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It was almost 5pm when koushu called Megha to tell her that he wouldn't be home for dinner as they have an issue at office. She asked him about what he would eat and he replied he'll have something from canteen. Those canteens only have fast foods and nothing like a full meal. So she decided that she'll get him and her brother (Karthik) some happy meal on this stressful day.

She made some guthi vankaya (stuffed brinjal), dosakaya pappu (yellow lentils cooked together with round indian cucumbers), avakaya pachadi (traditional pickle made with raw mangoes which could be stored for an year or two), miriyala chaaru (stew made with tamarind juice and spices), curd and vadiyalu (Andhra traditional papads or crisps) with white rice. She packed everything along with water bottles and made sure to brew some koushu's favourite coffee and poured it into a thermo flask for him to use later dinner to concentrate on work.

It was already 6:30 when she finished all the cooking thanks to the pressure cooker and four burners gas stove. She immediately called madhu and told her plan to surprise the boys and told her to get ready too. She immediately started to get ready. Since it was the first time she was going to his company she tried to make extra efforts to look beautiful. Though she once went there it was just to give him his lunch box at the reception but today she was going to meet him there infront of his colleagues. She wanted to make him feel proud and happy looking at her. She doesn't want to make herself fool and not looking good enough for him.

She wore shimmering orange colour plain saree paired it with deep neck full sleeves plain black colour blouse. The blouse has square shaped deep neck at the back and was stitched with silver colour sequins at the end of the sleeves and around the neck. The saree was looking beautiful showing all her curves yet hiding all her skin. She left her hair in its natural state of soft waves. She applied some leave-in conditioner to maintain the moisture of her hair. She had no makeup as it's her style. She just applied some moisturizer and put some bindi. She put some vermillion below her bindi and on her hair partition. She put katuka (kajal) to her eyes. She applied koushu's favourite lipbalm which he always tell her that he like to smell on her lips. She wore black bangles which was designed with soft white sparkles. She wore no extra jewellery. She want her look to be simple so she wore nallapusalu (black bead chain which married women wore). She already has mangalsutra put inside of her saree. The nallapoosalu would be placed on the saree for everyone to see. She wore simple buttalu (ear rings shape like domes) on her ears. She wore black colour short heels.

When she looked at herself in the mirror she thought she was beautiful. But at the very last corner of brain was nagging that she was looking like she got readied to attend a party. So for a second she thought maybe she did overdressed herself. But she shrugged the thought telling herself 'who cares! It's the first time she was visiting him in his company and she wanted to look her best. She wanted to see the twinkle in his eyes which usually there whenever he saw her with love in his eyes.'

She booked a cab for herself as she was planning to return with koushu when he finish his work. Till then the girls would chill out at the café. It was almost 7:15 when she finished and the cab also arrived. She hurriedly checked everything again and went to Madhu.

Madhu was waiting infront of café wearing a parrot green anarkali with gold colour border. She wore a simple chain with gold colour bangles. She plucked her hair from the sides and secured it with a clutch on the back of her head. Her hair was curled at the ends. She put stone bindi and wore simple makeup. She paired them with gold colour strap heels. It was already 7:50 when they reached the company. They entered the company giving koushu's details. At the reception they were told, the employees were yet to come to canteen for dinner and they should wait at the canteen itself since they weren't allowed in the office area. Megha and Madhu were waiting for them at the office canteen at the far end corner table. Slowly the employees started to fill in the canteen area.

Soon enough very worn out koushu has come along with equally messy looked Karthik. His hair was looking like he ran through it so many times. Even with this messy look koushu has made megha skip her heart a beat. They took their seats at a table not too far from them but yet to available to look at them. They ordered fried rice and koushu opened his laptop to work. Soon a lady came and cancelled koushu's order. She placed another order saying it's not healthy for him and it was irritating megha. Though what she said was true but she doesn't like her to tell him like she has the rights to do that. It irked her. But what made her more angry was koushu doing his work even when he's here for dinner. So without thinking anything she marched towards him and forcefully closed his laptop.

He looked at her with irritation and realising who she was he was shocked yet pleasantly surprised. Meanwhile Karthik was hugging madhu.

"No work when eating." Megha told looking at Koushu and Karthik nodded for the same.

"Ahh megha! What a pleasant surprise! I really missed your food." Karthik started excitedly but ended with a cute pout.

"I know annayya. That's why I brought dinner for both of you." Megha told them with a smile. She sat beside koushu while Karthik and madhu took their opposite seats. Vaishnavi was sitting awkwardly at the third side of the square table, koushu to her right and Karthik to her left. She was confused about the girl who came with dinner for them. She concluded that she was Karthik's sister since she called him annayya (brother).

Megha opened all the boxes and kept them on the table. She took the two serving plates and started to serve Karthik and koushu.

"Umm, I'm sorry I brought only two plates. If you don't mind, can I serve you in the disposable plate that available in the canteen?" Megha asked vaishnavi politely. Megha thought since she was koushu and Karthik's colleague, it's rude to left her out from the dinner when she was sitting right beside them.

"No, I've already ordered my salad, I don't think I could eat all this. You guys carryon." Vaishnavi said looking at the dishes. She thought indian dishes are oily and unhealthy. What could she say, she was foreign return afterall.

"Okay." Megha just nodded with a smile. It's purely her loss if she doesn't want to taste it.

