hand on her chin, "but why are you not get up yet, and what happens to your eyes?"

"What happens to my eyes, Choti maa?" she asked.

"Your beautiful hazel eyes seeming puffy and tired and your face is also looking pale...Why Ruhi...Ain't you feeling well?" she asked in a worried tone.

"No Aunt, I'm fine...Actually, I was reading for exams till late at night, so perhaps..."

"But you always ready for your exam, ain't you?...so you don't need to wake up at late night," she said as she keeps her hand on her head with love.

"Choti maa, yesterday I came to know from Kavya (her best friend), that I had left a topic mistakenly so I just preparing for that," she said as she getting up from her bed and hold her duvet to fold.

"But it never happened with you before Ruhi, Isn't it?" she asked as staring at her surprisingly.

"Hmm, But actually last month, when I was ill, maybe that time I missed it," she replied as she folding her duvet.

"Ok," but somewhat she was not satisfied with her answer and said as holding her duvet, "Leave this, Go & get fresh-n-up and go downstairs....I'll fix your room."

"No Choti maa...You go...I'll do it," she said as still holding her duvet.

"No, you go...Go & get fresh-n-up and have some breakfast downstairs," she said as still holding her duvet.

"But Choti maa--

"No"

Hehehe.....both laughed looking at each other, at their stubbornness as both not ready to leave that duvet.

"Go Ruhi...After fresh-n-up, have some little breakfast...It's already been a long time. It's 9:45 am and I have to go outside too for some work, so hurriedly go & get fresh-n-up." she said.

"Ok Aunt," she said as she starts going towards her cupboard but abruptly, she turns and hugs her aunt and tears escape from her eyes.

"Ruh, what happens?...why are you crying?... Do you want to fix your room own? that's why you are crying...Huh? pls tell me and don't scare me," she said while patting her back.

"Ch-oti Ma-a, yo-u a-re th-e o-n-ly on-e, wh-oo tr-u-ly c-ar-e fo-r m-me," she said while sobbing uncontrollably.

"Oh God! that's why you are crying...my innocent Rooh...whether someone loves you or not, you will always be my lovely elder daughter," she said wiping Ruhi's tears, "tell me Ruh, if I'll not care then who will care you?"

"That's why you'd always be my lovely Choti maa," she said as giggling.

"Well, now go," she said as pinching her cheek.

"Ok," she said as she turns to her cupboard and takes her yellow suit, and goes to the washroom.

But abruptly she remembers that her shower was not working so she asked, "Choti maa, can I use your bathroom as my shower is not working?"

"Of course dear," she replied.

Then she goes outside.

As Reema folds her duvet and fixing her bedsheet, then she noticed a page is lying near her study table. She picks up and reads it - "Assignment: Bcom Business Management 1st year" and that assignment had written in Ruhi's handwriting, and she noticed a pile of paper aligned on her desk behind her books.

Then she comes to know all truth, why Ruhi had woke up till late at night and what was she doing?

Her face turns red in anger. she wants to yell at her as, why she waked up late for Riya's assignment while her exam is still ongoing.

Meanwhile, she heard a voice,

"Ruhi...Ruhi...Have you completed my assignment or not?" the girl said while entering Ruhi's room, "Look Ruhi, I have no time...so pls give it to me quickly as I have to submit it by today...As you know today is the last day so pls give me."

she doesn't notice Reema in her room but Reema has heard her and saw her while entering her room.

"Riya what are you doing here?" Reema yelled at that girl means on Riya," why are you still here? why you have not gone to college yet?

"Mumma, Actually I have forgotten my assignment last night in Ruhi's room.so--

"Riya," she yelled at her loudly, "How dare you to call her Ruhi...she is 2 years elder than you so behave yourself as I told you earlier call her Di, Didi or sister...Got it."

She got flinched to hear her mother yelling voice and said, "Mumma, I just come here to get my assignments what I'd forgotten in her room...or else I have nothing to do with her."

"Well, Is that your assignment," she said as indicated on the study table.

She goes there and lifts them, and she becomes very happy as she saw them.

"Well, this Assignment has made by you Riya? Isn't it?" she asked as she saw her very happy.