Chapter 330 - Maybe I should work harder!

After a merry dinner, all the elders and the children had left. Shreya had allotted rooms for everyone who came in the Imperial for the weekend. So, they did not have to hustle back home after a tiring day… not that they did anything strenuous. Shreya had prepared people for everything in advance making sure the whole dinner went on without a hitch.

With all the elders and children gone, the rest of the a.d.u.l.ts gathered around to relax in the lounge.

Adam really couldn't be bothered with others right now… He, at last, had a wife and he wanted to be with her on his wedding night…

But very slyly but very much deliberately, Shreya schemed on making him and Preethi stay behind. Just as he would take up the topic of going back for the night, Shreya will ask something…

She did not let them go until Preethi pitched taking pity on Adam. Shreya instantly sat down tucking her tails under her butt…

She might not say this but for some reason, she was really scared of Preethi… She would even daringly tease Govid- Charan's dad… but she was always well behaved only in front of two people in Charan's family and they were Preethi and Charan's mother.

She will be her usual bratty self all the other time but in front of Charan's mother and Preethi, she will have this expression as if she had been caught on the act by her mother doing mischief.

Charan can still understand why she behaved like that with his mother… after all, in spite of him telling her numerous times, Shreya still had the picture of some traditional mother-in-law of sorts when it came to his mother… But he really couldn't figure out why she behaved like that with Preethi. Little did he knew Preethi had given Shreya the famous 'You hurt my brother again, I will have your neck' speech a while back.

The elders offered to look after Akil and Akira for the night so that the a.d.u.l.ts can get some privacy for the night.

Shreya did not go back to their room but instead made a beeline to the terrace.

A big grin spread from one ear to another as she pushed the doors to the terrace open and the wind hit her face… the scene in front of her was pure bliss.

Charan caught her as she stumbled on an uneven floor and almost got herself face planted.

"Be careful!" He said as he held her steady in his embrace.

Shreya's expression did not change for one bit. She still had a joyous almost infectious grin on her face.

"DO you have any idea how happy you make me feel?" Shreya asked almost in a daze as she stared back at Charan.

She did not only like Charan but she loved everything that came with him. His parents, his brother, his sister, and especially Akira…

She has Anand and Bhagya… and she cannot really ask for anything more in her life as far as having elderly figures were concerned.

But when they looked at Shreya, there was always a layer of pain and pity masked underneath. She could clearly see it as clear as day… they were people who not only sympathized and empathized with her state but they were also those people who shared her pain.

But when she was with Charan's parents'… they just treated her with pure delight. There was not complicated agonizing baggage attached to it.

When Preethi had called to reprimand her, she actually liked it. It had been long since someone had dared to do that to her… she, for once, had been in the receiving end of cold menacing stares.

When she did crazy stuff with Bharath, she was completely lost. And of course, being with Akira was pure bliss.

"How much?" Charan asked back humoring her. His eyes gleamed merrily over her.

Shreya did not even stop to think as she stretched her hands wide open on both the side as far as she possibly could and said with the same infectious grin on her face, "This much… and some more… Just a tiny bit more."

Charan blinked at her twice utterly speechless before shortening the distance between them as his lips crash-landed on her grinning ones. He really wished he could eat her whole or something… Maybe he could fit her in his pockets and take her with him everywhere he went.

His kiss was searing and fierce. Sparks exploded all over the place instantly. It knocked her out of breath right away.

He did not know what he was supposed to do with her. Her smallest of gestures made his heart stop in place… Her words made his world flip over as he just stood there, helplessly, nailed to his place. It was almost as if she was playing golf with his heart… and the things she makes him feel…

At times like this, he really wished he did not have a family or all the moral responsibilities that came with it so that he can do something crazy for her… He did not even know what he can do…

CHaran did not pull away until he s.u.c.k.e.d the very last breath…

Shreya gasped for air greedily as soon as he let her go… She took deep labored breathes to ease her deprived heart.

Charan leaned over resting his forehead to hers.

"What was that about?" Shreya asked calming down a bit.

"Just showing you how happy you make me feel," Charan whispered smiling at her. Happy cannot really suffice what she makes him feel but for now, he did not know how else to describe the turmoil of emotions badgering him.

"Just this much? I thought with me around, you would feel like the King of the world or something! Maybe I should work harder!" Shreya answered with gleaming eyes and a proud smug smile.

Even when he knew she was teasing him, he really couldn't deny it either.