24-01-2019, 04:31 PM
Chapter 29
Anvita
Anvita lay sleepless in the bed. Whenever she closed her eyes, the thrumming sound of the water filled her ears. The cold breeze began to caress her feet and it embraced all of her body. And still, she felt her lips warm.
Come back, stupid.
Later, somehow she found sleep only to wake up in the middle of a dream. She could not remember her dream and name it a good one or a bad one.
Did I moan in my dream?
She felt her mind warm and body cold. She grabbed a pillow and squeezed it tight between her chest and hands.
She slept until Atul phoned her in the morning. He had met his contact last night, but he was still far from closing a deal.
“I am having lunch with him today.”
“You are not coming today, are you?”
“No. If things end up well, he will introduce me to his boss.”
“Things will end up well, Atul!” Anvita tried to encourage him.
“Thanks, Anvi. See you soon.”
Shreyas called her later.
“How about dinner tonight, Anvi?”
“No.”
She said straightaway.
Dinner is dangerous. She knew.
“There is this live music that everyone’s talking about. I have the tickets ready. If you say no, I am sure it is because of what happened yesterday. You should have slapped me, Anvi. That was way better than this.”
“Shreyas...I...”
“Anvi... We will have dinner and I will drop you home before it’s too dark. I mean we won’t wait to finish the program. Please.”
Anvita let out a sigh. She was indecisive.
"Shreyas..."
"Please, Anvi."
Why he's calling me Anvi?
"No, Shreyas... No. I can't come."
She said again.
It was one of the most impressive live music performance Anvita had ever witnessed. The band members were passionate and their numbers were romantic. The crowd sat in awe and sunk into a world of fantasy. Anvita looked around at once and noticed that most of the audience were couples. She felt among them. She looked at Shreyas and smiled. She had barely smiled at him until then.
“How do you feel now?”
“It’s very impressive.”
“I told you.”
However, she decided to leave, after one hour.
“I don't really want to leave, but it’s getting late, Shreyas. I hate to say it, but we must leave now.”
Shreyas put down his drink.
“Sure. Let’s have some food.”
There were many sections for food and they sat at one. It was already past eleven o’clock. It was late for dinner and Anvita chose light food as her appetite was gone. The food was delicious.
Anvita was happy and thrilled when they walked out.
“You are smiling. May I know why?”
Shreyas took her hand as they entered the lift.
“I can't believe I am here. I have attended the most impressive musical night I have ever seen.”
She paused, and her smile was gone.
“...and Atul has no idea. If he takes me to one in the future...”
“It will be different, Anvita.”
“How?”
“He is your husband. You love him. I am not Atul.”
There was an odd note in his voice. Anvita felt his fingers becoming tighter around hers.
"Stop being emotional. I can't believe I'm hanging out with you when my husband is away. If someone saw me with you and told him, I'm dead. Have you thought about it?"
"If that happens, ever, you can tell it's the first time. You can blame me that I was forcing you, dragging you and all."
"What will I say to Atul? Shouldn't I have told him?"
"You can tell you phoned him but he was not reachable."
"You are really crooked. You're making me lie to him!" Anvita blamed.
"It's a small lie; not a big deal, Anvi," he smiled. "It's something we learn from our profession. We have to lie looking into the eyes of the person sitting across the desk. That's how we win those deals. But it's different for how we feel about each other. Like now; I can't lie about it. I'm really happy."
“I too enjoyed a lot," Anvita admitted. "I will cherish this night for long.”
They walked hand in hand toward their car.
“The only sad point is that I won’t be able to share these memories with anyone.”
He looked at her.
“It’s the same for me too. You know, my dinner dates have never been like this. The time we spent together - I will cherish them all in my memories too. It’s a good thing that we can't share it with anyone else, because there is a ‘we’ thing in it. It makes me feel we are together, in some way. We hold a secret between us and it is thrilling.”
Anvita smiled at him.
She was amazed at the way he was leading the conversation. He was not the guy who'd 'piss in his pants' talking to women. He was not even the freaked out chap she had come across at their first meeting. He was something more. He was mature.
Their car was sandwiched between two closely parked cars. The door was not accessible from either side.
“What a stupidity!”
Shreyas blurted.
“What are we gonna do now? We are stuck!”
Anvita worried.
“Not yet. There is a way out for everything.”
Shreyas opened the rear door as much as possible. The door touching the next car.
"It's not enough for me but I think you can get in."
The passage was still narrow.
"That's too difficult, Shreyas." Anvita opined.
However, she was ready to try. Shreyas moved over and she tried to slide her body into the gap and then to the back seat.
“I will spoil my dress,” she worried at first. “But who’s gonna see it now, Right?”
She managed to get inside, well, almost. She twisted her torso to get in but her hip got stuck in the gap.
"Oh shit. I'm stuck!" Anvita cried, "Pull me out!"
But it was not practical. Pulling her out from behind was going to be embarrassing.
"Don't worry, Anvi. I am still around. I have another idea."
Shreyas calmed her down.
He opened the boot door and opened its top portion to make way to the back seat.
"I'm trying this way."
He got inside the dickey and put his head through the open space. It was difficult.
“I never thought I am fat.”
He laughed.
“You are not. That gap is also very small.”
Anvita said.
“Can you give me a hand from inside?”
He was unable to hold onto anything inside. She grabbed his one hand and pulled him in. It took some effort though finally, he made it. He then put his hands under her armpit to pull her carefully inside. His hands were strong and Anvita noticed it as she felt it rubbing at the sides of her breasts. She ignored it comfortably as her prime concern was to keep her dress unspoiled. Luckily, they succeeded and they both sat in the back seat, breathing hard.
