My Wicked Love.|AR|Chapter 9 (Pg70)|01.07.14| - Page 24

This revelation is unnerving. Armaan, my "professor" who tells me he wants me to stay away from him, came to my house last night? What, is he like stalking me or something? But that makes no sense! I mean, if he wants to stay away from me, then why the hell would he come to my house? He acts like I'm repelling to him and wants to kill me, but when he had the chance, he didn't hurt me at all. What does all this mean? Armaan Mallik, you are a mystery to me- an unsolvable puzzle. There is something about you which I am failing to assimilate. I know this sounds very bookish, but his eyes are so esoteric and deep. Whenever I look at him, it seems like he's hiding something dark and grave. He intrigues me like no one ever has.

"Ri," Nikki taps my arm and I look up startled. "You okay?" I frown. "You've been picking at your food for the past 15 minutes. What are you thinking about?" I look down at my plate and realize I haven't eaten anything at all. God, how long have I been this way? "Ri?"

"Oh, um, nothing. I'm just thinking about-"

"Please don't tell me you're thinking about that useless intruder again," Muskaan interrupts me. Umm… technically I am thinking about him…

"Ri, it's worthless. I mean, the Sheriff is searching for him. Don't worry, he's gonna be found soon." Oh f**k. I totally forgot about Dada! He's searching for the intruder, which is Armaan!

"I will be back in a second," I say and leave without answering them. I need to confront Armaan about this ASAP. I walk to the library where I know he should be right now. I look around, grasping my bag tightly and I see him moving around with a book in his hand. I quickly walk up to him and grab his hand. He turns around and frowns at me. I pull him between the shelves so no one can see us.

"What are you doing, Riddhima?" He jerks his hand out of my grasp and glares at me.

"You broke into my house the night before yesterday." The frown on his face disappears and his face becomes impassive.

"What are you talking about?" he asks with narrowed eyes.

"Don't try to act dumb, Armaan. I know you broke into my house and I wanna know why."

"You should go get yourself checked. I mean seriously. Why the hell would I break into your house, Riddhima? Be practical."

"Yeah? Then how did you get this?" I pull his shirt down from his shoulder where I had stabbed him and I see a big round bruise. He looks at it for a moment, trying to figure out what he wants to say to me. "Tell me, Armaan. How'd you get this bruise?"

"I banged into the wall," he snaps at me- his eyes are ten times darker.

I scoff, "Yeah right. I am no fool. I know it was you and I am going to prove it. I think you don't know this, but the Sheriff is very close to me and all I have to do is tell him you are a prime suspect and he will figure everything out and that is exactly what I am going to do now." I turn around to leave when he grabs my arm and pins me to the shelf, my hands beside my face.

"You are not going anywhere," he says through gritted teeth.

"So you admit it?" I challenge him. He steps closer to me, squeezing me between him and the shelf.

"Yes. I broke into your house that night and I was the guy you stabbed. And you are not going to say anything about this to anyone!" he threatens. I glare at him, thinking about all the ways to kill him.

"Why did you break into my house Armaan? I want answers!"

"That is none of your business!"

"Oh, yes it is my business! You broke into my f**king house so I have every right to know what you were doing!" He glares at me, trying to scare me, but I'm not scared. In fact, I glare back at him. If he thinks he can scare me, boy he is wrong.

Something changes in his eyes. They become dark as a moonless night sky and… intense… passionate. His gaze drops to my lips, slowly moving down to my neck and chest. Suddenly I am more aware of the tube top I am wearing. I can feel my blood rushing down and settling in my stomach. My body starts throbbing with desire and I squeeze my thighs together. He tilts his head and instead of kissing my lips, he moves straight to my throat. He kisses my throat slowly and passionately, making me close my eyes and throw my head back. He bites my skin and then leisurely licks it, as if he's kissing me. Oh God… I feel like my body is on fire, like it's going to combust. My tongue moves across my upper lip in pure pleasure. Mmm… Boy this man knows how to arouse women. He takes his sweet time exploring my neck, very well aware of the affect he has on me.

"Mmm.. You smell so good," he moans. Damn, his moans are such a turn on! I wanna listen to him moan all night as he makes love to me. He makes his way up to my lips and captures them. The kiss is slow, passionate, and very sensual. I really want to touch him, but my hands are pinned to the shelf.

