FF: ~Crashed~ This is my First: Preview of Chp 26 Pg 76 - Page 59

I stared at her as she stared back at me from his chair.

I watched her and each second she matched my expression.

It seems the little mouse finally got a little bite in her...

I smiled to myself but I was puzzled as to why she was reacting towards me...

Doo Hyun said the plan was a success so maybe it might explain as to why she was acting possessive over him.

That might be right...but I stared back at her but it wasn't possessiveness in her expression, well not so much of it that I would expect it.

There was something else...

I wasn't sure.

"Kunal is not here at the moment, but he was with me earlier." I said while staring at her with challenge.

She sighed instead, which I wasn't expecting.

"It's most likely that's the case, he told me he would be having a meeting I just didn't know you would be back so soon." She said.

I cut to her quickly in confusion.

How did she know...

"Be back so soon? What do you mean?" I said in annoyance.

"Oh, sorry my husband told me about that as well..." she said.

"You and your husband talk?" I looked at her in confusion.

The plan should have worked, it should have created confusion which usually leads to a strain...that's how it usually works.

Instead I gave her a smile.

"Of course a husband and wife usually talks when their at home...but I keep forgetting that it's not the same for everyone so I'm sorry." She said.

"It's okay." I mumbled.

What was happening here?

I stared at her and she stared back at me and once again there was no possessiveness in her expression, almost as if she was challenging me?

Was I being purposely yanked around?

Did the little chit think she could possible play mind games with me?

I stared at her and whatever evidence of challenge in her expression was gone so I was confused if it was ever there.

I rubbed my eyes, feeling as if I was too busy staring at papers all day that I was imagining things and heard the chair scrap against the wood and I looked up to see her handing me water.

"Take it, there would be no benefit if you fall flat on your face." She said.

At that I laughed and took the cup from her hand.

"I see...I see now..." I said while taking a sip out of the cup.

She turned around and looked at me with a confused expression.

"See what?" she asked.

I stared at her over the rim of the cup and gave her a smile.

"You're actually have some humor in you, I didn't expect that you would have much of it." I said while lowering the cup down.

She suddenly smiled and I stared at her, trying to gauge what she was playing at but suddenly the front door of the office opened startling the both of us and I calmed down when it was only Doo Hyun entering.

He looked at me and looked at Shraddha and was shocked to see her there but he gave her a greeting and she responded back towards him before she moved out of the way towards the chair once again.

I was slightly annoyed at his intrustion as for some reason I was enjoying the conversation I was having with her.

And more importantly I wanted to find out the reason for her overall attitude.

It was more than just her thinking that I was after her husband...there was something else in her expression when she looked at me earlier.

I sighed.

"Doo Hyun lets go." I said getting up and grabbing my stuff.

"So soon Yoona?" Shraddha said.

I looked up at her and smiled.

"I have another meeting and didn't think it was going to take him this long but I will definitely get in touch with your husband later on to finish what we started." I said with a smile hoping to rile her up.

I got up and Doo Hyun helped in holding my suit jacket, brief case, and purse and we were going to exit but she said something else.

"Yoona." She said.

I tensed up and turned towards her and I arched my eyebrow.

"Yes?" I said.

"Have a great day." She said with a smile.

"You too." I said and walked out the room with Doo Hyun in tow and I didn't lose my composure until I was inside my car and we were heading towards my next meeting.

"Are you sure that plan worked?" I said to Doo Hyun.

"Yes ma'am...everything went accordingly." He said from the seat in front of me.

I leaned my head back in the seat and I stared at the roof of the car before I said my next statement.

"Then how could that b**** toy with me?" I said.

"Huh?"

I zoomed through the entire conversation in my head and I was taping my nails on the seat below as I said my next statement.

"She was playing me as if she had an upper hand...there is something she knows..."I tried to say.

"What if she is confident in her relationship Yoona? There hasn't been any sign of disturbance in their relationship. Maybe she is threatened by you and thinks you are the one trying to steal her husband away?" Doo Hyun offered.

I thought for a moment and pulled off the bow from my ponytail and began to run my hands through the strands of my hair.

"You might be right Doo Hyun...maybe I underestimated her and more so than him. It's usually really easy...once you create doubt they become self-conscious...I didn't think she had that much self confidence." I said.

"Cigarettes." I said and soon Doo Hyun handed me one of my favorite brands plus a lighter.

