Devilz Lair: First Touch of Love prt 2 pg 61 - Page 44

Swayam was running in front of her removing bushes and branches out of the way, guiding her and he was barely able to stop on the edge of another steep surface. This one clearly going a long way down but the next second Sharon bumped into his back sending both of them tumbling down once again. swayam managed to hang onto a branch of the tree to save himself the fall while Sharon manage to cling to swayam for her dear life. Now, swayam was hanging from the tree while Sharon was hanging from him. swayam groaned as he felt sharon's grip tighten around his torso a little as she slipped down brushing against his body an inch or so. Fate had to be so cruel to have his hands bound this moment. He whispered breathlessly "Sharon try moving up on me and hold onto the branch for support...if we remained like this I am afraid I won't be able to hold our body weight combined"

Sharon meekly nodded and said "look I am sorry in advance if I touch unwanted places" she felt his body vibrate as his laughter rang out loud and then he said "trust me I won't mind!" she mumbled "perv" and he replied "I heard that!" her left arm remained tightly wrapped around him in fact her nails dig into his back as she struggled to hold onto him with one arm while she placed the other on his shoulder and then did the same with her left one. Then she used his shoulders to push herself up. Her torso brushed against his for the second time today and he bit back another groan. Mad at the unfairness of the situation! She finally grabbed the branch and he felt the weight being lifted off of himself then they came face to face as they were hanging from the same spot. A hair's width was separating them while their hot breaths dancing on each other's lips. Both of them tempted to taste the other but scared of the reaction. So swayam did them some mercy and moved to hang alongside her as he measured the distance from the ground visually. But before he could come up with a digit a beautiful orange and black colored creature of god known by the name tiger appeared on the ground under them and roared.

If they would have been standing then their knees would have given away but they were hanging so they froze visibly. When the tiger roared swayam wrapped his legs around Sharon and said "Oh god Sharon tigers can climb trees if they want to I don't wanna die so young!" she glared at him and said mustering her courage "You said u were my knight in shining armor sacrifice yourself for my safety" swayam replied "but you didn't want to me to be one" she snapped at him "god swayam remove your legs ur grip is so damn tight" swayam let go off her and replied "wish you would have said that in another situation" Sharon gaped at him shocked, they were about to be eaten by a tiger and he was giving her an innuendo! She turned her body towards him and kicked him on the shin to which he yelped and the tiger roared looking towards them and swayam said "oh God, I hate tigers" the tiger roared again and swayam quickly corrected himself and said "No! I love tigers, I love them so much...tiger tiger plz don't eat us, the girl here is skinny as a stick I bet there is not enough flesh on her to satisfy ur hunger and well I taste horrible u don't want to have food poising now right" the tiger raised his head to look at swayam while Sharon said "he is listening to u make him go away" swayam glared at her and said once again looking at the giant fur ball with razor sharp teeth "go shoo, go back to your wife!" he roared again and swayam quickly said "don't go back to ur wife, go to someone else's wife" the tiger remained quiet and started to move in circles under them while Sharon mumbled glaring at the beast "two timing fraud" the tiger roared again and swayam said to Sharon "great u offended him again" Sharon glared at him and replied "I was just stating a fact" while he replied "A fact he didn't like" the tiger jumped in air opening and closing his jaw with force trying to bite their legs off while swayam once again wrapped his legs around Sharon who said "hey!" while he replied "u r so short he won't be able to reach you!" just then they heard another roar and now there were two tigers. A number of roars followed then the tiger bowed his head and followed the new one back in the woods and Sharon mumbled "looks like his wife found him" just then the tiger turned back and roared once again and followed the other one quietly when it pounced on him and Sharon said "serves u right sucker!"

She turned towards swayam who was now standing on the branch. He helped her up to then they climbed towards a thicker branch as swayam suggested they spend the night on the tree. Swayam leaned against the tree trunk with his legs hanging on either sides of the branch and then pulled Sharon up. She sat at a distance from him but he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her flush against his chest. She protested for a while but gave up when her protests ended in vain. Swayam sighed and said "god Sharon relax a bit, don't wanna remain so stiff all night now do we" she mumbled a few curses but after sometime she lazily leaned against his chest while her head rested on his shoulder.

