ROSE
Ryan Johnson took his time to look at me too. Down and up, his eyes roamed over me like a touch of feather. We stared at each other and it seemed like forever, but I knew it was only a few minutes then the moment was broken by my friend as she came by my side. "Oh my god. It's him." Natasha whispered in my ear but by the look on his face I knew he also heard her. I straightened my back or I tried to with all the alcohol running through my system, ready to grab my friend and leave his vicinity. He was an arsehôle who had insulted me and then kissed me without my permission, and just right now he ordered me on the phone like I was his property. "Hi, we met again." He said, extending his hand toward my best friend, his voice as smooth as silk. She quickly grabbed his hand and shook it, shook it, and shook it some more. I didn't know why I did it but I grabbed her hand and pushed her backward then I sROSE We went to the elevators, there were five of them, I started to enter in the one which was near me but the receptionist who was clearly a hater entered in the other one. I really wanted to stomp my foot at that moment, she was driving me crazy, but I stopped myself. Barely. I glared at her and stood far away from her in the elevator as the door closed. As we reached the thirty-fourth floor, she quickly stepped out of the elevator and went straight to the other receptionist on that floor. This floor was no different from the ground floor, elegant in style as the whole floor seemed to be in three colors that is black, white, and grey. Regardless of the space that offices and cubicles consumed, it still managed to look spacious. Both the receptionists were whispering something but I didn't listen to them because I was busy noticing one very important detail. The colour white. Oh god. He asked me to wear white because every employee there was wearing white. And I, only to spite h
ROSE I was sitting in the copy room of the office, the only place where no female employee sneered at me and no male employee tried to be friendly. I was wondering if I could get away by just disappearing from here and as the thought came I stood up, already planning to make my escape. I will handle whatever happens but I just want to leave, run far away from here, from that arrogant arsehole. I grabbed the door knob but it twisted in my hand and the door was pulled open from the outside. The lady that I’d seen outside his office stood there smiling at me. "Mr. R. K. wants to talk to you," The lady said, her words as crisp as her white shirt and skirt. I don't want to go, I wanted to shout at her, but what I said was docile, so unlike me, "Yes, of course." I knocked on the glass door and heard his command to enter. When I was just inside the door, not taking another step further, and looking everywher
ROSE I took a deep breath as I stepped out of the building. And, for the first time since this morning I felt like there has been a weight lifted off from my shoulders. Closing my eyes, I gathered myself, rethinking all the things that happened with that asshôle. I was just about to turn to the side pavement when a well attired man, in a three piece suit stepped up in front of me. "Miss Rose," The man extended his right hand for me to shake. His black eyes crinkled at the corner as he gave me a genuine smile. He looked in his forties, but I didn't know whether he was Indian or not as his accent sounded foreign but the manner and looks looked like he was familiar with the environment, with my country. "Hi." Little awkwardly, I placed my hand in his and was surprised when he placed a chaste kiss on the back of it. "I'm Gavin. I'm very honoured to meet you. And, let me tell you that you do the justice to your n
ROSE I didn't know why I even bothered, it wasn't like I cared for this bastard but seeing the drop of blood on his lower lip and imagining that it must be causing him pain brought about all the caring instincts of mine to the surface. Not knowing what took over me, I brought the first-aid kit for him and thank god I didn't make a fool of myself by further treating his injuries. At the last moment my mind cleared from the spell and I turned to rush out of there, thinking that the person who hurt him, Arjun, can probably help him, but then he stopped me in that deep commanding voice of his. "Stop." That single word halted me as if an invisible string held me attached to him. And, I stopped. I had no idea why this was happening to me. One moment I just wanted to bitch slap him upside down and the very next when I saw him hurt I wanted to soothe him. Get a grip, Rose. "Turn around, Miss Ro
RYAN I paced impatiently in the condo I had purchased when I shifted to Mumbai for the business. It didn't come cheap being the top floor apartment and given the view of the sea. The family that lived here was initially very sentimental with it, but when they got triple the actual price of their ‘so called sweet home’, that is, twenty million above the market value, they weren't so emotional. And, that's what I like about people, everyone has a price. It's just a matter of finding out the right one. Two days ago I was itching to go back to New York but now I was looking forward to my time in Mumbai. I was looking forward to have her at my mercy. There was something about the way she fights back, at least she tries to, like a lioness, but when something goes wrong or she loses control on her emotions, she appears like a wounded kitten that makes me want to comfort her on some base level. And, in those moments all my instincts scream at me to just take care of her, to console her t
