Page 129 of Reckless Dare

He laughed, making the guys hoot in excitement. “And just like every time, we’ll make this one also believe she had a long night… a real fun one. But this one is mine to enjoy. You guys can watch and enjoy tonight.”

Neeraj’s words made her skin crawl along with fear.

“What you are planning is against the law. You will all be kicked out of Simha and go to jail.”

She told herself she had to fight her way out of the situation. She couldn’t afford to panic.

“Don’t worry about us, baby. We have enough experience to not get caught.”

Once again the guys broke into laughter.

Biting her lips, she desperately tried to see where Neeraj was driving them along the winding roads.

Taking a deep breath, she tried once again to appeal to his softer side. “Neeraj, think about your future in San Francisco. You will never be allowed in the U.S. with a criminal record. Let me go and I will say nothing to anyone.”

He grinned. Although he was handsome, his grin made her want to throw up. “You are quite a stupid bitch to believe everything I said. My father is a politician. What made you think I would leave the life of power and go to work for someone.”

She knew he was a liar, but she hoped at least that part of it was true. Desperately, she thought of another thing to appeal to him. “Think of what would happen to your father if the university finds out what you did.”

This time, he threw her a glare. “I’m doing this to get back at that bastard Abhiram Simha. He has humiliated me enough. Fucking his girl is the best revenge I can get.” There was pure hatred in his eyes at the mention of Abhi.

Her stomach trembled with disgust.

“I am not Abhi’s girl anymore, Neeraj. W-we broke up. And he left the university.”

Neeraj scoffed. “Yes, he left. But I’m fucking sure he is going to try and get you back. And seeing how pathetically in love with him you are, you will accept him back.”

Oh God.

She didn’t know what to say.

“You are wrong, Neeraj. You were the one who told me about the dare. Abhiram Simha only pretended to love me to win the dare. You are targeting me unnecessarily.”

He scoffed again. “I know the dare is true. But I also know he fucking wants you for real.”

Her heart ached knowing it was true. Pushing away her hurt, she turned to look at his friends. “How can you want a fellow student to go through this?” she asked. “Don’t you have sisters or cousins? What if someone does this to them?”

The guys didn’t chuckle this time. They looked somewhat subdued.

“Ignore her boys. Trust me, it’ll be worth it.”

His friends stayed silent and Ava knew there was a shift in the thought process. “Just imagine what would happen if your parents found out about what you have done. They would be ashamed.” She paused, waiting for the words to sink in. “And it’s impossible to not get caught. Sometime or the other, crimes will always get caught. What you are planning is a crime.”

“Shut up!” Neeraj’s voice barked out. “There is no way anyone will find out what happened to you because even you won’t remember.”

“You are a disgrace to Simha University,” she spat in hopes of getting some reaction out of Neeraj’s friends. “Imagine your sister or friend in this situation,” she repeated once again. “How can you be friends with such a person? Would you be willing to go to jail for him?”

“Stop talking,” Neeraj ordered.

“What would your father do, Neeraj? I heard what he said to you the day of the elections after you lost.” She continued to poke at that incident.

“Stop lying.”

She shrugged. “What’s the need for me to lie? I was the one who campaigned for you thinking you were a good guy. Not the rapist you are.”

“What the fuck! Who are you calling rapist?” Neeraj sounded outraged.

“You, who else? Everything that you are talking about doing is rape and looked like you have abused many girls in the past.”

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