Her phone continued to vibrate over the next 2 minutes in her pocket and she looked at her phone and found a set of instructions from the man himself. Everything including valet parking details were messaged to her.

"I am coming for a coffee and not to sign a deal" she quickly typed out and pressed the sent button.

Her phone vibrated again "I know" and there was nothing more. Something about him unsettled her. She was used to him flirting and being comfortable around her. This distant Avinash surely was intimidating. She slipped her phine back in to her pocket without messaging any further and headed towards the carpark.

As instructed, the valet was waiting for her to show up and all she had to do was get off the car after turning it off momentarily and passed on the keys to him. She took the elevator and reached the designated level and once again she was welcomed by a guy, who introduced himself as Kartik, his Personal Assistant.

She asked him to carry on with his work as soon as they reached his cabin entrance. She wanted to take over from here. It already was too formal from the time she entered his building premises and anything more would be too much. They had crossed those boundaries long back. She knocked on his door and opened the door after she heard his faint voice

"Hello" her soft voice greeted his ears as soon as she entered.

He looked up from his position and was surprised to see her entering on her own. He had never seen her in formals. Last time he saw her at her workplace, she was in her scrubs and now she looked entirely different. Her hair tied in a high pony tail and the first two buttons of her shirt were undone. He suddenly realised he has been looking at her without saying anything to her hello.

She stood rooted to the spot when she saw him looking at her with so much intent from top to bottom. She did feel conscious and at the same time she did not fail to notice the appreciation for her in his eyes.

"I thought Kartik was supposed to lead the way" he said closing his mac screen at once.

"I wanted to come in myself" she chimed and made her way further in to the cabin.

His desk was clean, not a sheet out of place and the way his stationary was arranged all screamed how meticulous he was. She was about to pull the chair to take her seat but he asked her to take the couch and she did as told.

"Give me 2 min" he requested and proceeded with a couple of quick calls over the intercom.

He made way to the couch and sat next to her feeling the warmth of her body radiating towards him.

"I thought I would have to request with a lady PA and get glared down by a couple of wanabee female employers but not bad" she teased him and patted his arm.

"Ahaan what a shame that I disappointed you Dr. Chopra" he remarked with a smirk on his face.

"Oh that you did disappoint me with all those instructions. I was wondering whether I was going to sign some deal with you" she replied back and stretched her legs

"Tired ?" He asked looking at her stretch.

"Had a surgery. Nothing significant" she said and removed her heels "hope you don't mind. My legs are killing me" she quickly asked him.

"Feel free" he said and his eyes traveled to her feet. The first time he got to see them without being covered with any kind of footwear. Her long toe fingers devoid of colour and obvious that her feet were moisturised. He felt like a pervert for gawking at her feet and looked up immediately and found her looking at her phone. That was a quick miss he thought.

"What happened Avinash" she asked slipping her phone back in to her bag.

"Nothing. All good" he said and smiled at her.

"Something isn't. Your messages were so aloof and no form of contact over the last few days" she asked worried.

"Even you did not stay in touch" he retorted but he knew she was the one who took the effort this time.

"Oh and that's how we are meeting today for a coffee at your office" she added sarcastically to his retort. "I know we don't usually stay in touch for a few days and then go back to spending an entire day. I thought we moved past that. What's bothering you ?" She asked observing his face. She had no idea that the man before her was an expert at masking his emotions whenever necessary.

They heard a knock on the door and she was quick enough to wear her footwear. Two steaming cups of coffee, couple of muffins, some cookies and couple of glasses of water were placed on the table by the office help.

"I am waiting for an answer" Aadhya said and made herself comfortable once again after removing her footwear.

"Just a bit preoccupied with work. Nothing really" he said and really hoped she bought his lie.

She wasn't satisfied with his answer however, she did find the reason possible given how busy a man he is.

He scooted closer to her and wrapped an arm around her inhaling her floral perfume he seemed to have taken a liking since recently. She turned to his side and saw his eyes looking at her with so much adoration. She couldn't understand him. Earlier today he was replying so distant and suddenly he was cozying up with her in his office. She did not want to create any unwanted scene but this wasn't her. She would definitely let him know that this behaviour of his wasn't acceptable.

With his other hand, he gently stroked her cheek and palmed her cheek with his broad hand. His palm felt cold against her warm cheeks which turned red with his touch. He felt like drowning himself in her warm honey like eyes.

"Stop me Aadhya" he whispered so sensually near her ear that his lips grazed her ear lobe as he said those words.

