“Can I get a kiss?” Priyank asked as he saw how beautiful she looked in her new training clothes. The training had been going on for a week now, and in his whole life, even in the mafia, it had never been as hard as it was now.
He could see one thing: Priya was working damn hard. Even though he was used to exercising and training, his whole body ached from what he was doing. Maybe it was because this training wasn’t meant for humans. Then again, Priya was so much smaller than him and had no prior practice; he couldn’t imagine the pain she must have felt.
“Huh?” Priya gasped at his sudden question, wondering why he even thought he should ask her this.
Their relationship had improved a lot these days as they trained together, but that didn’t mean he had the right to talk like this. It was embarrassing to even think about it.
“You’re looking so cute, that’s why I want to kiss you. Is that wrong?” Priyank questioned with fake innocence, behaving as if Priya was wrong for looking cute, as if it wasn’t his mistake.
“Everything is wrong. Why do you think I’m going to agree to this senseless thing?” She grumbled, her eyes slit, not liking the look on his face.
He was looking at her as if he were kissing her with his eyes alone, and she remembered how he had kissed her before, making her heart beat faster. Even though those things had never been with her consent.
Priyank walked towards her. Priya’s eyes went wide, and she took a few steps back, feeling nervous. Her back touched the wall, her breathing becoming more unsettled in the moment.
His lips curled into a small smile. “Why are you so scared and breathing like this, Angel?”
“Really, you have to ask me this? You’re standing so close, and you’re asking this?” She narrowed her eyes, not liking how big he was, his tall figure hovering over her, knocking the oxygen out of her lungs.
Priyank chuckled, the sides of his lips flapping a bit. “I like breathing the same air as you. Don’t forget we kissed before. If you still think germs are going to spread, then I can suck them back like I did before.”
“Delusional. First, it’s you who kissed me; there was no ‘we’ in it. Then again, I have to admit that I was dumb to think germs could be sucked like that. You took advantage of it,” Priya breathed out as she answered, not liking how he had this power over her, making it awkward.
“So you want to say that I can kiss you now, if I want to,” his face shone with a weird expression.
Priyank could see one difference in her since the moment she came into this pack: she used to be so naive and innocent, but now she was normal, behaving like she never used to. He liked her personality now, but before, he had loved it. He had loved her innocent vibes because she was different from the people he had met in his life. Not that he could hate her now because she was normal. Still, he missed the innocence.
“No, you can’t. I don’t want it,” she blinked her eyes twice to look at him clearly as his body scent hit her nostrils, filling her system.
Priyank put his hands on the wall, caging her between his arms and body. “If not for a kiss, then why do your lips look so delicious?” His body filled with lust and his eyes darkened with want, wanting to devour her in one go, yet not wanting to finish in one go.
He wanted to taste her again and again, just like an addiction he would never need to get rid of.
“Lips are for many things, mostly helps in speaking, if you didn’t know,” Priya reasoned.
“Oh, I know very well what lips are for. Speaking is just one of their many talents,” Priyank murmured, his eyes fixed on her mouth. “They can also moan in pleasure. But right now, I’m more interested in how they taste.”
Priya swallowed hard, her throat suddenly dry. She could feel the heat radiating off his body, enveloping her like a cocoon. His scent, a heady mix of musk and something wild, made her head spin. “You’re not listening. I said I don’t want-”
“Your words say no, but your body…” Priyank leaned in closer, his breath fanning over her cheek. “Your body tells a different story. Your heart is racing, your pupils are dilated, and your scent… God, your scent is intoxicating.”
She turned her face away, cursing her traitorous body. It was true, her heart was pounding so hard she thought it might burst through her chest. And her skin… it felt too tight, too hot, especially where his body almost touched hers. “That’s just… that’s just fear,” she whispered, but even to her own ears, it sounded weak.
Priyank chuckled, a low, rumbling sound that she felt more than heard. “Fear? No, Angel. This isn’t fear. This is desire. Raw, primal desire.” He traced a finger along her jawline, tilting her face back towards him. “You want this as much as I do.”
“No,” she protested, but it came out as a soft gasp when his finger trailed down her neck, leaving a trail of goosebumps in its wake. “I don’t… we can’t…”
“Why not?” His voice was a seductive purr now.
“No reason. But if I say I don’t want it, that means exactly what I’m saying,” Priya stated firmly, her voice unwavering despite the heat crawling up her neck.
His eyes drifted down to her chest, and he licked his lips, a predatory glint in his gaze. “That’s bad, Angel. When I don’t get a reason for something, my mind loves to wander into dangerous territories… like desires.”
Priya inhaled sharply, her hands instinctively crossing over her chest. It was a futile gesture, she knew. Priyank’s eyes seemed to burn through the thin fabric. “Your desires aren’t my problem,” she said, hating how her voice trembled slightly.
Priyank’s lips curled into a slow, lazy smile. It was the kind of smile that had probably melted countless hearts, but it only made Priya’s stomach clench. “Oh, but they could be,” he murmured. “They could be your pleasure, too. If you’d just let me show you.”
She pressed herself harder against the wall, wishing she could melt into it, disappear from his intense gaze. But there was nowhere to go, nowhere to hide. “I don’t need you to show me anything,” she managed, trying to infuse her words with a conviction she didn’t entirely feel.
“Don’t you?” His voice was a low growl now, vibrating through her bones.