Chapter 3

(Aadhithya's view)

Seven hours of long travel from Coimbatore to bangalore exhausted us to the core. After reaching the flat, the first thing that came to my mind is 'BED'.

"It looks good" said dhiya.

"Yeah, my dad booked this flat a month ago, Exactly when our marriage got fixed"

"Oh, so this is your parent's choice same as your marriage. Isnt it?"

"Haha, ofcourse" I said when we both burst into laughter together.

I looked around the flat and it had two separate bedrooms and a vast living room..

"Good, I can maintain my privacy in anyone of the room"I said to myself.

"Wowww!! This is gross!!" Dhiya shouted from the balcony. I followed her voice and stood nearby her.

"Do you see this? Such a beautiful view!" she exclaimed.

I looked at the site along with her. I could feel myself standing in a building's 20 th floor, lights were sparkling in the streets like fire crackers. A little away from our building, there was a flyover bridge where vehicles and bikes were visible like small toys.

"Do you like these kind of views too?" I asked.

"Yes, I was brought up in a rural area and I generally get excited with these kind of things"

I smiled at her, she looked prettier when she smiled back at me. 'Ding Dong' the door bell rang breaking our moment with that view. I rushed to the main door and there was a man standing outside. He had some wooden things near him along with a large bed.

"Good evening sir, I’m from reckon furnitures. Are you Mr.Aadhithya?"

I nodded and let him inside. We started arranging separate beds for us in separate rooms. After the guy went, dhiya and me went to a nearby hotel and had our dinner. When we came back, waved each other and left to our respective rooms. Usually I never sleep before 10pm, but the tiredness of the travel made me to snore in few minutes...

"Hey.. Aadhithya" Dhiya's voice woke me up from sleep.

"Good morning, why are you up so early?" I said adjusting my blurry eyes. She was standing in front of me with a maroon salwar kameez and a white shall. Her accessories matched exactly with color of her shawl.

"Women are so perfect when it comes to dressing"I thought.

"What? Early? Do you know what time it is?"

I looked at my phone and it displayed 7.35am and when I was about to say another word...

"See my office is 5 kms away from here and I have to reach before 8.30. I’m leaving now, just lock the door"She shooted her words without expecting a response and left in a hurry.

I slowly got up and start getting ready for my office in a gap of 30 minutes. My black Rx100 was parked outside and i dusted it.

"Yeah my buddy I missed you too" I said patting the tank and kick started my bike. I ride through the traffic with help of my buddy and finally reached my office.

"Greetings da machi! How was your first night?" Manoj said when I entered the reception of my office.

"Why don't you ask that to your lover?" I replied mocking him. Generally best friends loves to roast each other.

"Hey you asshole"he said and hit my arms. I giggled while we walked towards the lift.

"So what happened? Everything was good, right?".

"I have told you already machan. I’m not interested in these marriage stuff at all".

"Oh man! You are married now but you haven't changed even a bit. God gives a beautiful woman to a guy like you and betrays singles like me"

"Stop blabbering you idiot, just come fast. We have works to do"

We both got out of the lift and entered our office which was in the 6th floor. It was the same one i have been working for almost 7 years, but those eyes of the employees made me feel a little awkward.

"Being a newly wed guy is hard"I thought.

I rushed towards my seat desk so that I can avoid those idiot questions, but to my surprise it was occupied by someone else.

" Excuse me, I think you are in the wrong desk"

"Yes pardon?" She said looking away from her system.

I could see a girl of mid 20s sitting in my seat.She was wearing a sandal coloured chudi along with a white shall. Her skin tone nearly matched the color of her shall. If I have to choose between Dhiya and her in beauty, that would be one of the hardest decision of my life. She was so gorgeous.

"Hello? What do you want?" She asked removing her airpod from one of her ears.

"This is my seat. I think you are sitting in the wrong place"

"Oh...is it? but T.L instructed me to take this desk"

When I was about to speak further, team leader arjun came near us.

"Hey aadhithya, how are you doing man? Your face seems to be brighter after marriage"he said.

"Oh god! I just wanted to be invisible infront of this idiot" I thought.

"Sir,this is my desk and now she..."I said pointing towards her, but she casually ignored my talk and turned towards her system.

"Yeah yeah...she is our newbie. Meet Mr.Aadhitya one of our chief architect " arjun made an intro of me and we exchanged formal smiles

"But sir, where is my desk now?"I asked arjun.

"Just chill out my newly wed groom. Your desk has been shifted beside her and sorry.. This is Ms. Ila....." He struggled.

"I’m Ilavenil, nice to meet you" she said completing her name and gave a warm smile.

"Oh Ilavenil? So you are from Tamil nadu?"I asked.

" Yeah, thats why they struggle a lot to pronounce my name" she said and got back to her system.

"Okay guys, get back to work. We have to do some serious jobs now" arjun said and left that area.

I seated myself and took a look on my drawing sheets while switching on my computer. We both exchanged few glances frequently. I don't know why, I felt like talking to her and my mind was searching for a reason to start a conversation.

"I'm so unlucky when it comes to women"I thought.

The entire day was fled with works and drawings and finally I received a mail at the end of the day. It was a new project.

"Dude! Have you seen that?" Manoj shouted when I was about to open the mail.

"You scare me idiot....see what?"I asked him with an irritated tone.

"The new project, it is a villa for former mayor Mr.chandrasekar"

"Oh...then it must be a big shot. It might buy us more money and reputation too"

" Yeah and one more info too.."

"Now what?" I looked at him puzzled.

"The girl beside you... she is with you in this team" he said huskily.

"What? You mean Ilavenil?" I nearly shouted which reached her ears. She looked at me in a questioning expression and I pretended to be reading her name in the computer. She nodded and turned back.

" Yes bro, you have some mole in your body for sure. First you married a pretty girl and now you got another one in your team. Such a lucky bastard you are!"

His face was filled with enormous jealousy when he said those words.

"Its okay, get back to work now. I have to go home soon, lets discuss about it later" I said pretending to be normal. He waved at me and went back to his desk.

Although I was excited to the peak, I managed to hide it from that idiot. I opened the mail and checked our team list.

"ILAVENIL" I read her name in silence and turned to look at her. She adjusted her hair and tugged it on the side of her earlobe..

"May be she is the one for you Aadhitya", my inner voice played inside my head..