The Stigma Called Love - Chapter 15

A shot of electrical energy shot through Aparna’s spine as she heard Nishant. What is he doing here?

Turning, she smiled and nodded avoiding his eyes. Don’t look in them. They are more dangerous more than the man himself.

Aparna started taking long steps towards the door when Nishant pressed a button on his right. Again the artificial roof clicked into place with its watery shadows and jungle ambiance. She looked around placing her hand on the door knob and turned it, but the door did not open. She tried turning it with force but still nothing.

“The door won’t open. That’s something my friend Dhruv does not know. It’s an electronic lock,” Nishant said looking at her scared face.

Aparna turned and ran towards the control panel and looked for the button to open the door, but she couldn’t figure out which one was it. Without thinking, she was about to press one of them when Nishant grabbed her hand and pulled her to him.

“What are you afraid of?”

Aparna tried hard to loosen his grip but couldn’t.

“Please let me go,” she pleaded with panic thickening her voice.

“I would if you stop struggling. You don’t have to be scared of me. If you don’t believe anything else then just believe this that I would never do anything to hurt you.”

Aparna’s eyes widened with his words and she flicked her gaze at him.

As Nishant looked into those gorgeous eyes and everything around him ceased to matter.

“Don’t look at me like that, please,” he whispered letting her go.

However, this time Aparna did not move at all. Hearing his plea, she felt her body slowly being pulled into a vortex of sensations, which only this man had the power to rouse. The heat from his chest emanated to her as he started to close the distance between them.

Nishant placed his hands on the wall on either side and lowered his head towards her shoulder. Kissing the exposed skin, he slowly started moving lower towards her throat.

Aparna’s mind told her to move away but her body did not agree to it. As his lips grazed her collar bone, she clutched his shoulder trying to steady herself.

Without moving away from her, Nishant circled her hips and pulled her to him. He placed small kisses on her cheeks and grazed his lips along her jawline. As he reached her ears, he felt Aparna’s body tremble.

“Shhhh! It’s me.”

Nishant’s words filtered into Aparna’s soul and branded her forever. She did not have the power to let him go. She felt his lips close and pull her earlobe. Myriad sensations zipped through her brain making her weak as his tongue traced the inner lines.

“Nishant!” she whimpered just as his teeth bit softly on the soft flesh of her ears.

The moment his name escaped her lips, Nishant’s body jerked up. Letting her go, he looked at her. With her eyes closed and chest heaving with short breathes, Aparna looked sensuous than ever.

“Open your eyes,” Nishant commanded in a husky tone.

The moment she did, his heart beat doubled.

“Do you know what it does to me when you take my name?”

When Aparna did not answer, he took her hand and placed it on his heart.

The quickened drumming of his heart beat against her palm conveyed everything she needed to know.

“You and only you have the power to do this to me.”

She looked up at him with those wondrous eyes, which even when silent spoke volumes. Right now, they asked him to take her in his arms and make her feel like a woman again.

“I want you,” Nishant said, not hiding his desire.

As Aparna’s mind registered his words, she closed the distance between them and rested her forehead on his chest.

For a minute, Nishant stood without touching her as he was still not able to believe that Aparna was willingly responding to him. But the next minute, his arms tightened around her. He kissed the top of her head and felt Aparna burying her face more into his chest.

For once in her life, Aparna felt protected and she wanted to stay like this forever.

Nishant felt satisfied with Aparna in his arms like this. He tightened his hold on her not willing let go ever.

She looked up at him and he slowly lowered his lips to hers.

“Aparna!” Dhruv’s voice echoed from behind the closed door.

Cursing hard, Nishant started letting her go but felt Aparna clutching him hard. Smiling, he looked at her flushed face.

“I am not letting you go.”

Aparna loosened her hold on him and Nishant raised his hand to press the button to open the door. But, before he did that, he whispered in her ears.

“Go outside and wait for me near Dhruv’s car.”

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