Amidst the bustling noisiness of Hyderabad evening, stood a cozy space, a beautiful cafe, located across the street. With a modern infrastructure and the slightest traditional touch here and there bringing out the comfort of home, gave the customers the perfect space for having dates, workspace environment and every other cafe doing activity. "Sweet Nothings" the cafe was called, the reason this cafe stood apart from the rest of the cafes was their unique flavorful coffees they provided, a great alternative for black coffee which was usually tasteless. The fruit flavoured coffees with limited sugar intake, a recipe created by the owner herself, brought out a great positive response from the customers, especially those customers who were calorie conscious and gym freaks.

Aira, the owner of the chain of cafes, "Sweet Nothings" was successful in her endeavour of making her cafe widespread across the country. So much so, now she was expanding her business further into malls, which would give her more profit and the cafe its recognition.

Aira belonged to an elite business family. Everything that she asked for was given to her, except for the freedom, freedom to choose her career, her man, her everything. She felt as if she were a puppet controlled by her family heritage. Her family was strictly against women entering the business field, in fact women were made to study in fancy universities just for them to get married later. But her interests ran far into business and thus she detached from her family and with the unwavering faith she reached to where she is now in her life.

Currently, she was on her way to a particular branch where a problem arose.

Dressed in an a-line red pencil skirt with a silk beige blouse, her left wrist adorned with a classic watch, hand gripping onto a file while her right hand held the phone to her ear, she walked with steady steps, each step with a commanding presence, alerting all the staff members. With every step that she took, the thin rose gold chain clasped around her neck was ever so slightly, shifting and dancing on either of her clavicle. She exuded a unique sexiness in the way she walked or talked, but at the same time it was uneasy to even have a simple conversation with her so much so...every guy that she talked to said only one thing 'I can't handle such an independent dominant woman'....such was her dating life. Even the clanking of her heels attracted the attention of few customers who either looked at her in awe or in boredom. In short her presence couldn't be ignored, whether in admiration or envy, in jealousy or hatred, in interest or boredom her aura brought out a significant amount of stares wherever she went.

But for her, she didn't care, she got accustomed to these eyes.....the eyes that look at her, that judge her, but she didn't care and that's how it should be.

Her steps halted, her thumb pressing the red button on her phone ending the call, as she was about to reach the door handle, it was pulled open by a nervously smiling old bald man.

Aira entered the cabin, not least bit bothered by him opening the door like he usually does, she was now all the more disgusted after knowing the reason for his sycophancy all this time. She thought all of this extraness was through pure love, was because she was his niece but well she realised now that it was all flattery and boot-licking...nevermind.

She sat opposite him as she spoke,

"Mr.Shetty, you needn't always come running across your desk just to open the door for me, your job doesn't entail that duty, unless...

"Aira bete, why are you calling me Mr.shetty, I'm your babai ra." (babai - paternal uncle, ra - an endearment)

Aira gritted her teeth and tilted her head, "unless you do all the sugarcoating to compensate for the losses you've been causing to my company since the past few months, it's because of the guilt yeah?"

Mr.Shetty laughed nervously, his tone awkward as he spoke, "bete I think there has been some misunderstanding..."

Before he could finish, Aira slammed the file onto the desk. Glancing at the name on the file, the older man's face got instantly drained of its colours.

She spoke with a higher pitch, "Despite being aware of the fact that my team and I have been trying to make a partnership with Dixit enterprises, and yet... yet unbeknownst to me, you've been disregarding the deal with them each time they sent the proposal. In fact you even showed the records of no proposals being made since the past couple of weeks."

"As I said, little of bit of misconcept..."

"I don't wanna know the reason why you did it, whether you were compelled to do it, I don't care, you breached the company's contract, in fact I can sue you for it and sue the company behind you for this stupid dirty act" Aira ended her sentence with a tone of finalty.

"Bete, I'm innocent, this doing is not me.."

A bitter laugh escaped her throat listening to another attempt on lying , "tch,tch,tch.."

"Look, let's settle this here, I am your uncle, although he's my nephew but if I have to choose between you and him, I'll choose him you know that, he needs to be on top Aira, that's how our family has always been..I know we are in the wrong but..."

"Why did I even trust you?"....Aira muttered under her breath.

"Shhh...Now just sign this resignation letter and get out of my company, otherwise I'll make sure you and your dear nephew's company will crumble down to shreds. Although I gotta admire your efforts for being so discreeted for what, nearly 2 months in my company, uncle." Aira said sweetly.

His bald was shining with the amount of sweating he's done the past 15 mins, Aira barked at him, "Didn't you hear what I said?! Sign the papers or should I call the police?"

Mr.Shetty visibly gulped and signed, leaving the place hurriedly.

Aira rubbed her forehead, the exhaustion of the whole day coming up to her in the form of a severe headache. She rested on the chair, when a knock sounded through

"Aira ma'am, did it go well? Shall I bring you your coffee?" Prisha poked her head asking the tensed woman.

A micro smile appeared on Aira's face and before it even appeared, it was gone "A coffee would be great Prisha and yes things got sorted."

