Arjun's PoV
I am now driving to Preethi's home. It is Avni's birthday today. Though Preethi didn't want to celebrate it big, Praveen and I made all the arrangements and called for all Preethi's friends and Avni's friends. She is not supposed to hide. It is him who has to hide from society. I made my lawyer talk to her and we filed a divorce and sent him the papers on our behalf. He tried to talk to Preeth but she declined all his requests. The case is up and running in the court, we expect it to get it done in another 2months. We proved that he cheated on his wife.
"Preethi, I picked up the cake. Where is the princess? Is she ready?" I asked her, getting in the home.
"She is ready. Avni and Anvi are playing. Sharanya is getting all the food out in trays to serve. Praveen just came with food. All set." sh
Anika's PoV "Come in, Anu. Nithya is in her room. Go in, I will bring tea for you." Nithya's mom opened the door for me. "Thanks aunty." I ran to her room. "Come, Anu." Nithya was sitting on the bed with her phone on hand and a little smile on her lips. "What's up, new bride?" I asked her, jumping on the bed near her. "Nothing is up. They are coming tomorrow in the evening. I have mehendi cones in the fridge, can you put mehendi on my hands?" she asked me. "Ofcourse, Nithu. But we have to put it on at night. If you keep it on overnight, it will be beautifully reddened by tomorrow eve." I told her.
Arjun's PoV'Hello Mr. Arjun, this is Anika here. I would like for you to accept my heartfelt apology for our earlier encounters. I hope we start fresh. Thank you for helping us out yet again. Here is my resume for your perusal.'I received a message from that girl when I was driving home from Preethi's home. Preethi and Praveen were so dumb with their questions. How can they possibly think that I am in love with that arrogant, annoying, rude girl? It is true that I have gone out of my way to try and help her and to make sure that she is ok. But that doesn't mean I have feelings for her. Besides, she is a little girl with zero maturity. She can't be my life partner, for the matter of fact, she can't be anybody's life partner with her long and sharp tongue!So now she needs a fresh start? I don't know why a sma
Anika's PoVOnce back home, mom asked me about Arun. I technically hate to tell her that he's not confirmed his visit yet. That will not be a good first impression. I believe that he would definitely make his time for us next week so I decided to tell her the same. Though she didn't question me, I could see that she was confused."What is bothering you, ma?" I asked her."Just wondering, our relative asks for your horoscope and biodata as soon as possible and here we can't decide until next week. What happened to the interview that your professor promised?" she asked me."Pch, that is not scheduled yet. I know we are going through a lot now, but please don't talk about my marriage just yet, ma. The most important thing I need now is a job. um...
Arjun's PoVI went to my office late in the morning. I really am getting a migraine because of that intermittent sleep I had last night, thanks to that super annoying girl. I didn't bother to see all the other envelopes dad gave me as I was sure that I would only see her in every damn picture. I just shook my head for all the good mornings I heard on my way to my room. Just when I settled, my phone rang. I picked it up to see Harish calling me. Oh yes, I told him to call me in the morning. What is he going to talk about?"Hello, Yes Harish." I picked it up."Hi Arjun. How is your day?""Not so great as of now." I told him honestly."Haha, then is it a good time to talk?"
Sivaprakasam's PoVIt was a wedding where I happened to meet Arjun and his family again after that talk on the phone with Hariharan. I spoke to Anandhi and asked her to send Anika's photo, horoscope and biodata as soon as possible but she said that she will send it to me on an auspicious day that comes after a week. Dhanam is not comfortable yet in facing friends and relatives in functions like these, so she stayed home and I came to attend this function."How are you, uncle?" Arjun came and spoke to me. He is a nice, gentle man."I am good, maapillai. How are you?""I am good too, uncle. How is aunty?" he asked me."She is fine too. She is not yet comfortable meeting relatives. So she
Arjun's PoVSivaprakasam uncle sent me and my mom a biodata, horoscope and a picture through WhatsApp a week later after we met him in that wedding. I couldn't even believe that dad could talk like this to someone on face. It was so undiplomatic of him. He literally hurt Anamika's dad's feelings. I know he doesn't like them much. Everyone in my family thinks that she eloped with her past love or something like that. Though they don't talk like that in front of me, I know what they all think. My family holds Anamika's parents responsible for this mishap. My dad thinks that her parents forced her into this marriage because we are rich. No one ever tried to disrespect her parents because I was always in support of them. I could see their shock and genuine sorrow which proved that they are unaware of anything that concerns their daughter. Though it is their mistake not understanding their daughter, it is also true that no one can g
Anika's PoVI told mom that Arun is not coming to meet them. I really felt bad to say this to my mom. My mom is always against this new age culture. She always says that the culture they were brought up in was the right one. Talking friendly to the opposite sex is offended by her. Throughout school and college, she wanted me to stay away from boys. She never used the word LOVE in our house. She thought it to be a sin to fall in love with someone before marriage. I should have listened to her advice. If at all I have listened, my dad would be fine now.Looking back, I realized all that has happened, has happened for no reason. Arun is no more in my life. My mom's advice would have saved me from that embarrassing moment when my mom caught me the other day. It would have saved that awful fight mom and dad had because of me. It would have saved my reputation in my fa
Anika's PoVWould he think I am desperate, if I message him? He will!'Hello Arjun, if I am not disturbing you, may I ask if there is anything positive regarding my job?'I composed this message but was hesitant to send it. He would think that I am starting a talk deliberately. Or what if he thinks that I don't even know that he is a possible to-be groom for me? Then he won't think bad of me for texting him. Besides, it's been two weeks since I sent my resume to him. He is a busy man and it is my responsibility to follow-up on him. I need that job after-all. I hit the send button. Soon after he read the message, he started typing a reply to me. I waited impatiently for him to finish typing and send a response to me.'Hi Anika, Sorry, I missed se