Raghav's POV

"Princess!" I shouted as I saw her sneaking out of the gate. She stopped on her steps and slowly turned towards me. " Where are you going?"

She faked a laugh," Just going for a walk. "

My eyes scanned over her dark outfit before I scowled," Like this. " I pointed at her outfit, the same black outfit which she wore during our first meeting. Keeping my hands on my waist I gave her a warning look.

" Fine. It's been a while since I went horse riding so I'm going there. " She finally admitted. " Don't worry I'll be back in 10 minutes till then you can enjoy your time. "

Like hell she'll be back in 10 minutes. I know what 10 minutes mean to her. " Did you inform Mr. Jadeja?"

She stopped on her steps and gave me a look," I'm informing you. "

Crossing my arms I copied her look," And I'm not giving you permission to leave alone. "

" But why?!" She stomped her feet like a little kid. I couldn't help but smile in amusement, is she really 23 years old? " I swear, I'll be good. I won't go anywhere "

I rubbed my chin and stared upwards. " Last time you went for a ride, you ended up molesting an innocent man. "

" Molesting a man? What are you talkin –" she stopped as she realised what I was talking about. I smirked waiting for her to accept her deeds. " I don't know what you're talking about."

My eyes narrowed in surprise as she still remained stubborn. I guess she's tougher than I thought. Before I could tease her more my eyes fell on her nose, I knew there was something missing.

" You're not wearing your nose ring." She touched her nose at my words. The nosering of her has made a special place in my heart and without it she just doesn't look like herself. The spark felt like it was missing.

She shrugged in reply," I can't sleep with it so I removed it and then forgot to wear it. But that's not the topic. "

" Fine," she smiled at my words. Not so soon, Princess. " But I'll also come with you. "

The smile wiped away faster than it appeared." But I only have one horse. "

Just then a bark came, turning around we both stared at the little boy looking at us with his twinkling eyes. He licked his nose and barked again at Jaanki.

" No Guddu, I can't take you to the forest, it's dangerous. "

" Yes Guddu. " I joined. " Princess is going to do something very dirty which innocent people like us can't see. "

The finger for her came in front of my face almost immediately," Shut up! I'm not going to do anything wrong. I'm just going for a ride, that's it. "

" Then take me with you. "

She contemplated for a few seconds whether to take me or not and finally sighed," Fine, you can come. " I smiled big at her words. She then turned towards Guddu and sighed. " Sorry baby I won't be able to take you. "

Giving a soft kiss on her head she started walking away. I turned towards the little boy and sticked my tongue at him, take it you little monster.

Raghav: 01, Guddu : 00

" Sikander, my big boy. " Princess ran towards the white horse and hugged his neck. The horse made a loud frightening noise but it didn't affect her even a bit, in fact she laughed and nuzzled into him deeper. " I missed you. "

" Does he also have your last name?" I placed my hands into the pocket and watched their interaction.

She twisted her lips and turned her attention back to him without responding to my question. There was only one horse in the stable, I guess we'll have to ride together. The curl of my lips raised higher, I don't mind that. Removing the rope tied to his leg she pulled his rein.

" Hop on. " She instructed me, my eyes went wide at her words and I took a step backward.

" You hop on first. I don't know how to ride a horse. "

Her eyes narrowed as she tilted her head," You're a man you're supposed to sit in the front. "

I shook my head," I'm a gentleman. So for me, ladies are always first. "

" Ok fine, I don't want to argue with you. " With that she placed one leg on the holder and swung the other, with utter elegance she sat on the white horse and it moved gently on his feet. She raised her brows and motioned me to follow her. " Hop on, otherwise I'll run without you. "

Which she can, she can run without me but she didn't. Instead she waited for me to sit on it patiently and even instructed me on how to do it.

As I sat behind her I grabbed her waist tightly to stabilise myself, she shivered in reply and placed her hand over mine. But surprisingly she didn't try to remove it, instead rubbed her thumb over the back of my hand.

" Shall we?" I nodded my head in reply.

She grabbed both the reins in each hand and moved them immediately Sikandar let out a neigh and with a jump he started running forward.

" When did you learn horse riding?" I asked as we crossed the gate and started going towards the direction of the forest.

" Baba would take me on a ride from the day I turned 5. I guess I learned it automatically. In the past we would go for a ride every Friday but now we're both busy with our work. " There was a sadness in her tone which didn't go unnoticed by me.

" He's a businessman. Of course he'll be busy. " I don't know why I said this, but I felt like defending him because from the little time I have spent with Mr. Jadeja I understood that he's the best father any girl could have.

" I know. " She sighed and relaxed her body in my embrace , my hands were still around her waist. " I'm not complaining, I'm just stating the facts. He's the most caring father in this entire world and I would never replace him with anyone. Even with all those annoying acts I still love him. "

This father and daughter duo is made in heaven. Jaanki looks like a perfect replica of her father in her behaviour but in looks she's totally different from him. Mr. Jadeja is tall and bigger in size while Princess comes on more of a leaner size with her 5 '6 height. Her eyes are also way darker than her father's , I guess she gets it from her mother.

