Page 56 of Fixation

Su Min switched on the news and they watched it, chatting about things in general.

An hour later, Reina fixed herself another coffee and left to speak to Vedant. A large hand caught her arm and whirled her into a corner. She shrieked as the coffee sloshed around her cup, but thankfully it didn’t spill. She looked up and found Vedant towering over her, his arms caging her against the wall.

Before she could utter a word, he planted his mouth on hers. Her heart tripped and then began to run at full speed. Sparks erupted under her skin. His lips were hot, searching, demanding, as if he couldn’t get enough of her. And she… God, she was quickly losing control. She ought to stop this madness, but how could she when all she wanted was to drown in it and him. Fuck. So much for being careful.

He moved into her, deepening the kiss, sucking her lower lip, running his tongue against her teeth. She trembled. Her heart began to pound. He nipped her lower lip, and lust bolted through her.

Her grip on her coffee mug tightened as Vedant crowded into her, kissing her deeper, harder. God, she never wanted to stop kissing him. She never wanted to let him go.

Loud voices neared them. Vedant stepped back out of the corner. Behind him, Laila and Su Min stood, watching them. Her cheeks burned.

“Good morning, Dr. Singh,” he said. “Have you lost your way? What are you doing in that corner?”

She blinked. “I… Um…”

Su Min and Laila were both watching her, and she was behaving stupidly tongue-tied, while Vedant was clearly enjoying this all too much. She scowled at him. He grinned, his eyes dancing with mischief.

She studied her surroundings and realised he’d moved her into a side corridor that led to the gym.

She lifted her jaw. “I was actually looking for you.”

“Me?” He took her coffee mug from her and sipped from it casually. “Thank you for the coffee then.”

“I wanted totalkto you,” she clarified.

He quirked his brows and spread a hand out. “By all means. Let’s talk in my study.”

“Ladies.” He nodded at the two women as he passed them.

While Laila was staring at Vedant, Su Min was smiling broadly at Reina. Her spirits sank. Shit. Had her friend seen them? She hoped not. Vedant had backed away from her in time. He had, hadn’t he? An hour before this fiasco, she’d been telling herself to be careful, and yet, one touch of Vedant’s mouth and her brain had stopped working. All sensible thought had fled, leaving only a craving behind. Fuck. She was behaving like a hormonal teenager. She had to get a grip on herself.

She shut the door behind her as Vedant preceded her into his study. The dark hardwood floors with dark walls surrounded by lamps, a burgundy leather desk, Chesterfield sofas in that sameshade, and a fireplace on the side, made the room look warm and inviting. Ignoring it, she focused on the man in the centre of the room.

“What is wrong with you?” she yelled.

“What did I do?” he asked, innocently.

She threw him a glower. “You know exactly what you did.”

“Last I checked, I am allowed to kiss the woman who consumes my thoughts, day and night. And I like kissing her. Besides, no one saw.”

“You don’t know that,” she countered.

“No one saw. Stop getting worked up.” He neared her. “Unless, like me, you too feel that the kiss wasn’t enough and want more.”

Oh, she did want more. So much more. Her body tilted toward him of its own accord now. Her eyes darted to the desk beyond him. Visuals of him and her writhing on that very desk flooded her mind. Fuck. She was losing it. She was getting addicted to him, craving her next fix of him.

“What are you doing to me?” she rasped. “I’m getting fixated on you. It’s crazy.”

He traced a finger down her burning cheek. “I feel it too. This, you and me, it’s gone beyond my understanding. It’s exploding inside my chest, taking me under. I only know I want to be with you… all the time.”

She gulped. So many emotions, need being the topmost, were rising inside her, and she didn’t know what to do with them or how to deal with them. Her need for him was burning through her skin, making her crave. Him. Vedant only had to touch her and her body came alive, demanding attention and fulfilment from him.Stop it, she scolded herself. This was insane. She was behaving insane.

So, she said, “I actually wanted to talk to you about something.”

He reclined on his desk, watching her in that deep, intense way of his. “Tell me.”

“Since you’ve become so independent, I think I’d like to reduce your care team to only two people. What do you think about letting Su Min and Laila leave tonight?”

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