I open the box, pulled one out, stuck it between my lips, and flicked the lighter to light the butt of the cigarette.

I flicked the lighter off, sucked on the cigarette for a long drag, and then puffed out the smoke while at the same time the windows rolled down.

I continued to take another puff on it and I could feel my jumble nerves starting to smooth out and I was starting to calm down.

"Yoona, I think you need to take a break." Doo Hyun said.

I laughed.

"Are you worried about me now? Have you missed me?" I said with a smirk playing on my lips.

"Not particularly." He said back harshly.

I chuckled and pouted.

"You are such a sore loser." I said while wryly smiling.

Silence.

I pouted.

"That's not like you to not challenge me...how is your fianc doing?" I asked in amusement.

"She wasn't picked by me, my family did so, and she is doing fine." He said in a tense voice.

I chuckled.

"Calm down...I'm not going to do anything to her...it seems as if you are serious about her...but make sure she isn't more important that you will leave me for her." I said.

He looked at me from the mirror.

"Yoona..." he started and I winked at him and stuck the cigarette back into my mouth.

"I meant leave me as in your job...you are one of the best." I said while smiling at him and he looked at me, seeing how serious I was, seeing if I was going to keep my word or if there was not much weight behind them.

"If I wanted to, she would have been dead." I said with a serious expression before I broke off into a smile as I saw him look at me seriously.

"Calm down. I'm just kidding, sheesh you are so uptight, be relaxed and calm down for a moment." I said while smiling.

"Yoona...when you start babbling like that...you need to take a break." Doo Hyun said with a tense expression.

I recalled how Shraddha was acting, her confidence, and more importantly the mind games I felt that she was playing with me and I pulled out my cigarette from my mouth and placed it above the ashtray that was in one of the compartments in front of me.

"Maybe you're right...maybe I should take some time...then maybe the little mouse will know her place." I said and I burned out the cigarette butt completely in the ashtray.

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As soon as the woman, Yoona left the room along with her accomplice I popped into the room, just in time to see Shraddha fall down in the chair in relief.

The confident expression she wore throughout the whole exchange was quite impressive; really ballsy.

I smiled despite myself.

She has learned, she has really learned and understands how serious Yoona is and for that I was highly impressed.

Yoona...was a very weird person to understand, she wasn't the same type of person that I usually dealt with.

I have encountered countless of people who murdered for money, inheritance, and power but they were always driven by some need, some willpower, to be better and become superior.

There was always an urge, an intense need to somehow overthrow to gain.

Humans were complex creatures but not so much when it came towards power and money.

Greed was always lingering on the surface but some never act on it and some people do.

But with Yoona...I couldn't sense anything from her.

There was no sense of having power for what she wanted to do; there was no sense of acquiring money for it.

The only thing I could wrap around her was the need for destruction, her need for everything to be ruined around her, the need to cause havoc because she can.

Nothing more or less.

There was no personal gain on why she did things...I didn't sense it.

I broke out of my thoughts and instead popped up before Shraddha and she jumped back when she saw me but relaxed before she became tense once more.

"Oh its you Jin, I thought..." she said while rubbing her hands over her temples.

I scrunched up my eyebrow...her thoughts were in such a messed up jumble, fragments of sentences were forming in her mind and it was hard for me to make heads or tails on what she was trying to get across.

"Calm down Shraddha..." I said and I placed a hand over hers.

She stared at me and for a second she didn't move, no sign of her breathing and for a second I grew concerned as the ramblings and jumble of thoughts that was popping into my head suddenly stopped.

"Shraddha?" I said and before I could give way to panic her chest heaved and she blew out a deep breath as a smile crept on her lips and she gave my hand a squeeze.

"I'm fine...fine...really...was just rattled with...with the confrontation with Yoona." She said and her smile became shaky.

This time it was my turn to squeeze her hand and she looked down towards me and smiled.

"If it means anything, you did a great job handling her but be careful...she is on to you now." I said with a serious expression.

She turned a serious look at me and she straightened herself out on the chair and I didn't have to say anything for her to catch on.

"I should have been more rattled...I was directly challenging her." She said softly and I nodded in agreement.

"I have to be careful..." she mumbled under her breath.

I nodded and she sighed before she turned her gaze towards me and she tipped her head to the side in a questioning look and she didn't have to ask as the question she had popped into my head and I smiled.

"You missed me is that it?" I said with an adoring expression and she rolled her eyes but she surprised me when she placed her hand over my head, softly rubbing her hand in my hair, messing it up.

