Kathir at first was confused on reading the msg from her .
He felt it so absurd as well childish .
Mullai had sent a msg that she is gonna stay at Mithra s room since the latter was down with cold.
That didn't really make sense to a person like Kathirangan who was used  to licking his wounds and healing them all alone , throughout his life till then .

Kathir : MV : Iwa enna loosa , Naan enna sonnen, iwa enna pannikittu eruka ?
Mithra chinna ponnu than , but oru saatharana cold ku poi , iwa night mulukua thangachi pakkathulla vakanthu enna panna pora ?
Msg eh paaru !
Mithra having cold , so I am going to staying at her room !
Enna oru paasa malar da saami ! School ku leave letter kudukra maathri .
Well ...naan sonathu konjamaachum nyabagam erukuma ?
Illa thangachi paasathulla suthama yellathaiyum maranthutaala !
Hmm.....he didn't have an ounce of doubt over Mullai otherwise. Because he hadn't seen her enter the room nor hear his talk and leave the room without leaving any trace .
He  just felt amused on reading her message though he was obvious dissappointed . As well he couldn't help thinking about her motherly kindness over her siblings .
Thambi , thangachi na ivlo paasam varuma enna ?
Athusari ....nammaku than amma ,appavae kedaiyaathu ! Ithulla ...enga erunthu ithelaam therinchukrathu ?
Baran , Nandhu ,Vishali mela enaku priyam undu than _ aana ithu maathri illa ,
He smiled warmly thinking about something else ,
Thangachi mela ivlo paasam na , iwaloda sontha kolanthainga mela evlo paasamum , akkaraiyum kaatuva ?
Athelaam anupavika theiyaathavana erunthruken paaru !
He hit his forehead desperately with a sad smile .
Hmm...ipo poi palasa yosichu enna use !
Its ok _
Innaikum namaku tharaila vaasam nu yeluthi eruku pola !

He strictly stuck back to his word and didn't opt for sophistication of using the bed ,though she wasn't present there in the room , nor  had given consent for it in the evening .

He expected her to forgive him thoroughly and wanted to share the bed only when she was there with him .
He wanted their union to be whole hearted .
Somehow he didn't feel like using the cot when she wasn't around .

Without any regret on his wife  , he lay on the bare floor , unaware of the happenings of the next day .

As the gentleman husband as ever he did forget to send a reply message to her ...To take care of Mithra well , and a good night !

But unable to get sleep ,he twisted multiple times on the bare floor , staring at the ceiling ,

With a frustration Kathir' got up and looked at her empty bed . The happenings of evening had evoked something inside him . Heat spread throughout his body . His groin pulsated high with want and need for his woman .

Innaiku thoongina maathri than . Ennavo intha room eh , awa illama verumaiya eruka maathri eruku .
I miss her .
Appadi enna thangachi paasam ?
Inga manushan nelamai puriyaama !
Evening nadanthathu , konjam koodava iwala affect pannala ?
Onumaae nadakaatha maathri anga poi vakanthu kitta !

Aluthama ...? illa naan sonathaiyae maranthutala ?
Cha ..cha .., Apdilaam erukathu ,  she is good hearted girl .
Thirumbavum awala thappa judge panna koodaathu .
Thangachi paasathulla mathatha maranthuruppa .
Hmm...he battled with himself . He for sure missed her presence very badly in that room .
Next room thana la eruka ;  inneram Mithra settle aagirupa thana ?
Pesama poi thookitu vanthralama !!

Thookiduvoma ? For a second he gave it a serious thought but then immediately regretted it ,
Cha ..cha , apadi panrathu kaatumirandi thanam .
Athu enaku than asingam .
This is not you Kathirangan ! He self pride ,putforth a barrier too which his heart dismissed off ,
But I f**king need her man _  he said to himself with clenched fists with love and lust on high ,
But then he quickly composed himself with patience ,.
Ivlo naal ah porumaiya erunthutu , ipo poi ipdi behave panrathu thappu .
What's there to wait for one more day ?
Be patient Kathir ! He said to himself and forced himself to sleep , which he didn't get anyways.

