Say You're Mine (Lovestruck In Bangalore #1)

Chapter 17

I VIKRAM I

I see Meera walking towards the house as soon as her mother leaves her. She looks really worried. And I can tell something is wrong from the way she walks with a hand against her back.

And I know what I should do.

Stay Away. That's what.

I should stay away from her and that means not following her around, which is what I'm doing right now as I excuse myself from the group, ignoring the look on Varun's face.

But I'm not just following her for the sake of it. She looked really angry, earlier, when I told her she looked great. And I want to know if it was because of what happened at that restroom earlier today.

Did I read her wrong? Did she not feel the same things I did? I wanted to know if she was angry at me because I almost kissed her or because I didn't.

I enter the house through the backdoor and I see her take the stairs.

"Meera", I call her as soon as she takes the last step. She jerks to a halt before looking over her shoulder at me and her eyes widen when she realises it's me.

She turns back and almost runs along the hallway, but I catch up with her before she can turn around the corner.

"Meera, stop", I tell her as I grab her hand and she turns around before saying, "Now's not the time, Vikram."

She looks panicked and I don't know what her problem is.

"You've been avoiding me", I state, as I move closer to her.

"What?", She asks as she finally stops trying to run away from me.

"You've been avoiding me. And I think you're mad at me", I say as I take another step closer.

"I'm not avoiding you. And I'm certainly not mad at you", she lies.

"I think I know why", I say, ignoring what she said.

"Why?", She asks, taking a step back as she notices our proximity.

"It's because of what happened in that restroom today. You're mad I didn't kiss you", I tell her, shocking myself. I didn't plan on saying that. I was just gonna ask her if everything was okay between us and leave. But I should've known, it wouldn't end at that with her.

She scoffs,"as if."

I move closer to her and she matches my steps, walking backwards until her back meets the wall and she has nowhere to go.

I place my hand on the wall near her head before looking down at her. And fucking hell. That dress.

That fucking dress.

She looks so fucking beautiful and all I want to do is rip that blouse off of her and put my mouth on her-

Control, Vikram.

I close my eyes before taking a deep breath to clear my head. I open my eyes after a moment and try not to get distracted by her bare neck. It looks more appealing with her hair done up like that.

I focus on her face, and big mistake right there.

Red lips stare back at me, begging to be worshipped.

I tilt her head up with a finger under her chin, "You're not mad at me for not kissing you? So you're telling me, if I kiss you right now, you won't like it? That you won't kiss me back?", I ask her raising my eyebrow.

I try to hide my smile as her eyes drop to my lips before focusing back on my eyes.

"I won't", she says, but her voice is weak, almost like a whisper. Like she's trying to make herself believe it.