Sarah's POV

" Good evening, Chris," Nate said looking over my shoulder.

Shit!!

My back was towards him and though I knew, I had to turn and greet him I felt very nervous. I turned around to see a man walking along the terrace towards us he had a tall athletic frame, good bone structure, and a shock of dark hair, extremely good features, but he looked very arrogant.

" I would like to introduce you to Sanya's sister Sarah... " Nate said. And Sarah, this is my first cousin, Chris, Christopher Banks." Nate said.

His eyes were not dark brown and kind like Nate's but a light pale color that seemed to reflect the light masking his expression. He was taller than Nate by a few inches and much broader, somehow suggesting to me that beneath his expensive Armani suit, his body was packed with powerful muscles.

Though I had never experienced the slightest curiosity or arousal at the thought of a nude male body, suddenly I was wondering helplessly how would he look without a shirt.

I stiffened with the realization that I could think of someone like that.

Shit!! What was I thinking?

" Sanya's sister? I thought she was Sanya herself, was going to tease you that you were with Sanya, leaving all your other guests. She is her twin?? Looks exactly like her. " He said looking at me with a keen scrutiny.

" Yeah, even I thought that she was Sanya. Though I can make out the difference between them easily today she is looking exactly like Sanya. actually, we bought this dress together so I thought it was her wearing it." Nate said.

Why did he have to say it was Sanya's dress? What do I do now?

" Actually, my dress was spoilt as she spilled something on my favorite dress at the last moment, so she insisted I wear her dress. " I said whatever came to my mind that instant.

" Oh, really?? " Chris asked.

" Yeah, she is my twin, we usually share our dresses and other things, what is the big deal?? " I said and Nate smiled and excused himself as he had other guests to see to as well.

Oh, God!! He went away leaving me alone with that womanizer??

I was getting very conscious of his eyes on me. I should not stay alone with him.

" So what else do you share? I hope she has not lent you her fiance as well. " He said sarcastically.

What??

How dare he ask me such a question??

I literally gritted my teeth hearing his accusation.

He meant to say that I was flirting with Nate. What does he think of himself??

He might know people who swapped lovers as easily as they changed clothes but that doesn't mean that he would accuse me of doing the same.

How dare he insult me like that?

I wanted to slap him for that but controlled my anger for the sake of Sanya's relationship with his cousin. I was here to help her not make the matter worse than it already was.

" Excuse me?? Exactly what do you mean by that?? " I calmly asked him, though I wanted to slap him.

" You know damn well, what I meant. I saw you in his arms just a few minutes back." He whispered to me.

" I was standing here, he thought that I was her. He explained. Didn't he? " I reminded him.

" He did, but who knows... Which hot-blooded man could resist a chance to have a beautiful, sexy siren in his arms who is dressed like this? " He said looking at me as if I was a commodity on display in a shop.

" Well, I don't know what you want to say. Excuse me, please, I think, I better go inside, my mum and Sanya must be looking for me. " I said and turned to go going inside.

" What is the hurry, you were standing idle here just a few minutes back. " He said and came to stand by me.

" I came out for some fresh air, now I need to go inside. " I said and started going before he could say anything else to me.

" Oh, are you in such a hurry that you would not even bother to wear your shoes?" He asked and I realized that I was not wearing my footwear.

I turned to look at him and was shocked that he was holding my shoes. They were dangling on his forefinger with their spaghetti straps.

He was looking at me as a hawk looks at its prey. He started coming towards me, and my heartbeat started getting fast.

I extended my hand to retrieve my shoes from his hand but he held them tight.

I don't know how and why but I imagined him holding my pale and delicate wrist in his tanned and large hand with his long fingers curled around it.

" Or are you too comfortable here walking around barefooted in your sister's future home? Are you planning to share it too?? " He asked another insulting question and brought me back from my newly found wild imagination.

What was happening to me??

I gulped and cursed myself for my idiotic fantasy while he was insulting me.

" Mr. Banks, please mind, what you are saying. You don't even know me. " I said and almost snatched my shoes from his hand muttering thanks for reminding me about my footwear.

I started to wear them. But it was difficult to wear such complicated ones standing here.

" Don't I?? Then let's use this opportunity to get to know each other." He said.

I had managed to wear one by then but the heel wobbled and I lost my balance and dropped the other one.

Shit!!

I cursed and was bending to pick it up again but he caught hold of it before I could.

What the... !!

" Allow me!! " He said with a smirk.

He was holding my footwear and there was nothing I could do other than grit my teeth.

" Oh, no, I will manage. " I said politely.

" I just saw that you could not." He smirked as if he was making fun of me.

" You can trust me, I have been wearing my footwear on my own for almost twenty years now. It's just that there was nothing to hold here. So I lost the balance temporarily. " I explained, extending my hand, expecting him to give my shoe back. But he just nodded.

" I think it would be simple if you put your hand on my shoulder to steady yourself, while I help you wear it, the ground here is very uneven, hardly suitable for this kind of footwear. But of course, like any other woman, you would not have bothered to think about it before choosing what to wear. " He smirked.

How dare he??

Nate's cousin or not, I am not going to take any more of his arrogance and insults.

" Mr. Banks, Thanks for asking, but there is no need for you to do it. I will manage. I don't appreciate you insulting me... " I was about to retort something smart to shut his mouth but was shocked to the core the very next moment.

I felt his hand around my ankle.

When did he bend down in front of me and hold my ankle??

I was so shocked that it seemed as if I was paralyzed.

" Hmmm, silk stockings? Nice!! " He said and his hand caressed upwards till the hem of my short skirt.

Oh, God!! What was he doing??

I was mortified at his action for a few seconds and trembled furiously. I could not even breathe so saying anything was almost out of the question. His hand moved once again towards the inner side and I took a step back.

I took deep breaths and somehow my vocal cords managed to come out of their paralyzed state.

" What the hell do you think you are doing?? How dare you?? " I want to yell at him but my voice came out to be very choked.

" I think, I am accepting the none-too-subtle invitation, that was given. " He said with a smirk.

What the hell!