The lady of the night blooming at night spread aroma all around; the cold breeze flowing in the atmosphere was making the surrounding more fragment with the smell of flowers. The moonlight arrives from the sky falling on the attractive marble fountain illuminate it like the rhombus. The numerous flowers with different colours, shapes, and sizes were growing the beauty of the garden. This whole sight looks amazing.

Virat was healing on Jiya's palm injury, which she got during ascending on the back gate of the mansion. Virat's face was overflowing with contentment, while Jiya was glaring at him irately. Virat was very happy that Jiya is fully conscious now, his eyes with much intensity, were completely glued on Jiya as he saw her a week later.

As Virat came back to the mansion, he noticed that the German shepherds kept guarding at the backside of the mansion, barking a lot; when he reached there, his eyes become wide, filled with rage, a wave of annoyance spread over all his face, he fisted his both palms, as saw the vision, Jiya was trying to escape through the back gate of the mansion, he marched toward her with a predatory steps, as soon as Jiya get to slip from the top of the gate and were about to hit the ground, he runs fastly and catches Jiya before falling, holding her in a bridal style in his arms, a little concerned become visible on his face.

“Are you alright……… Jiya……”, Virat asked her in his husky voice in a vexed full tone.

But the answer from Jiya surprises him.“You……… Hulk….”, she said in a loud tone as a rage appears in her eyes.

“Hulk………”, Virat was about to laugh but kept his lips pressed inside the mouth to control himself.

“Hulk ……..nice name……..”, he mutters to Jiya in a soft tone.

“Put me down……….. How dare you touch me……….”, Jiya said to Virat while struggling in his arm hitting on his chest with her fists, but for Virat, it's just like a pat.

“AHHH…..”, a whisper escape from Jiya’s lips.

Virat gets tense to see the injury on her palm, hold her more tightly, took her to the garden, made her sit on the garden bench, as soon as the maid and all the security guard reach there, Virat order the maid to bring the first aid box.

Back to the present movement, Virat notices Jiya’s anger-filled eyes toward him; he said in a calm tone, “Do you want to say something…?……..Jiya……..”.

“Yes……”, Jiya shouts out at the top of her lungs.

“Wait…….”, Virat shows his palm toward Jiya to pause her and looking around the maid and all the security guards, he said in a calm tone, “All of you……… please….. go back to your place….”. Hearing Virat’s order the maid and all the security guards leave the spot.

“Yes….. What you want to say to me…. Jiya…..”, Virat asks Jiya calmly.

“Why did you bring me here….. For you………….  Am I a traitor….. Then……. I should be in jail……….. am I correct……. Captain Virat……….”, pressing her last two sentences,  Jiya screams at Virat in an angry tone, her open wide eyes glaring hard at Virat.

Virat fists his palms tightly, for the first time a girl was screaming angrily at him. He closed his eyes, relax, takes a deep breath, opens his eyes, and said, “ I am sorry ……..Jiya…. Whatever……. I did to you was my irresponsible act……… and I shouldn't have done that to you…….”, Virat said calmly and have a pang of guilt in his voice.

“Sorry…. Do you really think that by saying sorry……”

                         “What  I endured will change……..”

          “I can never forget”……… “How you first accused me of being a traitor……”

                                                “How you grab my throat and hit me on the floor………”

                                                 “How ruthlessly, I was beaten up by the lady guards…..”

                          “And then…… in torture room…….. that humiliation…….. that pain……”

Jiya pauses and gazes at Virat with rage in her eyes, “I will never forgive you………”, Jiya said in a hard tone while anger and pain both appear on her face. Anger on Virat, for his irresponsibility and pain of that humiliation she had passed through in the torture room.

Virat looks at Jiya with a guiltiness in his eyes,

“guilt for that…….. He didn't believe Jiya……..”

 “guilt for that……..He acts very irresponsibly………”

“ guilt for that……..Despite her innocence, she got so much torture……..”

“ guilt for that…….. for to get away from his feeling for Jjiya……. He pushed Jiya into the mouth of the death…….”.

Virat marched toward Jiya, closed their personal space,  put his hands on her shoulders to take her into his embrace tightly, but Jiya, seeing Virat so close to her, jerks his hands off her shoulders, step back and glare at him, showing off her index finger toward Virat, said in a harsh tone, “I said you……. Don't touch me……. And I am not going to stay here for even a second……….. I am going from here………. right now………”, Jiya turns backward and taking her step toward the main gate to leave the mansion.

As soon as Virat heard Jiya’s words, anger took over his guilty feeling, he screams out of his lungs, “Jiya……….Just stop right there……. Now……”.

Jiya stopped at her palace and turned back to give a death glare at Virat, but her senses flew, when Virat lift her over his left shoulder in a blink and turned towards the mansion. Jiya struggled and begin to thrash violently against his firm grip, hitting his back with her fists, “Hey……. I told you to stop……… Don't touch me………. Put me down……………. let me go……..”, to which Virat gave spank on her butt cheek, “ Just keep quiet……….”, he said in a harsh loud tone. Jiya felt defiled and trepidation.

They both enter the room where Jiya is used to live, he laid her down on the bed warily and hovered over her, pinch her both arms above, come so close to her as his breath fall on her face, her eyes widen, shiver down her spine as “She doesn't know what next to come ……”.

“Now listen to me carefully…….. you are not going anywhere……….”, he said in a hard tone.

“ Why….”, Jiya screech as tears form in her eyes.

 “Because…… I……”, Virat stop his sentence and stare at Jiya with intensity,

 “Because I want you……..”

“Because I want to claim you…….. Jiya………”, he said in his subconscious mind.

“Because……. I know …….. that it all my fault………… and I really feel guilty about it…………………But…… I just want you………….”, Virat said in a loud tone.

“What…?”, Jiya's eyes widen hearing Virat's last sentence.

“ I mean…….. I just want that you get well fully………… for your check-up……….. I call my family doctor tomorrow………. After your full health check-up………. If they said that you have recovered totally……….. Then……”, Virat paused and look at Jiya again before complete his last words.

“Then….. What…….”, Jiya asks Virat in a slightly hard tone as she was still fuming at Virat.

“Then………. I'll let you go……… so, please………. listen to me quietly….. and stay here……” saying this Virat get up from Jiya and turn to leave the room.

When he about to leave the room, he opened the door but stop to take a step out, he turned to Jiya and said in a cold tone, “I will check back after fifteen minutes………… if I find that you don't sleep…….. then……… I will make you sleep on my lap……”,  an evil smirk appears on his face, “And remember one thing about me…………. I do not give empty threats………. it was always the last warning……..”, saying this Virat close the door with a thud.

Jiya freezes in her place and shut her eyes due to apprehension of Virat's warning.

***************

Hi Readers, please...comments…………  please….hit the like button………..  gives feedback on the chapter………..follow me on the booknet