A Royal Affair: The Sravanapura Royals by Preethi Venugopala

Author:Preethi Venugopala [Venugopala, Preethi]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-10-30T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Rudra Dev Varman was fuming when Vijay entered the eastern conference room. He hadn’t ever seen his father this furious. The newspaper spread open in front of him immediately told him what he needed to know.

Prince Vijay’s secret tryst with a mystery girl. Playboy Prince?

Prince Vijay Dev Varman seems determined to celebrate the last few days of his bachelorhood in style. Just weeks after his engagement, one of our reporters caught him openly canoodling with a foreigner at his beach house in Mangalore.

His blood boiled. The article had captured one of the sweetest moments of his life and painted it as something gross. He tossed the paper away in disgust and sank into a chair across his father. Propping his elbows on the table, he raked his fingers through his hair, contemplating how Jane would react if she saw the report.

“What the hell is this? Can’t you be at least discreet? Is this the same girl who is living as your guest in the palace right now? Read what is written here. What will I tell Tejaswini’s parents?”

The questions irritated Vijay. He met his father’s gaze boldly. “Tell them whatever is written is true. I'm in love with that girl and won’t marry their daughter. That alliance was a mistake from the beginning.”

“What mistake? You and Tejaswini are perfectly suited for each other. Don’t you know we royals marry only other royals? And who is this new girl?”

His father’s words were unravelling the knots holding his anger in place. He bit his inner cheek to control the anger. He had no right to get angry at his father. He had never talked about Jane with anyone in his family, except Kritika. It had been his sacred secret.

“She is not anyone new. We were in a relationship while I was at the university. I lost her due to my mistake and the then circumstances. I won’t allow it to happen again.”

“You had a girlfriend while you were in university? That is news to me.”

The genuine surprise on his father’s face forced him to calm down. He briefly narrated their story and explained the circumstances that had led to their separation, how Kritika’s kidnapping had turned his own life upside down. From the sudden silence that filled the room, Vijay suspected that the incident was still fresh a festering wound in Rudra Dev’s mind as well. After remaining silent for a full minute, he sighed and addressed him.

“Bring her to the party. I would like to meet her. What did you say was her name?”

“Jane Worthington.”

“Worthington? Oh God, not another Worthington!” His father got up and walked towards the window.

Vijay stared dumbly at his father. Did he know the Worthingtons?

“Dad, what do you mean by that? Do you know anything about Daniel?” he asked tentatively, immediately connecting his father’s reaction to the recent discoveries about Daniel.

“Of course, I know him. He eloped with my favourite aunt. How will I ever forget that?”

Vijay got up and walked towards him.

“Tell me, Dad. Do you know where they are now?”

“I have no clue as to where they are now.

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