Discordance

Chapter Seventy-Six

Who the hell did she think she was? She was already dealing with so much and now her? Who the fuck had invited her? She wanted to rage and scream and hide but then her eyes fell on the clock from her hiding spot and she realized it was going to be Abhimanyu's birthday soon and she would die before she let that miserable ex of his steal anymore of their time. Taking a deep breath in, she peeked out from her hiding spot to see Abhimanyu had put some distance between himself and Ishika and his eyes were looking around the room probably trying to find her. There was a deep ache in his eyes that only Akshara could notice and she steeled her spine, no she wasn't going to let her win again. She had him and fumbled him, Ishika's loss was her gain.

Making sure she could keep Abhimanyu in her eyesight, Akshara asked one of the passing staff members to bring the cake out at midnight and without waiting for his answer, she slowly slid over to where the main light switches of the hall were located and without second guessing herself, she turned the lights off making all their guests fret and groan as they wondered what had happened.

Navigating through such a big crowd was hard yet she heard her father in law ask everyone to not panic and that he would fix it. She knew she didn't have much time and so she blindly reached over to the spot where she had last seen Abhimanyu and it turned out that she didn't need to figure out exactly where he was because the bitchy ex of his was whining in a irritating voice about how scared she was...what was she, 5? This was so pathetic that more than jealousy, Akshara was raging mad.

Without a word, she slid her hand in Abhimanyu's and tugged hard making him stumble and land with his weight half on top of her with a small oof making Ishika spit out a "Abhi? Where are you? Are you ok?" god, she desperately wanted to strangle her but more than that she wanted to get Abhimanyu out of this situation. Thankfully, Abhimanyu knew her touch like his own because he followed her silently as she navigated the two of them towards one of the guest rooms located on the ground floor. Whenever she faltered, Abhimanyu took over and like the team that they were, they made their way into the room, locking the door behind them.

The faint moonlight streaming in from the huge windows made seeing things easier and Akshara could finally see Abhimanyu's silhouette and his sharp face as he gave her a once over.

As she saw him open his mouth to ask her if she was ok, Akshara rose on her tiptoes and kissed him hard like her life depended on it. "mmmph" he tried to speak but Akshara refused to let his mouth go and finally he moved his lips under hers and in a fleeting moment of daring, she slowly inserted her tongue in between his parted lips making him gasp and still for a second before he finally took over and clasped her waist desperately, rubbing his tongue with hers.

He tasted so damn sweet and she could taste each lingering note of the scotch he had been drinking all night and it was sending her into a heady lust filled spiral and for once she was the one silently protesting as he tore his mouth away from hers, gasping lightly as his chest rose and fell under her hands.

"Baby-that was.." he stammered and Akshara felt a feline pride thrum into her veins. Slowly his palms left her waist and he tugged her hair from one of her shoulders and began to press a trail of kisses all over her exposed shoulder "mmm so sweet" he mumbled and Akshara moaned in response needing his touch everywhere. She had forgotten there were a ton of guests mingling just outside and she jumped high up in the air almost tumbling on the ground when they suddenly heard loud voices from outside as someone located the light switch and turned it on. Slowly her wits returned to her and she could think of why she had brought him here instead of being wrapped up in his kisses.

The two of them were still shrouded in darkness and she could see Abhimanyu's confusion as she pulled away from his seeking mouth and clasped both his hands in hers.