Within his closed eyes the beautiful face of Mullai , her smiling eyes and blushing cheeks and shivering lips that curved attractively onlooking at him along with her curvaceous body melting within his arms appeared again and again torturing him as hell .

At the same time , 

Mullai !

She was irritated and fuming as hell on reading the reply message from him .

She had lost count of how many times she read that single line .

Her emotions weren't under her control since when she heard him laugh and speak to Pragya .

Filled with jealousy and anger she left their room with a damn sure expectation that he would search her and call her back once he got to read her message .

But he hadn't !

Instead he had plainly asked her to take care with a good night emoji that sent her mad as hell .

Sitting beside a deep sleeping Mithra Mullai was openly fuming at her husband .

Mullai : Good night aam la ? Take care aahmae . Hmpt. Yaaruku venumnu iwanga akkarai .
Konjamaachum pondatinu manasulla pathinchu eruntha ipdi anupa thonuma ?
Saaingaalam ennalaam pannanga ...epadilaam enkitta kolanchanga ...
Aana , awa kitta erunthu vantha oru phone call _ orae oru call ku apuram aalaae epadi maaritaaru !
Chai ,
Naan than romba athigama yethirpaathuten pola ,.
Ipadi roomku kooda varama erukaalae _ ennanu oru call panni awaruku kekka thonucha ?
Awa kitta manikanaka palla illika mattum mudiyuthulla !
Enaku phone panni enna ,yethunu yen kekka thonala ?
Naan na awlo mattama poirucha ?
Illa ...nammala andi erukaval nu yelakaarama thoniruchoo .
Kadaisilla ...panam ullavangaluku than mariyathaingrathu ,unmai aagiduchu...
She spit words in anger , with all her patience evaporating just like that .
She couldn't think logically nor be composed like before .
All that stayed in her memory were the intimate moments with her husband and her assumption that he had ditched her after receiving a call from his supposed girl friend . Not once she thought that he might have stayed quiet not wanting to disturb her and Mithra . She forgot the simple fact that he too was emotionally shaken that evening and he too had eagerly expected that night .She firmly believed that after Pragya s call , Kathir had totally deceived her and forgotten all about her .
With such thoughts ebbing high and high ,she sobbed with anger and spent a sleepless night , just like him

Just with a wall separating them both ,the love struck hearts that yearned for each other spent the whole night in agony of their own .

The next day dawned in bright as usual with the early morning birds chirping enthusiastically and dew laden flowers blooming in full .

Kathir had to rush to the Scans that day as he had to fix issues at one of the peripheral centres .
As well , Mr. Ranganathan' s blood parameters had to be checked periodically that day as per the cardiologist ' s order . The elderly man was most likely to be wheeled in for surgery at the earliest .
Along with this issue , Kathir had his construction work of the new project .
Will all the work cracking upon his head he left for office in a hurry ,but only after , looking in for Mullai more than a couple of times .

He expected her to come up to their room with his morning coffee . But it was the helper who brought it along with the news ,that Mullai was busy in the kitchen , preparing the kanji for Ranganathan' .
Kathir raised his brow questionly on hearing it .

Kathir : Thaathaku kanjiya ? Ipova ?

Helper : Amangaiya . Night la erunthu ipo varai periyavaru yethuvum saapida koodaathamla .
Ipo ratham yeduka aalunga vanthruvaanga
Ratham yedutha odanae thaatha saapidanumu , amma sonanga .
Athan ...awangalae senjukittu erukaanga.
Kaapi awanga than potaanga ,

Kathir : Hmm...Coffee potta unga amma ,mela vanthu atha tharamaatangalama ?
He asked with a soft smile with proud thoughts about her  surging inside him .
MV : Thaatha night muluka fasting nu naanae maranthuten. Iwa mattum epadi yellar melaiyum iwlo akkaraiya eruka.

He melted in that simple gesture of his wife and forgot everything about the previous night .
As well he completely forgot the fact that she carefully awoided seeing him in person since last night .
Having no time to think about it further his phone beeped multiple times reminding him of his work .
He left to office in the tension of having multiple issues to set right .

It was only around noon , Kathir' had time to breathe .

