[Note: Flashbacks are in italics].
[Note: Lost my entire first draft . Hence the delay]
Chapter 17:
He was loving it. Sona's face looked as if she had seen a ghost. It went colorless in few seconds when he got up from his bed. She stood rooted in the spot probably wondering what next. As he closed the distance between them slowly, her face looked visibly scared.
The tigress is back to bunny again?' He thought amusedly. And as much as he knew her (which was a little too well) he knew she will turn into defensive mode so as to cover up her embarrassment.
"Dev..it's late" She managed to utter something.
"Ummm...its 6 AM"
"I mean ..."she took few seconds " I mean mujhe Pooja karni hai"
Dev laughed inwardly. Trust Sona to come up with the lamest excuse.
"Okay..since when did you start worshipping?"He enquired nonetheless.
"What is that supposed to mean?"Her defensive tone was on.
"We were neighbors for little more than a decade...atleast I know that much about you"
"Haan to? I started believing in God"She explained.
"Okay..chali jana.I am not stopping you but come near me"Dev stepped towards her.
"Why? Jo bolna hai duur se bolo"
"And nazdeek aa gaya to kya kar logi?"He questioned.
"I will kill you"She retorted.
Dev burst into peal of laughter. It was funny seeing her all worked up.
Sona had never felt so embarrassed in her life before. It looked like the entire universe was conspiring against her to make her look like an idiot infront of Dev. And as usual today also her threat fell on deaf ears when he just caught hold of her wrist and pulled her towards him entrapping her in his arms blocking all her exits.
"It was just a one time thing...I already mentioned that"She uttered struggling in his hold.
"Agreed!!! But if I remember correctly we didn't do it even once." He clarified.
"Jo hona tha kal hona tha...aaj nahi"She cursed her voice for being so feeble.
"Accha..I don't remember this ground rule of yours" Dev answered slyly.
"Mujhe choro nahi to I will scream and bring the entire hotel here."
"Go ahead"He challenged her lazily.
Her face looked like she would burst into tear any moment. Now he might be very shrewd but his heart melted at that look. So he just buttoned her up properly and kissed her on the forehead.
"Once upon a time you told me that kiss on forehead is supposed to be romantic"
"I don't remember"She acted nonchalant hiding her eyes from him.
"You conveniently forget many things" He complained. She had no reply to that.
"Did I say you are looking cute?" he tried again
"I am not cute okay" She hated when anyone called her cute.
"Oh yes...I concur. After last night I can never in my life think of you as cute" He laughed cunningly.
That conveniently shut her up.
"We are not romantic couple"She tried changing the topic.
"Okay then" he handed her the durex.
"Keep it."
"Why?"She asked puzzled.
"Next time when you are so much..you know then we won't have to stop ourselves."he was nothing but a pure evil..Sona thought.
"There will be no next time"She swore.
"Will see"He shrugged.
"Also I want my shirt back ASAP. Its my favouriate one. Don't you dare spoil it"he added.
"Matlab?"
"Matlab go and change..or if you want my help..."his purposefully did not finish the sentence.
She practically ran from his room. All her grace and dignity down in the drain!
Once inside her room she locked herself vowing never to open the door again and never coming across him again. Suddenly her phone rang. It was Dev.
"What?"
"We have that conference in the afternoon for which we are here."He reminded.
"Shit...it totally slipped from my mind"
"I know. Meet me for breakfast ..need to brief you something"And all her so called plan of not coming across him backfired just like that.
"Okay"
"One thing more"He added.
"Yeah?"
"There is mark on your neck because of our last night. Make sure you cover it before coming out" He disconnected before she could reply to that.
*@#$%^&
The entire morning went by smoothly. Dev was completely professional and focused, it was her mind which kept on wondering to their last night encounter. Maybe this was pretty evident from her face because Dev could not help remarking.
"Sona...please concentrate. We will talk tonight if you want."He was concerned now.
"Dev...whatever happened, I don't know how it went that far" She had to explain herself for last night.
"Hey...I am not judging. You know that right?" She nodded.
"And nothing happened." He was about to say something more but his phone rang at that precise moment.
How can he be so normal after everything' She thought.
The entire day went by in a blur. The conference also got a tad bit boring after sometimes. The entire time she was severely aware of Dev sitting right next to her- focusing completely on the speakers ignoring her completely.
"Dev...I want to stay in my room after conference. Not feeling well" She said when they got a minute or two.
"All ok?"
"Yes..just need to rest"
"That's fine. I have a meeting with a client after this. Would like you to meet the guy. Afterall we will be working with him here after".
"Fine."
Things went on smoothly till evening. By the time the conference got over Sona was super tired.
"Sonakshi...meet Mr. Ritwik. He is also from Delhi and his company is one of the few ones who dominates the entire west coast" Dev went on and on with his introduction completely missing the fact that her entire face has turned as white as sheet.
"Hello...Miss Sonakshi Bose. Finally we meet" He grinned.
"You think you are very smart? I will teach you both sister lesson for life mind you"He had said
"You are a retard. Cant believe I made such a severe mistake in judging someone"Sona was scared to bits.
"You boyfriend..what's his name...Dev? Does he know anything about me?" He questioned.
"Keep him out of this"
He laughed...
Sonakshi...what happened??? Dev shook her." You zoned out"
"I am not well..."She actually was not .
"Is everything all right?? I am coming with you" Dev as usual was worried.
"No ...I need to be alone..please!" She pleaded.
"Okay...but call me if anything is wrong" he reminded.
"Miss Bose...it was nice meeting you" This was Ritwik.
Sona just turned around and left hurriedly while Dev just looked at her. Something was grossly wrong.
Precap: Blast from the past!
[Note: Sorry Ritwik fans...needed to introduce a -ve character and i just could not help it😈.]
@bharti2887: Sorry dear..i meant Monday EST.. should have clarified😔]
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