INDIAN BRIDE OF ROYAL PRINCE

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.

Do you want to fix your room own? that's why you are crying...Huh? pls tell me

on-e, wh-oo tr-u-ly c-ar-e fo-r

be my lovely elder daughter," she said wiping Ruhi's tears, "tell me Ruh, if I'll not care

why you'd always be my lovely Choti maa," she said as

go," she said as pinching

her cupboard and takes her yellow suit,

she remembers that her shower was not working so she asked, "Choti maa, can I

dear,"

Then she goes outside.

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

to know all truth, why Ruhi had woke up till late at

she wants to yell at her as, why she waked up late for

heard a

while entering Ruhi's room, "Look Ruhi, I have no time...so pls give it to me quickly as I

in her room but Reema has heard her and saw her while entering her

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

Actually I have forgotten my assignment

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

to hear her mother yelling voice and said, "Mumma, I just come here to get my assignments

assignment," she said as indicated

she becomes

Riya? Isn't it?" she asked as she saw her very

mean...Of course mom, she replied as staring at

lie...as I don't know whose handwriting

handwriting is pretty nice that's why I told her to write my assignments so I can score extra marks than my friends, and she hadn't refused me too," she said in

got provoke, "Well, she hadn't refused you or you hadn't given

truth... you can ask

ask her definitely, that you are saying the truth or not ... now

truly I'm your daughter or her ...

always behave like as I'm not your real daughter, and she didn't get love from her mother so she is taking

know, Ruhi's 3rd year exam is still ongoing and this is the last year of her graduation and you asked her to prepare your

I've prepared my rest assignments already as those subjects are beyond her comprehension. I mean ... it's all Greek to

her, and said, "You ain't even a little bit ashamed to say whom are you mocking? that girl has been a topper since her childhood, and she is

for your admission so that we can get your

her college too and later, will become a great professor as her dream. She is diligent, ambitious, and very honest towards her work, and earns some money with her tuitions for her little bit expenses, that's why I like her more... she appreciates

said, "Mumma, I didn't mean it but I'll not care for her...she just wants

and I don't want to argue with you anymore so just

angrily... and Reema thinks, as she starts fixing her room again that Riya is such an ill-mannered daughter, she was

drying her long black hair and saw Reema again who had lost in her thoughts, and said, "Choti maa,

why you didn't tell me the truth that you woke up at late night to prepare Riya's assignment?" she

did you know, Choti

noticed that assignments had been written in your handwriting." She replied."So pls tell me