Telugu words in the chapter: Garu - a word used as a suffix to a person's name (e.g. Amar garu) or title (e.g. minister garu) as a mark of respect
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"Mr. Prakash Dhanunjaya, you promised your daughter's hand in marriage to my nephew. Where is she now? I have been told that she ran away. What's happening? Explain." Shambhavi's anger grew with each word she spoke.
"Shambhavi garu , we are searching for her. We didn't expect her to take such a drastic step," said Prakash while everyone was looking at them with rapt attention.
"Let me remind you that it was you who proposed this wedding alliance between the two families during our meeting over the business deal. We didn't ask for this." Shambhavi continued, "Do you realize what your daughter's folly will cost us? My family's reputation. My nephew is famous all over the world. The media is waiting to report the wedding. Our guests include many famous business personalities. What will happen when this news is out? My nephew will be laughing stock. He will be ridiculed by the media for no fault of his."
"We apologize for our daughter's mistake" said Nanditha.
"You think you can ruin our reputation in the society and get away with a simple apology? You need to be punished. We back off from the business deal between the two companies. I cancel the deal at this instant." Shambhavi's rage was uncontrollable.
The Dhanunjayas were shocked by her decision. "NO. You can't." Nanditha screamed.
"We already started working on this deal. It is a very prestigious project for Prakash anna. He invested thousands of crores on this." Praveen tried to explain.
"Shambhavi, we can't do this. The deal and the wedding are two completely different things. We can't mix them up. Think about our company's loss too." Bharat tried to reason with her.
"Fortunately, our company's loss will be negligible because we didn't start working on this project yet. And I have every right to cancel the deal because I have added a clause in the agreement which says our company is free to cancel the deal if the wedding between Amar and Mr. Dhanunjaya's daughter does not take place." Shambhavi quoted the clause. "And that's not all. Wait till you receive legal notice from my lawyer for defamation. I will make sure that you two are jailed for promising your daughter to my nephew and not bothering to keep it."
"Shambhavi, please don't do this. My family is in deep trouble already. Please don't make it worse for us." Lasya's grandfather spoke for the first time.
"I have great respect for you, sir. But this is something I can't accept," she answered.
Nobody spoke for a while. Uninterested in the discussion, Vennela was sitting in a corner, hugging her knees.
"You are right. We have no right to ruin your family's reputation. But cancelling the deal and getting us jailed will not fix it. So, I offer an alternative," said Nanditha.
"What would that be?" spat Shambhavi.
"As per the clause, the wedding has to take place between your nephew and our daughter. Everyone out there-- the media, the guests and the investors are here to witness the wedding of Devaraju family's son and Dhanunjaya family's daughter , not Amar and Lasya's wedding. This is also the reason why you agreed to our proposal. The union of two big business families." Nanditha chose her words very carefully. Shambhavi didn't understand what she was implying.
"We have another daughter whom we are planning to marry off in the coming year. Our niece. The only child of my husband's late younger brother. If you agree, we will get her married to Amar." Nanditha put forward her proposal.
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