Jalebi ~ Part 6

~ One Year Later ~

 

A year had passed since Arnav and Khushi had signed contracts and had joined their businesses together and in that time the partnership was going well.

They had mainly focused on bringing Khushi’s business over to India and hadn’t really focused much on moving AR to the UK, but this was Arnav’s choice. He thought they would be able to do better if they focused on one business at a time. Despite this, there was some shift and people in the UK were becoming more aware of Arnav’s brand.

Over the year, Arnav and Khushi had both travelled between India and the U.K. They had talked with each other, each other’s business heads and with lawyers to make sure that everything was running smoothly.

They had attended conferences and all kinds of different business related meetings.

Now Khushi was almost ready to come back to India for good. She had purchased herself an apartment in Delhi. Her aunt and uncle had insisted that she could live with them, however Khushi liked having her space and she thought it would just be more convenient if she lived on her own.

 

*****

 

“What time does your flight come in?”

“Half 6 in the morning.

“I’ll come and pick you up?”

“There isn’t any need for that Arnav. I’ll just get a taxi.”

“No I insist, I’ll come and pick you up. Taxis at that time are quite hard to come by at the moment, even at the airport.”

 

Khushi thought about it and then agreed.

 

“Alright, as long as it isn’t too much trouble for you.”

“It isn’t, don’t worry.”

“Well thanks. I guess I’ll see you then.”

“Yeah. Text me when you’re on the plane and stuff and before you take off.”

“Arnav…”

“Anyway, I have to go now. Take care.”

“You too.”

 

Khushi ended the call and looked at her phone. Over the course of the year, Arnav and Khushi had gotten a lot closer. They weren’t just business partners, but they had become good friends as well. Arnav was attentive of her and took good care of her when she was in India. He made sure that she was used to how things were run, and whenever they met any business associates, he made sure to introduce her.

A couple of months ago however, they had had a moment. Khushi was in India and Arnav had taken her out to dinner to discuss something about another business who wanted to work with them. The dinner had run smoothly and it was when they had got back to Arnav’s car that the moment had taken place…

 

**Flashback**

 

“So you don’t think that working with this company would be a good idea?”

“I think right now we should focus on our own brands before we start taking anyone else under our wing.”

“You really are a level headed business woman aren’t you.”

 

Khushi blushed and ate the last bit of her dessert. They were both done and spoke a bit before the bill arrived. Arnav paid for the meal, even though Khushi had insisted that he let her pay, or to at least let her pay for her own food. But Arnav was a gentleman and said that he got this.

He paid and then they left and made their way over to the car. Arnav got to Khushi’s door before she did and he held it open for her. Khushi thanked Arnav and she
attempted to get into the car. However, as Arnav’s car was slightly high, she lost her footing due to her high heels and fell backwards. Khushi tried to regain balance but failed. She expected to feel the hard pavement on her butt, but she landed in Arnav’s strong arms.

 

“Are you okay.”

 

Khushi pulled herself out of Arnav’s arms slowly and straightened her dress out. She nodded and blushed a deep shade of red.

Arnav moved back into Khushi and closed the distance between them. Khushi’s back rested against the back door of the car. He closed the distance between them, and raised a hand and pushed Khushi’s hair away from her face. His hand moved away from her face and hair and he placed it on the side of her neck, and moved closer to her. Khushi’s eyes fluttered shut and Arnav took this as a sign that she was feeling the pull that he was.

They were moments apart and Arnav closed that distance. His lips brushed against Khushi’s. Khushi parted her lips ever so slightly and Arnav went in properly. He planted his lips onto her and kissed her. The kiss was light, but then Khushi moved into Arnav. He could feel every single one of her curves against him, her breasts were straining in her tight little dress and he could feel them brush his chest.

Khushi wrapped her arms around Arnav’s neck and Arnav placed his hands on her waist. He pushed her back against the car so her back was resting on the car, and he pressed himself against her. Khushi could feel the bulge in Arnav’s pants against her. They kissed passionately, like two people who had never kissed anyone else ever before. Arnav slipped his tongue between Khushi’s lips and she took his tongue and caressed it with her own. His hands moved away from her waist and onto her pert round ass. He placed his hands on her behind and pulled her closer to himself still. His squeezed her butt cheeks making her gasp and pulling him further into her.

Arnav broke the kiss to come up for air. Their eyes fluttered open momentarily, but both were still hazy from the passionate kiss they had just shared. They were still drunk on their passion for one another.

Arnav pulled the door of the backseat of the car open and pretty much pushed Khushi in before tumbling in after her himself. Khushi lay back on the seat and pulled Arnav by the tie on top of herself. Their lips locked and Khushi wrapped her legs around his waist. Her dress was short so when she did this, her dress rose up, exposing her panties. Arnav’s hands moved round her back and he unzipped her dressed and pulled it off her shoulders. He pulled it down over her breasts, which were barely covered by a lazy red bra.

Breaking the kiss, Arnav looked at Khushi’s chest. Wow. He could see her tight little nipples stood up through the bra and he took one of the little buds into his mouth, all the while letting his hand wonder south to rest on top of her panties. Khushi threw her head back in pleasure and laced her fingers into Arnav’s hair.

He began to pull her panties away with one hand when his phone began to ring.

Both Arnav and Khushi’s eyes snapped open and they just stared at each other for a moment. Arnav began to pull himself away from Khushi and he looked away as she pulled her panties back up, fixed her dress and pulled it down to cover herself.

Arnav cleared his throat.

 

“I…”

“This shouldn’t have happened.”

 

Arnav turned his head to Khushi and looked at her with inquisitive eyes.

 

“This shouldn’t have happened Arnav.”

“But…”

“No. No buts, no nothing. We are business partners, we can’t be doing things like this.”

“We’re consenting adults.”

“We are, but we can’t be mixing business with pleasure.”

“But surely if this is what we want, we can find a way to make sure we can both have business but at the same time we can have pleasure as well.”

 

Khushi shook her head.

 

“This can’t happen again. God only knows where this was heading.”

 

Arnav nodded. He respected her decision. Arnav sorted himself out and once they were both ready, he opened the door and got out of the car. He stood outside and Khushi could see he had a hard on. This made her blush because she was the cause of that, but at the same time, she knew something like this was wrong. He was her business partner, they couldn’t be doing things like this for it could have an impact on how they worked with each other.

Khushi’s business was her life, her everything and she wasn’t going to let a man get in between her and her life.

Arnav stood outside the car and looked down at himself. He kept replaying what had happened between himself and Khushi and this caused him to stay hard. How was he meant to drive them all the way home when he had those thoughts, those images of her in his head.

He shook his head and got into the drivers seat.

Khushi made sure she looked decent and slid out of the car and got into the passenger seat beside him. Arnav started the engine and they were off.

For a while, neither of them spoke, but kept replaying what had happened between them.

It was after a while Arnav finally spoke.

 

“May I say something?”

“Of course.”

“Khushi, I know its inappropriate, but I’m deadly attracted to you. I have been since the start. Everything about you, your ambition. The way you work…”

“I’m not going to deny it and say I’m not attracted to you, because I am. But if we want to make this business partnership work… We have to remain professional.”

 

**Flashback ends**

 

Admittedly it was more than just a moment, but that was the only time such an occurrence took place. Since then, they had maintained a respectable distance and they grown to become friends.

Khushi picked her mug up and took a sip of her tea. Was she ready to be around Arnav all the time? Could she manage to keep a distance without falling weak to the deadly attraction that she knew they both had for each other?