Chapter 16

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Sorry for the late update! 🙏

I was held up with my project reviews. Will try to update regularly hereafter.

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Days has passed happily. Shiva and Sreedevi tied the knot once she completed her studies. On the same night itself Badrinath informed the elders that he and Vaidehi wants to get married. Understanding his urgency the family members completed their marriage rituals too within one month span.

Samridhi who was waiting to presue her photography career just after completing her 12th grade get disappointed when her mother compelled her to complete her studies first. Without any other choice she decided to study the same degree which Aaryan has studied, as she clearly knows that he will help her in the studies from writing assignments to teaching for exams.

Once she reached her final year, he has completed his studies and started to develop a construction company with the help of Rama Krishnan and Badrinath. They helped him in its starting stage. It's actually a very small venture, not a million dollar buisness. But eventually it started to grow high due to his and his friends unique ideas in interior design field. Now it was in its growing stage.

When Samridhi started to do her final year project, Aaryan helped her in every steps she took. He was with her from the topic selection, research gap identification, data collection, methodology preparation, projects completion to Report preparation and presentation. During this time, Aaryan become more attracted towards her. Their casual closeness, hugs, handshakes everything felt extremely different for him.

His touches on her hands and cheeks become not so innocent now. But he was hardly trying to control himself. Everytime he saw her smiling or sad face, his heart ached to cup her cheeks and confess his love to her. But his brain is constantly warning him to not confess as he was afraid of a rejection from her, his Samridhi.

The convertion from a teenage student to an young adult made him more attention seeker. He always want her attention, her praisings in evey steps he took and her encouragement. She is doing everything him wish for without fail. But loving him is far from her dictionary. As her mind is not fully intervened with the Camera, her first love. That's the only thing she wanted in this world.

One day during her project review preparations

(Aaryan was busy in completing her project presentation, while Samridhi was checking something on her phone.)

Aaryan: "Heyy konjam inga paaru dii, naalekku unakku review. Ippidi yethum gwanikkama irundha eppidi dii externals unakku mark poduvanga?"

Samridhi: "Athukku thaa nee irukkiye? Nee solli thara mattiya ellam? Appuram enna, nee un velya paaru naa un velya pakkuren."

Aaryan: "Naa illanna nee enna panni iruppa?"

(He stopped typing and turned back to look at her. She also raised her head from her phone and looked at him. She was processing the question he has asked just now. His question is valid and she has no answer for it.)

Samridhi: "Atha nee irukkalle? So indha question ikku validity illa."

Aaryan: "Hmm kmm." (He turned to continue his work.) "Athamma solrathu unma thaa, naa thaa unna kedukkuren. Yethuvum pannama photo phone innu iru nee seriya."

(She blinked her eyes to process his words. Do he blamed her as an useless, just like her mother do always. She looked at his back head as he is working on the laptop. She stared at him for a while. As he didn't get any reply he turned back to look at her.)

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