Thank you for tagging me Devika :) This is an excerpt from my WIP called SIMHA INTERNATIONAL. This is Book 1 of a Trilogy and should be published in 2015, though I havent set a date. Tanya looked smashing in a hot pink wrap around mini-skirt with a white batik print. She had teamed it with a white mirror-work halter neck top which displayed her slender shoulders at their best. White stiletto heels of four inches completed her outfit. Her exposed back and midriff shone a dusky gold in the neon lighting of the discotheque, catching the eyes of one and all. A string of trendy ceramic beads – white with pink and green veins in them – encircled her throat. A matching set of beads decorated her left upper arm while a length of the same beads hung from her earlobes swinging down to touch her slender shoulders as she turned this way and that, waving to her colleagues. Her thick luxurious hair fell free to her mid-back, the silky dark brown strands rippling with every move she made. Her face was dramatically made-up with white eye-shadow, a touch of mascara, colour on her cheeks and lipstick the exact shade as her skirt. Her lips were tilted in a wide smile, in their natural sultry style. To the man who was watching her with avid curiosity from across the room, it appeared as if she was flirting with every man she spoke or waved to. A small scowl of annoyance puckered Rohit’s handsome forehead as it became quite obvious that the said young lady was studiously avoiding his gaze. Rohit curbed the string of epithets waiting to trip out from his lips as he bared his teeth in a smile to the members of the staff waving to him. He couldn’t get away from Muskaan who was clinging to his arm much to his disgust. He didn’t want to be too obvious in rejecting her while she held on to him like a leech. On his other side stood Baidyanath Thakkar, Muskaan’s father. Thakkar looked at Rohit with a benevolent smile on his chubby face. ‘What a wonderful couple they make!’ He thought, smacking his thick lips together. He couldn’t but help be cheered by the vision of truckloads of cash and jewellery dancing before his mind’s eye. He picked up yet another glass of champagne from a passing waiter and chucked it down his throat as one would a glass of water. A light of battle entered Tanya’s eyes as she noticed the scene from her peripheral. As it was, Rohit and she hadn’t parted on the best of terms the earlier night and now she had to hang around watching him fingering Muskaan while she cooed sweet nothings into his ear. Tanya felt violent. She picked up a glass of champagne – her first – and started drinking it in rather desperate gulps. Thanks to the excellent quality, it slid down her throat smoothly. So much so, that she picked up a second one within five minutes. Rohit’s frown grew heavier as he watched her. He was very much aware that Tanya could never hold her drink. His right hand clenched around his glass of Scotch and soda as he watched on a trifle helplessly, knowing full well that she would never thank him for interfering. The smile on her lips and the swing of her hips grew wider as Tanya finished her second glass of sparkly within ten minutes of entering the pub. Her laughter grew louder as she flirted outrageously with all the young men around her. Tagging Usha Narayanan; Reet Singh; Adite Banerjie; Deep Downer; Ruchi Singh; Author Shikha Kumar
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:49:07 +0000
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