Chapter-13
As soon as they reached the car, Mishti freed her hand from his grasp
"Don't you dare manhandle me again!"
"You didn't object when Merchant was all but hugging you there!" He spat back
"Who the hell do you think you are? I shall hug whoever I want to, you have no say in that!"
"Don't. And I MEAN don't you ever talk to me like that again" he said dangerously, coming as close to her as it was possible with the car door between them
"Or what?" She challenged him, not backing down
"Or I'll carry you on my shoulder and have my way with you, while all our delegates and your Neil sir witness that" he said, meaning every bit of it.
"Go ahead, I shall sue you in a minute and all your delegates and Neil sir would be MY witness against you" she said equally dangerously. For a minute she actually feared that he'll do exactly what he said he would, then suddenly his expression softened and he smiled at her.
"I missed you, Mishti, I really did" he leaned his face towards her to nuzzle her neck, but she retreated with the pace of lightning
"Don't you ever touch me!" She said haughtily, tears were blinding her vision. She took another step back and slammed with someone
"I'm sorry" she said and looked up to find it was Mr Merchant. "I'll accompany the delegates, you guys go ahead" and she fled from there as fast as she could.
"You really are an asshole aren't you, Rajvanshi?"
"Shut the hell up!"
"Why? Truth hurts, doesn't it?"
"You stay away from her, you hear me? Just stay away from her or I'll rip you apart" said Ruhaan coming nose to nose with him.
"Make me, if you can" challenged Neil, grinning ear to ear. It irked Ruhaan even more.
"Pray that I don't have to, or I shall wipe that bloody grin off your face in no time!'
"Why this sudden fit of wrath over a secretary Ruhaan? I'll grant you she's pretty but you can have hundreds of them in a snap of your fin...." Before he could finish his sentence, Ruhaan slammed his feast on his nose, and it was so hard a blow that he's nose started bleeding immediately
"Bloody hell!!! What the f**k is your problem, Rajvanshi!! You broke my nose" Neil managed to say above the blinding pain and blood pouring down his face.
"Don't you EVER INSULT HER!!" said Ruhaan with savage anger in his eyes. Neil could all but nod to him, for he genuinely loved his handsome face and the sucker had already broken his nose, he didn't want to anger him any more and get his jaw broken too! He shall lose the little hope he had of getting Charlotte if he got his face disfigured!
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Mishti reached the office after seeing the delegates off in a five star hotel. She didn't really want to face him, but did she have a choice? Nope, not really! She'd barely sat on the chair in her cabin when the landline rang. She knew who it was. Summon from Satan!!
"Yes" she didn't bother to say anything else
"Come to my cabin" was his command
"And, Mishti?"
"What?" She gritted her teeth
" leave your attitude behind, will you?"
"My foot!" She muttered under her breath, but he heard her, for before slamming the phone down, she heard his chuckle. The nerve of him!
She didn't bother to knock before entering
"What do you want?" She asked without any preamble
"Tsk tsk, don't I get any greetings from you? Not even how your flight was or how have you been? It's been a month since we've met Mishti. Don't I deserve even that little a chivalry?" He said, retreating his place from behind his desk and coming towards her.
"Thirty five days" she corrected him "it's been thirty five days, to be exact, Mr Rajvanshi, and no, you don't deserve that. You do not deserve even that little a chivalry" she finished, and she was proud of herself that her voice didn't even break a little, when she was feeling all broken inside.
His face hardened and his jaw started ticking, she knew she'd offended him, did she give a damn? Nope, not really. In fact, she was quite enjoying herself
"I like your wit Mishti, I really do, truth be told, I even deserve it, but that's quite enough. I do not like to get insulted, least of all, by my employees. So stop pissing me off and come here" he beckoned her by his finger, as we might do a baby.
"I'm perfectly comfortable here, Mr Rajvanshi"
"But I'm not, I'm dying to hold you, kiss you" he whispered in her ear, when the hell did he come this close? Wondered Mishti and tried to take a step back but he stopped her by holding her waist. She was sandwiched between him and the door now and he was close, so close that she could feel his warm breath on her face. Coffee. He smelled like coffee and his Cologne had the kind of smell that hypnotized your senses...it was the smell that makes you forget everything but the moment you're in and enticed you to live that moment, seize that moment and make the most out of it. However, she didn't let it do any such thing and pushed him away with all her might. He wasn't expecting the blow, hence he wavered back and swayed a little before straying himself
"If that's all then I'd like the day off, sir" she said and without waiting for his answer, all but ran from there, slamming the door behind her.
Ruhaan could only look at her, dumbfounded. He'd expected her to be mad at him, but he'd thought she'll come around once he started talking. She didn't, though. And most of all he hadn't expected it to hurt this much. He hadn't expected the urge to kill Merchant, when he touched her, he hadn't expected the sudden wrath he'd felt when that sucker had insulted her. He hadn't expected that it'd Pierce his heart if she didn't talk to him. He hadn't expected that her indifference towards him would be enough to kill him. No, he had not expected all these things. Then why the hell was this happening!!
"What's happening to me!!" He wanted to scream, he slammed his feast on the wall, but alas! If only, the walls could answer your questions....!
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