I stared at her hand and looked up at her as a smile spread over her face and I couldn't pinpoint the emotion but I felt something inside that I haven't felt in such a long time...in almost hundreds of thousands of years, kick back up.

"Of course I do, you are always popping around but I feel like you have been showing up less and less. What would I do if my guardian angel wasn't around." She said with a pout.

"Guardian Angel?" I said with a straight face.

She nodded.

"You are always there when I needed you; you were always helping me out despite the confusion and misunderstandings. Overall, ...you really mean a lot to me and in a roundabout way you look out for me, so to me you are like a guardian angel." She said with a smile.

I stared at her as she removed her hand from my hair and she gave me another smile and once again that feeling, that feeling began to well up in my chest and I was trying hard to pinpoint what it was.

It wasn't affection, familiarity; maybe...it was admiration...

It was something I only felt with my sister, Sun Mi.

Every time she used to scold me, played with me, helped me, and was just with me I always wanted to be like her, wanted to become as strong as her one day...but I was getting the same feeling from Shraddha...and I didn't really know why...

That's a lie.

I knew why and it was because of her strength.

No matter what my sister faced, no matter the obstacles in front of her she would buckle up and meet it head on.

Shraddha was the same.

Despite it took a while for her to hear me out, she did, and since then she has been trying to sort everything in her own way and she was...becoming stronger.

Meeting her problems head on, not backing down...she was really amazing.

I smiled at her and she looked at me confused.

"I'm sorry...I had to meet someone...or rather some very important people and I got sidetracked...but it seems like your hands have been full as well." I said while giving her a wink and she blushed while looking away and she smiled after a while before something came to her and I shook my head.

"She...its really hard to say but she eventually slipped into depression." I said.

She looked at me and a frown crossed her features.

"It was that much of a dramatic effect on her?" Shraddha said with sadness.

I nodded.

"She was already in the beginning stages of it in the hospital but you...you actually helped her ease out of it. Like I said before Shraddha, this is your chance, your choices, and its all up to you. But of course the reality you left behind won't necessarily be the same you face with here...it all depends on the choices you make." I said with a smile.

She slowly nodded and she smiled.

"I'm glad, I'm glad that Malika is back to her regular self...she deserve happiness, she made my brother become more of an adult, something that we could never do and she is a really nice girl, I hope they won't have to face any more problems then they need to." She said with a serious expression.

"Every couple has problems." I said with a smile and she looked at me.

"Even you?" she said while wagging her eyebrows and I blushed before I looked away.

She chuckled and she saw the expression I made and she settled down.

"Sorry, I was trying to ease my nerves and play around but it seems serious." She said.

I smiled and I gazed in the distance...for a moment thinking about my relationship with Eli.

"I don't have a problem with him just our ideas differ on some things but he is really someone I rely on heavily." I said with a smile.

"I hope he feels the same way as you do, but then again you can just read his mind like you do with me." She said while smiling.

"That's-..." I was going to respond but my mouth closed.

I already broke enough rules, not another one.

"I don't have to read his mind, he say how he feels, he isn't one to keep his thoughts under wraps for long." I said, feeling bad that I was lying to her, but I couldn't tell her everything.

She smiled and she was going to respond but the front door opened and she looked up.

"Kunal." She said with a smile.

He was busy looking through some folders of files and at the same time talking on his Bluetooth ear piece before he looked towards Shraddha and gave her a smile.

I smiled at the ease and relaxed expression that entered his eyes as he stared at Shraddha but I was confused when his gaze shifted towards me and his eyebrows lifted up in confusion.

"Your client, partner, or whatever just left...she told me to send her regards." She said with an irritated tone.

Shraddha got up from the chair and turned to me to flash me a smile and I smiled back towards her before I nodded.

"See you later." She whispered and I nodded as she went to talk to Kunal and I smiled and then I looked back at him and he looked at me head on with the same confused and questioning look in his face.

There was no way he could see me, I could only be seen by the person I'm helping no one else...

But even if that was the case, it looked...it felt...

There was no way...there is no way...it has never happened before...it makes no sense, no one have ever had this type of problem before...

I scrunched my brow in confusion and relaxed as he turned his expression towards Shraddha and kissed her forehead and they began to chat as she led him inside his office.

I sighed.

There was no way he could see me, probably it was my eyes messing and misreading things...it's been too long of a day.

