Resting his head on the table, Viraaj tried to calm down the increased pace of his heartbeat and breathing. As soon as, Ina left, he came and sat back to comprehend the huge mess he created in the notion of his anger. 

He took sharp deep breaths as he felt frustrated by the fact that his behaviour turned out to be the complete opposite of what he had thought. From the time, she entered the room, he was quite firm on his stand of ignoring her but somehow he felt quite uneasy to behave like that. 

He wanted to pass snobbish comments on her, stare at her, tease her only to get her reaction that just acted like a fuel to his fire that was burning somewhere in his body. But when he was unable to do so, all his confusion and dissonance took up the facade of anger. 

He found peace getting restored in his heart when she retorted to him with immense confidence. But despite this fact, his anger seemed to multiply because this was the not reaction he was expecting out of her. 

Because he sure did feel calm after directly looking at her and gaining her attention but all that went into the drain when he saw her looking at him as if he was some jerk she had encountered in some dark alley. 

The expressions on her face and the tone she used just didn't settle well with him which made him forget all his prepositions though somewhere down the line he knew most of the girls looked at him in that way. But he failed to understand why this particular girl's reaction angered him so much. 

He knew people would only perceive the things that they see and think according to their mentality and they would never try to find out the real thing, that's why he stopped caring about them a long time back. But he didn't know what was different with Ina, why this girl was making him do things which he had left a while back. 

His anger just absolutely lost the details about the bounds when he heard her saying that she would leave the company. This statement made him lose all his control and grabbed her neck and placed his lips on hers. The hell, he would allow her to leave him without his consent. 

The moment his cold lips touched her warm red ones, he felt his anger dissipating from his body and passion taking over. He felt a strange kind of satisfaction and pleasure as he devoured her lips hungrily after that steamy night that felt like ages ago.

But the only difference was this kiss was better and satisfying than the previous one as not once did she struggle in his arms as he increased his pace on her lips. Though her lips were unresponsive, they seemed to provide utmost pleasure and contentment to him that the lady in the previous night couldn't seem to match.

His body wanted to stay like this forever and continue to feel the fuzzy sensations but reality knocked into his brain. He deliberately bit her on her lower lip while caressing her waist sensually to bring her out from her shocked daze so that she could push him away because, for the first time, he was finding it difficult to push away a girl. 

His trick worked when Ina started struggling in his arms making him pull away, reluctantly. But that was the most difficult time for him, as she looked a total seductress with her swollen red lips, red-coloured cheeks and laboured breathing. 

Seeing that sight, his first impulse was to grab her again and pull her for another kiss but exercising deep self-control; he controlled himself. Leaving all his yesterday's thought behind, he smirked at the effect he had on her and satisfactory hid his chuckle when he saw her getting angry at him. 

However, he lost control over his mouth when suddenly her soft and warm hand met his cheek like a soft touch. He could clearly see getting embarrassed which somewhere down his heart made him want to pull her cheeks but he refrained himself from doing it. 

Instead, he dismissed her saying that next time she would watch her words when dealing with him because certainly, he would not tolerate that. But little did she know that what was he hiding deep down in his heart.

Huffing with red cheeks and fire in her gaze, she looked cute to his smouldering eyes. His hand automatically reached for his lips as they still felt the touch of her lips and a lingering but memorable taste of her cherry lipgloss. 

One thing is fixed, you have gone total nuts, Mr Viraaj Thakur, he thought to himself as he rubbed his chin slowly and his lips were pulled up in a smile. 

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Mercilessly hitting the keyboard, Ina worked on the new report and improvised it with his suggestions. She had a dangerous aura surrounded around her which scared many people to come near her including her friend, Riya. 

All her colleagues kept asking about her absence during the lunch affair but none of them went and disturbed her when they saw her work. The news of Ina assisting Viraaj in the project spread across the office like a forest fire. 

So whenever they saw her working frustratedly, they knew it had everything to do with Viraaj. Call it a coincidence or play of time but after that discussion about Viraaj among the girls, Ina never got the time to go and spend with them because all her time was consumed by the so-called man of the hour. 

Tapping her foot impatiently, Ina seemed to have forgotten that she was a human and she needed food in order to function well. The lunch hour passed by and soon it turned evening but she continued to work without a break. Everyone around her felt bad for her and assumed that the devil had overloaded the poor girl with loads of work. 

But only if they knew the real matter. 

Ina worked incessantly, not because she was now scared of what Viraaj did. But she was worried about how her thoughts were leading on. She very well knew about that fact that if it had been any other person than Viraaj then she would have slapped the person hard and made sure that he ends up behind the bars. 

She knew that Viraaj scared her but what troubled her was she couldn't voice out her struggle loud because there was none on her part. She felt ashamed about the fact that she somewhat enjoyed the kiss which made come alive and at the same time made her feel wanted. 

