Chapter 6

~At First Blush~

Chapter-5(a)

ETF Headquarters

"Hacchooo"

Riya was cursing Rathore and Arjun under her breath. (Something new? 😆)

Sameer has asked her to go through the archives to find some old files. There was a serial killer on the loose and they needed previous records about him. And miss statistics had found her amidst dust.

"God! Why don't they clean this Goddamn Archive? Kitna dhoool hai!.Hacchoo" She swore, "Bloody hell!"

"Ek toh yeh zukhaam and upar se dust!" She closed her eyes and sent a whiny complain to her devi maa.

"toh dawai kyu nehi leti?" a voice said.

Riya shrieked a little and turned around swiftly to face Arjun, folding his arms, leaning on the door with a smirk on his face.

"You scared me!" Riya bellowed. "Arre wah.. Miss statistics ko darr bhi lagta hai!" came his reply.

Riya gave him a look and continued searching for old files. Arjun rolled his eyes at her and came near her.

Riya could feel him coming closer. His cologne was clouding her already guttery mind. Oh how much she wanted to jump on him and fulfil those desires which he had awakened inside her! Wait, what on earth was that Riya! She gasped on her own thought.

"How did you fall ill? Kal toh theek thi?" Arjun asked casually passing by her, opening up a file. Phewww, chala gaya! Riya sighed.

"Tumhari badoulat! Mujhe gile kapro mein sone ko chod diya. Bimar toh hona hi than a." Riya said, furrowed.

"Toh tum kya chahti thi ki main tumhari kapre change kar deti?" Arjun smirked.

"Haan." Riya said, not paying attention. Then she realized what he had said.

"No!" She shrieked. "I mean, mujhe jagaya kyu nehi?" Riya said, trying to fade the blush that had crept on her face by now.

Arjun let out a little titter at her embarrassment.

Riya glared at him then opened an old dusty file & started coughing.

Arjun was laughing like hell seeing her like this. She coughed & her eyes were welling up. Arjun saw a teardrop escaping her eye. He instantly went to her in his super cop speed.

He patted her back. "You ok?" he asked in concern. Riya looked at him & shoved the file in his face. He was taken aback & started coughing due to the dust.

Now it was Riya's turn to laugh and she was almost rolling on the floor. Arjun glared at her between his coughing.

"Riya!" Arjun bellowed. Damn! Here he goes, Riya thought, a little scared.

"I'm sorry, Sir" Riya casually told him, while taking another file not looking at him.

"Vaise, Aaj Nadiya dikhai nehi di?" Arjun asked her, knowing really well that it'll trigger her fuse.

"I don't know where your Darling Nadiya is.. Sorry!" She curtly replied. Ae le, maznu ko unki heer chahiye toh mujhe kyu pareshan kar rahe hai, she thought.

"Riya, you are sounding jealous. Are you jealous?" Arjun asked, smirking, taking a step towards her.

"What rubbish! Bilkul bhi nehi." She shrugged it off, taking a step back.

"naah. You clearly didn't like when I was dancing with her." Arjun said taking another step.

"You were day-dreaming! Why would I care?" Riya laughed nervously taking a step behind. God, why he is gliding towards me?, she thought, nearing the wall behind.

"But you do care. Don't you Riya?" Arjun said to her while pinning her to the wall.

Riya looked at him surprised. He looked wicked and indomitable. She gulped down her own saliva.

"Wishful thinking of yours." Riya snapped. Arjun was slowly nearing her face. Both hands on the wall, pinning her down.

"Liar." Arjun whispered.

Their faces were barely millimeters apart. Arjun's warm breaths were smoldering Riya's face slightly. His lips were almost touching hers.

I'm so in trouble today, Riya thought & stared unnerved in his eyes. She knew she had to push him away but God dammit, she couldn't! His eyes were captivating and she could not break the trance.

Arjun lifted his left hand to her face, wondering over the delicately beautiful features of her face. He touched at the wound she got last night. Riya closed her eyes instantly at the slight pain, hissing.

Arjun looked at her closed eyes and then to her wound. He leaned forward and kissed it.

Riya felt his lips on her wound and thousands of butterflies started rumbling inside her. He let his lips linger a little, sliding something on her fist.

Then he was gone.

Riya opened her eyes to watch him leaving and he was gone. She opened her fist and it was her medicine which she forgot to bring in the morning.

She bit her lower lip, smiling slightly.

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Precap: Arjun's b'day party and the chronicle of chocolate cake!

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