Seeing things...seeing things...

I chanted it over and over in my head before I slowly disappeared from his office.

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(Three Days Later...)

"I would like just a latte please." I said to the waitress who quickly scribbled on her notepad.

I was here out with the "girls" in terms of what Kittu was calling it, meaning her, Malika, and I was spending an afternoon at a cafe just talking and catching up.

It was a rare time since these past few days since it felt as if work has been steadily piling up these past few days but I loved teaching and I wouldn't trade the work I was doing for anything in the entire world.

"I would like a strawberry banana smoothie." Kittu said.

"And I would like to try the mango...bubble tea?" Malika said while peering even closer to the menu.

"Would you have anything to eat?" The waitress asked.

Malika began biting on her nails and I laughed.

"Just ordered it already." I said while peering at her anxiousness.

She shook her head.

"I can't...I need to lose weight...I have already gained 15 pounds since giving birth to Jaswant and I feel as if the number is going up...no more sweets for me." Malika said while sighing dramatically.

Kittu chuckled.

"I will take some macaroons and some brownies." Kittu said while chuckling as Malika shot her a glare.

"Alright, in 15 minutes your items would be ready." The waitress said while flashing us a smile before she walked away.

"Didi, you are being very mean to me."Malika said while quickly turning towards Kittu in annoyance.

Kittu laughed.

"Just because you are avoiding sweets don't mean I am sharing in your same fervor." Kittu said after she placed her cell phone on the table after texting someone.

I joined Kittu in her laughter and Malika hmphed and settled herself back into her seat and I peered towards Malika.

Suddenly Kittu's phone started ringing and she blushed before she peered at us.

"Sorry guys, I have to pick up this call. I will be right back." Kittu said and she quickly got up and walked towards the bathroom area to answer her call.

I smiled and peered back towards Malika who rolled her eyes.

"My gosh those two need to quit it already." Malika said.

I scrunched up my eyebrow and looked at her confused.

"Huh?" I asked.

Malika sighed dramatically all over again and she chuckled while she shook her head.

"Its jija ji and didi, those two have been eyeing and ogling each other throughout the house, whether while we are eating, playing games, or anything else. It's like when its family bonding those two is "bonding" alright. They are like two little jack rabbits, in no time at all Mithra will have a brother or sister." Malika said while shaking her head.

I smiled and chuckled.

"Now that you mention...during the ceremony...Kittu was acting weirder than most times." I said while shaking my head.

"Weirder? She is always blushing, giggling, and smiling while staring off into space. I don't know what is going on but I have to say those two are worse than Ishaan and me when we were newlyweds." She said while sighing.

"Is that even possible? You guys were kooshie kooshie face with one another everywhere to be honest it was nauseating." I said while smiling.

She rolled her eyes.

"Anyhow, It looks like you are settling back to your usual self." I said while smiling.

She gave me a gentle smile and she placed her hand over mine that was on the table.

"All thanks to your help Shraddha." Malika said while peering over me in appreciation, gratitude, and something else that I couldn't fully determine.

I smiled and shook my head.

"I'm just glad that this time I was able to be some help to you." I said.

"This time?" she said while furrowing her eyebrows.

I caught myself at my slip up and knew somewhere Jin was probably slamming her hand onto her forehead at my blunder.

"I mean...I feel like over this time period that we have bonded and that...I feel for once I was actually of some help towards you." I said recalling sadly.

She smiled and then let it go sadly.

"There are times where I feel fear and there are times when I do retreat into my former self...but.." she smiled and laughed as she recalled something.

"But he looks at me as if I was something amazing. He used to cry so much around me and he still does at time but I can quietly calm him down if I keep on trying." She said with a satisfied grin.

I smiled and hit her hand.

"Hey?" she said while rubbing her wound.

"Bhai was worried about you, he knew something was wrong with you." I said.

She was rubbing her hand and she looked up at me surprised.

"Ishaan knew? You told him?" she said while scrunching up her eyebrow.

I shook my head.

"Bhai is rash, impulsive, carefree, and at times a little hot-headed but there are times where he seems to understand when someone is in a very sad and bad mood. Plus he loves you a lot, a lot, a lot, and I don't think he could easily ignore how you were acting." I said.

Malika slowly stared at her hands and then a slow smile crept over her face.

"In a lot of ways...that idiot is a lot more perceptive than I usually give him credit." She said while chuckling.

