Page 108 of Claimed By the Maharaja
“Your Highness,” one of them greeted softly.
They opened the door without question.
Yamini walked in.
Tina was seated across from Bharat Jogra.
He was looking at the documents in front of him while Tina spoke.
“…the photographer is continuing to behave suspiciously, Your Highness,” Tina was saying in a soft, falsely distressed tone. “Interrupting workflow. Engaging workers off-record. I believe she is connected to the external destabilization attempts.”
Yamini scoffed.
Tina turned, and her eyes narrowed.
Yamini didn’t say anything to Tina. Instead, she walked directly towards Bharat Jogra.
And before her courage could waver, she sat on his lap and then slid her arm around his neck.
The faint scent of his familiar cologne wrapped around her.
There was a loud gasp.
“Miss Dhar— what are you doing!” Tina shrieked. “Your Highness, I— I am so sorry. I will ensure such brazen misbehavior is handled immediately!”
Yamini noticed that Bharat Jogra had gone completely still.
Then slowly, his golden-brown gaze lifted from the document to Yamini. And held.
The silence stretched.
“Leave,” Bharat commanded.
Tina straightened instantly. “Miss Dhar, get up right now and leave. Or I will see that you—”
“Leave, Miss Mehta,” Bharat repeated the low command.
His gaze never left Yamini.
Tina froze in shock. “You… you are asking me to leave?” she whispered.
Bharat’s eyes remained on Yamini. “Leave. Now.”
Tina stumbled to her feet and exited the office in stunned silence.
The door shut softly behind her, silence filling the room again.
Yamini became acutely aware of everything at once.
The quiet hum of the air conditioning. The faint scent of steel and expensive cologne. And the solid heat of the man beneath her.
She was still sitting in Bharat Jogra’s lap.
She felt every inch of contact between them. The hard line of his thigh beneath her. The warmth seeping through the layers of fabric, and the subtle rise and fall of his chest.
Her pulse raced. She expected him to shove her away or command her to get up.
But he didn’t.
