She knew that he wasn't ok.

She knew that the whole conversation had taken a toll on him.

She wanted to immediately run after him, but as their food had arrived, she couldn't do so. She couldn't do anything reckless that could risk his exposure.

The only thing that she could do, was to text him back.

"Please do not think about all this. We are good now. Please, Raymond." - Akira

"I am happy with you right now. Given our places were switched, maybe I would have done the same" - Akira

"Katherine doesn't know how evil Vikram is and that's why she is taking his side because he has shown his fake profile to everyone. Don't be offended with her words" - Akira

But he didn't reply.

She had no other option other than to wait.

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It was 5:30 pm and he still hadn't picked up her call.

Not even once.

She was dying worrying from the inside, wondering if everything was ok with him or not. She wasn't sure now if he would even come to take the dance classes. But as she had promised him to go, she started for her home.

To please him, she decided to dress appropriately. She picked up her jet black running tights and paired it with a boat-necked long t-shirt. It was perfectly unappealing, just like the way he wanted as per her thoughts. But little did she know that her man could see through her even under hundreds of layers of clothes.

As she walked towards the dance class, she kept looking all around in search of the blue Lexus car. But she couldn't.

Feeling all dejected she walked to the class and was surprised to see his Lexus parked in the front. Getting all excited, she paced and entered inside her classroom. It was 6:55 pm already.

As she entered, her curious eyes got busy in search of the one, but she could see only the students.

Tim waved at her as she entered the room and all that she could do was to pass a faint smile back at him.

She knew that he was in there somewhere, probably in the men's room so thinking that she kept her bag in the dance room and went towards the washroom area. She was just about to enter the men's room when she saw him coming out.

"Hi ..."

"Hi ..."

Before she could say a word, he looked at her with his eyes filled with guilt and said,

"I am sorry."

"Raymond please !!!", Akira begged, looking at him and tried to hold his hands, but her attempt was foiled as Raymond moved his hand up as he saw some students coming towards the washroom.

"We are late for the class", Raymond said and started walking ahead.

Unable to understand his fidgety behavior, Akira just followed behind.

"So today we are going to start from where we had left yesterday."

As he spoke, Akira stood in line along with the others in the dance room.

"And as Miss Allie has her first dance upcoming, I am going to partner with her for all the remaining classes so that she learns quicker. Miss. Allie would you care to join me for the demo."

All surprised she came to the front of the class and stood next to him. A moment back he sounded so crossed and miffed and now he called her to dance. She could never get what ran in his head.

Then turning towards Allie he said,

"Now today we are going to finish learning the Back Corte. It is one of the sexiest looking moves. We have already learned how the man has to lunge back on his left leg and shape the ladies over their right leg. Now we will master how the lady has to bend their shoulders and necks back as much as they want to create the illusion of a backbend. The more you arch, the more passionate it looks."

Then looking into her eyes, he asked,

"Ready Allie? Just repeat what you did yesterday but with more grace and passion."

He switched on the music and increased the volume as he didn't want anyone to hear what they talked about.

He held her in his arms and pulled her closer and asked her to move her leg in between his. Now not only their upper body was close, but even their lower body was embracing each other. As he moved with her, she asked,

"Why won't you talk to me?"

"Because I am disappointed with myself", and saying that he pulled her close and traced his palm along her spine. She arched back in response slowly and with grace. He was then supposed to pull her back slowly, but he did it with a jerk and made her come close.

Extremely close !!!