Page 55 of Right Where I Belong

He smiled as she continued talking about her son, listening to her carefully, asking questions, enjoying talking to her as always.

Finally, she shook her head. “Look at me, going on and on about Ahaan.”

“I don’t mind hearing about him. I’ve met him a couple of times with Rithwik and Aisha. He’s a good kid.”

Pride shone on her face. “He is.”

His phone beeped. He quickly scanned the message and responded to it. His phone beeped with another message almost immediately.

“Oh, bloody hell!” Aditya swore.

“What’s wrong?” Sabrina asked.

“Akash just landed in Singapore. We’ve got to attend a meeting tomorrow, and he asked me where I was. I told him.”

She frowned. “Yeah, so?”

“So, he’s on his way here, as is Shauna.”

Her eyes widened. “Fuck.”

“Exactly that.”

“Why did you even call him here?” she shot out.

“I didn’t. I just told him where I was. He texted back saying he’s coming over.”

“Shauna’s going to be so mad,” Sabrina groaned.

“Tell me about it,” Aditya muttered. “They can’t stand each other.”

“Hopefully after that one night—” She shut up, looking everywhere but at him.

His brow furrowed. “Wait,youknow about that night?”

She gaped at him. “Youknow too?”

“Yeah,” he said, amused. “I met Akash at breakfast the morning after. He was all out of sorts and was leaving, even though he was supposed to stay and work with me from here. It wasn’t hard to guess what happened.”

“Shauna left his room the same time I left yours,” Sabrina explained with a giggle.

He laughed. “That must have been something.”

“It was hilarious.” She shook her head. “You and I have never spoken about this.”

He shrugged. “I mean, I wasn’t sure if Shauna had told you about it, and I didn’t want to divulge something personal about them if she hadn’t.”

“Same,” she said with another little chuckle.

He looked up and saw Shauna weaving her way through the tables toward them.

“There you are!” she exclaimed as she reached them, dropping a quick kiss on Sabrina’s cheek. Then Shauna turned to him, hands on her hips.

“And you—” She wagged a finger in mock reproach before throwing her arms around him in a quick hug. “Stop stealing my flatmate. I barely see her anymore.”

“What can I say? I’m a bad influence.”

Shauna pulled back, narrowing her eyes with exaggerated suspicion before grinning. “You’d better be worth it.”