He had worked as a bull since the morning that he hardly noticed the CCTV wherein  Ramesh was trying to enter his working cabin .

As whilst his work was nearing closure he called up the lab for his grandfather ' s blood results .

He had spoken to the physician in the morning and having checked in with the lab that was situated at the basement of his Scans he had resumed other work .

They were suppose to mail the blood results to him ,but not having received them yet ,he called the lab directly .

And the answer he received was quiet strange to Kathir'.

The blood reports had been already taken by Ilango ,the in charge techie person of the scans .

Not alone that , that Illango had insisted on taking the blood results to his home in person instead of emailing Kathir' .

That simple news enraged the arrogant Kathir' .

He was in fact shocked at first on hearing the news from the lab technician ,

Kathir' : Dammit ! Who is the MD here ? Me or someone else ..

The technician answered in a shivering voice ,

Lab technician : Athilla sir ...

Kathir' : What the f**k ? Whom are you back answering .
Yaarukitta pesuroomnu yosichu than pesuringala ?
Unga work enna ?

Labtech : Illa sir , Illango sir than ...

Kathir' : F**k that bloody sir ? What business does have at the lab .
He is the scan techi right ?
Awara Scans ku mattum thana incharge ah appoint pannen ?
Lab vellaiyelaam awar yen thalaiyiruraar ?
And thaathoda reports eh naan enaku email panna sonna , atha thookitu en veetukaae poitaanu , solringa ?
What is happening here ?

LT : Sir .. report vanthathumae ,ungalkum , consultantukum than sir email panna ponnen .
Antha samayathulla than Illango si...sorry sir , Ilango vanthu , naan madam eh paaka than poren , athunaala reports eh neradiya paathu kodukrenu sonnar .
Anga ...veetla , madam oda appa ku last ah yedutha scan pathi yetho sollanumnu sonnaru sir !

Kathir' was clearly infuriated on hearing that madam eh paaka poren and madam appa scan !

A sudden wave of possessiveness struck him hard .

Kathir' : What the f**k ? Madam eh paaka Iwan yaaru ?
En FIL eh scan pathi iwan enna discuss panrathu ? Is he a radiologist or what ?
He didn't bother to address Ilango with respect .

LT : Athilla sir ...

Kathir' : Enna athilla...ithilla ? Intha maathri athigaprasangithanama vellaiyelaam naan encourage panna maatenu ungalku theriyum thana ?
Apovaae solrathuku enna ?

LT : Illinga sir ... Unga intercom romba nerama busy ah erunthchu ,
Innaiku neraiya samples vanthruchu sir _ lab eh vitu nagara mudila ,
Namma Ramesh annankitta solli , unga room ku anupinen sir ...aana ninge romba busy ah erunthigannu .....

Kathir' : Rameshum poiyaacha ?

LT : Am..ama sir !

Kathir' : So what ? Ungalku arivu enga pochu ?
Antha Ilango kitta ,it's none of your business nu solrathuku enna .

LT : Illa ...vanthu awaru than inga senior most cadre sir .
Thavira madam oda friend vera ...

Kathir' : Whattt ? Come again ....he yelled as hell on hearing those words that the technician' s ear drum started paining as hell .
Yaarku yaar friend ! He roared in anger ...that was absolute possessiveness and jealousy in his voice that the techie turned the plate immediately upside down .

LT : Apdinu naan sollala sir , Awaravae sollikuvaaru !
Enaku onum theriyaathu sir .

The  techie pleaded fearing the possibility of losing his job if she is going to let more words like this to her boss .

But surprisingly , Kathir' didn't yell further nor shoot her with troublesome questions .

Instead he was already on the wheels , heading straight back to RANGAN PALACE

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RANGAN PALACE :

Mullai was seated in one end of the grey white velvet chaise lounge , sofa in the reception room of RANGAN s palace .

Opposite to her , Illango was seated in one of the single cushions that were arranged for the guests .

