RYAN Her head tucked under my chin, in the hollow of my neck, her soft breaths brushed along my skin and my hold tightened around her. After a few minutes I noticed that her breathing has settled in a steady pattern as she shifted in my lap to find a more comfortable position. I looked down at her to find her eyes were closed, expression was smooth, almost contended, and a soft sigh escaped her lips as I placed another of those soft kisses on her head that I couldn't stop myself from doing so. My one hand was caressing her hair and the other traced the red marks on her wrists that the tie had left. As much as I wanted to punish her, make her bed and make her submit to me by taking all the control, a part of me wanted to care for her at the same time. Wanted to make sure she was alright and I hadn’t managed to totally break her. Her dark long lashes rested above her cheeks, casting a shadow on her face, gave her a look of sleeping beauty. She was naturally beautiful. Perfect. W
ROSE “Hey, beautiful.” “Hi,” I replied in a high pitched voice, almost certain that he knew what had happened here, and was unable to meet his eyes as I looked anywhere but at him. I was sure I was turning redder than a beetroot, and all the splashing of cold water had gone to waste. Damn it!!! I decided to leave, to get the hell out of there before I did something or said something that will have me suffocating under the blanket of embarrassment, but of course that bastard stopped me. “Miss Rose, we need you here. If you don’t mind, I would like it very much if you can actually do your job for which you were hired.” My steps faltered, the way he emphasized the word job, I was two hundred percent sure he wasn’t referring to a job that needed the skills I’d mentioned in my résumé. And unbidden the images of me on my knees, him standing above me with his hard côck in hand, came flooding back in front of my eyes. I turned around to glare at him, fists clenched by my side and help
RYAN Rose didn’t listen to me. She was adamant about coming here to her 'so called' brother’s apartment and seeing for herself if he was safe and sound at his home or not. Of course, he wasn’t, Gavin told me that. But, this woman!!! But I was starting to realise she was the most stubborn human on this earth. You’d have a better chance with a toddler to let go of his mother’s breàst but… I stood beside her and as we took the elevator to Aditya’s apartment, I watched her fidgeting with her hands. She was worried for him. She saw him as her brother, but I knew better. In one meeting, I had known that he damn well didn’t see her like a sister. The fûcker has a thing for her. The elevator pinged, indicating our arrival on the fourth floor where the dumb bàstard lived. As soon as the door opened we saw the number of people gathered in the hallway. A gasp escaped her as she gazed out at them. I followed behind her as Rose ran out of the elevator all the way to the apartment in whic
ROSE I put the glass on the floor with my shaky hand. I had learned this the hard way that empty stomach and cold, only made my migraine worse. Whenever it happened, I always ended up in the bathroom puking my guts out as nothing was left in my stomach by that time. And, today with all the other things, I had totally forgotten about food. Since the breakfast with my Pops, I hadn’t eaten anything. By the light outside, I could tell it was almost six in the evening and I really hated the idea of medicine. It was a hard limit for me, they left me witless. In the effects of the pain killers, I really didn’t know what I was doing and didn't remember anything afterwards. “Are you okay?” Ryan crouched down beside me, taking my hand in his as he noticed how badly my hand was shaking. “You’re trembling.” His grey eyes looked concerned. I really liked the way he was holding my hand, but I couldn’t risk it. After swallowing so many times, I pulled up the courage and asked, while praying th
RYAN“You don’t like hot and sour,” Gavin replied to my request. He knew me too well. Damnit!“Yeah. It’s not for me. And, before you ask anything else, don’t. Just bring the damn soup.” I heard him chuckle as I disconnected the call.Sighing out heavily, I got back to work. Hot, spicy and soupy noodles. Yeah, got that. Refusing to go deeper in the sudden need to take care of her. I focused on preparing her meal.Twenty-five minutes later, there was a knock on my door. Perfect timing. The vegetables were chopped. Noodles were ready. I just had to fry them. I opened the door for Gavin, who was smiling that smile which let me know that he knew what was going on or what exactly I was doing. I rolled my eyes as I took the paper bag from him. It was seriously inconvenient, he knew me inside out, the way my parents should’ve known me. But, didn’t.“She okay?” Gavin asked coming behind me in the kitchen.“She will be,” I said, stirring the noodles.“I would’ve bring the noodles too, if you’
ROSEAs Ryan disappeared inside the bathroom, I jumped out of the bed and noticed the t-shirt that he had brought from the closet. I walked into his closet wanting to have something to wear besides the t-shirt. But, then my perverted head replied, he has already seen you nakéd. Shrugging, I went back to the bed and soon the clothes I was wearing were a pile of heap on the floor. As soon as I slipped the t-shirt over my head, I heard the bathroom door open. I froze, and stood still in just my pantîes and his t-shirt that grazed the bottom of my arse. I could feel his eyes on me and felt the flush rising on my body. The heat from his body warmed me in so many ways as he came closer to me. “You tempt me so much, my lioness.” An involuntary shiver rocked me as his voice floated behind me. His lips almost brushing my ear, his hands came around my waist pulling my hips into his. I felt him harden against my arse and a whimper escaped my lips as he grounded himself into me. My right hand