"Also, I never knew bhai finally got a job!" I said with a shock expression.

Malika looked at me confused.

"A job? I know he said he was quitting the band and was applying for jobs but I never knew...OH!" she slapped her hand on her forehead and she shook her head.

"He told me but during the time...ugh...probably that is why I figured out I was not myself...but what did he tell you...I was not paying attention when he told me." She said with a guilty expression.

"I think it's a pretty good job...I think at some sales company or something of the sorts." I said while shrugging.

Malika sighed.

"I will have to ask him again and hope he doesn't get mad at me...but even if he did...I know one way I can make it up to him..." she started while rolling her hands through her plait.

"Please...Malika, I don't need the visual aid of you and my brother." I said in disgust.

She chuckled and she leaned back in her seat and soon Kittu came back bouncing towards us with a big fat smile on her face and she slid back in her seat and she placed her phone in her purse.

"What has you so happy?" Malika asked with a knowing glance.

She smiled and blushed.

"It was nothing...just Anand calling to see how I'm doing he wanted to take me out for lunch but..." she said while smiling and curled a strand of her hair around her ear.

"So sorry didi, that we took you away from some kooshie kooshie moments." Malika said using my words on Kittu and making mocking kissing motions.

"Malika..." I said while shaking my head when Kittu cast her with an annoyed look.

Before Kittu could answer the waitress came back with our drinks, a glass for me with my latte that was steeped in with whip cream and chocolate syrup, Kittu's smoothie and desserts, while Malika's drink that had small balls or marbles? On the bottom. The waitress handed us all straws and she excused herself.

Malika popped the plastic off and stabbed it into the lid of her drink and began drinking with gusto.

"Is that safe to drink?" I asked confused.

Malika looked up at me as she was sucking on her straw and one of the marble-like things went inside.

"Huh?"

"Is that safe to drink it has marbles in it." I said confused.

Malika chuckled almost coughed and choked on her drink, while Kittu shook her head and continued to drink on her smoothie while snatching a red maccaron from the plate that the waitress placed in front of her.

"Its not a marble...it's a boba pearl." She said.

"Boba pearl?" I asked confused.

Malika shook her head and thrusted the drink towards me.

"Taste it. Its edible and its delicious!" she said while closing her eyes in happiness.

I smiled and I took a quick sip and the pearl went in my mouth.

It tasted like sugar, syrup, and sweetness all in one but it was suprisgingly not over powering.

I tried to reachover to get another sip but Malika slapped my hand and Kittu chuckled.

"If you want one so much you should have ordered your own." Malika said while sipping on her drink even more forcefully and giving me the stink eye.

I stared at her and busted out laughing as I shook my head and diverted my attention towards Kittu.

"Kittu do you mind?" I asked as I pointed towards her plate that was filled with brownies.

"Sure go ahead." She motioned.

I picked one of the brownies and I broke it in half and stared at Malika as she continued to sip her drink.

I opened my mouth and placed the brownie inside and rolled my eyes when my tongue, saliva, and teeth made contact with the delicious, gooey, chocolaty treat.

I moaned and Malika stopped her sipping and stared over at me.

"OH MY GOD!" I said while groaning and chewing the dessert even more and having Kittu laughing.

"This is THE BEST BROWNIE...OH MY..." I continued as I was chewing and taking a quick sip from my latte.

Malika slowly lowered her drink down on the table and I saw her gulp and she licked her lips at the brownie next to Kittu, while Kittu picked one up and plopped it into her mouth and she reacted the same way that I did which only caused Malika to stare hypnotize towards the brownies until she slammed her hands on the table causing both Kittu and I to stave off from our attention from the brownies.

"You two are horrible...okay, okay, okay...you can take a sip of my drink Shraddha...didi..." she said while turning towards Kittu.

"Didi, how can you torture me like that? You ganged up on me, you helped Shraddha instead of me...didn't you say you loved me?" Malika said while pleading with her eyes towards Kittu.

Yet, it didn't work as Kittu laughed as she patted Malika's head.

"I love you Malika, and that is why...I will..." Kittu trailed off and grabbed another brownie and plopped it into her mouth and Malika stared as if she was even more betrayed.

"Definitely continue to torture you along with Shraddha." She said in between her bites.

Malika pouted playfully and I took my time to take a sip of her drink while she eyed me in irritation and I laughed as I plopped it back in front of her.

I picked up a brownie and before she could object I plopped it into her mouth while she shook her head.