It was an unwritten rule amongst the Rangan household , for the guests of the second grade to be made to sit in separate cushions reserved for them .
Only the close knit family members or the first degree relatives were to occupy the chaise lounges ,used by the family members too .
It was a custom brought about by Mr Ranganathan' to keep unwanted guests at bay .
As well , in that way none of the guests could have close access to the women of the family .
So when Ilango came to Rangan palace with the obligation to meet Mullai , as her senior and friend , none of the family members objected to it nor felt any indifference .

Uma called up Mullai and informed her about Ilango s arrival and asked her meet him in the guest room .
As well , Ilango was persuaded into one of the guest chairs and was asked to wait until the lady of the palace arrived .

Though he was offered refreshments and had a decent reception , Ilango could very easily realise the highest standards of Mullai in that house ...nope palace .

She was treated as the queen of the palace now and he as an employee .
Though she was once his junior in college and a colleague at the Scans , now the obvious respect and treatment she received made him loathe with jealousy .
He had come to know about the rumours of her divorce with Kathir _ though he wasn't sure about that news .
He had had a crush on Mullai during college days which he dare to expose then . After joining work at Rangan Scans he had planned to propose her at some ripe moment . But once she was appointed as the incharge head of all the centres , jealousy had slowly started creeping in him .
He couldn't take it then itself .
But then also he didn't bother much . Knowing about her simple background , Ilango had a calculation and was pretty confident that he could make Mullai his !!
But Lo ..!
Her marriage to his own boss was a big shot blow to Illango !
She became his Boss overnight that he couldn't at all accept .
Suddenly she reached a height that was way too too tall for him to reach .
But hailing from a middle class family,all he could do was to fume inside his ownself , bury his jealousy as well as his crush on her deep within his heart and roam around with a Bhudda face just to safeguard his work .
He felt too inferior to work under her . But contrary to his anticipation , Mullai had never turned up at the Scans as the Boss for this one whole year .
Illango worked with some what peace of mind .
But the rumours of Kathir' and Mullai s divorce had given him some new hopes and the courage to try his luck .
He recollected the instances he had happened to see Kathir' and Mullai together .
They obviously didn't appear as a smitten couple then .
Though they appeared so superficially he was damn sure that there was something wrong in their relationship .
Not knowing the change in Kathir' currently and the relationship between Kathir' and Mullai now , he planned some absolute nonsense .
The first being _ spreading a false news that he was good friends with Mullai during college days itself and during work at Rangan Palace .
He just showed himself as if he was close to her .
Though none of the people at the Scans completely believed him, they had noticed that Mullai did speak to him causually without any bossy attitude .
Especially when discussing the scan reports of Murugan', during the accident .
So they all believed that Illango was a genuine friend of Mullai and Mullai was the kind hearted ,non egostic non attitude master unlike her very own arrogant , pride filled husband ,their boss !

Taking advantage of it , Ilango now had the courage to meet Mullai at Rangan Palace itself under the cover of giving Mr Ranganathan s blood results and Murugan's scan reports.

Knowing that Kathir' was hell busy that afternoon along with a calculation that Kathir' won't turn up at Rangan Palace that time ,  Illango had silently sneaked in to meet her .

And now ,

Mullai was keen in reading all the reports of the elderly persons .

She had had a bad night the previous night .As well ,since morning , she was badly missing Kathir .
She too hadn't seen him that morning .
Though she adamantly had sent his coffee through the helper , she hoped to meet him in the breakfast table .
But the busy master had as usual skipped his breakfast .
As well he had already left to office even before she could bear her hideout in the kitchen to get a glimpse of him.
Along side , thoughts of Pragya was haunting her badly .
She was loathing in self-pity , anger and jealousy as well a craving for Kathir' ,that she badly needed some diversion to keep her agony at bay .

So when , Illango came with the news of having brought the reports to give her , she sincerely believed him without second thoughts and settled down to read them meticulously .
She forgot to ask him the simple logical questions of why he brought the results to her rather than the physician .

Illango : Appaoda last scan report Aaa , koduthutu polaamnu vanthen .
Apadiyaae thaathoda reportsum kaiyoda yeduthutu vanthuten .
Paakriya ?

Mullai : Oh thanks Ilango sir .Vakarunga ...

