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 everywherROSE 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
RYAN "Are you coming with us?" Arjun asked as he stood up, taking the girl who was draped all over him. Bored with all the office work, Arjun had planned a night out. Currently, we were in one of the most elite club of Mumbai and as suspected Arjun was going to have what he came looking for. I hadn't really wanted to come with him, my hand can still feel the weight of those perfect breàsts in my palms, my ears were still ringing with those quite hitched breaths of wonder and wants and my palm was still stinging with the slaps they had delivered to that plump arse. All I wanted was to sit in a dark room with my trembling lioness in my arms and let her cry as she sat in my lap. "Ryan?" I looked up at that whining sound and found the girl who was trying to get my attention since we entered. She was wearing a black dress and her braless state was quite visible, but despite the invitation she was giving ou
ROSE “Let’s go to bed.” That brought me back to Earth with the resounding thud. I backed away from him. "What the hell!” I blurted out, looking at him with wide eyes. “If you think, Mr Ryan Johnson, that providing a living place and feeding me gives you the right to have sex with me then think again. I didn't ask for this." I was so blinded with rage that I threw the plates still filled with food on the floor from the counter. "I'm not your whôre!" I shouted, realizing that once again frustrated tears were streaming down my face because of the sudden panic that had me in its merciless grip. "You can't force me for it." I tried to slap him, throwing my hands at him every which way and fighting him even when he wasn’t foing anything but just standing there watching me come apart in front of him with steely grey eyes. “No. No. No….” He grabbed my hands and tried to calm me down, he pushed me away f
RYAN “So what was so important at this hour?” Arjun asked as he came sauntering into Rose's apartment. And as he looked around he whistled, “Asshóle, you told me that there was no apartment in this building for sale.” “There wasn’t.” I said, giving him a speaking glance. “Well… it seems she is more important than me,” He replied, almost teasingly, as he settled his laptop on the table and took out all the files that I had demanded. “She is not,” I bit out through clenched teeth. “Yeah, sure. I believe you,” Arjun retorted back, smirking. As much as I wanted to wipe that smile off his face, I needed his help. “I called you because I needed something. Get on with it.” I knew I was being rude, but hell I was fed up with the bullshit that woman was putting me through. Any other woman and I would have tossed her out without a second thought, but she… she’s stuck in my mind, thoughts, my every damn pore. And, I wanted to flush her out of my system as soon as I get her nakéd i
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 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
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
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’
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 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 “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 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