"Just eat it already...sheesh, we can help you lose the weight so just eat for now." I said while chuckling.

"Bwut..." Malika said with the brownie still popped halfway out of her mouth.

"You know you want to eat it and it's not like you won't give in later on and go on and eat all the sweets in the house so just eat it now." Kittu said while looking at Malika and smiling.

Malika looked at us pitifully and she slowly started chewing it as tears ran down her face.

"You both...are the worst...but this taste..." she sniffled and more tears ran down her cheeks.

"This...taste so f******...good." She said and she took another one until she finished the entire plate of brownies while crying in between.

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I checked my watch again to check the time.

It was already 7:10 A.M. and I was still in front of the house waiting for her.

I started to jog every morning for the past three weeks as I felt that I was starting to eat more and not having time to exercise due to my hectic work schedule and was slowly gaining weight and soon Shraddha started joining me the past week or so.

I didn't mind at all especially since her outfits were always much appreciated which always showed off her curves and her long taunt legs.

At that I smiled and I heard the front door close and I looked up to see Shraddha and I felt if I had the choice, that my mouth would have dropped solidly on the ground.

She had her hair pulled back into a ponytail, a head band, a tight sports bra that exposed her stomach, and shorts that gave way to exposed her long creamy shapely legs.

She stretched and it only hiked up her sports bra, making it seem at any moment that something might slip out and I could feel my breathing starting to become harder to push out, my chest constricted, and all my blood rushed down south.

I felt my mouth opened but I couldn't form a sentence.

I continued to stare as she stretched and when she stretched towards me she must of say something on my face as she blushed and turned away.

"Don't get any ideas in your head...all my other clothes were dirty, I had no choice but to wear this." She said as she finished straightening and stood without facing me.

I continued to stare and she cleared her throat and I tried to refocus.

"Are you ready?" I said with a hoarse voice but I couldn't stop looking at her stomach that would tense up under my gaze and at times quiver.

"IF...if...if...if you would stop looking at me like that." Shraddha said while stuttering and looking away.

I smiled, winked, and walked closer towards and she tensed up as I drew myself closer towards her and whispered in ear.

"Never, not when you are tempting me like this." I said and I purposely slipped my tongue out to glide against the upper tip of her ear, which caused her to tense up.

I drew away and smiled.

"Ready?" I asked as I stretched out my hand towards her.

She stared at me and she looked confused.

"For what?" she said confused.

I smiled and winked at her in amusement.

"For some good ole' running of course." I said and I backed away from her and started to head out of the gate.

(An hour and a half later...)

We were drenched in sweat and ran considerably far from our house and back and Shraddha was busy in the fridge, her back towards me, and I took my time to ogle her shoulders, her back, and her a**.

I felt something hit me hard on the shoulder and I looked up to see Shraddha leaning over the island countertop with a water bottle in her hand.

"Had fun staring?" She said and she placed the water bottle in my hand before she took a swig out of her bottle.

"We can have a lot more fun." I said as I brought the water close to my lips and staring at her meaningfully.

She looked at me and she smiled.

"Really? What type of fun are you talking about other than the same old-same old." She said with a bored look.

I looked at her.

"Same old what?" I said confused.

She smirked.

"What else? The same old thing that you always have in that head of yours." She said while smiling and she took another gulp from her water bottle and placed her water bottle back on the counter and I grabbed her hand when she did so.

"I only respond when you are tempting me and for some reason you have been doing a lot of that lately and when it comes time to get serious, you somehow sneak away." I said with a serious tone.

She blushed but she leaned towards me and I felt a smile tug at the corners of my lips.

"Ohhh...so I'm tempting you?" she said.

My eyes looked down at her chest and I could see the top portion of her breasts that were peeking out from her top and for some reason I wanted to kiss them.

"I wouldn't call wearing shorts and a sports bra as anything beyond temptation." I said with a serious expression.

She smiled and she backed away from me and she laughed.

"Like I said my other clothes were dirty." She said and she backed away from the counter top and was leaving the kitchen but I caught her arm before she left.

"Throwing in the towel already? You are just proving that I'm right you know." I said.

She smiled and caught me by surprise when she slid her hands around my waist and leaned towards me and I felt my breath being knocked out of me as her chest brushed against mine.

"I will never lose when it comes between this game between us." She said and I felt her other hand wrap around the back of my neck.

"Really?" I said with a hoarse tone as she came even closer towards me; her lips brushing against my nose.

