Chapter 96

She walked out as if nothing happened, smiled and kissed the anxious Chari in his cheek reassuring him it was nothing major. About ten minutes everyone gathered around the family room and Pryag was the one who came up the idea of playing some scrabble. Everyone felt full, but didn’t have the heart to turn him down and sat down for a game.

To everyone’s surprise, the game got interesting and the competition got fierce and as usual she was leading in her score. She had all forgotten about the conversation and was completely into the game and the room was filled with laughter. Char’s and his wife retired for the night when it was about eleven and after a couple of hours Pryag’s sister and his brother-in-law joined them.

The competition was quiet fierce and they played until she won and they decided to call it a day and go to bed. He made fun of her competitive nature and they both walked over to their rooms and he pulled her by her had and was about to kiss her on her lips, she delicately avoided him and his kiss landed on her left cheek followed by a good night. Instead of a good night, he remarked,” I hope you know how much I love you”.