Her stomach rumbled again and this time even louder.

All embarrassed, she turned away from him and covered her face with her palms and said,

"Go away!!!"

He slowly moved forward and turned her towards him by holding her shoulders and said,

"I like you grumbling tummy. Atleast it's honest to me. It tells me exactly how it feels".

And then he moved his hands up and removed her palms covering her face and asked,

"Now tell me what would you like to eat?"

Akira finally opened her eyes and said,

"Anything is fine for me !!!", then again continued looking down.

"Ok then !!! I will order some pasta for both of us", said Raymond and placed the order on his phone in just a couple of seconds.

"Come now let's get some work done".

Then they went back to the study room and continued with the work. Akira started working on the banner while Raymond started with his integration work. They both stole occasional glances at each other while working.

Around 20 minutes later, the food delivery arrived and they both had it at their seats, given that they had a pile of work pending on them. Akira cleared up the plates and again got back to work after showing the current progress to Raymond.

After Akira was nearly 80% done with the work she got up from her seat and went to the washroom to pee. Raymond was so busy with his work that he had no idea that she had left the room.

After coming back from the washroom, Akira stood near the door, watching him intently as he worked. He looked so handsome like the Adonis of this era.

Suddenly he raised his head up and saw her gawking at him.

"Do you like what you are seeing?"

Akira was suddenly perplexed with his question and wanted to answer him but as usually her brain refused to co-operate. She stood there speechless and gasped and swallowed at the same time when she saw him close the flap of his laptop.

Her hands automatically moved up and she touched her lips as he came walking towards her.

"Do you want me to touch them?"

She heard his words and suddenly her hands went back to where they were. She slowly bit her lower lip as he moved forward, inching the gap in between.

"I can bite them if you want me to", he said and giving her a playful look he folded his arms in the front.

"I just took a break", Akira uttered trying to pan her nervousness.

"I would like to have a break too".

Hey heart beat spiked at once and her breaths go out of bounds.

"I too think you should. It's been more than two hours that..."

"That I have tasted your lips", Raymond interrupted her and said while gliding his thumb over her lower lip.

"I didn't mean that", she stuttered.

"Come", he said and pulling her hands he took her to his bedroom. He adjusted the pillows a bit and said,

"It's quite late. You sleep now".

"But I am almost done with the banner, let me complete it".

"No, resume it tomorrow. You need to rest well. We have to struggle for the whole week and I don't want you to burn out now".

Saying that Raymond lifted a reluctant Akira in his arms and then slowly and softly placed her on the bed and then covered her up by pulling up the duvet.

He came towards her side of the bed and then leaned down and placed a quick kiss on her forehead wishing her goodnight, because he knew that if he lingered for a second more, then he wouldn't be able to go back and work.

But as he got up with a resolve to leave, she caught his left hand and said,

"You said you will take a break".

"Well I did, and now I have to go back to work".

Akira looked at him all dejected and then said,

"But you said you wanted to bite my lips".

She looked at him with her intense eyes, unable to take her gaze of him with her breath all shallow.

He turned towards her with his eyes looking all deadly serious. His gaze moved from her eyes and then down towards her lips and then taking a deep breath he said,

"It might not be a good idea right now".

"Why", she asked touching her lips again and then trailed her fingers through her neck and then tugged the collar of her t- shirt in an attempt to seduce him.

His breath turned all haggard and his eyes moved along the path trailed by her fingers.

"Stop doing what you are doing !!!", Raymond commanded her, for he was definitely getting all aroused.

"Or what?"

Hearing her question he lost it all and climbed on the bed and hovered over her body and said,

"Or you will be punished".