"Yes." She said with a smirk.

"Wanna make it a wager?" I asked.

She smiled.

"A bet? This time are you serious and you're not going to weasel out on me like last time?"
she said with her eyebrows lifted in disbelief.

"When was this? When did I weasel out?" I said confused.

She smiled and shook her head.

"During the ceremony with Malika and Ishaan's, you said let's see who could last without having sex but you threw in the towel in less than a second that you brought it up." She said with a cocky smile.

"That wasn't a real bet." I said.

"So are you trying to make this a real one?" she said while raising her eyebrow.

"Maybe...this will be interesting to see how far you can go before you cave in." I said with a knowing glance.

"Or rather how easily you will cave in...before you start begging me with pretty please, pretty please, can you please sleep with me." She said while smiling and giggling.

I laughed and instead of responding, I leaned up and brushed my lips against hers and I could feel a rush of her warm hot breath as she exhaled a deep breath and her eyes became out of focus as she stared at me and her arms around me began to slacken a bit.

I leaned even more, pressing my lips more against her lips and I could feel her slowly caving in and I was going to press my lips even more against hers but she drew away and she chuckled.

"You say I will cave in but look, I already made you wet." She said while lowering her eyes towards my pants.

I looked down and saw that my water bottle must have been opened as it was dripping and caused a large wet stain on the front part of my gym pants.

She laughed and she unrigged her hands from around my waist and neck as I tried to clean up the situation.

"I think you need that towel right about now." Shraddha said cockily as she walked out of the room.

I groaned internally as I tried to wipe the stain but it wasn't working.

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I used the towel to dry my hair that was still wet.

After the more than...colorful conversation with Kunal I went to take a shower in our room as I felt uncomfortable, sticky, and just plain icky from all the sweat from working out in the morning..

"Uh...hmmm." a voice said while clearing their throat.

I paused from rubbing my hair with the towel and turned towards the voice in question and it was Jin plopped on top of the bed cocking her head towards me and her cheeks were flushed a bright red.

"I mean you guys are very...wow..." she said while blushing even more.

This time instead of her white dress she was wearing earlier she was now wearing a black dress with a big fat bow in her hair.

I smiled and I threw the towel at her and it covered her completely and I laughed.

She poked her head away from the towel and looked at me with an annoyed expression.

"Hey!" she said.

I smiled.

"You looked so cute and its funny how it covered you completely. I usually do that to Kunal or my son but it only covers their face...its funny how small you are." I said while laughing again and she pouted and she used her small fingers to grip on the towel before she tossed the towel back towards me.

I watched as the towel flew mid-air and it plopped straight down onto the floor, not even close to me and she looked at it in disappointment and I busted out in laughter and she pouted once again.

"Of course it wouldn't work you have small little fingers, like little stubs." I said while smiling.

She stared me off and she plopped her fingers around her chest and she suddenly got up while standing on top of the bed.

"I DON"T HAVE SMALL FINGERS!!!!" she said while yelling at me and a blush broke out over her cheeks.

I stared at her and busted out in laughter and had to sit down on the chair that was by the dresser.

She stomped her feet on the bed and I laughed even more and she plopped back onto the bed and she folded her hands even more against her chest.

I continued to laugh and I saw her place a level gaze on me.

"Okay...okay...okay, I'm sorry but come on, its been a while since we have hung out like this I was trying to mess with you." I said after recovering from my laughter fit and picking up the towel from the floor and folding it and placing it back into the bathroom before reappearing back into the room.

She sighed and she ran one of her small hands through her hair as she thought for a moment before she broke off into a smile and looked at me.

"At least your humor is back." She said while shaking her head.

I smiled.

"I was playing around, you are adorable Jin...I hope my daughter would be as adorable as you." I said with a serious expression that caught her off guard.

She blinked at me for a while before she lowered her gaze.

"I hope she will be as well." She said while stumbling over her words and not meeting my gaze.

I smiled and I plopped down next to her on the bed and she looked at me with a confused expression and before she could say anything I wrapped my hands around her.

"Shr..." she tried to say but I cut her off by hugging her even more.

"I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings Jin, but I see you as my own friend at times so if I joke around with you, it's not to hurt you but to play around." I said before I removed my hands from her to stare down at her and she looked at me while blushing.

"I al...al...al...already know that." She said while stuttering.

I smiled and flicked her nose and she smiled.

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