Page 51 of Wicked Trap

Oh God.

Why couldn’t she stay away from the man in front of her? She hated him. And yet, electricity buzzed around them each time they were together, drawing her towards him. His eyes were hooded as he watched her. Her stomach trembled, and a voice inside her screamed to touch him again and kiss him.

“I have a deal, princess,” he said as he watched her fight the urge to kiss again. “Since we both can’t seem to stay away from each other, I propose a deal to give it a try and date.”

That shocked her. “What! I don’t even like you! I hate you!”

His eyebrow rose at her outburst. “Well, then channel in all that hate during our dates, princess. Just like you do during our kisses.”

Her cheeks heated at his words. She was outraged by his proposal. But at the same time her lips tingled and heat spread through her body at the way he was watching her with a hooded-eyed look.

She was attracted to the jerk. A lot.

She chose not to reply to him right then. Dragging her eyes away and ignoring the live current that continued to buzz at his proximity, she hurried out of the kitchen.

She didn’t stop until she was inside her apartment. Shutting the door, which now had a missing lock, she kept it shut using the bolts.

Oh God. What is happening to me?

He must be adding something to the food.

Even though she desperately tried to reason he might have drugged her for her to be unnaturally attracted to him, she knew it was not true. Sameer had dinner at Arjun’s place too a few nights ago. But the other man wasn’t overcome with uncontrollable passion.

It was all her. She was attracted to her arrogant neighbor. For some reason, she couldn’t stay away from the damn man despite her repeated vows to herself.

She shook her head.

No! I have to stay away from him!

Even as she made the vow once again to herself, she knew she wouldn’t be able to keep it.

CHAPTER 14

“I can’t believe you got the job! My God, Tanvi! This is so exciting and scary!”

Tanvi smiled as Rashmi and Kavita looked at her with widened eyes. “I know.”

“So you are going to work right under the Prism chairman?”

“Yes. At least until his executive assistant is back from New York.”

“Wow! This is incredible!”

Tanvi nodded. “I still can’t believe it either.”

Rashmi frowned. “But what are the odds that you would land a position right under the chairman? Do you think the chairman somehow knows it’s you?”

Tanvi shook her head. “I doubt it. Based on how fast things moved from my job application, interview and confirmation, I doubt if he was even consulted.”

The confirmation had happened on the same day as the interview. Unless the chairman went through hundreds of job applications each day and specifically looked for hers, it wasn’t possible.

She shook her head, pushing away doubts.

She was on the right path of getting the information she needed to stop City Central Park from being destroyed. She wasn’t going to be hung up on some lucky coincidences and think of them as a part of some elaborate plan.

Kavita smiled. “So how did your first day go?”

Tanvi felt the heat of her blush creeping up on her face. Instead of recalling the trainings or the snooping of her first day, all she recalled was the scorching kiss with her arrogant neighbor.

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