Page 59 of That Same Old Love

“What the hell, Samrat! I was on a freaking work call. I indicated to you, not to paw me!”

He felt a little guilty, but he was too sated to regret the last few minutes.

“Oh come on, Mahi. You enjoyed mypawinga few minutes ago. In fact your loud screaming must have woken up the entire neighborhood,” he said with a satisfied smile.

Mahi didn’t find that funny and looked extremely angry. And her anger for some strange reason was turning him on, and he didn’t think she would appreciate it if he told her that.

“I need you to respect my work, Samrat. Maybe it’s not as noble or important as your job, but it’s still something I’m passionate about.”

He felt a little ashamed. “Of course I respect your work, Mahi. I did not think it would be that big of a deal when it was just a routine nightly call. I would not mind if you did the same with me. In fact I would welcome you anytime to disturb me during my boring calls, using such inventive ways.”

Mahi narrowed her eyes and he could feel her formulate some idea.

Later that morning, they were asleep, wrapped around each other in his bed when he woke up to an alarm. She tried to pull him closer, to get him to make slow and sleepy love that she enjoyed sometimes during the mornings. But, he had to reluctantly turn her down since he had his weekly call with his executive committee in the next few minutes.

Pulling on his shorts and T-shirt, he walked into the small attached office den to sit at a desk in the middle of the room. And then he turned on his laptop to start the video call.

A few minutes into the call, he felt fingers caress his thighs and froze for a second, but still continued looking at the laptop screen to discuss some issues with the committee.

The next minute he felt his shorts zipper being lowered. She held him in her hands. Soon his breathing sped up and he was having a tough time forming coherent sentences on the call.

Some of the executives were watching him oddly, especially when he began to grimace while talking, since he felt her hand pumping him.

Sweat broke out on his forehead. “Gentlemen, I’m sorry. I’m not feeling that well today. I’m coming down with something I think—”

He broke off abruptly to almost groan out loud when he felt her squeeze..

“I’ll catch up with you on our next call. Send me an email or call me directly if you need anything,” he said hurriedly and closed his laptop screen after cutting off the call.

He was furious at Mahi, but clutched her head closer to him for her to finish what she started, and shouted out hoarsely when he felt his release hit him hard.

He was still shuddering in jerks when she got out from under the desk, looking victorious.

“And that’s how ladies and gentleman, an ultimate revenge is taken.I would welcome you anytime, to disturb me during my boring calls, especially using such inventive ways, Mahi,” she imitated his deep voice, mocking him with a grin.

Samrat looked angry and confused for a second. Then he exhaled loudly, remembering saying that to her, and shook his head. “Fine. I admit that I was wrong to disturb you during your work. And never will I ever ignore your warnings again! I hopewe are even, and I don’t have to check under the tables in my office or anywhere else.”

Mahi laughed and stuck her tongue out.

“Let’s get ready soon. I’m starving. We missed our dinner last night…although our dining table got used pretty well,” she said with a grin.

He got up from the chair and pulled her closer to pick her up into his arms. “I did eat or rather feasted on something very enjoyable there last night. You,” he whispered dramatically in her ear before carrying her back to his room.

She laughed, running her fingers over his unshaven face. “You know Samrat, looking at your stern and serious face; no one would ever guess that you had such a wild side or were such a dirty talker in bed.”

Since then, he demonstrated more of his wild side and dirty talking that she seemed to love.

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A few days later, they stopped at an Indian restaurant to pick up their food. Even though they could just order food through apps or simply call in for having the food delivered to their vacation house, Mahi insisted on being able to simply picking up food from the actual restaurants. She wanted to see and then smell the food at those places.

“I want to order authentic Indian food. I have tried enough exotic food from the past two weeks to last me a lifetime,” said Samrat with a frown.

Mahi had the chance to pick up food from all her favorite cuisines and made Samrat try the food as well. At first he just ate them quietly and then after a few days he started complaining. She had to use some of her wiles to get him to try those dishes before having Indian food delivered to their vacation house.

“Don’t be a baby. I can’t believe that someone who is as well travelled as you would whine about smelly food or slimy food?” she said with a smile. She got out from the car. “Okay. Wait here. I’ll be right back with our food.”

Mahi stood waiting inside the restaurant for her order to be ready. She was checking her work emails when a new email with an important notification came up. It was from Samrat.

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