18) Alas,he is the king !

Song dedicated to this chapter- Gangland by Mankirat Aulakh.

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"Sorry Dada, my friend Richa she just called me for something." Manavi apologized as she approached the duo.

"Oh no worries Pushpa, see what I got for you, this red balloon is for you." Rehmaat exclaimed excitedly as she pushed the balloon in her hand.

"And this smiley is for you Mr.Singh ." Saying this she forwarded the balloon to Hukum.

But to the princess's utter surprise. Hukum got hold of the balloon and looked towards Rehmaat with soft eyes but didn't said anything.

"You've purchased these balloons, but we still have shop and enjoy rest of our day. Where do you think we will keep them till then." Manavi asked.

But instead of Rehmaat , Hukum replied

"There are people guarding us, from shadows. I'll handover the balloons to them." He replied in a firm tone.

After listening to him Rehmaat realized that the softness in his eyes was again replaced by his usual cold eyes.

But what both Rehmaat and Shivansh failed notice was a glint of guilt in Manavi's eyes as if she just lied.

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Bapu Bazar, the ultimate shopping hub for the woman who want beautiful, traditional, modern, stylish, authentic things on relatable prices.

It was a normal day at Bapu Bazar, the shops were buzzing with people. Everyone was enjoying there day, ladies were shopping, shopping and shopping!

But the normal day was not so normal anymore, as the crown prince of Jaipur along with his shopaholic sister and a irritated soul who hated shopping to core was there to, well shop!

As Manavi, Rehmaat and Hukum were wandering from one shop to another, Manavi collected quite a few bags while Rehmaat and Shivansh were standing empty handed there.

"Pushpa, honestly speaking I didn't thought that you will shop from here." Rehmaat said shocking the Princess of Jaipur.

"And why so?" Manavi asked her friend.

"It's just that, you are the princess of Jaipur, I thought you must shop from the designers or even customize the things you want." Rehmaat shrugged.

"You just judged me?" Surprise was clearly visible in her voice as she didn't expected this from Rehmaat.

"I am sorry, but I did atlas I am a human too." Rehmaat Stated for the matter of facts.

"Ooh ok. And for your question why I shop here. Because this is tradition of Jaipur. My Jaipur, and Maa from the very beginning have instilled this thing in my mind to support our people in the form of purchasing the goods and contributing in the growing economy. And overall the handmade specialties of these markets can make the big designer's name shudder." Manavi explained.

And with the explanation went back to the shopping spear.

While eyeing the beautiful peaces of jewellery, a really particular yet beautiful peace of Anklets caught her eyes.

Being a avid music lover, she has always loved the music produced by the Anklets.

Automatically her hands went towards the beautiful anklets and her mouth formed the words.

"Uncle, how much does these Anklets cost?" She asked the shopkeeper.

"700 hundred Rupees, these are the speciality of our Shop, take it Child it will really suit you alot." Came an aged reply.

As Rehmaat really liked them she decided to purchase the pair. But as she searched for the money,she remembered that she has given her money to the kid and she didn't had any money with her right now. She can't even do online payment as she doesn't even have her phone with her. As she forgot it in her room at the palace itself.

"No, I actually don't have that much money with me right now, So I can't." With a disheartening look on her face she moved on.

To avoid more awkward moments and to distract her self she decided to make conversations with the sibling-duo.

Manavi again got a phone call but this time the call was her father. But after seeing the phone number flash on screen her posture turned rigid and she excused her self for taking the call.

Thus leaving the chatterbox alone with the close-lipped.

"So Mr.Singh" Rehmaat started a conversation with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Have you ever shopped anything by yourself before." She asked.

"Yes" only to meet the short term reply.

"Typical one word answers." She muttered under her breath.

"So when was the last time you went shopping Mr.Singh." she asked regaining her mischievous smile.

" Two days ago." Again to meet the similar fate of getting a short reply.

"Ooh and what was that you shopped for." Rehmaat asked casually.

To the response he just raised his eyebrow before answering the question.

"Well Kaur, I purchased 4 private Islands in the Caribbean sea." And that was the point when Rehmaat choked her saliva.

"Caribbean sea? 4 private Islands, what are you Mr.Singh Christian Grey?" Rehmaat Muttered under her breath again. But to her bad luck he heard her clearly.

"And who is this Christian Grey, atleast not a buisness man I have never heard his name." A flash of confusion flashed in his eyes.

"My mistake I asked the wrong person a wrong question while expecting the wrongest answer." She said dramatically surrendering her hands in the air. While amusement lingered in the eyes of the crown prince.

"Sorry guys again, I think we are done for the day let's just go and eat something." Manavi came there and said.

"You are right Pushpa let's go and have our early dinner. It's 7P.M. already." An Idea already popping in her brain.

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"Pushpa, as you said the Dhabha is at quite a distance so let's play a song. Otherwise the journey will be too boring. Huh what say Mr.Singh." Rehmaat asked the brother sister duo.

"Ofcourse we can, share your playlist with me Rehmaat. I will play the song." Manavi asked excitedly as she knew her Dada won't hesitate on this as he himself is an admirer of music.

"Should I share one of my favourite Punjabi songs but I am not sure if you will be able to handle it." Rehmaat giggled at the last part.

"We are Rajputs, don't challenge us." Manavi said with a mischievous tone.

"Ok than don't blame me than." Rehmaat connected her phone's blue tooth and the song blasted in the car.

Gangland was the song that literally blasted in the car. Shocking the siblings-duo for w sec. Rehmaat started vibing on the song, slowly Manavi joined her too and Shivansh just looked at both the women amused.

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"And you know after that I dragged that prick by collar and made him say sorry to my Basanti." While enjoying the delicious food Rehmaat was talking to the sibling-duo but only Manavi was responding to her talkings while Hukum was the silent spectator.

"Ooh hooo, drag us from the collar too, we won't say anything." A damed prick said while his useless friends wolf whistled.

Some useless fellows who were sitting just in front of the Royals and there guest passed the cheap comments.

"I will teach him a lesson." And the hot tempered girl tried to move from her seat when Manavi got hold of her wrist and just gestured towards her Dada.

"What, he is not even saying a word Pushpa. Atleast let me do something." Rehmaat Muttered furiously.

" The lion never wastes his roar on cheap dogs my dearest, just wait and watch." Manavi assured.

On other side. Shivansh just opened the button the botton of his coat and took something out of his inner pocket.

And just kept the pistol on the table. As the metal connected with the wood. The surroundings got silent and those low lives literally ran away.

"Wow a The Smith & Wesson Model 500 is a five-shot, double/single action large-caliber revolver produced by Smith & Wesson, firing the .500 S&W Magnum cartridge" Rehmaat said looking at the Revolver.

"You know about this." A slight shock passed Hukum's eyes as he muttered the words.

"Yes Mr.Singh, my dadu is a retired brigadier. He owns 2 licensed revolvers too and he had given me the training in shooting." With her statement the first true conversation started between the two on the topic of guns. And in years it was a first time Hukum talked to a stranger so freely.

After reaching The palace as everyone moved to there rooms , Hukum called Rehmaat.

" I just wanted to give you this." Saying that he gave a pouch to Rehmaat.

When she opened it, inside was the same pair of Anklets that she liked.

"I can't accept.." as She was about to say. He just gestured her to stop.

"This is the first time I am gifting someone other than my mom or sister. Accept it. " And the king odered.

But Rehmaat couldn't refuse. Alas, he is the king !

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#Rehansh Forever 💕💕💕