Deceptive Affections

CHAPTER 22

ZAISHA

I felt a jerk in my hand and somebody dragged me off the dance floor. And in the next moment I found myself in a dark and cramped room.

Someone was standing in front of me. The light from the small window illuminated the room a bit. And I saw the face of the person in front of me. It was Reyaan.

"Reyaan, wha..." I was unable to finish my sentence as he pinned me against the wall. His one hand was on my waist and another was beside my head. Anger or maybe frustration? clouded his face.

"Why are you avoiding me?", he asked in his deep and frustrated voice. "I am not avoiding you", I answered.

"Lie", he growled. I tried to speak but he shut me up by lowering his voice further and said, "I will not ask you again. Tell me why are you avoiding me?" Somehow his deep voice managed to make the butterflies in my heart flutter.

Before I could say something, I heard my name being called out. I moved my head towards the voice but Reyaan's hand tightened on my waist and I looked up at him.

"Please let me go. Everyone's looking for me. What if they see us like this?" I pleaded. "Let them, I don't care. It's better if every fucker here knows you are mine.", he said as his face came really close to my neck and he buried his face in my neck. His lips gently brushed my skin. Heat travelled all the way inside me.

I tried to push him but it was useless on his large, muscular body. Damn it! I cannot resist these kisses anymore and a moan left my body as he started sucking and licking my neck to soothe the area.

"I am not avoiding you. I don't know what makes you think so", I tried to voice my words in between breaths. But he didn't stop his torment. I heard the footsteps getting closer and I blurted out, "Because I don't know how you feel about me." Yup! I said it. It was time to finally just say it. It's better than beating around the bush. And it looks like he is in a full confrontation mood. I will finally get it over with before someone sees us.

He pulled himself off of me and looked me in the eyes. "What do you mean?" he whispered in his raspy and breathless voice.

"I don't know if you like me or not. I don't want to start something which has no direction or destination." My heart is in my ears. I feel numb.

"Zaisha", he said with an extra emphasis on my name, "If you still don't know what I feel about you, I don't think my words will be enough."

"I still want to hear you say it," I said.

His deep black, and dark eyes looked at me with a glint of softness in them and said, "I like you, Zaisha. I have liked you since the moment I saw you. Whenever you are around me, my eyes cannot stop looking at you. These past few days I have been acting like a crazy person just because I wanted to hear your voice. When I see you laughing with someone else, all I want to do is make that idiot pray for God because I cannot even fathom the thought of you being with someone else. I can do anything for your smile. I love everything about you, from the way you start biting your nails when you are nervous to the way your eyes shine after seeing ice cream. I even enjoy your crazy love for childish animated movies."

He took a deep breath and moved closer to me. I don't know how because there is no space between us and he continued, "When you called me your boyfriend for the first time, my heart did fucking summersaults. I don't even know how to explain that. So, if you still don't know how I feel about you, I don't know what else to say."

I just kept looking at him. I did want him to express what he felt but I didn't expect a fucking confession. I visibly swallowed because there was so much to say but I had no words. Our eyes were locked on each other and I kissed him.

This kiss was my confession. How I felt about him. Words are not enough to portray my feelings so I put everything in this kiss. He reciprocated with a slow and gentle kiss, full of emotions. It conveyed everything I wanted to say but couldn't.

He broke the kiss and I immediately felt the loss of warmth that surrounded me. "I wanted to do this for so long", he growled. He brought his right palm behind my neck, his thumb caressing my cheeks, and smashed his lips on mine. He gently bit my lip, getting a moan out of my lips causing them to part. His tongue made its way inside.

His left hand caressed my waist and started making its way upwards. We were so lost in our world that I totally forgot I was missing from the party and everyone was looking for me. I heard my brother's voice, "Aishi...". Again, and again.

I gently nudged Reyaan backwards who took a step back and I looked at the door in shock. I then turned my head towards Reyaan and whisper-shouted, "Oh my god, what am I going to do? Bhaiya will kill you and then me if he sees us like this!"

He just smirked in response and said "He can try". After looking at my scared face, he made his way towards me and held my face in his rough hands and softly said in his deep voice," Relax! You are my girlfriend, remember?", he continued, "I will handle your brother. Let's go." He gently kissed my forehead and butterflies fluttered in my stomach.

His words did little to assure me that he can handle my brother but I don't have any other option so I went along with his plan. Given their history, he will probably do something that irritates my brother even more.

We went outside, and all the lights made me flinch. Thankfully there was no one outside in the corridor. Reyaan took my hand in his and his touch sent sparks down my body.

As soon as we went into the garden, my brother made his way towards us. He looked at our joined hands and asked, "Are you okay? Where were you? We have been looking everywhere for you."

Before I could say something, Reyaan started speaking, "She was with me. She wasn't feeling well so we went for a walk to get some fresh air"

Bhai looked at me and put his hands on my shoulder before asking, "Are you fine now? What happened?" his face was etched with worry. I pasted a small smile on my face and gave a little nod. "I am fine. Just the music was a little loud so my head was aching."

"Okay! Next time don't leave the party without telling me", he replied simply. Everything went back to normal. I sighed in relief. I could see on his face that he wasn't buying it but thankfully he didn't ask anything else.

People were still dancing and everyone was still enjoying themselves. But my thoughts were somewhere else and my cheeks blushed. I felt a pair of black eyes staring at me. I removed my hand from his hold and started moving towards my friends without looking at him.

I will need a lot of time to process everything. So much has happened in just ten minutes. I feel so lightheaded from the kiss that I feel like I would faint. How the hell is he so good?!

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