Prisha nodded while quickly going away and returned in no time with a hot mug of coffee in her hands.

Taking a sip of her coffee, Aira heaved a sigh of relief, a few minutes of silence among them which was then broken by Aira, " Prisha, would you take up Shetty's position in this branch? The pay would be double that of now, and as for the head manager post entails, you pretty much know everything already."

"omg ma'am, yes! "

" but would you be able to manage it with your studies?" Aira asked worriedly, to which Prisha shrugged and nodded excitedly.

The next day, Aira had booked an appointment with the Ceo of Dixit enterprises. She was surely set on getting the deal back but only if she knew that knocking into Dixit's life would get her life into a spiral of unnecessary drama, she would have wished not making a deal with him.

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The man got off his chair, silencing the whole conference meeting, "I want the whole presentation remade again!" He left barking that statement.

As soon as he left, the employees stretched their arms and sighed in tiredness, "Who pissed in his coffee this early morning?" said Rohit absolutely irritated to remake the presentation again.

Richa sighed,"I swear this is the 5th time this week, and this has been going on for a month now. God knows what changes he needs in the presentation."

"He's lately been too stressed about something and not to be that person but our presentation does actually need a few good final touches, gotta improve on that"

" stressed over? Wdym stressed? He got a gf? Is that why he's stressed lately?", Nila interjected with a hyperactive tensive voice.

"God Nila, your voice is so irritating! And no he doesn't have a gf. Haven't you heard the rumours that he had a lover in the past and it didn't workout " Rohit interluded

"Damn, that girl would be so lucky. He's so handsome. His blue eyes make me super crazy and whenever we make eye contact, i feel like the chords of my heart provide a romantic music." Nila said giggling timidly to which Rohit visibly cringed.

"Enough with this discussion, now let's go we gotta lot to do by the day", Aarav said with authority making everyone disperse.

On the other hand, in a humungous cabin, with the furniture and the theme of the room being all teal, was a huge desk across which sat the Ceo himself, exerting a demeanor which was both hella attractive and dangerous at the same time. His suit hung on the chair behind him, while his sleeves being rolled black, his piercing blueish-green eyes staring or glaring at something unknown. All his focus was elsewhere, all that ran through his mind was her, just her. She was occupied in every brain cell of his which everyday ached to be near her, his thoughts were overclouded with her talks, his heart filled with every image he captured in his eyes, his dreams all just about her, all his fantasies filled with different versions of her that he kept imagining over and over again, till he ran out of ideas, till his thoughts got tired, he's painstakingly waiting to live all those moments, but things weren't going as he planned. He was on the brink of breaking everything apart and have his way with her. He wasn't understanding why she was denying the deal with his company.

He wasn't understanding what did he do that she wasn't even speaking with him.

Immersed in his thoughts, he didn't hear the knock but later was shook by the voice of his assistant, Jyoti, she was 47 year old woman who had been by the Ceo since his starting years ie 10 yrs back.

"Come in"

"Sir, you have an appointment in about 10 mins, should I bring her in?"

"Not today Jyoti, Im pretty occupied atm"

Jyoti nodded and said, " Fine then sir, I'll reschedule the meeting with the Sweet Nothings' owner"

The Ceo nodded absentmindedly, and Jyoti left. After a whole minute, it registered to him that it was "Sweet Nothings" the"Sweet Nothings" "her"Sweet Nothings", it was HER. He abruptly stood up and ran for the door, opening it, he exclaimed "No. No.no. Bring her in now."

Jyoti nodded perplexed, concerned for her sir's sudden change of mind,"You okay sir?" she asked again.

"Yeah I'm okay, send her in about 5."

Saying that he went in.

He sat in his chair, and tried to calm his breaths, placing his tie correctly intact, he fixed his hair and straightened up.

As soon as the door opened, she walked in and sat across him, her eyes still on the file she held as she examined something in the papers, while his eyes were solely set on her finally looking at her properly.

When she finally raised her head to look at him, a gasp left her lips, "Samarthan Dixit"

Aira then connected the dots as to why she felt the name Dixit enterprises oddly familiar, she never knew she would inadvertently cross her paths with him again, she thought he was a close chapter, he was gone, but here he was in front of her and she didn't know what to do.

"Samarthan Dixit!"

The moment his name resonated through her, Samarthan exhaled a deep breath fighting for his dear life not to abruptly get up and just hug her.

Her eyes scanned him, from his gorgeously trimmed stubble and his chapped lips to his veiny hands that once used to hold her hands securely.

He grew into a man in these 8years, he grew so much....she thought.

She looks even more ethereal, so f*cking beautiful....he thought.

Their thoughts running a mile per second, their eyes no longer hiding the emotions that were spilling out freely while they gazed at each other.

Aira snapped out of it, when his phone rang, he clenched his jaw as he muttered, "I'll be there later!"

She took this opportunity to leave while he was busy in the phone, but only when she reached at the door, she realised it was locked, she muttered few curses glancing back at him, as he passed her a wicked sweet smile.

In no less than a minute, he ended the call and was now right by her side, she gasped noticing the mere gap between them. She tried to shift to the side but his hand prevented her from doing so, pinning her to the wall behind.