" Did I inform you about the party where we're going tomorrow?"

" We're going for a party?!" I exclaimed in excitement, it's been a while since I've been to any party. It'll be fun.

I could practically feel her rolling her eyes as she spoke," It's more like a family getting together. Don't get too excited, it'll be really boring. I just hope it ends quickly. "

" It'll be fun," I smiled. " How many people will be there?"

" Many," her tone was filled with slight anger. " Almost all the family of Satvikis will be there, if not the Rivals. "

" The Rivals?" I asked out of curiosity. I was aware about the Satviki community but this Rivals, I had no proper idea about them.

" Yes, I forgot. I need to educate you about all the families of Satviki. " She begins. " So, the Satviki community is made of around 10-12 families, and the number keeps changing every year. All these families have to follow the rules made by our ancestors and if they break any of those rules then they're removed from the community for a specific amount of time or they've to pay a penalty. Being removed from the community is considered very shameful, even if it's for a small amount of time. But till now almost all the families have been removed once or twice at least so it's not a big deal anymore except if you come across the two Rival families. "

Again the Rival families. Whoever these Rival families are, they seemed to be really powerful. She continued her stories as we entered the forest.

" So, the Rival families are Randhawas and Hridyastha. These are the only two families which have not broken even a single law till now and to be frank they're the only reason we're still obeying these stupid laws. "

" Stupid laws?" I slowly took the reins from her hands and controlled the horse, she was so engulfed in her talk that she didn't even notice it.

" Those laws were made 100 years ago, how can they be efficient till now? Like some of them are so stupid that I can't even believe they exist. And almost all the other families are ready to remove these rules but the Rivals just wouldn't let it go. I swear, their egos are bigger than Mount Everest. "

" So isn't it possible to end this thing?"

She nodded and placed her head on my shoulder," It is. If those families agree,But they won't. The head of those families are really stubborn, the new generation can do something if they wish. "

I hummed and pulled the rein to increase the speed a little as the wind flowed, her hair came on my face and I couldn't help but sniff that beautiful scent. Turning a little I placed my nose deeper into her hair and inhaled it.

As I felt a nudge on my stomach I realised what I was doing, she took the reins from my hand and turned the horse in a different direction.

" Why are we not going in that direction?" I nudged her playfully.

" I don't know that area," she replied, lifting her chin high.

Liar.

I pursed my lips to hide the smile. " Or you're not in the mood to see a naked man. "

" You!" Her hold tightened on the rein and I chuckled as she started getting furious. " Stop talking nonsense!"

" So you're still going to deny that we haven't met before. " I moved my hand and put a strand behind her ear ." That you didn't see me in this forest. " She shuddered as I rubbed her ear lobe. " That you didn't steal my clothes. " With my knuckles I trailed her slender neck as she moved away. " That you didn't steal my heart. "

" Y-you. . . I have literally no idea what you're talking about," she shuddered as the lie rolled off her tongue.

" Fine. " She relaxed a bit, making me smirk. I placed my lips near her ear. " But remember one thing, I've evidence in the second drawer of my cupboard. "

Jaanki's POV

Second drawer of his cupboard.

I scoffed at his words as I watched Guddu playing around the room, he seriously thought that I can't take my things back. He's wrong. I know very well what he meant by those words. He has my white scarf with him.

The one he took that day, he thinks that he can blackmail with that scarf. Stupid of him to think that I can't take it back.

I can and I will. Getting my feet I walked towards Guddu and rubbed his back," Baby I'll be back in a few minutes, be a good boy and don't go anywhere. "

He barked but continued to play with his favourite ball. After giving him a final pat I moved out of the room and took slow steps towards the stairs.

I kept looking left to right to know if anyone was watching me. A small shriek left my mouth as I saw the guard passing through the window, I instantly hid behind the pillar and waited for them to walk away. Releasing a breath of relief I again took careful steps towards his room , trying my best not to make any noise.

When we came back I heard him talking with my father that he'll go tonight to meet some and I knew instantly that it's the perfect chance for me to get what's mine back. At first I thought it was a trap but an hour ago I saw him walking out.

Maybe he really underestimated me. That guy thinks he's the smartest and everyone else is a fool. I'm going to smash that large ego of his.

If only I don't end up getting caught.

A smile appeared on my face as I stood in front of his room. Taking the hold of the handle I opened the door and closed it behind me immediately.

I was engulfed by the darkness as soon as I closed the door, my hands started moving around to search for a switch but I stopped as I realised that someone would come if I switched on the light. So I used my phone and walked towards the cupboard.

But the twist was that there are three cupboards in this room. One large and the other two small cupboards. My first guess was the large cupboard so I took the decision and started looking inside it.