ROSE When I walked into the office, it was quite and dark. The lights were off and not a single peep could be heard. As I walked to my desk outside the devil's lair, I switched on the every button on my way so by the time I reached my desk the whole office was lit like it was Diwali. I placed my hot chocolate on my desk before I made my way to his office to give him his devil’s brew. When I knocked on his office door there was no reply, so I knocked again, now a little bit irritated as I could clearly see him sitting there using his iPhone as the glass doors were not fogged. I knocked again, a little louder this time, almost banging my fist on the glass. Finally, the douche-bag looked up and just stared at me through the glass doors. "Come in, Miss Kapoor, no need to break down my office door." I rolled my eyes as I entered. Walking up to his desk, I placed his coffee in front of him and then I was about to turn away wh
ROSEKnowing the fact that Mr Arshôle will be searching for anything out of the order to punish me, because I had given him a reason to do just that when I had escaped his office, I took great care in completing every task on my to do list. But now when it was time to enter his office and face him, I was once again filled with apprehension at the thought and it basically felt like I was to enter a lion’s den without any weapons to protect myself. Looking around the office and noticing all the people doing their work, I berated myself for being this scared of him. Come on, Rose. You are braver than this. After giving myself a little pep talk, I picked up the little diary that was left behind by the previous assistant and also took the pen from its holder in case the devil demanded me to write something down. Standing outside the fogged doors, I hesitated a bit before knocking and then wiped my suddenly moist hands on my dress. A
ROSE "As much as I appreciate the friendliness in my office, it's beyond my understanding that why should an employee of software department would be here during working hours," Ryan said quietly, one eyebrow raised in silent enquiry in Shiva’s direction. "Sir, I actually.." Shiva trailed off when Ryan stopped him with a hand gesture. "Lunch is over since last ten minutes. Get back to work," Saying that he disappeared in his office. Chewing on my bottom lip, I said my bye-byes to them both and just as they both left my desk and disappeared into the elevator, the buzzer went off. I knew it!!! Dreading what was going to happen, I entered his office. He couldn’t be upset about Monica and Shiva’s visit to me now, could he? It’s not like I invited them! Ryan wasn't sitting on his chair like usual, I found him standing by the windows. His back to me so I couldn’t see hi
Thirty minutes after the doctor gave her an injection.... RYAN After the doctor left, it didn’t take long for the medicine to affect her. In less than fifteen minutes she was fast asleep, leaving me no choice but to pull the blanket over her and leave her in peace to sleep. After the day she and I had, I think we both deserved some time to unwind. I was sipping my third glass of scotch while Michael watched reruns of cricket world cup, and yes, the one in which India won. I took a small sip from my glass not gulping it down, as much as my mind and body demanded the drugs at the moment to take the edge off, and the fact that I didn’t have the pills in hand to cure my agitation, I was drinking but considerably. Just when the captain hit the six, I heard the loud sound of crash coming from the kitchen. Michael and I looked at each other for a brief second, then we sprang up from the couch as we ran toward the kitchen and came to a halt as I watched Rose standing behind the coun
RYAN I didn’t pay much attention to where we were going as Michael drove us. The moment I'd settled in the backseat of the car with her soft weight in my lap, I’d forgotten everything. My sole focus was on the woman who was unconscious as she laid in my arms with her head resting against my chest. Her breathing was shallow, and her eyelids were fluttering in a restless manner. My gaze locked on her hand which was swelling with every passing second, there was no doubt that the bone in her wrist was broken. And it fucking enraged me that the arsehole had managed to hurt her. I pushed the tangled tendrils of her hair back from her forehead, accidentally grazing her split skin there. Her lips parted on a silent gasp. “Hush…” I placed a soft kiss on her forehead just as the car came to a stop. I looked around noticing that we were back at the club but instead of the front, it looked like the back of the building. “What the fuck, Michael! Why are we here?” “We are here because s
RYAN Michael was driving the car while I sat on the passenger seat, in front of us there was another van with tinted windows in which Michael's security guys were. We were following the tracker when the call came from Rose's cell phone. I quickly tapped the accept button thinking maybe she’d escaped somehow and was trying to reach me, but the voice of the man on the other side crushed down that hope like a bug under the shoe. “Where is she?” I barked into the phone. “Where she's meant to be, white boy.” The man replied, chuckling. My jaw ached because of how tightly it was clamped, I said through gritted teeth, “I’ll fucking tear you apart if you even touched a hair on her head.” The man laughed loudly this time as he said, “No, man, we didn't get money to put our hands on her, not that it'd be hard considering her smooth white skin…” “I will kill you!!” I bellowed, my hands curling into fists as I smashed one into the dashboard. “We aren't even doing anything,” I
