Page 90 of Fixation

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.”

“Sorry is simply the easiest word used to get out of situations,” she scoffed. “All you do is say sorry and expect to be forgiven.”

He wiped the water from his face. “It also means I want to make amends.”

She threw him a glower. “How the hell are you here in the first place? This is a private club.”

“Mihir has access to it. He helped me get in.”

She hated that he’d found her here, at the one place and the one time that was sacred to her. She’d been trying her hardest not to think of him, and here he was, in person, forcing her to look at him and to remember the previous night and her idiocy concerning him.

“Go away,” she said. “I don’t want you here.”

“I’m just swimming like you are.”

“Then go swim somewhere else.”

“Why?” He grinned. “Do I affect you that much?”

“I hate you that much. Now go away.”

“It didn’t feel like you hated me when your tongue was playing with mine last night.”

Anger bubbled through her. How dare he throw last night in her face like this? She whirled; he caught her elbow. A spark lit her skin. Fuck. That still happened?

She shut her eyes with a sigh. When she opened them again, he was watching her elbow, looking as stunned as she was.

A burrow formed between his brows. “I won’t even ask if you felt that. I know you did.”

She shifted her arm out of his hold and moved a little away. She needed distance from him and the heat radiating out of him.

“Reina, you need to be careful.”

“Me? Why?”

“Ivan, I mean, he’s my adopted cousin… He wants to hurt me and my brothers because he thinks he’s the rightful owner of O-Corp.”

“I know,” she said. “I heard what happened to Navya. I know that Vasily was working for him.”

“Which means you also know that you cannot trust Su Min. Has she been in touch with you?”

“She has, but I haven’t been answering. It’s sad because I think she’s a good person. Armaan warned me to be wary of her since she was involved with Vasily. Thus, I have kept mydistance from her.” She stared at him. “This doesn’t answer why I need to be careful.”

“Because you’remine,and the second Ivan learns about this, he will try to hurt you to hurt me.”

Fury coursed through her. “Then he will never learn it because I amnotyours. Hence, I’m safe.”

“I’m sorry, Reina,” he repeated. “I pushed you away because you were becoming important to me.”

“Bullshit.”

“I behaved stupidly. I got scared and panicked.”

“You’re one of the most powerful men on the planet, and youpanicked? she scoffed. “I don’t believe you. If you’re not going to leave, then I will.”

She swam away from him.

“He got Anita killed.” Vedant’s voice was loud and laborious.

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