Not His Type Of Woman

11:Strip-Tease

The first two days had passed very easily, but something was amiss in Adi, he worked all day alone in his room, the only time he offered me was in the morning when I would climb atop the side and eat breakfast, he would inch closer allowing me to massage his head or his shoulders and that was it, we didnt talk.

I had many questions, why had he asked me to call him Adi but other women in his life could call him Ads? Why did he invite me on this trip, it was clear he could handle Aliyana without me but he still needed my presence, and now he was silent, no more joking around or teasing me, it seemed as if I had been staying with a stranger and I was fed up, I was going to get him out of that room, even if it meant dragging him out of it.

"Adi, can I come in" without waiting to hear a reply I pushed the door open to see him sat on the edge of his bed, his head in his hands. "You want to tell me what's going on"

"Its nothing, sorry, look why dont you go out and look around for a while" Adi suggested in a bid to get me out of the house

"Sure, as soon as you tell me what's wrong, you've been holed up in this room for two days, and im getting lonely, so you better have a very good reason because it doesnt look like you're doing work" I walked a little closer

"I dont know, it sounds stupid I know but seeing Aliyana after all this time was just hard, not because I have feelings for her, I dont think I ever really did, its just when we were together she was always undermining me, in her eyes I was always less" he shook his head "Never mind its stupid"

Oh dear, he needed comfort and I was about as comforting as a cactus, but I knew he needed to get this out, and in all honesty seeing him like this made my heart clench so painfully I struggled to breathe a little. "Its not stupid, come on, you've heard my backstory, tell me yours"

Adi sighed, stood up and shoved his hand through his messy hair. "It was always how I had messed up, how I wasn't good enough, it felt like walking on eggshells, even when we went out she never failed to point out my shortcomings or how other men were more attractive than me"

I spluttered trying to hide my laugh, not missing the flash of hurt in his eyes as I did so.

"See, you're laughing at me, I told you it was stupid"

"No, no im not laughing at how you feel or this situation because its not funny, at all, im just laughing because I fail to even imagine a man more attractive than you and if you have any shortcomings I am yet to see any of them, im not her Adi, im not here to laugh at you, she was abusive and tha-" I was cut off by him shaking his head

"No, it wasn't abusive, men dont get abused by women Zoya, that's not" he shook his head again

"Anyone can be abused and anyone can abuse, gender has nothing to do with it and you dont need to be embarassed, this doesnt make you weak and I do not think less of you, you're Aditya Hooda, the fact you've been honest with me only makes me respect you more and hate her even more than I thought possible, im not good at this comfort thing and I dont know how to make this better, but you're not the man she tried to make you think you are, its her shortcomings that allowed her to make you feel this way, and dont worry, your secret is safe with me"

Adi looked up at me, confusion whirling in his eyes, then he smiled softly "So you dont suddenly think im less of a man"

"Nope, I think you're more of one, now will you please stop moping and come and be normal Adi, its getting boring when theres no one but me to laugh at my jokes, oh and just so you know, if you ever tell anyone that I was soppy, I will skin you alive, okay" I smiled sweetly in hopes he would smile back and he did, and trust me when I say seeing that smile after two days only served as a reminder that how I felt for my boss wasn't just a crush anymore, I was in dangerous territory