The Royal Love

After about a week....

"Mom...I'm gonna see Jonathan.I will be back for dinner"Sandriya said as she put on her sandels.

"Don't take too long.Your father will be back tonight okay.Did you take the soup?"her mother instructed from the kitchen.

"Yeah mom.See ya"Sandriya said as she went out of her house.

Jonathan had been discharged from the hospital and he was presently in his Mansion outside town.Sandriya boarded the car that was waiting for her outside.

"Good morning miss"Steve greeted.

"Good morning sir"Sandriya replied politely.

Steve then started the engine and drove in the direction of the mansion.

Sandriya was really excited.This was the first time she was going to his real home.She knew he was rich so she kept imaging how a mansion would look like.

After half an hour of driving,the car drove into through the big entrance.

"Omg.Its bigger than what I had in mind"Sandriya was stunned.

There was a huge garden in the front.Sandriya couldn't help but be amused by the architecture of the well planned italian style mansion.

"We are here miss.I will ask the maids to escort you inside"Steve instructed.Sandriya thanked him as she got down.The car then drove away.Sandriya stood staring at the big door infront of her.She pressed the bell and a maid opened the door.

"Welcome Miss.We were expecting you"the maid greeted.

"Thank you"Sandriya said as she went in.

"Please follow me.I will take you to the young master's room"the maid said as she lead the way.

"This place is really huge.One can even go missing here."she thought to herself.

The maid stopped when she reached the second room on the first floor.She gently knocked the door.

"Young Master.You have a visitor"she informed.

"Let her come in"a familiar voice was heard from within.

The maid carefully opened the door for Sandriya to walk in.

Jonathan was sitting on his bed,reading a book, half covered in a white blanket.He was wearing a blue shirt that was clearly bigger than his actual size.

"How are you?"She asked.

"Better"He answered as he took of his reading glass and placed it on the side table.

"How is your arm?"he inquired.

"Doing great"she said smiling as she sat on a chair beside his bed.

"Your house is really huge...no no ginormous.I can't believe you live here."

"Glad you like it.Of the 4 mansions this is the one i like.Its small and comfortable you see"he smiled at her.

"Did I hear it right?You said this is small"her jaws dropped.Jonathan chuckled at her expression.

"Do you like it here?"he questioned

"Yes.Yes i do.The work is really splendid."

"Thank you.I designed it"

"What?Are you even a human?How are you an expert in everything?"

"Thanks for the complement"he chuckled.

"Sandriya.I forgot to ask.Is mom still angry on me?"Jonathan asked.

"Yes she is.She wanted you to stay in our home till you recover.But what did you do?You disobeyed her and said you can look after yourself and came here.So she is definitely angry"

"I didn't wanna bother her.Besides i have everyone here to look after me.So..."he reasoned.

"After you get better find a way to calm her okay?"

"Okay."he nodded.

"Did you tell her about me?"

"Nope.Thats too much stuff to explain.So you better do it yourself."she shrugged her shoulders.

"Fine.Fine"

"I forgot to give you the soup I had brought"Sandriya said.

"I am not drinking that if you were the one who made it"he teased.

"Then don't you alien"

"Okay I'll drink it.Who would have thought a person who escaped a bullet would die because of a soup?"he said in mocking tone.

"Stop teasing will you"she said in an annoyed tone.

"Its cold.Let me go down and ask someone to heat it"Sandriya said as she took the bowl.

"You don't have to.Wait."he said as he reached out to get a phone.

"Maria.Send someone up please"and he hung up the phone.In a few minutes,there was a knock on the door and a maid came in to get the bowl of soup.

"Really??That was just a simple work and you ask someone to do it for you.You lazy idiot"

"Don't blame me.I was brought up that way"he said resting his back on the bed.

After a while the maid came back with a heated bowl of soup.

"Do you want anything else?"Sandriya asked Jonathan who had just finished drinking the soup.

"Help me change my shirt"

"What?"she flustered.

"You were the one who asked if I needed anything"

"Even so...I am the one with a hurt arm.Not you"

"I saved you from a bullet.But you won't even help me change my shirt"he argued back.

"Fine.I will do it"

She then went to his closet and took a neatly pressed white shirt.She then went to his side.Her hands trembled as she undid his shirt.

"Not even the doctor in the Operation Theatre was this nervous"he teased.

"Shut up"she said nervously unbuttoning his shirt.

Suddenly,the door to his room went open.