They remained like that no one saying a word and enjoying the silence which was surprisingly comforting. Then suddenly sharon's stomach rumbled and she blushed embarrassed while feeling his body vibrate behind her as the surprisingly sweet sound of his chuckle met her ears. He brought his face down and whispered as his breath danced on ear making a shiver run down her spine. He said looking around for something to eat "when was the last time u ate?" she shrugged and replied almost in a whisper "Yesterday morning..." he frowned and replied "why? It been too long Sharon...don't tell me it's part of some strict diet u r following!" she snorted and replied "I would never starve myself just for the fear of being fat" the way she said it clearly told him that she was not the type of girls who fussed over a single extra calorie intake which didn't surprise him as he had seen her eat well like a pig when she was all alone but rey was with her. If he would not have had a talk with rey earlier today then he sure would have considered him completion considering he was the only one with she was her real self. But the question was why was she starving herself then? So he bluntly asked her "then do you have eating disorders" he saw her hands clenching into fists clearly giving off that he was ticking her off but he was not able to control himself. The fact that he could evoke such a reaction from her was pleasantly surprising. She finally replied "You are incorrigible!" he just chuckled as his eyes landed on mangoes hanging from the branch above them. He smiled as he said "well this incorrigible man just found something for you to eat!" as if on que her stomach grumbled again and she once again turned red not wanting to reply to him upon the thought of putting something in her famished stomach.

He removed his grip from her waist and stood up on the branch while Sharon scooted forward to give him some space but curiosity got the best of her as she turned to face him and came face to face with his lower abdomen. The metal part of his belt right before her eyes and just a few inches away from her. As an involuntary reaction she moved backwards and blushed, feeling blessed to have darkness around them for the first time. A funny feeling settled in the pit of her stomach and she felt the erratic beating of her heart. She had never been close like this to a man before especially not to the lower part of the body which had sent her heart into a frenzied reaction and she cursed her hormones for turning her knees into jelly. His left hand was wrapped around the bark of the tree for support while his right hand was stretched upwards to try to reach the mangoes which were just a little further away. He stood on his toes and extended his arm forwards more while his shirt rode upwards revealing few of his toned abs and the stating of his delicious V as his jeans hung low on his waist. Sharon finally mustered the courage to take a peak at him again and wished she had not done that. Though he seemed very lean but she could tell by looking at those two abs exposed by his shirt traveling upwards and the rippling muscles of his biceps as the shirt clung to his arms and strained against them as he continued to reach for the mangoes that he a pretty toned body. The kind of, people see on magazine cover and secretly wish for their boyfriends to have and she felt her fingers practically itch to feel him up. She curled her hands into balls again and looked away this time not bothering to look up at him again not even when he let out a loud victory shout upon finally reaching the mangoes. If only she found have known that picking mangoes could be so nerve racking!

He sat back again and their legs were flush against each other from knees down which made both of them feel little tingles of pleasure all along their legs but no one bothered to move away. He looked at her who seemed flush which made him chuckle and it didn't take a genius to guess that he might have given her a peep show of his torso not that he minded if he could evoke this kind of reaction from her. He handed her two mangoes while decided to keep one for him. She gratefully took them from his hands and shot him a grin, a real smile which knocked the breath out of him. He watched shamelessly as she dug her teeth into the mango and sucked on it while he felt like banging his head against the bark of the very tree they were sitting on as his mind decided to give him thoughts he could not afford to have right now. If only she would have sink her teeth into him marking him as hers and he would have gladly returned the flavor. He shook his head trying desperately to get his mind out of the gutter and started to eat his own mango. He was done and looked at her who was lavishly eating her second mango and the juice flowed down her chin and then finally fell down.

He suddenly felt hungry for a mango again and banged his head back against the bark to get a grip of him. She finally finished and he thanked god and reached in his pocket for the handkerchief he cleaned his hands from one side of the handkerchief and then gave it to Sharon who wiped her hands from the other end but before she could clean her mouth it fell down from her hands and she glared at it as if it would fly back into her hands. Swayam didn't know what made him do what he did but he was glad he didn't met resistance or received a slap across his face. He placed a hand under her chin and jerked her head towards him suddenly, then without giving any warning he leaned towards her and kissed her softly against the side of her lips and then licked his way to her chin setting her free of the sweet and sticky juice of the fruit.