The second drawer he said, I searched in the second drawer but it's empty. So, I go through the other ones but unfortunately they are all filled with clothes or plastic wrappers.

" Is it a cupboard or a garbage bin?"

He didn't lie when he said that his wardrobe is restricted to only three colours, I could only see clothes of white, black and grey colour.

Next I searched in the cupboard on the left side but again there was nothing.

Did he make fun of me?

My hands turned into fist as I realised that he just made a fool out of me. Why would he keep the scarf and tell me the place? I'm so stupid.

But I took the risk and searched into the last cupboard, like the others. The first drawer was empty so I shuffled in the second drawer, which was filled with some random clothes.

As I was about to close it, something caught my attention, I lifted it and brought it near the flashlight of my phone. A smile appeared on my face as I stared at my initials written at the corner of the scarf.

" Yes!" I exclaimed in joy but it didn't last long.

The darkness of the room got erased as the click of the switch came. The curls of my lips came to their original shape as I clenched my eyes shut.

" Still going to deny that you're not a thief?"

The voice filled with amusement reached my ear, cursing under my breath I slowly got up as I knew there was no running away.

But wait. . . Why would I run away? I haven't done anything wrong, I was just taking my things back.

My lips parted as I tried to defend myself but I instantly stopped as I took in his appearance. My throat get dry as my eyes fell on his body, his well-built muscular body. I did see him half naked when we met for the first time but I didn't get enough time to admire those beautiful curves.

He was different from all the other bodyguards, he was more on the leaner, athletic side than those muscular, buff men. His body looks more of a gym build than the one made through steroids, those slick abs can be perfectly traced through fingers. I can't help but think how those hard muscles feel beneath my hand. Again my throat started feeling like I'm in some desert.

The water drops adoring his tan chest just added the extra glow to him. My eyes refused to leave his body no matter how much my mind kept scolding me.

It wasn't until he came towards me and grabbed my chin that I noticed how badly distracted I'm.

" Fuck Princess, stop staring at me like this. " A hiss escaped from his mouth like he was in pain. " You're giving me really, really dirty ideas. "

I gulped hard and looked into his eyes, those eyes seemed darker than their usual shade. This broke my thought and I looked around the room then at the scarf in my fist.

" I'll go. " I tried to walk towards the door but a hand instantly came around my upper arm and pulled me back into my place. " Leave me!"

But I guess he doesn't know the meaning of leaving me, as instead of letting me go he pushed me into the wall behind me. As he leaned closer my eyes closed on their own as the smell of his soap engulfs me.

" Are you gonna admit it or not?" I raised my eyebrows in question. " That you're the one who stole my clothes. "

By now I understood that it's useless to argue with him on this stupid topic. It's not like he can do anything to me.

" Yes, I did. " I spoke, lifting my chin. " What are you gonna do about it?"

He smirked and my eyes fell on the dark locks decorating his forehead. The more I stared at him the more it felt like I was staring at some masterpiece. God really took his sweet time in making him. His face was clear from any type of mark making me almost jealous of him. Those lips are just in the perfect shade of pink.

Taking advantage of my distraction he effortlessly took the scarf from my hand.

" Give it back!" I moved towards him to take it.

He chuckled and stepped back while lifting the scarf higher. I jumped and tried to grab it but this 6 feet and I don't know how many inches idiot took advantage of his height and kept playing with me. My feet slipped due to the wet floor and I was about to slip but again like my saviour he wrapped his arm around me and walked towards the wall.

" It's just a normal scarf, why are you so obsessed with it?" I asked as he refused to leave it.

" It's not a normal scarf. It's your scarf and I'm obsessed with everything related to you ."

My eyes widened in shock, did he just say that? No, I definitely heard something wrong.

" W-what?"

He leaned closer and whispered into my ear," This scarf is the first thing that I took. One by one I'll own you completely. "

My breath got heavier as he placed his hand under my shirt, it traced the back of my waist in a feather -like movement.

" R-raghav, what are you doing?"

" That's my question, Jaan. " His voice became husky and dark. The cold knuckles kept going higher and the only thing that I could do was shudder in pleasure. " What are you doing to me? You're making me crazy. "

As his hand kept getting higher my chest arched and met his, it stopped midway and he pulled away.

" Fuck Princess.. you're not wearing a bra," he cursed.

I instantly moved away from him and crossed my arms, damn how did I forget about this? My habit of sleeping without a bra is going to embarrass me.

Taking hold of my jaw he lifted it up," You're testing my limits, Princess. The next time I see you like this I won't hold back. So run away when I'm giving you a chance. "

Forgetting completely about the scarf I ran towards the door and went straight to my room. Closing the door I noticed that Guddu was already asleep in his little bed. I laid on my own bed and screamed into the pillow.

Did that just happen?

The touch , those words and his gaze none of them seemed to leave my mind.

Closing my eyes I waited for the sleep to take over me, only to meet the grey eyes man in my dream.