She closed her eyes inhaling his strong woody perfume and her hands automatically grabbed the lapels of his suit pulling him further closer to her. She swallowed some of her saliva feeling her throat go dry and licked her dry lips with her tongue. To watch her wet her lips that way, only tickled his desire further more to kiss her wet lips. He suddenly wanted to taste those lips

"Aadhya" he called her name as if he was seeking her permission to do the unthinkable.

"Hmmm" a moan escaped her mouth instead

He was hanging on to his last bit of self control. She moved her face an inch and he realised how her lips brushed with his. He closed his eyes controlling the raw desire her lips aroused within him. He couldn't simply let her go. He carefully took a look at her face, her eyes were closed and her lips were lightly parted. Wasting no second, he pressed his lips with her slightly parted lips. He moved his lips and if he wasn't aware he wouldn't have felt her lips move in accordance with his ever so gently. She was invoking feelings within him that wouldn't extinguish without taking what he craved for so strongly. He continued to kiss just her lips sensually and she neither pushed him away or was an equal participant.

She was entirely in her senses when he had taken the lead. His perfume surely messed up her mind every time he got close to her. Today was no different. To add to her misery, his warm breath aroused those tiny hairs near her face and the back of the neck. To help fight that tingling feeling, she grabbed on to his lapels and in the event pulled him closer to her. When her lips grazed with his so sensually, all of her self control broke and she had closed her eyes anticipating his next move. She had expected him to kiss her deeply, but when he had kissed only her lips she felt everything around her stop. She did not know what made him to kiss only her lips but that alone was enough to knock her off her heals. She would have loved had he kissed her thoroughly but this surely was far more sexy given the progress in their relationship.

He parted away from her delicious lips after deciding to just kiss the lips and not progress any further. She looked completely flushed and shy. She tucked a few imaginary strands of hair behind her ears and licked her lips once again nervous. If kissing her gave him a boner and this nervous act of hers, only left him painfully hard. He quickly passed her a cup of coffee and took the cup himself and took a generous cup of his coffee, hoping it did wonders down under. He couldn't afford to stand on his feet anytime soon. He definitely needed to relax himself before anything else.

"Before I forget, what kind of an engagement ring you prefer ?" He asked in an attempt to alleviate the sexual tension in the room.

"Never thought about one. I wouldn't mind being surprised" she said as a matter of fact and looked at her existent single stone diamond ring that rested on her ring finger.

"Then I will have to continue with our 20 questions when I go shopping" he said and both laughed heartily. Once again, it so happened that both of them stopped laughing at the same time and their eyes locked with one another. Both couldn't decipher what emotion they saw but they were content. Who knew a simple coffee date at his office would end up being such a memorable one for years to come.

"Ah it's time to go" she said when her eyes fell on the clock

"Jaldi kya hai ?" He asked with disappointment at the thought of her leaving.

"You had only 2 hours free on your schedule and it's up you see" she explained stifling a laugh.

"We've just had coffee" and showed her the muffins and cookies lying around untouched.

She wanted to say we had more than all this but resisted herself from pulling off something so bold and instead replied "another day surely".

"You aren't going to change your mind, are you ?" He asked really wishing she did.

"Na" she said and stood up from the couch and adjusted her shirt. She wore her footwear back and told him a bye but he roughly pulled her towards him. She crashed against his chest with a thud and once again caught on to his shirt to balance herself and looked at him.

"Promise to meet me again this weekend" he asked wrapping his arms around her.

She nodded her head positively and rested her head against his chest for a minute before parting herself from him. Without paying any heed to her pleas, he accompanied her to the carpark. He ordered the valet to bring her car out and meanwhile scanned the place thoroughly to look for any suspects. He was relieved to have found none but at the same time, he realised she had been travelling alone. He recounted his little encounter with Rahul and his words. Of course he would have said those.

"Let the game begin Rahul" he said mentally and making sure he wasn't explicitly showing how worried he was before her, he waited for her car to come. He ensured she was in her car safely and literally ordered her a couple of times to let him know as soon as she reached. She was puzzled at his behaviour but he had assured her that it was his nature. She couldn't argue either, cos he had always dropped her whenever they were together but did not understand how come he did not mind when she drove alone to meet him. She concluded that he surely was keeping something from her and hoped he came out clean before things get rather ugly.

To be continued ~

At last a chapter with just the two of them. Hope you all enjoyed reading this chapter. Remember to keep the likes coming and please please comment. They mean a lot to me. Thank you very much.