She closed her eyes and once again her heart seemed to have been running in Olympics for gold. Her breath caught in her throat as he licked his way down and dozens of butterflies landed in her stomach making her tremble with anticipation. She closed her eyes and tilted her head back slightly giving him easier access to her chin. Then she felt his hot breath against her lips as he caressed her cheek and she came back into her senses staring at him wide eyed which seemed to knock some sense into him as well and he unwillingly pulled back while she wasted no time in turning her back towards him once again. He still had the nerves to pull her flush against him but she was too shocked of her behavior and scared of her feelings to respond. She remained stiff for a very long time in his arms still feeling the tingles on her skin where he touched her and never wanted to forget the feeling.

************^********************^

Sharon sighed as her feet killed her and glared at the back of the man in whose arms she spent last night. Just thinking about it made her body tingle with desire and her heart hammer wildly against her rib cage and the butterflies once again were set free in the pit of her stomach. She scowled at his back, hating him for making her feel this way. She was sure she hated butterflies now and would take it upon herself to make them extinct. She had told him more than one times that she wanted to take rest for at least a little while but that damn man kept walking and wouldn't stop no matter what. It was starting to get dark again and she still couldn't believe that they would have to spend another night in the woods as they still haven't found their way back to camp yet and who knows how deep in the woods they were. Her feet killed her and she was sure she was going to have blisters, her dress was dirty, sweaty and clung to her like second skin which irritated her, she was in desperate need of a shower, she was hungry and she need to use a real bathroom with four walls giving her privacy from the rest of their world and she had seen enough of trees for at least a year or so. But most importantly she needed to get the hell away from this man who was evoking feelings in her which scared the hell out of her, touched her like she was the most beautiful women in the world and the million dollar question was why did she allowed him to touch her and carved more of it when clearly she would have given a direct hit to the jewels of any other man who invaded her personal space let alone lay a finger on her.

She sat down on a big rock and yelled loudly "I am not taking even a step further anymore" he was already ten steps ahead of her and turned around irritated saying "come on sharon get up quit acting like a girl!" he looked at her disheveled state and groaned inwardly, the woman managed to look cute and adorable in every state possible. That was the reason he was so keen on finding their way back as soon as possible. Because if she once more took comfort in his embrace, scared of the slightest of sound or movement near them then he would explode and bruise her lips right up against the first tree surrounding them. But it would ruin whatever seed of trust he had managed to plant in her. She was such a strong headed and stubborn woman with so many walls built around her that he had to take things real slow with her if he ever wanted a chance with her. He was brought out of his train of thoughts when she growled back "well I am very sorry if I happen to be a girl and then behave like one too!"he sighed and ran a hand through his hair. he knew he had been brutal to her making her walk without stopping to rest all day so he replied pointing forwards "fine let us cross the lake over there and then we camp for the rest of the night" Sharon nodded and stood up to walk and this time he walked beside her removing branches out of the way.

They finally reached a beautiful lake and splashed some water on their faces trying to red rid of some of the sweat and steam on their faces due to walking for so long. The water was cold and it seemed so good to clean their face with it. The lake had an old and almost broken bridge in the center of it and swayam asked her to let him go first to see if it is safe or not. Surprisingly she agreed and he learned that she can't swim properly. He took slow and cautious steps and took his time to reach the other side of the lake. Upon finally reaching the other end he gave her thumbs up and she angrily placed her feet on the bridge. It was not a movie that the bridge would suddenly give away, he was being cautious for no reason at all and just as those thoughts entered her mind and she took another irritated step forward her foot went right through the old plank of wood and the splinters painfully sting her skin as a scream escaped her lips and her whole right leg went through the gaping hole between the bridge. He cursed loudly and moved towards while she desperately tried to get her leg free but her scared, aggressive movement only caused the bridge to jerk and soon enough the whole plank gave away and she fell into the cold water of the lake, horrified out of her wits. Swayam couldn't believe what was happening. He didn't waste any second and jumped into the water few seconds later she fell into it.

