Chapter 27
Raashi hadn’t heard from Sameer. No message, no call, nothing. And when she had called him, he had spoken briefly and distractedly. So, now here she was, walking up to his office. She was not okay with this silence between them, especially after last night.
Raashi blushed recalling the passionate night they had shared.
As soon as they had entered her house, he had kissed her wildly, fervently.
He didn’t even take time to undress her properly.
He had made love to her hard and fast. It was as if he wanted to possess her thoroughly just to prove to himself that she was alive and well.
He had held her in his arms for a long time afterwards and then later he had gently undressed her and made love to her again. This time slowly and leisurely.
But throughout the night he had hardly spoken a word.
And for the first time, he hadn’t been there in the morning when she’d woken up.
He had left her a message telling her that he would pick her up from work in the evening.
But, she was finding it impossible to concentrate on work with all this silence from him.
So she had come to meet him and to figure out what was bothering him.
Sameer was working on his laptop when she opened the door to his office. He looked up as she entered and smiled at her.
Raashi went around his desk and planted a kiss on his cheek. Sameer pushed his chair back giving her space and she settled onto his lap putting her arms around him.
“Hey, baby. Is everything okay?” he asked her, worry lining his face.
“You tell me. You left without a word.” Raashi brushed the wrinkle marring his forehead with her fingers.
“I had some things to take care of, sweetheart.”
Raashi frowned as she looked into his face, “Is that all you are going to give me?”
Sameer didn’t reply.
“Come on, Sameer. I know you’re worried for me. Both the accidents cannot be a coincidence and I suspect you have figured out what’s going on. So stop hiding things from me. Tell me, I want to know, please.”
He let out a huge sigh and then told her everything. About Jiten Arya’s threat, his possible involvement and his phone call to Natasha. Raashi listened to him, stunned.
“When did you figure this out?” she asked when he had finished.
“Last night during dinner with my parents.”
“No wonder you were so quiet during the dinner.” She jabbed his chest with her finger. “Don’t hide things from me ever again, you get that?”
A guilty look flashed on his face.
“Is that right?” he asked her, cocking his head to the side and smiling naughtily.
Raashi narrowed her eyes. “What else have you done?”
Sameer drew her closer and kissed the side of her neck, inhaling her soft scent.
She always took his breath away and he couldn’t live without her.
Dressed in a loose white crop top over blue jeans, she looked gorgeous.
His hands skimmed the skin at her waist and his lips trailed a path down her neck.
Her breathing hitched and Raashi said, “You cannot keep me distracted forever, you know.”
Sameer laughed, his lips against her skin. His rich laughter vibrated around her filling her with happiness.
“I can try, at least,” he said.
She lifted his head back and stared at him. “Tell me, now!”
“Promise you won’t get upset?”
She raised her brows.
“I hired two bodyguards to watch over you,” he said casually.
“What? Who? Where? I didn’t see anyone.”
“Good. That means they’re doing the job I am paying them for,” he remarked coolly.
Raashi punched his shoulder lightly in response. “I cannot believe you did that.”
Sameer’s expression became serious. “I cannot take this situation lightly and you would have never agreed to stay at home. So this is the only way I can breathe easy, knowing that you are safe.”
“Ugh! This is so annoying. I hate it,” she complained.
Sameer lifted her chin and kissed her mouth. She closed the distance between them and gave into the kiss.
Sameer heard a throat being cleared. He lifted his head to see Kabier and Rishi staring at them, arms folded. Raashi saw them and jumped off his lap.
“Don’t you guys know how to knock?” Sameer asked, annoyed at their interruption.
“Well, we did. You were too busy to pay attention,” Rishi replied.
Before he could say anything more, his cell phone rang.
Sameer stood up and took the call. It was Natasha.
As he spoke to her, the conversation around him became silent when they all realized whom he was talking to.
He had filled in Rishi and Kabier earlier in the day and that’s why they were here now.
He disconnected the call a few minutes later and turned to the three of them.
“Natasha says it wasn’t her father.”
“And we’re supposed to believe that?” Rishi asked.
“She says that her father swore on his deceased wife that he had nothing to do with Raashi’s accidents and she believes him.”
“What about Natasha herself?” Kabier asked carefully.
Sameer knew that Kabier had gone through something similar with Keya before they got married and that’s why Kabier understood exactly how Sameer felt at this moment.
Sameer shook his head in the negative. “No. It’s not like her to do something like this.”
“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! Isn’t that the saying?” Rishi remarked.
“No,” Sameer shook his head, “I can’t see her doing something like this. She was never in love with me in the first place and that night of Sheena’s party she understood that. It’s not her for sure.”
“Which leaves us where exactly now?” Raashi asked.
Before Sameer could reply, the door burst open and Rhea strode in, her eyes brimming with tears.