She was aware that what Viraaj did was out of anger and frustration. He wanted to give his mighty ego a boost by shutting up a head-strong girl like her by kissing her. However, something seemed quite off a bit because not for once he went hard on her. Ina not at all felt that somebody was molesting or was kissing her without her permission. 

And that's what made her extremely furious, sad and frustrated. 

She didn't want him to be close to her but at the same time, she didn't want him pulling her close and then leaving her wandering in questions whose answers were hidden inside the man of her thoughts. 

Heaving a sigh, Ina came out of her thoughts and checked the time to realise that she had skipped her lunch. Feeling tired, hunger had died for Ina and she only wanted to have a nice strong ginger tea and wanted to sleep. 

Nonetheless, she was unaware of the pair of eyes that were eyeing her with anger and desire. Viraaj felt himself getting very irritated by the fact that his girl was compromising on her health for the work that was not so urgent that she had to stay hungry and complete it. 

Patience ran out of his control and before he could think about his actions, he called Ina through the intercom and ordered her to come inside his office quickly. 

Discomposed and annoyed with this sudden call, Ina stomped her way to his cabin and knocked on the door, waiting for the devil to grant her permission. 

"Come in," Viraaj ordered as he minimised the programs that were running on his pc. 

" Yes, Sir," Ina asked with a blank look spreading all over her face.

" Please have a seat," Viraaj said in a commanding tone and crossed his left leg over his right showing his intimidating posture. Ina sat on the chair quietly and avoided staring into his eyes that were just too captivating for her own good.

He didn't like the way she simply avoided looking in his eyes. He wanted her to look at him with the same challenging gaze like every other day she looked. Looking at her playing with her fingers, he moved his hand and dialled canteen's manager's number. 

" Please send it in" Ina's gaze moved to meet his halfway when she heard him ordering something on the phone. Within two minutes, a person working in the canteen brought a set of different types of snacks and juices; arranged neatly on a table.

He could see the building confusion in Ina's eyes. The way her eyebrows scrunched and her eyes became slightly big, he could swear that he hadn't seen such an innocent girl before. Her big doe eyes shined with uncertainty just like a small girl who looks at her father burning crackers when he tries to teach her.

Feeling more confused than ever, Ina watched the guy bowing in front of Viraaj who dismissed him with a single wave of his hand although his eyes never left hers. He kept looking at her intensely making her face burn as if it was on fire. 

Keeping his eyes locked with hers, he got up from the table and moved to the side where she was sitting. Ina could feel her heart drumming inside her ribcage when she saw him forwarding his hand towards her. 

Her first instinct was just to run away from the cabin and from the feelings that were arising in his heart. The look on his face was very cold and she knew that he was certainly in no mood for getting insulted twice on the same day. 

So with shivering hands, she grabbed his warm but extremely soft hands while looking into his eyes that started filling his softness on the touch of her hands. Taking hold of her hand, Viraaj guided her to the table and asked her to sit on the single sofa that was in front of it and he himself sat on the adjacent one. 

Ina lowered her eyes and followed his orders without cross-questioning as she felt she had surpassed the quota of having his thoughts for one day and didn't want her mind to take her on the same ride again. 

" Eat" Her eyes immediately went to his that were already witnessing her each and every action. 

" I am not hungry, Sir," Her voice came more soft than usual that seemed like an unsung melody to this his ears even though the words were not pleasing. He lifted his hand and rested it on the head of the sofa while slightly leaning back, crossing his legs. 

Noticing the look appearing on her face, he deliberately sat in a position which would intimidate Ina and would convey that he is not in the mood to argue. But whom he was kidding? He very well knew that Ina was not the same old person he was used to seeing. 

" Listen, Ms Ghosh. I think I have had enough of your arguments for a day and I am really not in a mood to tolerate that. So you better listen to me." The gruffness in his voice was enough to make Ina gulp down the saliva that was building in her mouth as a result of her nervousness.

" Sir, I am not hungry that's why I said," She reasoned meekly making Viraaj swore in frustration. This girl! Whom the fuck she is kidding? he thought to himself.

" Listen, Ms Ghosh. When I said no arguments, I clearly mean it. Just get to what I am saying before I make you listen to me" The darkness that spread across his eyes bewildered Ina. She felt a knot forming in her tummy as she averted her eyes from him and looked at the food that was presented to her which was not less than a feast. 

What the hell do you have in your mind, Mr devil? Ina thought and picked up the glass of sweet lime and took sips from it.

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Hello Readers,

So here is the next chapter. This chapter would reveal a slight caring Viraaj though I know it would be a lot to digest for you all but somehow do manage. 

This chapter's main theme is that no person is a complete devil or an angel. It varies from person to person. So comment down your thoughts and let me know and also don't forget to vote.