Chapter 232

She smiled and stepped out and he joined her in just a minute. She smiled and responded to his question by saying that it was indeed very special. Judging by the expression on her face and the finger she was wearing it in, he smiled and said, "Indeed it is special. An unusual engagement ring, of course for a very unusual and special woman". Her eyes brightened and she smiled with appreciation of his complement. He asked "May I" and took her hand and looked at her ring. Couple of passers by even mistook, especially at the way he was holding her hand, that he was the one who proposed to her and even congratulated them. He smiled at one of them and said "I wish that were true and unfortunately I am not the lucky one" and let go of her hand. He inquired how Pryag was doing and asked her to convey his wishes to him and added "Tell him he is a very lucky guy and I am really jealous of him" and laughed out loud. He looked at the time and excused himself that he has an appointment to go to and gave a peck on her cheek and congratulated her once more and left.

A thin pink circle so beautifully blended on to her cheek surrounding her dimples, highlighting her sparkling eyes indicated that she was blushing. She felt very proud and flattered by his compliments and was smiling to herself. She stood there for a couple of minutes forgetting her surrounding in his compliment and starring in the direction he walked away. Then she walked towards the parking lot where she had parked her car constantly looking at the ring that adorned her finger accompanied by a delicate smile. She liked Akshar very much. She had always liked him but right now, she liked him even more. He had made her day with such a wonderful compliment. The one that brightened the day and the rest of the days to come. She picked up the phone and thought of calling Pryag, she just wanted to hear his voice, she was very happy, on second though decided not to, since there were too many things going on in his house and she didn't want to interrupt. She felt so happy she decided to drive directly to his house and get involved in all the rituals.

She was not much into tradition and rituals and has always kept her distance but right now she didn't care, she seemed to have the energy to go through all those which she normally considers a torture, some how didn't seem to be one anymore. After all the day had turned out to be wonderful, bright and cheerful, even the clouds seemed happy reflecting her happiness. She slowly got out of the parking lot and mingled into the traffic which was not bad. She felt like listening to the radio, which she hardly does, as she is mostly on the phone listening to the voice messages and returning the calls. And today for a change she had no calls to return and no messages to listen to and on top of all she was so happy nothing mattered anymore. She was switching between channels and when she was in the middle of it she had to break all of a sudden as all the vehicles in front of her had almost come to a total halt and she forgot about the radio and was looking at the front to see what was going on.