Illango : Thankslaam namakulla yethuku Mullai .
Sir kooda yethuku ? He said quietly and an evil smile that the pure Heart of Mullai couldn't understand.

Mullai : Cha..cha , enna erunthalum ninge en senior . Antha mariyathai epovum erukum .
Enna saapdringa sir ?

Ilango : Nalla veyyil _ mathiya neram , full meals potta kooda ....

Mullai : Meena akka jillnu moor yeduthutu vaange , before he could complete , Mullai called up Meena and gave the instruction on just hearing him say about the scorching midnoon sun .
As well , Mullai failed to notice the hidden sarcasm in his words .
She continued ...vakaarunga sir ,

He smiled with all 32 teeth at the respect she gave him and was about to sit in the main sofa when Mullai said it without her knowledge ,.

Mullai : Intha pakka sofa la ,veetu aalunga than sir vakaruvaanga . Intha veetoda rules athu !
She said causually as one of the family members but with simplicity and gently pointed him another seat , inga ungalku comfortable ah erukum sir .

Illango : H..hi ...hi ...sari Mullai ,
MV : Periya veetu marumagalnu sollama sollura . Ennaiya maathri erunthavaluku vantha vaalva paaru. Neram ...! Ithelaam evlo naalunu paapoom ,iwanga vishyam unmaina ...inneram iwa nadutheruvuku thana vanthrukanum _ .?
Aana inga iwaluku raja mariyathaila nadakuthu ?

With his own doubts surrounding him he settled opposite to her and gave the reports .

Mullai had a good knowledge about scans and their interpretation .
She didn't fail to read the blood reports too .

Mullai : Itha ...iwalavu thooram vanthu ninge kodukanuma sir ?
Appaoda doctor than anga eruntha paathuraangalaae ?

Illango : Apadi illa Mullai , enna erunthalum namma paakura maathri varuma ?

Mullai : Naan enna doctor ah ? Yen sir ninge vera ...
She causually said again and continued

Ilango : Ada enna Mullai ,nee buthisaali . Athu kooda theriyaama eruka ?

That word Buthisaali hit her hard somewhere

Mullai : Naan Buthisaali ya ? She said in a low voice ... almost broken .

Memories of last night flooded in , along with her husband's joufull laugh and talks to his friend .

That lost voice and tone encouraged Ilango . He jumped with joy inside ,but kept a caring face to her ,

Illango : Nee athibuthisaali Mullai .
Unaku ennama ; Kavalaiyaae illatha vaalkai !

Another sarcasm which she diu notice,

Instead she let words
,

Mullai : Kavalai illatha vaalkaiya ?
En kashtam yaaruku theriyum !

Ilango rejoiced inside ,

Illango : Kastama ? Unaka Mullai ! Nambave mudila ma ... erunthalum unaku enna kastamnu enkitta share pannu ,
Manasu vittu pesina ...manasulla ulla baaramellam koraiyum !

He said this with a confidence in his voice ,

Mullai s face instantly teared without her knowledge which the rouge took advantage off and slightly leaped forward and touched her hand _

She was so lost in thoughts of her husband that she didn't even feel his hand over her closed fist ,

Knowing it , he tried to progress further and pat her hands , repeating the cliched dialogue ,

Ilango : Naan unaku nalla friend Mullai .
Unaku enna prechanae nu enkitta nee thaaralama sollalaam !
Manasa gaaliya vachukrathu than unaku nallathu Mullai !

He would progressed more and caught her wrist when he heard a thundersous voice echoing high all around in that air conditioned room ;

Ipo intha yedatha odanae gaali panrathu than unaku nallathu Ilangoo !

Mullaiyoda kaiya  ...I mean unoda mudhalaali amma oda kaiya innoru vaati thotta ....unnaku enna prechanae nu solla vaaiyum erukaathu , awangalku enna prechanae nu kekka kaathum erukaathu !

Take your hand off hers ...you f**king bastard !

She is your Boss _ call her madam , not Mullai ,

Understood ?

Kathir !!!

He stood there near the entrance of that room roaring as a highly provoked , ferocious Lion ... waiting to pounce in its prey !!!