"Why were you not accepting the deal? Are you still holding the grudge?", he asked to which Aira sharply glared at him making him shut his mouth.

"It wasn't me who kept denying your company's proposals, it was done behind my back without my knowledge, hence why I am here to sign the partnership and accept the deal but now that ik who you are..,."

"Now that you know who I am, you are going away? , he finished for her.

She looked away from him, his eyes scanned her face as he continued,"I had no other choice than to keep my name hidden, you weren't even talking to me, when I got to know you were accepting these deals, I didn't think twice to offer my proposal.... it's been 8years jaan, 8years since I got a proper look at you, 8 years since I held you, you know how torturous it was for me"

His eyes held hers, she got lost in them again like she always did in the past, those bluish-green orbs taking her to an oblivion.

Do not fall for this, he said he'd always be there, but he didn't. He left, don't trust him, her mind screamed at her.

"I know it's hard to trust me, but give me a chance, jaan please."

His hand reached to caress her cheek which she swatted away, "You lost the right to call me by that endearment!"

Samarthan pulled away, freeing her, he walked to the giant glass doors, looking over the city, he wished he could go back in time and do things differently but he somehow knew he would have left her nevertheless, because he had to choose between his career and her. He knew by choosing his career, in no time he'd be able to earn his best and then ask her parents for her hand in marriage, but he didn't expect things to go south.

"I did take an irrational action back then, I shouldn't have left without informing you..."

He turned towards her and continued,"I thought if I earn enough, I'd be able to keep you happy "

"So you thought of me as a materialistic woman?"

"No, no, you're taking it wrong, I did it for the life you deserve from me, I did it for our future, for our happiness."

She snapped out her frustration, "I totally am in awe of your success now Mr.Samarthan Dixit but I never demanded for all of this, I just wanted you, I needed you during my rough patch...." Aira's eyes lowered as her tone muffled, she couldn't control her sadness, as the first tear rolled down her cheek.

He reached ahead and held her body ever so gently, as her palm gripped his shirt tightly in her fist, buring her head in his chest as emotions tumbled down one by one with each tear falling from their eyes.

She looked up at him with those tear filled dark orbs, his gaze softened looking at her angelic face, and in a haste, she pulled at his hair and slammed her lips onto his.

He stumbled but soon gathered his posture, relishing in the deliciousness of her taste, her lips struggling to suck his, trying hard to have a steady rhythm but alas she was terribly failing at it, his lips curved into a smile sensing her struggle. He pulled at her lower lip with his teeth, making her moan in the process.

"Suck my upper lip once, then go to my lower lip, repeat it baby", he husked out, with her lip still between his teeth.

She nodded licking his lip and then sucking to which he responded with equal fervor, he sucked her lips harder and slowly slipped in his tongue when she gasped. His tongue tasted each part of her mouth, swiping on her teeth and then sucking on her tongue, he couldn't control no more...the more he tasted her, the more his hunger grew.

She patted on his chest, he instantly pulled away letting her breathe.

Gasping for air, they both still had their eyes on each other as if competing on who would look away first.

"You smoked again, didn't you?" , she asked, searching for truth in his eyes.

"You ate strawberries again, didn't you? Even though you're allergic to them, you still love to punish yourself huh!", he rasped out pinching her waist through her flimsy fabric of a blouse.

"Ouch!" she yelped, the pinch still burning.

"I love the berries, is that why you torture yourself to eat huh?",he said and she gasped upon the contact of his cold palm caressing her back.

"You have no right to make my baby suffer, look at these tainted redness on your cheeks....all because you ate them stupid berries!", he gritted out angrily.

"I don't eat them because you love them, I eat them because they provide me the natural blush" , she smirked and he chuckled at her silly answer.

His eyes drifted back to her lips when she licked them, making them wet with her saliva, he gazed back into her eyes and then again stared at her lips, this went on for few milliseconds before she muttered, "Kiss me Samarth."

His lips slammed on hers again, with a force making her stumble back, her body pressed against the wall, her blouse going all over the place, making her naked cleavage brush against his hard front with every breath she took, he groaned internally feeling her softness.

She moaned again when he picked her up, his hands beneath her thighs while her legs were locked around his waist. Their lips pulled away, a thin line of saliva still connecting them, she wiped it off and steadied herself in his arms.

Their hands roamed recklessly wherever they could feel each other up, their bodies eager and dying to be in each other's warmth, the pent up frustration of so many years taking a sexual route, making them forget their boundaries.

Everything came to a halt the next minute, their eyes conversing things their mouths would take years to confess.

"I hate you" she muttered, her gaze held so much hatred and anger towards him, he almost dropped her, but slowly she stepped down his arms and stepped back.

"Let's not cross each other's path again." her tone held finalty.

He chuckled and said, "We were all up in each other's mouth just few seconds and now you say that."

Aira's ears and cheeks burned with embarrassment as she left angrily.

"I'll win you over again Aira, I know you still have feelings for me, I'll rekindle our undying passion again, I promise I'll never let go of you jaan"