“You are an expert. Where did you learn all these tricks?”
She joked.
“No. It’s the first time for me. See, what a date with a young woman can make an old man do.”
She looked at him and their eyes sparked a light in the darkness inside the car.
“No. You are not an old man, Shreyas.”
She said slowly. She was slowly starting to feel something inside her, and she knew her chest was moving up and down with her heavy breathing.
“What happened, Anvi?”
He was studying her.
“I can't believe this... I am doing all this with my husband’s boss...”
“Your husband’s boss...”
He touched her hand.
“I am just that, ain't I?”
His voice was very low but she heard him clearly. They stared into each other. He took her hand in his hand. Without realising what she was doing, Anvita leaned forward and submitted herself into his lips. He kissed her and this time it was nothing like the previous day. It was intense and Anvita felt her quivering lips being sucked into his mouth. She parted her lips and let him invade her mouth completely. Their tongues met and danced together. She learnt the warmth of his saliva and her eyes were closing. Before she knew, her arms were moving around him and he hugged her back. a moment later, they parted and he looked into her eyes.
“You are so beautiful, Anvita.”
She could not speak, as he kissed her again.
His hands slowly moved to her breasts and he touched over them gently. A warm sensation rippled through her body and she dropped her hands down. It was an obvious gesture of her submission. His movements grew confident and he began to caress her. His face moved downward, his lips rubbing her skin along her neck, and she felt his warm breath on her cleavage, evoking goosebumps. His face plunged further down and he rubbed it into the softness of her bosoms. With his right hand, he slid her dress off her shoulder and Anvita’s breath grew heavier.
"Shreyas...no..."
Her voice was wary. But it was too weak to stop him. He parted his lips and sucked on the softness, and Anvita realised where he was going. She could do nothing to stop him and he slowly pulled her cloths further and found her erect nipple. He sucked on it.
“Shreyas...no...oh my... god!”
He kept sucking and his hand ran all over her body, caressing her gently. He stroked her thighs over the dress. His eyes shone at her, admiring her.
“Shreyas... stop... we should stop...”
She moaned her protest finally.
Shreyas looked up, obediently.
“Anvita...”
"I didn't mean to... I mean... We should stop..."
She panted.
"It's okay, Anvi," Shreyas touched over her cheek. He leaned forward again and paused at an inch from her lips.
"It's okay," he assured her. Anvita couldn't help but part her lips and allow him to kiss her again. He stroked her right hand and brought it close to him, and he brought it to his crotch. Anvita felt his hardness throbbing under her palm. Anvita looked down, panicked, and she could not believe it. She was holding his hardness over his pants. Even though he had made her do it, she was embarrassed.
“What is this...”
She stuttered. She smiled and bit her lips shyly.
“Anvita...I...”
He studied her, and slowly removed his hand off her. She quickly took her hand off him and she saw the bulge.
“What are you doing...”
She turned her head away and closed her eyes. But she had seen it.
He grabbed her hand again and she feared he would guide it to his crotch. But he just held her on to him, feeling her shivering hand.
"Anvi...”
“What...”
Her voice was very thin.
"I didn't hurt you, did I?”
I am not breathing at all.
“O God. I can't breathe.”
He leaned and kissed her again. Her mind was suddenly off the embarrassment and she felt good, somehow.
He kissed her eyes. And he kissed her nose. And chin.
She looked at him, attempting to accuse him of it all. As if he read her mind, he took her hand to his mouth and kissed on the back of her palm. She sat up and adjusted her dress.
“What is it...”
“Don't be scared, I wasn't going to let it hurt you.”
He said and she laughed.
“Thank God, you are laughing. All okay, I assume.”
She shook her head.
“O God. I thought I would die.”
“Just by touching it?”
She nodded, still smiling.
“Is it that horrible?”
She looked away and bit her lips.
“Tell me, is it that horrible?”
“No. It... It is beautiful.”
She laughed mockingly and pushed him away. He held her close to his body. He caressed around her.
“You are an amazing woman, Anvita. I can't have enough of you.”
“You can't have.”
She said, without trying to move away.
He looked at her once more and kissed her forehead. She was now relaxed. Someone inside her was telling her that the danger is over. When he brought his lips downward she was waiting for it. She opened her mouth and they kissed softly. He was lightly sucking her lips into his mouth.
“You are a good kisser, Shreyas.”
She said.
“You too... It’s hard to stop kissing you.”
"You are not stopping at all."
“You know I am holding back myself... I fear I would eat your lips...”
“You are overdoing it. I didn't mean to do this much...”
“I am getting insane.”
They kissed again and played with each other’s tongue.
“You are destroying my lips.”
She blamed in the end.
“Let’s go before I lose it.”
She said laughingly. She wondered how she got so sozzled.
They crawled into the front seats and slowly pulled the car out, and drove away. An hour later, they arrived at Anvita’s apartments. The lights of all the apartments were switched off, and the whole world seemed long slept. Anvita breathed normal and got down.
“Goodnight, Shreyas.”
“Shall I walk you to your apartment?”
“It won’t be appropriate if anyone sees.”
She said.
“Goodnight, then.”
He drove away.
Anvita walked toward the lift. It was dark in the stairs. The moment she stepped out of the lift into the walkway in the fourth floor, she stopped suddenly, as a shadow moved in front of her. It was dark in the walkway, but the shadow was too familiar to be unrecognisable, and she froze right there.
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