From our forthcoming desi Red Romance...

Boy meets girl, the attraction is electric...

At that moment, their eyes met, and something electric passed between them. This time Ajay couldn’t restrain himself, he leaned forward hesitantly and let his lips touch hers. A sliver of excitement ran down his spine as he realised that, in response, she pressed a gentle kiss against his lips. Ajay smiled, got up, and extended his hand to help her get up. They walked, in silence, to the hotel where the rest of the crew was being put up.

Intense as she might look, he was certain that she would not accept being rushed into anything more serious at the moment. That night as he left Kavin to board with two of the women members of the theatre group, Ajay kept asking himself if he should have said something about what had passed between them. Should he have said, “Kavin, I am attracted to you. Do you feel the same way about me?” Had he botched the opportunity? He recalled her smile and the brief pep talk she had given him at the restaurant. He thought of how soft her lips felt against his, how sweet her fragrance was.

From our forthcoming title 'Castle in the Air' by Red Romance writer Vijayalakshmi Sridhar