ROSE I came around the couch and this time sat opposite him, Aditya noticed the distance I put between us but thankfully didn’t say anything. I was still contemplating the words I had heard Ryan speak. What if Adi really have feelings for me? Well, for me he’d always be my brother. “Aditya, what is going on?” I asked him. “How did you get those bruises? And, the loan?” My voice sounded hoarse to my own ears and once again the situation made my eyes wet. Licking his lips nervously, Adi took my hands in his and said, “I don’t know from where to start, Rosie-Rose.” “Start from the beginning?” I asked him, sarcastically, knowing that I sounded bitter at that moment. Heaving out a long breath, Aditya started speaking. “Few years back, during my late night outs with friends, one of my friends took me to this underground club. It was my first time there. And, the place and things that happened there were not of legal kind. Lots of gambling, drúgs and women. The things...” A
RYANI wanted to kîll him. Kîll him with my bare hands. And her, on the other hand. God damn it!! I wanted to tie her to my bed and tortûre her till she breaks and promises not to disobey me ever again. As I paced in my condo, the one scene remained on a loop in my mind: when that asshole had said to me that he’d come here for Rose, that he wanted to take her away with him. That he knew she loved him.God… At that moment I didn’t know what I wanted to do more, beat the shît out of him or to just laugh out loud in his goddamn ugly face. I knew that Rose only saw his as her brother, there was no love interest from her side. Sure, she cared for him and loved him, just like a sister would. But, I didn’t have any reason to even give the benefit of doubt to that bastard.My skin was itching, there was a clawing need inside me, urging me to go down there and snatch her away from that bastard's presence. But, I knew if I went down there, then there will be no stopping me from losing my mind
ROSE I waited. I waited some more. He didn’t come. And, I realised that despite me not wanting to be one, I seriously became a pathetic wife of a fourth grade movie. The last I checked the time before my body gave up on me and my eyes closed on their own accord, the clock showed 1:20 in the morning. The sleep didn’t come easy, even when my body was exhausted. The scene I had watched on the local news kept running through my mind. He’d changed his clothes, obviously in the office. In black form fitting three piece suit showing his muscular arms and strong thighs with those broad shoulders he stared into the camera like someone had given him the sour lemon to suck on. But, I didn’t see the reason of his disappointment other than the lack of privacy because that stick thin bitch who I’d seen him with in the restaurant last time I’d the unfortunate luck to find them together, was glued to his side like a jock. In one of the picture, she posed with her arms around his neck
RYAN I was on my desk, still thinking about last night when Rose had kissed me all over my face and body as if apologizing for my crappy childhood where my parents didn't love me. And it felt good. My mind was also filled with the conversations I had this morning on the phone with her, when Rose had knocked on my office door. “Come in.” I had caught the eye roll she did before she could hid it from me. “Are you rolling your eyes at me, Miss Kapoor?” “No.” She answered immediately, her face pink. “I wasn't.” She shook her head for good measure. I only lifted my eyebrow at her, a smirk on my lips. “I just wanted to ask, when are we leaving?” “Come here.” I said. She looked at me then back at the door, a contemplative expression on her face. I pushed the button to lock the door. Rose came forward, a little unsure and a little excited. She loved my games as much as I loved playing them. She stood in front of me on the other side of the desk. I pushed my chair back and patted t
RYAN “I will be there,” I said into my phone, pacing around my office. My fingers beating an erratic rhythm on my thigh. “But, I miss you.” Came the softly spoken words. “I miss you, too.” I replied, closing my eyes and dragging a hand on my face. “Please, come soon…” “I will. I promise.” When I turned back around, Arjun looked at me with his brows high up on his forehead. “What?” I barked at him. I was restless. I needed to go home. My soul was beating me day and night for staying here. But, my mind and body wanted to live here. With her in my arms. With Rose. With my lioness. “So, you’re going back?” My best friend and bane of my existence asked. “Wasn’t that what you wanted?” I tossed back at him as I took my seat behind my desk. “Sure, but, you obviously don’t want to.” “Shut up.” I hissed at him. “Book the flight for took weeks from now.” “Two weeks?” “Yes. Two weeks.” Everything was back at home. Everything, but her. And, I had to accept it. I had
