Forbidden Desire

CH 14 || Skedaddling The Vicious Devil

 Aditi

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My heart was pounding like a drum in my chest. It felt like I was on fire. Blood rushed to me all over through the veins. With every breath, my heart thumped like the flapping of a bird's wings.

Even my hand on my chest didn't do the trick to calm it down. Running inside the washroom I stared at myself. My face was all red. Nothing happened but it would have. My denial was the only barricade enslaving my inner self who was almost ready to extricate herself from all the morals. Turning on the tap, I splashed the cold water on my face. My hot cheeks didn't feel the cold sensation so I kept continuing the act.

After I was done, I closed the tap and stared at my reflection which seemed shy. There was nothing to be shy about. I didn't do anything. Whatever happened was in the spur of the moment and wasn't supposed to.

My mind cast back to the painting.

The way he had painted my eyes, I felt alive. He had made it as if he knew me inside out.

No one knew me that much, not even Vidyut, then how could he picture my eyes so intently yet beautifully.

It was just one night we had spent, just a night.

How could it be possible that one night was enough for a man to depict the pain my eyes had clasped while for other even years of togetherness didn't do the wonders?

'It's all my mistake. I shouldn't have drunk that much that night.' I muttered, feeling guilty for what I did on my last birthday.

Pondering over the mistake from the past wasn't the right choice so I stopped. I wanted to let the bygones be bygones but he didn't want the same.

He didn't know I was married before. But now when he had known he had been trying to remind me of the night we met. He was messing with me.

'Was it fun to deal with me?' I mused.

For an infinitesimal moment, I thought I would leave the job and let Vidyut handle the matter of paying back the money as the breach of the contract. However, I had to stop that momentary thought before it clouded my mind. Aahir was nothing I could not deal with.

I still had my willpower with me.

Aahir was hell-bent on making me agree and I decided to remind him over and again that I was married until the truth fits into his head.

I went back to the cabin, even though I was still anxious. He wasn't there. His absence perturbed me. I was one step behind from being called a lunatic. I should have been happy not finding him around but then he was the only one who could tell exactly how I was feeling.

When I had turned to go back to my cabin, I found Arvik.

"Hi," he said, smiling.

"Hi."

"Aahir is busy with some important meetings. I will be getting you in touch with the PR team. Come."

"And this is our PR Chief Officer, Richard." Arvik introduced me to the PR team along with Richard who was splendid in his work.

"Aditi, he will be the one to let you know how the PR team in our org. works, for now, till Aahir comes back." My heart wanted Aahir to train me while my mind didn't. I was muddled about what was wrong with me. Why was he affecting me the way he wasn't allowed to?

I had my hands full the whole day but still, my brain found a way to think about him when it was the same organ that had fought with my heart. His baffling behaviour had left me with his thoughts. My peace was snatched ever since I had caught sight of the painting.