“I'm exactly where I want to be.” She held his gaze. “I'm your wife.”
He didn't say anything. But his heartbeat beneath her palms began to beat faster.
Yamini tilted her chin up.
“I’ve read the contract,” she said.
She stepped closer. She was now close enough to feel his hard arousal. But he didn’t move.
He was holding back. Not because he didn't want her, but because he thought giving in would take away her choice.
“Article Four, Section Two of the contract,” she said. “Physical intimacy shall be facilitated when both parties are in agreement.”
She had hated the contract for months. Right now, it was the most useful document she had ever read.
His golden-brown eyes darkened with intensity.
Her mouth curved as she deliberately rubbed against his arousal. “Both parties are definitely in agreement.”
His eyes flickered, darkening further. Her heart raced because she knew that look. She had seen it each time she provoked him deliberately.
One moment she was quoting the contract and rubbing against him—the next, his arms swept her off the floor.
She gasped and curled her hands around his neck.
His expression remained composed. Only his eyes betrayed him.
And those eyes promised that he had absolutely no intention of arguing about contracts any further.
He carried her toward the bed.
The moment her back hit the mattress, their mouths met in hunger. A month of being apart made their passion burn.
She heard a rip when he yanked up her nightdress, and then he was inside her.
She gasped. In pain, in pleasure, and the sheer rightness of it.
She dug her fingers into his shoulders and pulled him closer.
Much later, when the room had gone quiet again, Yamini lay against his chest, his arm heavy and warm around her waist.
Nothing was solved yet.
But for the first time in a month, she slept without effort.
CHAPTER 55
The next morning, when Yamini walked into the dining room, the staff's relief was evident. They greeted her with smiles.
“Maharani.”
She smiled back.
Bharat was already seated, reviewing a document on his tablet.
He looked up once, held her gaze for a long moment, and then returned to the document.
Tea was poured into porcelain cups. Covered dishes were placed and uncovered with quiet efficiency.