"I want to touch you," I whisper against his lips. He stops for a moment and we open our eyes before he lets go of my hands and pulls me into him, kissing me fiercely. I feel his rippling muscles with my hands and wonder what it would be like to feel his entire body. I probe him with my tongue and demand him to open up to me. A moment later he opens up to me and I plunge my tongue into his mouth. Once again, the taste of French Vanilla Cappuccino fills my mouth and I feel myself being transported into a totally different world. The kiss turns more demanding and fervent as he licks my tongue and we fight for dominance.

"f**k, you taste so sweet," he whispers huskily, melting my body. His hand travels to my stomach and upwards, cupping and kneading my breast with his hand. I moan into his mouth and grab his hair. He backs me up against the shelf again and suddenly grabs my thighs and wraps my legs around his waist. I grab his hair and throw my head back as he buries his head in my chest. His hand slowly moves down and rubs my outer thighs.

God, this feels amazing! How does he do this! I've never felt this before! I've slept with a lot of guys, but this… this is just different. I feel like I have no control over myself in any way whatsoever. No that is something that has never happened before! I feel like my heart is going to jump out of my rib cage- that's how fast it's beating! His touch is setting my body on fire. But more than that, I am shocked. Yesterday he didn't want to touch me and today he is making out with me- literally. My teeth sink into my lower lip as he cups my butt.

Forget you Mr. McFarland! I mentally curse him for interrupting us. Like, come on now! We were actually having a moment here! Please don't stop, please don't stop, please don't stop! The next moment he looks up at me and lets me go after a moment. He frowns at me and looks down. Why the hell can't I read your damn mind! A second later he starts walking away from me, but stops near the door before he leaves and turns around. There is something that he's trying to tell me, but isn't expressing in words. But what? There's this longing in his eyes that is hard for me to understand, but longing for what? A warning, but what? Before I can think of anything else, he turns back and leaves.

Woah! What just happened here? I came here to confront him about the intruding, he admitted it, and then he made out with me? Okay, either I've lost my mind or he's on his man period! He's worse than a pregnant woman! He's threatening me one minute and kissing me the other? But damn, that was sexy. Armaan Mallik sure as hell knows how to turn a girl on. Hmm… This is interesting.

I realize I am in a mess right now so I hurry up and move to the restroom in here. After I've fixed myself, I move out of the library and walk to my next class.

"I told you she's mine. See, I got her back," I look up and see Aaron talking to his friends about me. What the hell?

"What are you telling everyone?" I cross my arms across my chest and wait for an answer.

"That you came back to me."

"Listen you freak! You need to stop all this! I am not coming back to you because I hate you! And if you don't stop, I will go to the damn police and get you behind the bars!" I watch as he gets super angry and starts stalking towards me.

"You little-" he raises his hand to hit and I step back in fear, but then someone holds his wrist. Armaan is standing in between me and Aaron. Lord, bless him!

"Mr. Johnson. I think you've forgotten that you are still on college grounds. Any form of assault on another student will get you expelled from this college and in prison. Now unless you are dying to get expelled, I'd suggest you stay within your limits and keep your hands to yourself. This is my first and final warning. Am I clear?" I watch with amazement as he takes full charge of the situation. Aaron glares at me, but then nods.

"Yes Sir." HAH! In ya face sucka!

"Good. Everyone get back to your class now!" he orders and the crowd disappears. As soon as Aaron leaves I stand in front of Armaan.

"Armaan, I am dead serious. I really need you to change my partner. I cannot work with Aaron at all!"

"Riddhima, this is between you and Aaron and you need to come up with a solution yourself. I mean, after college you're going to work with others and there are going to be so many people who you're not going to get along with."

"Look Armaan, you're not getting it! Aaron is a bas***d, okay? He and I have history together and it isn't good! I wouldn't tell you to change my partner if it wasn't serious." I try being as serious as possible.

"I've warned him Riddhima, and I'm sure he wouldn't stake his career for something like this." I have this strong urge to roll my eyes, but I don't. I could totally punch Armaan for being an A-class jerk right now, but I really don't feel like getting expelled right now so tough luck. Urgh!

"Why don't you…" I start, but then stop myself. "You know what? Just forget it! But remember one thing. You're going to regret this." I glare at him and walk away.

