Page 256 of A King's Oath

“I haven’t done this in a long time,” he bent down and kissed it.

“How long?” Her fingers went into the back of his head, in the spiky hair at his nape.

He pushed his tongue out and laved the centre of her chest — “Since I left one kiss at a woman’s apartment and she never returned it.”

“That’s the only debt in your ledger?” She pulled his face up. “You just got paid, then.”

He grinned — “Who’ll pay eight years’ worth of interest, Raje?”

“Should I pull out my ledger and count your debts?”

Samarth opened his arms and fell back on the sofa — “All yours. Take whatever you want.”

She giggled.Giggled. Then laughed, laying back on the opposite end of the sofa. Her body became languid and she sighed, sniffling until her sighs were louder than her sniffles. She picked up her wine glass and took a long, deep sip, eyes on him. He quirked a brow. She giggled again.

“Are you drunk, Ava?” His head came up. She kicked his bum. “One glass of wine gets nobody drunk.”

“I thought it best to confirm before…”

“Before?”

“Before I take this conversation at face value and go around you like a lovesick fool in front of Brahmi.”

“You already do that.”

“No, I don’t!”

“You are not as smart as you think you are.”

“Agreed.”

Her leg fell away, opening her up to him. He crawled to her, between her legs, and settled there, their noses touching before he angled his face and took her mouth. Her body moved underneath him.

“Not now,” he pressed his hips into hers.

“I agree,” she smiled. “In your room, and quick.”

“No.”

She frowned.

Samarth curved his hand to her cheek and pushed her hair off her neck — “After we are married.”

“Is this a proposal?”

“I don’t have a face to propose. You can consider this begging.”

She laughed, her legs going around him until their bodies were truly and dangerously melded.

“I said, no, Ava,” he groaned.

“Am I being a threat to Rawalji’s virtue?”

“You’ve already claimed it years ago,” he kissed her nose. “What are you threatening me with now?”

Her lips pulled into that proud, sweet smile with the dimples popping. His heart thudded. He had to keep reassuring himself that this was true, that she was again smiling at him like she used to.

“You are guarding it like it is Alibaba’s cave.”

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