ROSE I had to get out of here. My eyes stung with the tears for the boy I used to know, the boy I’d called brother and grew up with was no longer here in this man. This man was obsessed with the idea of me being his. I was naïve when it comes to certain things but not foolish. I knew I had to get away, to run from him before he took me to wherever he thought we were going. Because once he took me out of this city no one would be able to find me, I was certain of that. “My head hurts, Adi.” I said as softly as I could. He looked at me, his eyes assessing, then his gaze turned to those soft brown that I always loved, caring and worried. “Those fuckers hit you, did they??” He hugged me to him and I almost checked my reflex to push him away. “Don’t worry I’ll take care of you. Always.” “Can you bring me a glass of water? I’m so thirsty...” I put a little whine in my voice to let him know that I was being placid. “Yeah, sure.” He patted my cheek the way he used to when we were
RYAN I never thought that the day would come when I would chase a woman. But here I was trying to control the urge to destroy everything in my way as I stood there, breathing hard, in the lobby of the apartment building. My heart was beating too fast, my hands were itching to do something and my leg tapped a rhythm on the floor as I looked for her. But she was not here. One of the two men I had hired came back from outside, shaking his head he said, “Sorry sir, there is no sign of Miss Kapoor. No one has seen her.” “Maybe you should let her be. Give her some space,” Gavin said from behind me. But I shot a look in his direction, I knew what he was saying and I understood it. She obviously needed sometime but the situation with her so-called brother was not good. I didn’t want to take any chances when that bastard was on the loose. There was this nagging feeling inside me that demanded to know where she was and how she was, if she was okay or not. The other shorter and bulky
RYAN “I am going to fuck your face.” I said to her, my fingers pulling her hair tightly. I saw her grimace in pain but I didn’t relent. The next word from her lips, surprised me. It baffled me. “Yes!” Her voice was husky. Her eyes were almost pleading filled with lust for me to ravish her, to take her innocence and make it mine. And, I did fuck her face. I fucked her hard. There was no beginning, middle or end. There was no initiating her like I did the first time, it was fast, without any care. I bottomed out in her throat. Her throat muscles contracting against the head of my cock. Tears started to leak from her eyes, but she didn’t stop me. And, neither did I. I saw her hand disappearing between her legs, she was as aroused as I was. She was fucking enjoying it. Damn, this woman would kill me if I didn’t take charge of the situation. Her breathing turned ragged, cheeks turned pink and sweat dotted her forehead. Her blue-green eyes almost looked black as she gazed at m
RYAN I stalked out of her bedroom slamming the door behind me. I was fuming mad, the image of those two fucking bastards kissing her was playing on a reel in my mind. My body hummed and hands itched to go back there and beat the shit out of the man that I once called a friend. And, to just end the life of the bastard who dared to touch her and kiss her. I had spent fifty crores on her but I know that she was much more worth than the total money owned by every fucking man on the earth. For me she was becoming an only one, and that terrified me to no end. As I stood their in front of the floor to ceiling windows, fuming with anger, my body and my mind still screamed at me to lock her down so no one will be able to look and touch her. I was so fucking hard that my cock was on the verge of breaking through the zipper of my pants. Seeing her without panties, all that bare, softest and pinkest pussy I had every seen on display for me, had me on the verge of slamming into her without
ROSE I looked back to my friends as my call with Aditya ended, they were all sitting and talking but Natasha glanced up and asked, “Where are you going?” I waved my phone, telling her, “There’s a network problem here. I’ll come back.” The hallway was quite as I turned to the right of the dance floor, all the noise and music quieted down as I moved deeper into the hallway. “Adi…” I called out, stopping when I heard the door close shut on the other end of the hallway. I was about to turn around, thinking maybe I’d taken the wrong turn when I was pulled so forcefully into a hard body, a fearful gasp left my lips. Two hands clamped down around my waist, trapping me. “Oh, Rosie-Rose, I missed you.” Adi hugged me tight, and I deflated in relief as I realised it was him. “What the hell, Adi? You scared me.” I stepped away from him, feeling irritated, and not liking the way his hand was still clamped around my waist. “You didn’t call me. Don’t you even care about me, Rosie?” His to
ROSE Michael was really a sweet man, and it didn't hurt that he was equally handsome and sexy. He directed us towards a comfortable booth and assigned a waiter for us. For a while, he spent his time with us and made small talk to the three of us. But more than often I found him looking at me and I wasn’t the only one who noticed that as Monica gave me several side-glances, smirking all the time.When Michael talked to me, I felt seen as unlike just asking about my job, he actually wanted to know more about me. We talked for awhile during which he asked me about my interest, my college, my family. And, in return he told me about his experiences with his club. My phone buzzed and I excused myself to check it. I smiled as I pulled my phone out and found Natasha’s smiling face staring back at me. I answered the call and informed her where to find us. When I turned around, I found Michael standing just behind me and we were almost chest to chest. I laughed as I met his gaze, nervou