Chapter 26
The next day after breakfast she was in her room when she got a message from Neil. 'Get ready, I'll pick you up in an hour'. She sighed and got up from the couch and walked into the washroom. She changed her dress into a simple white shirt and blue jeans. An hour later Neil picked her and they drove to the shopping mall.
Avyaansh was in his office working on his laptop when he got the call from his man. Sliding the green icon he answered the call. "Sir, I got the CCTV footage of that jewellery shop and sent it to you already. They are in a fashion boutique right now" that man said and he hung up the call. After a minute he received a video and played it on his laptop and saw her entering the jewellery shop with Neil.
He watched that video keenly and his blood boiled looking at the footage when Neil dragged her to one of the corridors and pushed her against the wall with a jerk. The footage has no sound but he could see her fearful eyes and shivering in her body. 'Was she afraid of him?' Avyaansh thought.
Neil was towering over her while she was desperately trying to maintain a little bit of distance which Neil didn't let her and grabbed her both palms in his one and slammed it above her head. Avyaansh was fuming in anger, seeing Neil so close to her invading her personal space while she was crying and saying something which he couldn't make out.
Neil grabbed her jaw in one hand and said something which made her shiver in his hold and she nodded her head immediately. Avyaansh was angry and his blood boiled when Neil was hurting her. He felt like strangling him to death after seeing the footage.
He closed the lid of the laptop and dialed a number. After two rings the call was answered. "Did you find out?" He asked. "Yes sir, this much information is enough. I will deliver the reports to you by tonight" his man answered.
"Good. You know what you have to do" he said and that person replied positively and after exchanging a few more words the call was disconnected.
He picked his coat from the chair and grabbed his wallet and car keys making his way out of the cabin. "Tarun, reschedule all my meetings tomorrow" he ordered Tarun and left the office.
An elderly lady was already there waiting for them when Shanaya and Neil arrived. Rajeev already booked their appointment in one of the best high-class boutiques. "How may I help you dear?" That elderly lady asked Shanaya when she was going through the racks of designer gowns.
At that moment Avyaansh stopped his Bugatti in front of the boutique and walked out fixing his blazer he threw the keys to the valet and walked in.
"Show her something elegant and a limited edition bride dress " Neil spoke on her behalf when she was still contemplating. "I have a great collection for the bride. Please come with me" she said and walked ahead while Shanaya followed her. She handed her some designer lehenga (long skirt) and told her to try them on.
Shanaya walked into the changing room with those dresses. She put them on the table. She first tried the lehenga (long skirt) that reached her feet. It looked good on her when she twirled around to have a good look. But her heart felt hollow. She was not happy with this marriage but she didn't have any other choice. She would do anything for her father even if it meant she had to marry Neil.
She opened her shirt button and slid down from her shoulder and was left only in her bra. She put on the blouse of a lehenga. It was an off-shoulder blouse of crimson red color with beautiful embroidery work on it. The neck was a little deep and showing her cleavage and her swan-like neck was on display. Her slim waist was bare showing her belly button.
She tried to pull up the zip of the blouse but her hands were not reaching the zip. Her eyes shot up to the mirror when she heard the clicking sound of the door opening. Her hands halted in mid-air and her eyes went wide in horror when she came face to face with him through the reflection in the mirror.
She abruptly turned to look at him when he slid his hand on her bare waist and yanked her to him. His heated gaze raked over her body from head to toe intensely making her shiver in his hold. "Avyaansh" she whispered in disbelief with confusion dancing in her eyes.
"Looking beautiful in my favourite color" his deep raspy voice reached her ear. Her heart took jet speed beating wildly against her chest with his close proximity. She inhaled sharply to control her erratic heartbeat. "What are you doing here?" She asked realization hit her and she tried to pull away from him. He raised his left brow, narrowing his eyes on her hand which was pushing at his chest and as if challenging her, he pressed her soft body more against his hard one making her gasp, sending chills down her spine.
"Av…Avyaansh…leave me" she stammered, lowering her eyes and struggling to get out of his hold. "Why? Afraid that your good-for-nothing fiance will catch us like this," he breathed near her ear making her shiver in his arms. "It's…It's wrong, leave me," she said, taking deep breaths to control her rapid heartbeats.
