Those Five Nights of December

TFNOD (Part I - The Day Night Series)

Eesha Mehta is a hardworking, budding architect who never experienced true happiness in life. When her paths crossed with those of her flamboyant boss, she hardly noticed, chaos prevailed.

Reyan Irani is a man with wings, forever ready to take a flight to party clubs and to the top of his well designed buildings. An architect by profession, the CEO of his architectural firm Warehouse, finds himself tangled with her employee when he finally begins to notice her.

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"Weren't you the nerd type?" He said and I hate that word.

Everyone, during my high school days, has always teased me with this word. I am not one but Reyan seemed unnerved by my eye roll.
He chuckled "I always thought of you as a nerd, nerd without spectacles, no braces, and no social life."

"You think about me?" I asked him, IN MY HEAD.

Reyan bored his chocolate eyes into mine. And that smirk! That smirk never leaves his lips and for the first time, it did things to me I absolutely wasn't familiar with.
He charmed me well enough to make me fall for him in just four meetings.
Reyan surely has his own ways with me.

"You live with stereotypes, I see." I hissed, words coming out barely a whisper as our proximity wasn't making me uncomfortable. And that is so uncomfortable. Isn't it?

I could feel his eyes on me and it made me conscious.
Do I look bad? I thought and looked down at myself.

"Checking yourself out eh?" He asked with a laugh.
"You look perfect!" Reyan complimented me.

"He would be a jerk to let go of someone as simply gorgeous as you, if he does." He said to me, eye to eye, and began walking towards me.

His eyes never left mine as I walked backwards in response to his movements.
I eventually lost my balance due to constant back tracking.
But I didn't fall because his warm and strong hands caught me by my bare waist, on time and I clung to his torso because who likes falling?

Falling for this man, however, becam