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“You can go. I'll...” I muttered but did not finish, as Sahil kept his hand over mine, on the pretext of showing me what all was remaining to note down.
I immediately slapped his hand away, cringing from the small touch.
“I can manage. Thank you.” I told him sharply.
Sahil just shrugged turning towards the door,
“Fine. Share them with us later.”
“You can't let him touch you like that.” came Aariz's angry voice the moment we were alone.
I did not move from my spot at the corner of the room. I kept writing down and simultaneously noting things on my laptop.
Not getting any answer from me, Aariz urged in a strangled tone,
“Sani...!”
I sighed tiredly, and looked at him,
“Did you expect me to cut his hand off? Sorry, I'm not barbaric. I slapped it away.”
Aariz nodded tauntingly,
“Yeah, because that’s just so civil.”
I again continued my work, only to stop midway when Aariz said,
“I know you mean it was barbaric of me to jerk Rose like that. But she was coming on to me!”
I stared at him not breaking a smile. I was suddenly more upset. All the events since morning from Rose’s allegations of me being obvious in front of Aariz, to her flirting with him, had me thinking if there was any truth in her words, and how fresh I was to all these feelings and stuff.
I came out of my reverie when Aariz went on softly,
“Hey, I'm sorry. I did not mean it as disrespect to all the girls. It’s just she who I...”
He must have seen the look on my face and thought I was upset on behalf of my friend.
I gave Aariz a small smile and turned towards my work. But I couldn’t concentrate due to a sinking feeling in my heart. Few moments later, my any remaining focus just disappeared as a shiver ran down my spine, feeling manly heat on my back. I knew it was Aariz's chest.
As he then kept both his hands on mine over the laptop, and nuzzled my hair, murmuring softly in them,
“Complete it later.”
I couldn’t find a voice or a proper beat in my heart to respond, as Aariz gave a lingering kiss between my neck and shoulder joint.
“You are so quite today baby.” He rubbed his five’o clock shadow on my skin, as he leaned over my shoulder to place a sizzling hot kiss on my throat.
“Am I?” I somehow managed to whisper.
“umhmm...” Aariz murmured, rubbing his palms down my arms, leaving goose bumps in their wake as he wrapped my hands with his over my waist.
“Aaru, I need to...”
He did not let me complete and said stubbornly, “Finish it later. It’s my Sani time now.”
Moving my hair away with his face, Aariz dropped kisses on my neck every now and then, as he went on, “What should I order us for lunch? Or we can go out. What say?”
“We can't...” I sighed closing my eyes at the proximity that had me feeling lighter than the air and breathless all at the same time.
