He kissed her hungrily, a meeting of tongue and lips and she was with him all the way. His hands moved all over her, caressing the sides of her breasts, molding her hips, pulling her into him. Raashi could feel the strength of his desire. His passionate response to her delighted her.
Ever since Sameer had heard of Rithwik Bali’s marriage proposal to her, he had been insanely jealous. That another man coveted what was his, had shaken him. She was his. He had felt helpless before, but now with her in his arms, kissing him, he wanted to scream from the rooftops that she belonged to him.
Raashi felt as if she was in the centre of a raging inferno. Her body was alight, lit by a thousand flames. Everywhere Sameer touched came to life. She wanted him, here, right now and to hell with the consequences. This was where she belonged. Here, with him, loving him, letting him love her. She wanted more of him, more of his skin to touch. She lifted his shirt with her hands and undid his buttons. He pushed it off his chest and she stared at him. He was gorgeous. She ran her hands across the wide expanse of his chest and across the sharp edges of his abs. She heard his breath catch and smiled. Feeling bolder, she planted her mouth on his chest and kissed him. Small kisses first from the center of his chest up to his chin and then down the side of his neck. She stayed there kissing him and then she bit him right at the base of his neck.
Sameer growled and pulled her close to him. He lifted her up in his arms and pushed the papers and the laptop from his desk to one side. Uncaring where what fell, he gently laid her downand moved between her legs. He leaned on top of her and kissed her hungrily. She held him tight, kissing him back with the same intensity. Her tongue touched his and their mouths tangled. She ran her hands through his hair, down his back and felt him rock against her, right where she needed him. She felt dizzy with all the sensations crashing through her. She wanted him so much.
Sameer felt he was going insane as her mouth played havoc with his. He wanted more, so much more. He bent lower and lifted her top very slowly. Each part of her that he exposed, he kissed. He ran his tongue on her skin till she was squirming under him. He bunched her top up and saw that she was wearing a sexy, lacy, peach colored, bra.
“You’re beautiful, Raashi,” he said softly as he looked at her.
Giving him a soft smile, she drew him close and touched her mouth to his again. Sameer was on fire, his body craving hers. He pushed himself more fiercely against her and she responded in kind, writhing against him, making him mad with desire. He put his hands on her breasts and cupped both of them. Holding one breast, he put his lips on it and flicked his tongue across the peak.
Raashi shuddered, he felt it and repeated the same thing again and again until she was begging him for more. When he finally pushed aside the lacy barrier and suckled on her breast, Raashi felt herself throb with pleasure. She held his head and brought it down to her other breast and Sameer gave her what she wanted.
“Please, Sameer, I want you. Right now,” Raashi whispered rocking against him.
Her words broke through the haze in his mind. He suddenly realized that they were in his office on his desk and anyone could walk in on them. And if he did this, now, if he made love to her on his desk, she would never forgive him for it. He glanced at her, as she lay in his arms panting, hungry for him. But, healso knew she would blame him later. It would always seem that he manipulated her to get her to come to his office. There was so much unspoken between them. If he gave in to his desire for her right now without first building trust between them, it would never work out. He was such a fool to let things go out of hand between them right now. He planted a final kiss on her stomach and then adjusted her clothes. Stepping away from her, he picked up his shirt and put it on.
Raashi sensed his hesitation a second before he kissed her belly and stepped away from her. It felt like a jug of cold water was poured on her. She felt so vulnerable, exposed and stupid. Had Sameer not stopped they would be...
No, she was not going to think about this right now. This was embarrassing enough already. She got off the table and saw Sameer standing with his back to her, fixing his clothing. He was obviously giving her time to settle down. She ran a weary hand through her hair. This was crazy. How could she have lost control like that?
Sameer turned around, trying to steady his rapid breathing. He took in her swollen lips, her breasts heaving, straining against her top and that gorgeous hair that was all over her face.
Raashi sighed and tugged her hair behind her ears, giving him a perfect view of her beautiful face. She sure was a temptress. Her eyes locked with his. Raashi caught his heated gaze and desire roared and flared between them again.
The urge to pick her up and continue from exactly where they had left off rammed through him, but with great effort he held himself back.
Raashi picked up her bag and without a word ran out of his office.
Sameer stood standing there for several minutes, reliving the entire evening. He didn’t regret what had happened between them, not one bit. This insanity between them was a given. Aftertonight she would also be unable to deny the direction they were headed in. The sooner she realized it the better. There was only one reason he had put a stop to tonight. Although her body was helpless to respond to his, her mind wasn’t ready yet. This time, he did not want a quick fling with her. He wanted her in his bed for as long as it took for him to assuage this fanatical need he felt for her and to finally understand why, as each day passed, he felt that he couldn’t live without her.
Picking up his phone he sent her a text telling her the time he would be meeting her tomorrow. They were to drive down to the villa in the morning and they hadn’t gotten around to discussing that at all.
Taking a deep sigh, he picked up the papers that had fallen all over the floor and made a call to his architect. He was too agitated to go home. It was better to get some work done instead.
Raashi rushed to her car.The minute she got in, she rested her head on the steering wheel. Oh God! What had she done? The things that she had let him do to her, the things she had done to him. She rubbed her forehead, disgusted with herself. How was she going to face him again?
Her phone beeped. She pulled it out of her purse and saw Sameer’s brief text message telling her the time he would fetch her tomorrow to take her to the villa. How could he think of business so quickly while she still felt disoriented as ever? She was vulnerable to him and she had to find a way of protecting herself. If she had to work with him then she couldn’t allow something like this to be repeated.
Their history was catastrophic. Them being in the same room alone was dangerous. Once again Sameer had entered her orbit and he was not going to go away any time soon. She recalled all the times he had met her recently and went rigid in fury andturmoil. Natasha! Raashi called herself all kinds of names. She was not the type of woman who preyed on another woman’s man. She was enraged with herself.
And what was Sameer doing toying with her again and again when he was thinking of marrying Natasha. Raashi wanted to scream. She was so angry with him now.
15
What happened last night was troubling her. He was sure of it. Raashi hadn’t spoken a word to him ever since he’d fetched her and thanks to the crazy Mumbai traffic they’d been stuck at the same signal for half an hour with nothing but silence between them.
The only interaction they’d had was when he had greeted her politely after she had entered his car. But she’d responded with an imperceptible nod. She hadn’t spoken a word to him since then.
As the signal turned green, Sameer moved the car forward and gave her a sideways glance. She was still staring outside her own window, lost in thought. He yearned to know what she was thinking. And if her silence continued like this, the drive to the villa would become insufferable.
Suddenly, she turned her head towards him. He raised a single eyebrow to her in question. She turned her face away and looked straight ahead instead.
“You know it was a mistake, right?” she said, still not looking at him.
“What was?” Sameer asked.
