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Goosebumps raised on my skin, I don’t know why. Obliviously, I walked deeper into the mansion towards the dining room that was attached to the living room. Nearing it, I make out the red candles lit on the table as dinner for two had been laid out.
The flutes of some red drink sparkled in the candlelight. The mouthwatering aroma of food floated through the air. But that wasn't what grabbed my attention. It was the sight of a man that had his back towards me as he looked out the glass wall, staring into the beautiful nightscape. His black blazer kept aside on a chair, his dress pants fit him snugly showing how fit he had been, so did his white dress shirt.
I stood frozen in my place, captivated by how beautiful and elegant he looked, yet, hesitant to approach him.
"I was waiting for you," his silky deep voice erupted shivers down my spine.
"V-Viaan," I managed to greet before wanting to facepalm myself as I corrected, "Mr. Raivardhan."
He turned around to look at me with a little smile on his lips but it didn't quite reach his eyes. His eyes remained as cold as iceberg. He blinked once evaporating the coldness off of them. Had I imagined it? But then he smiled properly at me.
Oh gosh! How handsome he looked!
It was the first time that I had seen him with a smile and it did unthinkable things to my heart and my body. I had to keep reminding myself not to drool, not to stare and not to swoon. But I was almost doing it anyway, and not so discreetly...
He undid the sleeve buttons and rolled them up till his elbows.
I think I was surely going to faint now... literally.
He moved elegantly towards the chair and pulled it out as he stood behind it staring at me. It took me some time to understand what he was gesturing to, and when I did, I couldn't help but flush out of embarrassment, "oh no, no. Thank you so much. I am here just to collect my things, I shall be leaving soon after that."
He left the chair like that and sauntered his way to stop before me. My legs started turning into jelly when his cologne hit my senses. He bent forward, letting his breath tickle the skin of my neck as he whispered, "Come on, it's just one dinner. You and I, both know that you want to have this. You can take your things later."
Good lord, I was indeed going to faint now!
I trembled as shocks went down my spine when his hands slightly held my elbows. I felt his lips giving my earlobe a ghost of touch making me shiver visibly. Suddenly, it felt like I was inside an oven. A burning hot oven. My heart pounded five times faster than it usually did.
He withdrew to look at me, his chocolate black holes for eyes holding mine as their hostages. I was breathless, speechless and at the moment to some extent even mindless.
Gently grabbing my hands after letting those rough fingers of his brush down the length of the exposed skin of my lower arms, he guided me to the chair that he had pulled out a while ago. And I followed him like a happy little girl I was.
Pushing my chair front like a true gentleman man after I sat down, he picked a flute of red drink and leaned against the table beside me.
"Why don't you try the steak? It's still hot," he smiled making me blush.
"I-I shouldn't have-" he placed his finger above my lips shushing me completely, "it is just the beginning. How can I allow you to leave without having it?"
More electric sparks jolted down my spine, I don't know if it was from his touch or his words.
He smiled made my stomach clench. My mind wasn't processing anything, all I did was stare at him. He poured the red drink into my glass before passing it to me.
"It was a tedious day," he sighed looking out of the glass wall making me hum in agreement.
Why was he being so nice to me all of a sudden?
The sudden question bothered me. Yeah, why didhebecome all charming and gentleman towards me?
"Where is Nishika?" Asking casually, I sipped from the flute though I had a nagging feeling deep inside.
Yum! It was beetroot orange fusion juice.
He turned to give me another one of his charming smiles, "it doesn't matter. What matters more is us alone over here."
Okay, as much as I liked the sound of that, I knew something was terribly wrong in here. I could feel sirens blaring in my headRed Alert! Red Alert! Friendly Viaan!
But was I judging him too harshly?
"How was your day?" He came in closer making me scoot a bit to my other side to maintain some distance from him.