•

"Jerk, moron, asshole, douchebag, dickhead, idiot, stupid bas***d!"

"Woah woah woah! What happened Ri?"

"Armaan and Aaron!"

"What did the double A's do now?" Nikki asks rolling her eyes at me.

"Aaron tried to slap me."

"WHAT?!" they shout, turning everyone's head towards us.

"That piece of shit tried to slap you?" Rahul yells with anger.

"I am going to tear every limb in his body excruciatingly and make sure his death is slow and antagonizing!" Abhi stands up and yells.

"I'm gonna tie him to a chair and cut off the most precious organ in his body!" Nikki slams her fist onto the table, making Abhi and Rahul stare at her in horror because of what she said. She realizes this and instead of taking back what she said, she picks up a knife and points it toward the boys who sit down immediately and cover up their areas to "protect" themselves. I end up laughing like a lunatic because of the expression on their faces. It looks like they just saw a freaking ghost! Muskaan and Nikki laugh with me too and the boys become further embarrassed. God, I love these people so much! They make my day!

"Oh my- Oh my God," I say in between my laughs. After a while, the laughter slowly ceases and I sit up. "Wow guys."

"But I am dead serious Ri. Aaron is really starting to creep me out. I mean, what the hell man!"

"For real! It's like he's f**kin' obsessed with her!"

"I know! And I tried to explain this to Armaan! Armaan stopped Aaron when he was going to slap me and I told him to change my partner, but he's like 'you have to solve this problem yourself because in the real world you'll have to deal with many you don't like'," I quote his words with my fingers.

"But that makes no sense! If he saw Aaron trying to slap you, why didn't he report this to the office?"

"I don't know! He said if this happens again he'll get expelled." Rahul nods, deep in thought.

"You know what you need to do? Just go to the office and report him," he suggests.

"Or even better! Tell Jeremy!" Muskaan says with a smile. I nod. That is a good idea. I mean, if I tell Jeremy, he'll track his down and beat the living shit out of Aaron for being a douche.

"I'll do that," I say with a smile and quickly send Jeremy a text. I know he's probably busy right now since he's been working on this case for a while so I don't even bother checking for a reply.

"Anyways. Moving away from the disturbing stuff. What's the plan for tonight? I am like so bored," Muskaan asks.

"Well, maybe you all can come over to my house. Bro and An are going to be in London for about a month for a trip. What say?"

"Hey, that's great! We can have a sleepover!"

"Oh totally and-" I am interrupted by a very annoying and creepy voice on the mike.

"Hi everyone, attention please!"

"Oh f**k," I groan with annoyance. "There goes 'Hi, I am Shimara, and I want attention.'"

"As everyone knows, my birthday is coming up and I totally want you all to come to my birthday party tonight. My girls Lucy and Candy will have the cards here so do get it. Muaaah," she talks in the most preppy voice I've ever heard and walks away after glancing at me and blowing a kiss to all the boys in the cafeteria. *cough*s**t*cough*

"God, she is so fake," Nikki says in disgust and turns her face away.

"She's doing all this to show off her money. God, I hate her so much!" Muskaan exclaims. I am about to agree with her when I think of something and smirk.

"Do you wanna go to her party?" They all gape at me as soon as the words leave my mouth. "What?"

"You? Want to go to HER party?" Abhi asks as if I have totally lost my mind. I nod with a wicked grin.

"Ooohh, Ri's devilish mind is working," Nikki says with an excited smile.

"Come on now, spill it already!" Impatient as ever, Muskaan..

"All she really wants to do is show people she is superior to me and everything, which she obviously isn't. This party is a way for her to flaunt her money. So why don't we go and show her where she stands?" I finish with a little too sweet smile.

"Now that sounds like a plan!" Abhi exclaims.

"I know!"

"Go get the cards! We're gonna need it. Oh, and get me an extra one!" Rahul and Abhi nod and go to the stands to get the cards. In a few minutes, they come back and give us the cards.

"Ri, what do you need the extra card for?" I look up and smirk.

"Nikki." I turn my head and hand it to Nikki, who takes it with a wicked grin. "You know what to do babe."

"Yes I do." She winks and leaves the table.

"Um, care to share?" Muskaan inquires.

"You'll find out at the party tomorrow night."