All this time koushu was in another world looking at megha. He was a goner since he saw her there. He couldn't take his eyes off from her. The conversations were surely reaching his ears but not his brain, so he was unaware of the things they were talking. He was just eyeing his wife shamelessly infront of everyone. Afterall he was staring at what rightfully his. He was mesmerized with her beauty. She was aware of his eyes on her but she didn't do anything about it. She was enjoying, afterall her efforts were paying off, so she just blushed under his gaze. Koushu came back to the earth only after megha shook him to eat.

When he was starting to eat just then vaishnavi spoke startling megha.

"Ram, can't you see how much oily this food was! It was filled with spices. I've already ordered salad for you. Leave it." Saying this she dragged the plate far from koushu. Megha scoffed seeing her audacity behaving like this with her husband. Megha and Madhu were confused coz they don't know who the lady was. Karthik just glared at vaishnavi while koushu was fuming in anger. He was ignoring her and told her that he was married already, why didn't this woman get it through her thick skull, he wondered.

"Who the hell do you think to tell me what to do and what not. Who told you to interfere in my matters." Koushu stood up fuming.

"Have you lost your memory Ram. I was your girlfriend and I know how much you love me. So please stop with your childishness, acting ignorant and saying gotten married etc etc., Because I know you still love me and I came back for you. I was just caring for you and I was concern for your health. But you're just throwing tantrums like a stubborn kid." She shouted irritatingly. She was fed up of his tantrums showing she doesn't matter to him. Only if she knows how much true it is.

Realisation dawned upon megha about who that lady was while Madhu was oblivious of anything. She whispered Karthik asking about her and Karthik filled her in with everything whispering back. At last madhu was fuming with anger looking her attitude after all she had done to Ram. Crowd started to gather due to the noise and vaishnavi's shouting wasn't helping either.

Koushu was on the verge of bursting out and when he opened his mouth to say something megha tugged his hand and shook her head. Though she doesn't like vaishnavi's behaviour she doesn't want koushu to stoop to her level. It's not a public show. Koushu has his reputation to take care of. She doesn't want him to be the talk of his office. She doesn't want their private matter to be discussed in public. He has to work there, how could the employees under him would respect him if he lost his cool. Moreover the society is something which sees all the girls as weak and believe them blindly if they cry a little bit. They took the girls side without listening to the boys side. The society will never tried to think 'that not all the boys are bad and not all the girls are good'. The one before them was the live example for a selfish and cheating woman. The crowd has already started to whisper things among them.

"Why don't we talk it out somewhere. I think you shouldn't grab attention here." Megha tried to pursue, raising her eyebrows suggestively at vaishnavi.

"Don't you have common sense to not come in between a couple fight." She shouted on megha and turned to Karthik before saying "Karthik, tell your sister to not interfere in our matters. You'll not be happy upon what I would say to her otherwise." She seethed with anger and that was the last straw megha could take. She was the one who shamelessly throwing herself on her husband and acting like she has all the rights to do so. Now she made everything clear on her side to the public, it's necessary to be proved herself wrong infront of them. It's too late to hide that matter from the ears of public, if they stayed silent, everyone would think koushu has done wrong to her. Koushu has to work with them and she couldn't let everyone talk shit about him behind his back. It's time to tame vaishnavi that too publically.

"Shut up." Megha roared flinching vaishnavi. Koushu Karthik were looking at her astonished as it was the first time they were seeing her in this look. Madhu just smirked at vaishnavi knowing what was about to happen.

"If I'm not wrong, you're Miss vaishnavi right?" Megha asked still dumbfounded vaishnavi who just nodded at her but didn't dare to let any word out.

"Look vaishnavi. First thing, as you said you were his girlfriend, who used him to dump your work on him and cheated on him by your upper authorities for your on-site promotion. You left him almost four years ago for your selfish reasons so don't you dare to barge in his life again claiming rights." She made her first point with normal voice neither too high nor too low, but strong enough the crowd to hear. Vaishnavi couldn't muster up words as she didn't think koushu would've known about her deeds.

"Second thing, as you said earlier that he already told you he was married yet you didn't believe because whatever the reason, but oops it was true and the proof is before you, I'm his wife, so it's you who was trying to come between us and you should shut up and stop throwing yourself on my husband." Without giving vaishnavi a chance to talk she made her second point.

"Third and last thing. I know what should I feed my husband and what not to feed. I can totally take care of him in my way which doesn't and shouldn't concern you. He is and will be mine to care, concern, love and live for. It is completely my right to decide what is good for him and what is not, which I would absolutely never like to share with any other person. So please kindly pack all your care concern love and whatever emotions or fake feelings you have on him and take it with you leaving my man alone. I would suggest you to find yourself a man and shower him with all your emotions rather than dumping them on others husbands." She completed her last point looking straight into vaishnavi's eyes. Vaishnavi was very embarrassed to be talked like this infront of everyone. The crowd was starting to talk and some of the murmurings were heard by vaishnavi. She was utterly shocked, frustrated and embarrassed about the things they were talking about her. But she doesn't have anything to support her. Madhu was snickering at the side looking at vaishnavi. Karthik and koushu have happy smiles though they were suprisingly shocked at megha's outburst. Vaishnavi went out from there with embarrassment while the crowd dispersed on the lack of drama.

Koushu and Karthik don't want to eat but one look from a furious megha they gobbled their food without a sound. When they asked the girls to have dinner with them, the girls informed them that they have movie date in the café with lots of junk till the boys finish their work.

After having dinner the boys went to their office while the girls went back to café.