ROSE We didn’t make it inside the apartment entirely when he did what he said he’d do. Ryan slammed me against the wall near the door and kissed me hard with all the pent up sexual desire he was withholding. The door slammed shut beside us but we both were tasting, licking, biting and feeling each other. Consuming each other as best as we could. “Fuck, I’m so fucking hard.” I didn’t know why but his dirty, filthy words, said in that guttural tone always have me dripping with arousal. I could feel my nipples hardening and my breasts felt heavy wanting his hands all over me. Ryan didn’t wait. And, I didn’t want him to. His deft fingers worked fast, a minute didn’t pass before he had my top over my head and my jeans unbuttoned. His fingers clutched my panties as if to rip them away. My eyes snapped open and I pushed him away. Oh god. I was such a dork. “I—I need to use the washroom.” He was panting so heavily, his nostril flaring and he looked like the eleven year old kid wh
RYAN The meeting was long, but important. But as important as it was I couldn’t help myself from checking on her between the meetings. She didn’t have her phone on her so checking the GPS was out of the options, but when I opened the app to the camera of my office there she was. Most of the parts I missed during the meeting as I watched her. It was little fascinating to watch her when she was unaware. The way she bit down on her bottom lip as she flipped through the files, her fingers playing with the tendrils that had escaped her bun and the way she delicately smoothed the tendrils back behind her ear. I know it was stalker-ish but it was also fascinating to watch her like this. Then she opened the drawer and picked out the bottles. My breath stopped as she perused them. I knew that she already knew about them, but I haven’t seen her expression, and now I watched. But, her beautiful face didn’t give away anything as she slid them back into the drawer and took out the stapler
ROSE We were both sleeping in the bed in his apartment as usual. I was splayed out on top of him, my head rested in the middle of his chest and my arm around his waist. I didn’t know what woke me up and then I heard him above me. “It’s important for me. I can’t let him go.” A pause, then, “Fine, but, I’m coming.” I felt his arm coming down on my back. I didn’t budge, pretending to sleep as I regulated my breathing. I felt him, slowly, carefully, removing himself from under me. When he was out of the bed, he pulled the covers over me and kissed my forehead. I heard him moving around the room, heard the rustle of clothes as he got ready. Five minutes later when the front door clicked shut, I crept out of the bed. I quickly donned my discarded jeans and blouse as I decided to follow him. I had no idea, how I was going to do that but… I just could let it go. When I reached the lobby of the apartment building, I saw the BMW rounding out of the driveway. Shit!! I looked around mys
ROSE Ryan came barging out of his office when I didn't go inside. Now, he was standing in front of my desk, but I didn’t look at him. I refused to even spare him a glance. He was seething. I could feel the heat of his anger. “Can't. You. Hear. The. Fucking. Buzzer. Going. Off?” Ryan asked.And, without looking at him I could tell that he was grinding his teeth so hard. His words came out hissed. Taking a deep breath, I finally looked at him, met his angry grey eyes and pasted a cheery smile on my face. “Yes, I did hear it.” He looked at me, waiting for me to elaborate, when I didn’t, he pushed out the words, “Then, why didn't you come inside?” “Because, I didn’t want to.” I shot back at him. A week has passed since the night he'd confessed to me that there was no one back at home, and I had believed him. I didn’t have any proof but I believed him. Since then, every night I had spent in his apartment, in his bedroom, in his bed and in his arms. His rough plays, his mind
“There is no one back at home.” Ryan said, without any preamble. For a moment my hands stopped their movement but then I resumed my movement to caress him, not wanting him to stop talking. It was the first time he was talking about anything of his life. He settled himself again, this time holding me tightly to him as he rested his chin on top of my stomach and met my eyes. “No wife. No fiancé. No girlfriend.” I wanted to ask hundreds and millions of questions but I didn’t. I waited for him to say whatever he has to. “The girl in the restaurant was the daughter of a business associate. Arjun was the one who roped me into going to her birthday party.” He made a face. “Asshole.” I smiled at him, sometimes he was so damn cute, so different from the raging-controlling bastard that he becomes. “Don’t you smile!” He pinched my nipple, making me gasp, then suckled them. And as much as I was enjoying it, I didn’t want him to stop talking. Thank God, he didn’t, as he continued, “I was co
“Don’t talk.” He said in his deep baritone. “Let me concentrate or otherwise it could slip somewhere high….” Saying that, his wet finger with my arousal trailed to the pucker between my ass cheeks. I didn’t breath. I stopped breathing and for a moment it seemed that even my heartbeat stopped as I understood his meaning. Excruciatingly slowly, he inserted the cold object inside me. As small as it was, I could only imagine it to be the vibrator he had given me and my assumption was right when the slow thrum of vibrations began inside me. I bit down hard on my lower lip to stop the pleasurable whimper that was dying to escape. “Perfect.” Ryan said, and I imagined him with dark stormy gaze perusing my naked form. “Count with me, would you?” He didn’t wait for the answer as he delivered three slaps to my ass cheeks. “Rose...” Bastard. “One. Two. Three.” With every hard slap I felt my inner muscles tightening around the vibrating egg in my pussy. I was so close. I wanted him to j