The first time Arjun Malhotra saw Meera Kapoor in the flesh was during the mid-semester parent-teacher meeting.

Reyansh had been failing spectacularly — not because he was stupid, but because he was lazy, entitled, and thought the world owed him grades. Arjun had already failed him twice. This was the final warning before he recommended expulsion.

Meera walked into his office at 6:45 p.m. sharp.

Navy blue saree. Sleeveless blouse. Hair in a low bun with a few rebellious strands framing her face. Kohl-lined eyes that could stop traffic. Red bindi. Gold bangles that chimed softly when she moved.

She smelled like jasmine and expensive vanilla.

Arjun leaned back in his leather chair, legs crossed, pen tapping once against his lower lip as he took her in like a predator assessing meat.

“Mrs. Kapoor,” he said, voice low and smooth.

“Or should I say Ms. Kapoor?”

“Ms. is fine,” she answered. Voice calm. But her fingers twisted the edge of her pallu — small betrayal.

He gestured to the chair opposite. She sat. Crossed her legs. The saree slipped just enough to show a sliver of smooth ankle.

“Your son is on the verge of failing my course for the third time,” he began without preamble. “He’s missed 40% of classes, submitted two plagiarized essays, and in the last viva he quoted Wikipedia. Verbatim.”

Meera’s lips pressed into a thin line. “I understand he’s been… struggling. I’ve spoken to him.”

“Struggling?” Arjun’s smile was cold. “He’s indolent. And disrespectful. He called me ‘sirji’ like I’m his driver.”

She flinched. Just barely.

“I apologize on his behalf,” she said quietly. “What can I do to… rectify this?”

Arjun leaned forward. Elbows on the desk. Fingers steepled.

“I don’t accept apologies from proxies, Ms. Kapoor. I deal with the source.”

He slid a folder across the desk. Inside: printed screenshots of Reyansh’s WhatsApp group chats. Messages bragging about copying assignments. Photos of him at parties when he claimed to be “studying”. And — most damning — a photo of him selling previous years’ question papers to juniors.

Meera’s face drained of color.

“This… this could get him expelled. And ruin his future.”

“Yes,” Arjun said simply. “It could.”

Silence stretched. Thick. Heavy.

“What do you want?” she finally asked. Voice barely above whisper.

Arjun stood. Walked around the desk slowly. Stopped right beside her chair.

He reached down, fingers brushing the bare skin of her shoulder where the blouse ended. Light. Almost accidental.

But nothing about him was accidental.

“I want you to understand the gravity,” he murmured. “And I want you to convince me that your son is worth saving.”

Her breathing changed — shallower, quicker.

He leaned down until his lips were close to her ear.

“Come to my office tomorrow night. 9 p.m. After everyone has left. Wear something… easier to remove.”

Meera’s eyes snapped to his. Shock. Fury. And underneath — something darker. Something curious.

“You’re blackmailing me,” she whispered.

“I’m offering a trade,” he corrected. “Your dignity for his future. Seems fair.”

He straightened. Walked back to his chair.

“Tomorrow. 9 sharp. Or I email the dean tonight.”

She stood. Hands shaking. Saree rustling like a warning.

At the door she paused.

“You’re a monster,” she said softly.

Arjun smiled — slow, cruel, beautiful.

“I know.”

She left.

He locked the door behind her.

Then he sat back down, opened his laptop, and replayed the security camera footage of her walking out — hips swaying, pallu slipping just enough.

He watched it three times.

His hand slipped under the desk.

He came thinking of how her red lips would look stretched around him tomorrow.

Fuck...

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