"What's wrong? Aren't you liking it?" He asked tracing his fingers on her bare back and she shuddered clutching his shirt tightly her eyes closed on their own accord. "You're liking it. Very much. Just accept that my touches affect you" he whispered in her ear and nuzzled his face in the crook of her neck making her go weak on her knees. "Avyaansh please" she breathed out holding his shoulder tightly for her dear life.
In a swift move, he spun her around and her back slammed against his chest. He pushed her hair on one shoulder and buried his face in the crook of her neck. She breathed heavily while her chest heaved up and down with her heavy breaths and her eyes were still closed. He started trailing his nose on the length of her neck to her shoulder and she melted in his arms. This all was so new to her. She never knew how a man's touch feels. Her body reacted to his every touch on its own accord.
The heat of his body and his cologne clouded her rationality and compelled her to think about him only and his touch. She was far too gone to think rationally and come out of her haze. He hummed in the content before his nose was replaced by his lips and the next second he started trailing his lips over her side of the neck and stopped on the mole on her shoulder.
"Avyaansh," his name escaped her parted lips like an unanswered prayer. He stiffened for a moment hearing his name from her mouth. How sweet his name sounded from her mouth. He groaned in approval as his gaze stopped at her mole just above her collarbone which looked beautiful. He felt the urge to kiss her mole.
Before he could know he dipped his head and nibbled her skin between his lips "Ahh" earning a surprised gasp from her before he licked the spot in a soothing manner and then sucked the same spot to ease the pain.
She clutched his arms that were around her waist. A soft moan escaped her throat and she leaned back on his chest unconsciously giving him more access. His eyes shot open when she moaned again. He went rigid at the moment when the realization hit him like a bull.
"The fuck I was doing" he cursed himself under his breath. That moment he knew Natasha was right about his desire for her. He came here with the purpose to manipulate her to deny this marriage but here he was drowning in that foreign feeling and having a change of heart.
He can't lose, not now. But looking at her going all mushy in his arms like a kitten had him compelled to devour her. He started feeling tight in his pants. His eyes darted to her chest heaving up and down with each breath she took.
She felt weak on her knees and would have fallen if not for him holding her firmly by her waist. He chuckled inwardly looking at her and how her body responded to his touch. "Tell me, Shanaya, you like my touches, don't you" he rasped and kissed her earlobe clouding her senses and a soft gasp escaped her lips when he traced her belly button with his fingertips.
She wanted him to stop but at the same time, she wanted to feel more. What was happening with her? Where her rationality was gone. At that moment she could only feel him, sense him and smell him. "Tell me you love me" he husked, kissing the back of her ear, and a soft moan escaped her lips, again. "I…I…" before she could form a sentence a loud knock on the door startled her and she immediately pulled away from him.
"Shanaya, are you done? Come out" Neil said from the other side of the door and her eyes went wide in horror. Her pupils wondered between Avyaansh and the door where Neil was standing behind. Avyaansh smirked and took a step closer to her. "You need to leave, please" she pleaded helplessly gaping at the door and praying inwardly for Neil to go away.
Avyaansh smirked when he saw her neck that had turned light pink where he gave her a bite, proof of his mark on her. "Please leave" she whispered when he stood in front of her and leaned over her so that she had to lean back on the counter to support her body weight.
His hand slid on her back and the next second she felt him zipping up her blouse and her eyes shot open. She shuddered in his hold and he smirked looking at the mirror reflecting her bare back and his face resting on her shoulder with that evil glint in his eyes. He kissed the hickey before pulling away from her.
"Tell him to wait outside," he said and tilted his head gesturing to her. She took a breath before opening the door a little so she could say to him but Avyaansh caught her wrist before she could open the door. "What are you doing?" He asked.
"How should I tell him?" Shanaya said, confused at his abrupt act. "No need to open the door. Just tell him to go away from here" he told her and she looked at him puzzled before she did the same. "Wait for me out there, I am coming in a few minutes" Neil frowned when she took time to reply.