“I’m not a rapist. I have fun and make sure it is fun for the girl, too.” She was convinced that was how Neeraj justified his actions.
“Against a girl’s will and after drugging her? You should be ashamed of yourself!”
She knew those words hit home for Neeraj as he suddenly pulled over to the side of the narrow road, one side of the vehicle screeching against the shrubbery, blocking the two doors from opening.
“Neeraj, what are you doing?” one of his friends asked.
He ignored his friend’s question as he got out of the car and pulled open the back door on his side. “Get out,” he ordered the guy sitting next to Ava in the back seat. Ava looked around to see if there was anything nearby for her to run to, to ask for help but it was pitch dark outside of the car's headlights.
When the guy next to her got out, Neeraj reached inside to grab her hand to yank her out of the car.
“You will keep your mouth shut until we get to my guest house,” he growled. “Not another word comes out of you or else I will fuck you right here and then take you back to the guest house make all my buddies fuck you, too.”
It was a threat and she knew he meant it. But she also knew she was close to breaking through to his friends. “You are a loser and these so-called friends abandoned you on the day you lost the elections. They might turn against you when the Simha’s come after you.”
There was no response, but the next moment there was blinding pain. She realized Neeraj had slapped her hard. So hard, she could feel the blood from the cut on her lip.
“Loser,” she said again, knowing that was the word he was reacting to. “Have you ever had a woman come to you, willingly? I’m sure it was never.”
He grabbed her hair hard, to the point where strands were breaking, and she felt his body against her, his arousal digging into her. She wanted to puke and she barely controlled herself.
“You feel that,” he hissed. “When I fuck you, you will be the one begging me for more.”
She managed to laugh. “All I feel is a small dick. It explains your loser talk.”
“You are such a bitch. I didn't know you had such a sharp tongue. I could use it too, to please myself.”
He began to rub against her. “This isn’t small,” he hissed.
That’s when she turned and raised her knee and smashed it against his groin. He shouted in pain and collapsed on his knees in front of her.
His friends remained frozen as though they didn’t want to physically attack her since they would get into trouble.
She didn’t wait for them to finish deciding. The moment she was free, she took off, running as fast as she could hoping for another vehicle to come by. She looked around the road as she ran to see if there was a way for her to not be too visible, in case Neeraj recovered and decided to follow her with his car.
Her heart dropped when she saw the light from Neeraj’s car illuminate the road and she was about to run into the woods when she saw other lights coming her way. Instead of getting off the road, she kept running toward the oncoming lights. She waved at the lights knowing Neeraj had to be right behind.
Her heart was beating so hard, she had failed to pick up the familiar sound of the motorbikes until they came to a stop right in front of her.
She stood frozen trying to process the sight in front of her.
“Abhi?” She was definitely hallucinating.
Without another word, he got off the bike, and tossed his helmet aside, before pulling her to him, his arms going around her. As soon as she breathed in his familiar cologne and felt the warmth of his hard body, her daze shattered.
“Oh my God, Abhi. I’m so sorry—”
He kissed her on her lips. “I love you.”
She shuddered and tears filled her eyes.
“Tell me what happened just now,” he said. His eyes fell on her bruised cheek and flared.
“N-neeraj took me from the campus to drug me and and forcibly have sex with me. He wanted to get back at you through me.”
His jaw clenched. “I’m going to kill the bastard for daring to touch you.” There was raw anger in his eyes.
“Let the cops handle him, bro,” Ved said from behind him.