The Lion and the Rose

Chapter 54

Siva

I kiss on her shoulder as Ashwika lets out a low moan. I bury my face in the crook of her neck and inhale her natural scent. I release her left hand, move my right hand down the curve of her torso and push my hand into her top. I circle the skin just about the waistband of her legging as I kiss her cheekbone and she gasps, arching her body a little from the bed.

Her low moans and gasps drive me crazy, wanting me to do more with her but I just want to get deliquesced in this newly found passion with her. Coming from an affluent background, I could have had many women since my college days. But call me Manirathamised or GVMfied, I have always waited for the magical woman to arrive and cease my heart.

Then she came bundled in a five feet two inch body to shake the roots of this five feet eleven inch frame. She rocked my life with magic and homed me in her arms with solace. At this moment, I can do anything to her and with her trust and comfortability she will let me too but I don't want to rush things, at least not until we find a solution for the Devil.

"Naan ethachem panrathu kula egri kuthichu odidu, athu thaan nammaku nallathu," Ashwika opens her eyes and looks at me before laughing out loud. I roll over her and zip my suitcase, placing it on the floor to clear the bed. (Runaway before I do something, it's better for both.)

"Nee athuku ellam othuvara mata nu Puvi anna vum Samarth anna vum sonathu correct thaan," She laughed more and I gave her a stern look before launching myself on her and pinning her hands on the bed. (Puvi anna and Samarth anna were right, you are not capable of doing such things.)

"Avanunga sonathu correct illa nu unkita prove panna enakku anju nimisham agathu," her eyes went wide. "Aana slow ah eduthu poganum nu pakuren purinji nadanthuko," I warned her and rolled back to lie next to her, pulling a pillow under my head. (It won't take me five minutes to prove what they said is not true but I want to take it slow. You better understand it.)

Ashwika turns to my side and leans up to look at my face. I turn to look the other way but she cups my chin with her little palm and turns my face for me to look at her. "Chumma vilaiyatu ku thaan sonnen, Siveyy," She folds her hands, leaning on my chest and rests her chin on her hands, looking at me. (I just said that for fun, Siveyy.)

I lock my right hand below my head and caress her cheeks with my left, "In a moment we can do anything but it's just that you are yet to complete your studies and it has been just a week since we confessed, among which three days has gone in misunderstanding."

"Siveyy So..." she starts but I don't let her apologise. "I wanna take it slow, if we do the deed once, we will keep wanting to do it again and again. Yeah, controlling will kill me but let's take it slow until you finish your exams." She just kept watching me and blinked her eyes. "Enna aachu ma?" (What happened?)

She lies next to me, rests her head on my chest and hugs me tight, "Nee varurathu munnadi varaikkum enakku antha devil nenachu romba bayama irukkum, Siva. Even the air around me used to make me feel unsafe." I lower my right hand to hold her shoulders and my left hand balls the bedspread, controlling my anger. (Before you came into my life, I used to be so afraid of that Devil, Siva.)

Ashwika was a stranger to me those days but still no girl deserves to be treated this way. Jeevitha, Jeni, Ashwika, no one deserves what they have gone through. The day when I get hold of the Devil will be the last day of him in the world.

I kiss the top of her head and she continues, "Romba months kazhichu test eduthathu naala results accurate ah irukum ah bayanthutu thaan irunthen. Athan unkita kochikita main reason, nee apo wait pani iruntha enakku assure pani irupala." (Since, I took the test after months, I was unsure of the test report accuracy. And that's the main reason for me to get angry with you. If you were there you would have assured me, right?)