Sharon had taken a few swimming classes, but she couldn't get the whole process and had problem swimming. She desperately tried to remember those few swimming lessons she had but her mind was in a frenzied state and air was already knocked out of her lungs due to the shock of falling into water. She opened her mouth as an involuntary reaction to breath but instead water only gushed in her mouth making her close it again and flail her arms in order to reach the surface but the burning ache in her lungs and legs and arms from flailing so much was getting to be too much and she was losing her will to move but before she could let herself go limp an arm wrapped around her waist and took her towards the surface. Her head emerged from under the water and she wasted no time taking large gulps of breath, filling her lungs with air trying to sooth the burning within them. She felt herself being carried towards the other side of the lake and soon enough she was lying on dry sand but too worn out to move but she did cough out all the access water before falling down and still taking huge gulps of breath.

He couldn't believe what just happened and was pretty damn sure that he went through a mini heart attack just moments ago and couldn't help keep noticing the rise and fall of her chest to ensure him that she was indeed alive. He caressed her face and removed the wet locks of hair from her face with the pads of his thumbs. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at him and got lost. There was hidden emotion in his eyes and he was staring her with so much intensity that it spread warmth in her stomach. They kept looking at each other until he let out a breath which he didn't realize he had been holding and was sure she was still alive. He let go of her and she immediately missed his touch. He slowly helped her to her feet but then gave up and carried her a little further in the woods away from the water.

He placed her down on the ground and she quickly hugged her knees trying to stop her trembling. He hugged her from behind and locked her in his embrace. Her back was flush against his chest and he was rubbing his hands up and down her upper arms coaxing her to calm down and soon enough the heat from his body seeped into her and she calmed down giving him a look in her vulnerable soul through the way she turned her head and looked at him and whispered a grateful thank you to him. he nodded and stood to gather some firewood and soon enough a sizzling fire was built up and as the darkness of the night engulfed them he felt the tension between them had toned down a bit so he sat causally across her who had her famous scowl set on face again with the fire separating them.

It was time to have fun so he said "so siren" her head snapped up at the name and she gave him a cold glare saying through clenched teeth "I don't think we are close enough to give each other endearment names!" he gave her his gorgeous boyish smirk and replied "But I am simply stating a fact, you are always going on and on like a siren silently telling people to get the hell out of ur way. Isn't that what a siren is supposed to do, warn people of the danger and make them stay away from its source" her jaw hit the ground and he was sure soon enough steam would come out of her ears and he chuckled which only anger her further and she growled at him "shut up" not being able to think of a good enough come back "I do not act like a siren!" he shook his head resisting the urge to laugh out loud upon seeing the pink tinge decorating her cheeks and her lips curled back in a vicious snarl. He loved it when her claws came out and he wished for her to dig them into him deep enough to make him growl out loud.

He shook his head upon his thought as he understood the double meaning of his own thinking. Then to change the direction of his thoughts he said "so why don't we do what we were supposed to do in the first place?" she gave him an un-interested look and asked "and what was that?" he grinned at her and said "tell horror stories" the color drained from her face and even though she quickly tried to compose herself it didn't go un noticed by him which only made his eyes twinkle mischievously. If he could get to hold her in his embrace for another night he wouldn't let go of the opportunity. She cleared her throat and said "I wanna sleep!" swayam shot back grinning like a Cheshire cat "scaredy cat, typical girly behavior" that did the trick. She held his gaze with such furry which would have made any other man drop on their knees in front of her and retreat away but he being him didn't back down and soon she replied "You First!" he grinned triumphantly back at her which only made her more furious. He was glad he didn't have to sit though her scary' story which he knew for sure would have ended up making him laugh more than anything else. He started to tell his story making sure to build the suspense at the right moment and he could see her horror struck face and she dug her own nails in her forearms and listened to him intently. Just when he whispered the lady opened the closet a high pitched scream left her lips which made him cover his ears and then he burst out laughing, holding his stomach and smacking his other hand against the ground not being able to control himself.

She felt so angry that she wanted roll him in the fire burning in front of her and then watch him roast. She stood up angrily and marched towards him who was busy laughing. She smacked him on the head not being able to control her anger while he stopped laughing to yelp in pain and hold his head next second she kicked him on the shin saying "you did that" then she once again smacked him on the head "on purpose" he grabbed her wrists to stop her asking "did what?" she tugged on her hands to get them free but ended up tripping and falling on him making him loose his grip on her as she straddled him sitting on top of his stomach and grabbed his hair to pull it out "the whole horror story idea" he yelped in pain again as she pulled his hair and said "damn woman!"

