Chapter 74 - Assailant

Vihaan was sitting inside his office, busy in his thought, the thoughts of Shanya engulfing him. It had been an hour since the conference, but Shanaya had not come, and he was doubting if the chasing game was working. But, his heart knew she would come soon, and, the knock on the office door proved it.

He knew it was Shanaya without looking at her. He needed not to look, his heart, knew his girl.

Not yours, his mind corrected him, and adjusting himself on the chair, he spoke:" Come in."

Calming her pounding heart, Shanaya entered Vihaan's office and having no idea why she felt some sensations in her body as if her body was remembering things she could not. Without being aware of, her eyes looked at the sofa, taking every detail of it, as if something would come out of it. Her eyes slide to the floor near the sofa and, the waves of heat passed through her body.

"What the hell?" cursing at herself inside her mind, she looked at Vihaan and saw him looking at her with those intimate eyes she loved. .

Wait? What? Loved?? since when she loved his eyes? questioning herself, she looked away from him, the intensity in his eyes too much for her.

Vihaan was looking at her when she had entered the office, but soon, he saw her eyes looking at the sofa and the memories of the night made him hard, instantly. God! How much he wished to do it, again and again, but he stopped his mind going far.

He had no control in front of Shanaya, and knowing it well, he could not think of all ėrȯtɨċ things at the moment.

"Ye.." clearing his throat, he spoke authoritatively" Yes?"

Back to being the arrogant and rude boss.

But he was not her boss, he, was her business partner and, he wondered how it would feel if it could be just "Partner".

"What's happening with me? God! Did I just say it? I must be going crazy due to stress" talking to himself, he looked at Shanaya and saw her looking everywhere, but not at him.

Standing in front of Vihaan, Shanaya looked here and thee, having no idea how to start the conversation. She had so many things to tell him, but the cat caught her tongue, and she remained silent.

She heard Vihaan's clearing his throat in an attempt to hear her say something and, she spoke while roaming her hand on her neck" Umm, I saw Alok, outside."

Great! what a way to start!

Vihaan was enjoying it a lot! To see her all self-conscious around him was such a sight.

"Yes, Vansh is smart enough to knock some senses into him" not budging at all, his eyes, constantly on her, he spoke while trying his best to remain unfazed by her.

"Vansh!" exclaiming, Shanaya formed her mouth in an 'oh' expression when she saw Vihaan nodding and, this led her to think about Vansh. He had not replied her back and, she was damn sure he was angry and hurt and, he was not going to talk to her at all.

It hurt a lot! But, she was the one responsible and, she was willing to wait for him, to give him some time.

Taking a seat opposite Vihaan when she saw him gesturing her to take one, Shanaya sat down with a little hesitation, as it was her first time. She had no idea why she was getting shy from him, but the shyness deep inside coming out from nowhere was the reason.

"What did Alok say?" not looking directly in his eyes, but looking at his face, Shanaya finally asked.

Vihaan did not answer her immediately. Instead, he stood up from his chair and walking toward the chair Shanaya was seated, he, sat down, at the edge of the desk with his right hand inside his pocket, and leaned toward Shanaya, diminishing already existed distance.

Every breath escaped Shanaya when she felt Vihaan closer, and she had to pray to not be affected by him.

Now, she could easily understand the concept of physical attraction, while in her earlier days she would mock those girls who would go crazy for someone with a good personality and face.

She would have asked them to have some control over their hormones, but now her own hormones were out of control.

Maybe they all were cursing her to feel the same, and Shanaya realized it too late.

"Why do not you tell me what happened?" looking at Shanaya who was trying to ignore him, Vihaan was almost an inch away from her face, and his eyes automatically drifted toward her lips.

The growl he heard inside him was not of a human!

Closing his fist to have control over his animal side, Vihaan gritted his teeth until they hurt and he sighed of relief when he heard Shanaya soft voice" He is an ȧssailant,"

But, the relief did not last long as soon as the word registered in his mind. His mind gets flooded with many disgusted and unwanted scenes, all, of them of Shanaya getting hurt by Aniket. "Please God, no, no" he prayed to God with all his heart, he prayed, to not let it be what he was thinking. He was not ready to hear anything that would have hurt his Shanaya in any way.

His mind did not correct him when he said 'his Shanaya', the fear in his heart was too much for it. Looking at her, he thought of her behaviour on the night, and his mind ȧssured him nothing happened to her.

She had not feared when he had touched her. She had not back away when they had kissed, she had not broken the kiss yelling or had done anything that would point to her being physically, emotionally and mentally forced.

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