Page 70 of Wicked Trap

She sat down at the dining table next to her friends while lunch was served. Rashmi and Kavita kept talking, but she barely spoke and enjoyed the home-cooked meal.

She realized she was starving since she hadn’t eaten her dinner properly the previous night, and she had skipped her breakfast that morning as she had been too busy with her arrogant neighbor. Arjun had offered to make her breakfast later, but she had to rush and get ready to meet her friends.

Her face heated, still feeling shocked and excited about the sudden turn of events with Arjun.

Pushing away the memories, she focused on her lunch with friends. But Rashmi must have caught her blushing.

“What’s with you?” Rashmi asked.

“What?”

Rashmi narrowed her eyes. “You are practically glowing, and you have looked very distracted since you arrived. If I didn’t know you very well and hadn’t been your friend for long, I would think you had sex.”

Tanvi controlled her blush at her friend’s accurate guess. Although Arjun hadn’t gone all the way to technically term it as sex.

“Nothing is going on,” she said. “I just didn’t get enough sleep last night because... I was working late at the office and also because of the storm.”

Kavita frowned. “You still haven’t found any information on the Prism chairman?”

“Not yet.”

Rashmi looked thoughtful. “Arjun!”

Tanvi’s heart jerked. “What?” she asked in shock.

Rashmi grinned. “Arjun is the solution for your sleepless nights. You should take his help in tracking down the information about the chairman. Sameer can probably help you too. But Arjun is definitely smart enough not to be caught.”

Tanvi fought another blush. Arjun was hardly the solution for her sleepless nights. He was the biggest cause. But her friend was right about Arjun being smart enough not to be caught in case she took his help for snooping.

He was a security analyst and had access to the entire building. But she didn’t know whether or not he would have access to the files that she needed.

Somehow, it didn’t feel right dragging him into it. He might even think that she had agreed to their deal just so she could take advantage of him.

Ugh. Gross.

Even though she still thought he was an arrogant ass, she didn’t want him to think poorly of her.

“No. I don’t want to involve anyone else,” she said. “They could lose their jobs if there is an investigation.”

Rashmi frowned but nodded in understanding. “Yes. That might be true.” Her friend’s frown melted away, and she grinned. “By the way, I spoke to Sameer a couple of times. The guy is so shy, but I find him sweet and amusing.”

Tanvi shook her head. “I happen to like Sameer as a good friend. Be nice to him. Don’t scare him.”

Rashmi grinned. “I promise I’ll be nice to him.”

Tanvi laughed.

She spent the afternoon with her friends, and they spoke about everything under the sun. She told them about agreeing to attend her father’s high-profile event.

“Oh wow. So you think the guy your father wants to host for is the Prism chairman?”

Tanvi was very sure. “I feel it is the guy. If not the Prism chairman, then at least it is someone who has a huge stake in the mall construction. My father mentioned the man is a billionaire from the United States.”

“So when is that party?” Kavita asked.

Tanvi shrugged. “I expected it to be this week, but my father didn’t call me. I’m hoping it’s sooner rather than later.”

Her father seemed desperate to impress that man. Desperate enough to risk her attendance and confront the billionaire. She knew her father was racing against the time due to the upcoming elections.

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