He grabbed her wrists once again and rolled them over so now he was on top of her in between her legs which she had involuntarily wrapped around his waist and was pulling him closer unknowingly while he held both of her hands pinned above her head with his one hand and supported his torso with his other hand. They both panted hard and sweat trickled down their forehead from their little fight and due to sitting so close to the fire. Swayam took a moment to calm his nerves and wanted to laugh at the absurdity of the situation. He brought his face close to hers and whispered in her ears making sure to brush his lips against the soft flesh of them "woman, loosen ur grip will ya? I am sure you can't pull me more close than we already are" her eyes went as wide as saucers and she immediately removed her legs from him and pushed him back hard enough for him to move back and he stood up smirking at her red face and lowered eyes. She also stood up adjusted her dress and thanking God for wearing shorts not skirt or else she was sure she would have died of mortification. Then suddenly an owl hooted making her jump a feet in air and grab his arm while her eyes searched for anything unusual. Curse swayam and his horror stories.

She turned around to face a smug looking swayam and immediately removed her grip from him and scowled at him marching angrily away from him. but he grabbed her wrist and dragged her towards a tree and sat down pulling her down despite her protests and held her close against his chest saying "come on siren, its common to have a fear of darkness" he chuckled as he felt her struggle against him and just like last night after cursing him like a sailor she calmed down but remained stiff as a log, relaxing only when sleep knocked her out and that's when she snuggled against him and buried her face deep within his chest which told him that the girl was a snuggler and had a damn lucky teddy bear at home. A thought of Sharon hugging a teddy to sleep made him chuckle again and he shook his head looking at the spitfire in his arms. She never ceased to surprise him and he knew it was just the start.

*************^**************^

They had been walking for an hour or so when suddenly three elephants came in their line of vision walking towards them and there were people sitting on top of them. they stopped in their tracks and when the elephants came closer they sighed in relief noticing that RDX and Karan sir were sitting on one while Rey and Kriya were sitting on the other while no one except the owner of the elephant was sitting on the third one. As soon as the elephant sat down Rey hopped off of it and came running towards Sharon who was walking towards him unable to stop herself from smiling at him. He pulled her into his embrace and squeezed the life out of her. He finally heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing that she was indeed fine and he shot a grateful look towards swayam who acknowledged it with a nod of his head. while breaking his hug from kriya. Sharon was like a sister to him and he knew she depended on him more than she depended on her father. He would have never been able to face her father or his own mother as a matter of fact who was sharon's late mother's best friend and considered Sharon her own daughter and always asked rey to look after her since she had a strained relationship with her father.

After scolding them both and telling them that everyone had left as they received reports of wild animals here and went ballistic when they couldn't find them for almost two days and that they are so deep in the woods that they couldn't bring a jeep or car and had to ride elephants to come here. They all hoped back on the elephants while rey hoped on back with kriya sending a wink towards swayam and making Sharon annoyed and confused. She turned the full power of her glare on rey and dared him to leave her with swayam. but he grinned sheepishly at her and said "swayam and Sharon hop on the last one together I am sure you wanna go home as soon as possible" Sharon shot him a look which said you-are-gonna-regret-this-mister and walked behind swayam who helped her on the elephant.

She had never had an elephant ride before and as soon as it started to move up she grabbed swayam's hand and pushed her body into his earning a chuckle from him. she shot him a dirty look which he responded with a cheeky grin of his own but as she scooted away from him, he pulled her back against him and wrapped his arms around her waist while his thumbs drew small circles on her navel trying to calm her nerves which eventually did work and she relaxed against him but would die before she told him and made no effort to move away from him.

They finally exited the woods and some of their friends who decided to stay back pulled them away from each other. But their eyes were locked on each other as she held his gaze a crimson blush spread on her cheeks as events of what happened between them flashed in front of her eyes and she remembered the intensity of his gaze from more than one time which made her blush deeper and look away hiding the soft smile tugging at the corners of her lips. But as always it didn't go un-noticed by him and he grinned to himself looking away from her and knowing in that moment that maybe it was the first touch of love.

P.S: Hope Nehal it was atleast half way upto the mark or what you wanted it to be. Plz all of you do unreserve ur comments on previous part too :)