Shravan's POV :

Steering the car slowly  , I bit my quivering lips...

Do I need to cry out loud...?!?!

Emotions overwhelmed my mind...

What's happening around me ?

Why the situations tricked  me that I was  always right though I wasn't...

She loved me and I didn't feel it although I was with her every now and then...Instead , I  mistook her every time and had developed so much of hatred towards her...

I should have thought twice when it came to sumo...!!!

Truth punched my heart that I always thought only my side... She was in so much of trouble ... Struggling them to handle , she just acted for the situation ...

I am a fool...

I should have been a shoulder to lean  in her tight spot.... Rather, I decided to divorce her...

How ignorant am I...?!?!

Divorce!!!

I should stop the petition from filing...

Now, I know that she loves me, so as I am...

I have tones of hope  to handle her ...

She loves me!!!

Cracking all the odds , a blissful joy erupted in me...

My lips curled into a smile...

I accelerated the car to my office...

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I rang up my secretary while entering Malhotra associates...

He didn't pick the call ,but his voice message spoke...

   Hello...Kindly leave a message that I will answer shorty

Sh*t!!!!

I tapped my fingers over my phone restless.... I remembered his words...

" Sir... It's weekend..I could file the case on Monday only..."

Yes... The the petition must be in the conference room...

I went through the files at the conference room...

Lengthy search made me tired yet I didn't spot the file...

While I was in search , I came through a cheque that was pinned safely in a personal file...

I read the name of the payee ...

Suman Tiwari...!

My brows shrunk as something seemed amiss  because the amount space was kept blank...

means,

Papa wanted sumo to take as much as money she wished...

But, why?

Monthly payment for PCT  would route from the accounts department mentioning the amount... Moreover,the cheque would be mentioned to PCT...not in sumo's name...

What am I missing?

I scratched my head...

The date over the cheque leaf made me flat that something had happened that I was not aware of....

I recalled the conversation between me and Papa on that day...

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" Shravan... "

As sumo and her family were moving to the exit from Malhotra mansion , papa called me ..

" Papa" I walked to him...

Putting his arm at my shoulder, he walked with me...

" Beta... I know it's hard for Tiwari ji and Suman... It's only me who could convince kamini ... That too ,to some extent... Tell suman that everything will be alright soon..."

He exhaled deep...

I know Papa's concern on nanaji...

Grinned , I rushed outside...

" Sumo..."

She looked at me worried...

" Shravan... I feel responsible that I have to help Preeti and Pushkar to get married... I can't see them in pain...above all , nanu..."

Her voice broke...

Kamini chachi wasn't happy with Preeti- Pushkar's wedding proposal... Yet , she had no way to decline the proposal... Hence , she chose to hurt  them by some other ways in terms of  conditions and demands ...

I pressed her hands to reassure...I gestured her to smile...

" Everything is going to be alright... Don't worry"

She tried to smile ... And, they went...

  While I was getting into my room , he was there in my room...

" Shravan..."

" Papa..."

I thought he was worried.

But , his face wasn't sad.. instead, he was smiling...

  " May I ask you a question...?"

There was a radiant smirk on his lips...

I arched my brows , sitting beside him..

" I can persuade  kamini if I plan  your wedding .."

My wedding!?!

I was shocked..." But... How my marriage  matters in Pushkar's wedding"

He stepped to the window and smiled...

" That I can't tell you Shravan... Perhaps if I plan  your wedding with a poor girl , that may make kamini  happy... like , how Pushkar marries a girl from poor family background.. !?"

I understood...

" But, papa... They love each other..."

I spoke hastily...

He shrunk his eyes and stared at me...

" Errr... Then ,why not it's the same case with you too..."

I didn't get his point...he must be  speaking, having a girl in his mind...

" Shravan... If you say yes, then,I will arrange  for your wedding too..."

It was much confusing...

Whom he's talking about?!?

" Don't worry about the girl... She will be ready to do anything for you..."

What he's saying...? Perhaps ,he is talking about that urvashi!?!

I was shocked ... I jerked off at the next moment...

" Papa... Never ever think ,  that it will happen..."

I was wondering if I said it...

He nodded....

" I guessed it..."

Before I could reply, he left the room...

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  I came out of my thoughts...

Though he had friendly talk with me .. He never spoke about a girl with me... That too , regarding wedding was far beyond his convenience .. Yet , he spoke... More than his words ,his smirk spoke volumes on that day...

Same day , he had given a blank cheque to Suman...

Why?

With  whom I can ask about this cheque...?!

I thought ...

As it's mentioned ' personal'  either papa or Pushkar could help me...

It wouldn't be appropriate to ask Papa about this...

Pushkar?!

Again,a bad idea... I couldn't disturb his honey moon...

I crisscrossed the room , thinking that I had to find out a way  at any cost...

Investigation tapes!!!!

As lawyers , we would be handling  criminal cases too that may backfire at anytime ...so.. Before taking the cases into consideration , it had been our procedure to record the client's meeting which may help us in problems if any...

If papa would have given this cheque to sumo in person ,  then they both would have spoken here,  in this conference room..

If so....

I could get an idea.. Immediately, I sat infront of the laptop and searched through the investigation records in relation to the dates...

My eyes rolled over the dates that flickered on the monitor...

There it is!!!

I paused scrolling the mouse . Double clicking the file to open , I waited nervously...

  The screen began to roll...

After viewing the entire scene , I was awestruck...

Until now , I had a pride that no one knew sumo more than me...

But, I was wrong...

She had many other pages that I should learn to understand her better...