"Bro-"Fredrick stopped as he saw the scene before him.Sandriya froze.

"Don't you know to knock before entering a room"Jonathan glared at him.

"I am sorry.I suppose you were in the middle of something."

"No.No.Its not...I-I was just helping him change his shirt.See there is a new shirt there"Sandriya said.Her words were stubbling in panic.She was so embarrased that she wanted to run away from there.But Jonathan held her hand.

"Why are you here?"he asked Fredrick.

"I came to tell you I am going to London for awhile."he said in a serious tone.

"Okay.You can leave now"

Fredrick then turned to Sandriya and walked towards her.He hugged her.

"I am really sorry.I was a fool to handle everything the wrong way.I am really sorry for everything I did to you.I am glad nothing happened to you.Or I won't have been able to live with another guilt"

"Lets put it in the past"Sandriya said calmly.He then released her from his hug.

"Now that she has forgiven you,Don't you dare come any closer to her."Jonathan said glaring intensely at his brother.He just let him hug her this once because he was apologising for his actions.But if there was next time,he has to teach his little brother some lessons.

Fredrick laughed awkwardly before he turned to leave.

"Now where were we?"Jonathan said turning to Sandriya.

"No where.Go change it yourself"

He chuckled and changed his shirt.

"I will get your tablets.Have them and take some rest"

"Okay"he said and obediently went to sleep after taking his pills.

He woke up after about an hour.The time was around 11:30am.

Sandriya was reading a book-The Royal Love- which she got from his shelf.

"Awake already?"Sandriya asked as she sensed some movement from the bed.

"Hm...what were you doing?Did you feel bored?"

"No..no...I found this book in your shelf and started reading it.Why do you have so much math books?This was the only one that was a story book"she sighed.

"I find math interesting."he said scratching his neck.

"I should have known"she let out a smile.

"Give me that book"he asked.Sandriya walked near and handed it to him.

"Come.sit here"he said patting the place next to him on the bed.

"I can hear you from here"she flustered.

He grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms.

"What are you doing?"

"Listen.I will tell you my favourite part of this book."

"Why do you have to pull me into your bed to tell that?"she asked.Her face was becoming red.

"What is wrong with that?"

She stared at him.How could he be so clueless?But she liked sitting in his arms.She always felt safe with him.So she didn't complain.

He placed the book on his lap and turned a few pages.

"This is about a King who falls in love with a young girl from his kingdom.The woman is not from a noble family but she is a scholar.The king gives her a job in his royal library just so he could spend more time with her.He visits her everyday.In a matter of time the two become very close.But he never told her that he loved her.Soon his family members find out about them and they pressurize him to marry the princess of a neighbouring kingdom.The king tries to convince them.But when things go out of hand,he simply throws away all his responsibilities and goes to find her.His enemies find it as a perfect opportunity to strike him down.Meanwhile he finds her in an abandoned village and tells her that he has left the palace.Even now he didn't tell her about his love.All of a sudden,his enemies start attacking them.He fights hard and defeats everyone.He then goes to see her.The two then run away into a forest.After reaching a safe distance,she stops him.She hugs him and tells him that she had loved him from the very day she saw him.He hugs her back.When he opened his mouth to tell her that he too loves her he felt a warm liquid on her waist.It was blood.She collapsed in his arms.'Having to die in your arms is my greatest blessing.I am happy I protected you one last time'she says before she dies.The king is still in a shocked state.He hugs her and crys hysterically.'I love you.Please open your eyes'.And the story ends..."Jonathan said as he closed the book.

He turned to see Sandriya.But she had already fallen asleep with her head resting on his shoulder.He caressed her hair gently.

"I am more like this king."he sighed"I just wanna leave this life and live happily with her...But I want her to be safe as well.I don't want her to die in my place.I can take even a thousand bullets as long as I can keep her safe."his eyes started to blur a little with tears.

"You will.You have never failed to protect me.So if it is a person you love I know you will keep your word"Sandriya said lifting her head.

"You weren't sleeping"he was surprised.

"No.I was just resting my head"she answered in a low tone.

"Okay.If you want you can sleep here"

"No..its okay.I am fine"she said in a cracked voice.

"Are you crying?"He was shocked to see the tears in her eyes.

"Its nothing...The story was too touching"she said."Please excuse me"she said as she ran to the restroom.

"He has someone else in his life"She started weeping.She turned on the shower to keep the sound low.Everytime she thinks she gets close to him,something pushes her miles away...