Seeing her gazing deeply at him and shaking her head, Varun exactly knows what's running in his little bunny's mind.
He usually feels disgusted when a girl fawns over him. But right now, he was appearing proud that his looks mesmerized her, and he smiled in bliss.
This guy! Does he want to kill her? How can he smile like that after understanding Somya's pitiful heart?!
When Somya saw him beaming, she thought he is laughing at her. She instantly felt shame and anger bubbling inside her.
"What are you grinning at?"
Varun ignores her.
"Tell me otherwise I...I'll pinch you."
Varun frowned and replied, "Do you still need to be stubborn when you are already in a vulnerable state?"
"Well, my stubbornness is all that's left in me right now, so if you don't want to deal with a stubborn woman, just answer me, and I'll shut up and be as docile as you like."
Varun caught his lower lip between his perfect white teeth, smiling in what seemed to be both amusement and exasperation.
"What if I told you I don't want to answer because I want to deal with a stubborn woman?' he said. Something wicked flashed in his eyes that made Somya blinked twice.
"Wha...what did you just say?" was all she could say, completely dumbfounded with what this Charming Devil is saying. What? Did he just say he wanted to deal with a stubborn woman? The Mighty Varun? No way...right? Somya glared at him, puffing her cheeks slightly to show him she's not going to fall for his tricks.
"I said I think I wanted to deal with a stubborn woman right now." He repeated, causing Somya's lips to part in another speechless surprise. This was the kind of statement Somya never imagined to come out of this man's lips. What the hell's wrong with him right now? Was this how he behaves when he is pissed?
"Want me to try now? Somya?" he added, and Somya's became wide as saucer as she looked at him as though she had seen something unbelievable. Wait...don't tell me...was he just going to leave her like this?
In Somya's imagination, that was definitely what a man like Varun would do to deal with a stubborn and annoying woman, especially one that was weak and yet demanding.
Troubled and afraid that he'd really leave her, Somya tightened her arms around his neck. She looked at him in frustration, "No...no need. Let's go." She said as she settled her head closer to his shoulder.
However, she felt his chest move as if he had just laughed shortly. She immediately pulled away to look. Her eyes narrowing.
"Did you just laugh at me?"
"So what if I did?" he asked instead of answering, "What did you think I would do?"
It turns out to be just the opposite of what Somya thought. Instead of leaving her alone, he made sure to stick close to her as much as possible. He even booked the nearest room near her for this purpose. He told her that as she is injured, he can't leave her alone. This gave her an unexpected warm feeling, and she blushed unknowingly.
"Sir, are you sure you are going to live here? We have everything already prepared for you at Taj Hotel." Avi asked. He was the personal secretary of Varun, but still, he can't understand what is his boss trying to do by pretending to be a middle-class employee?
"If you want to stay there so badly, then feel free to do so," Varun said firmly with an only-if-you-dare-to expression.
Alarm bells rang in Avi's mind, and he quickly said, "No, sir. I'll stay here with you."
"Go. Get some ice," Varun ordered him, and he ran to accomplish it.
Contrary to someone's silly thoughts, Varun himself doesn't know clearly, what he is doing. He was feeling a great pull from his insides towards her, and it was making him speak his mind out.
Varun rubbed some ice on her ankle to relieve her pain and had dinner with her. When he got assured that she could sleep peacefully, he came out of her room.
In the hallway, a tired Avi was dozing off after driving for so long. But looking at his boss, he quickly straightened up.
"Go to sleep," Varun said without sparing a glance at him.
Poor Avi can only swallow all those questions which were in his throat for quite some time. He could only ask himself, Who is she? Why is she so close to his boss? How can she not know who his boss is even after being so close to him? Is his boss losing his terrifying aura? He looked toward the direction Varun left and felt a chill in his body. There's no way his boss's aura had changed. Then what happened?
Somya switched off the lights while smiling. She was smiling silly for quite some time after he left her. She drifted off to sleep with the same expression.
But her smile didn't last long as she entered slumber.
In her dream, she found herself walking tirelessly. She can feel her limbs giving out by walking for so long, but she still keeps stepping towards her destination, which is nowhere.
After some time, she finally saw something shining. She moved towards it, expecting to find what she was looking for. There, she found a great bubble. It was emitting beautiful green light. Somya felt fascinated by it and moved forward to touch it.
As if the bubble responded to her touch, it shone more brightly and blinded her eyes. Somya closed her eyes due to the excessive light, and when she opens them back, she feels herself in different surroundings.
She looked here and there but can't recognize this place. Suddenly someone grabbed her waist from behind. She got startled and was about to turn to see who it was when she felt the Earth near her shaking. She looked down and found some cracks appearing near her. Her heartbeats accelerated in worry. She panicked as she saw those cracks widening. The vibration on the land increased. And she could have fallen if not for the tough hands on her waist which stabled her.
In her anxious state, she completely forgets about the person standing behind her.
~Touch Me And You Will Burn~