LIFE AS WE KNEW IT

SHOT 11

"I can't believe they said no," Charan said, sighing for the umpteenth time.

Sathvik rolled his eyes again.

"A good wake-up call, wasn't it, Dad?" Sathvik asked sarcastically.

"Cut the sarcasm, Sathvik."

"It was expected," Nilima said.

"I actually liked them," Charan said, and Sathvik raised an eyebrow at that.

Charan Acharya is a man who is pretty hard to please. To know that he liked the family after a half-hour visit is quite surprising.

"What? Don't look at me like that. I am actually a pretty good judge of character, and they all seem very humble and honest people."

"Well, it was not meant to be," Nilima said.

"The girl is really very pretty. She would have looked perfect with Sathvik," Charan said wistfully.

Sathvik closed his eyes and leaned back on the couch with a sigh.

The picture his father just painted is actually quite beautiful.

He knows he is a good-looking man. He had been told that many times. And Devangana is a very beautiful girl.

He was so busy with the court case and Muskaan that he didn't pay much attention to anything else.

An image of Devangana at her home formed in his head.

She was wearing a simple long skirt and top, and she looked absolutely gorgeous in it.

What would it feel like touching her?

Kissing her?

Sathvik opened his eyes and sat straight on the couch.

Damn it!

What the hell is he thinking?

That too about Devangana?

Her parents just rejected him, and he is fantasising about her.

"Sathvik?" Nilima called, seeing the frown on Sathvik's face.

"Yes, Mom."

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I just... I will take some rest. Can you look after Muskaan for a while, Mom?"

"Of course. I know you have had no time for anything else ever since we got her. I am sorry, Sathvik, for leaving you to deal with it alone," Nilima said apologetically.

"Mom! It's no problem. She is my niece. Actually, she is my daughter now."

"Hope everything goes well. We will have to somehow convince Mrs. Iyer," Nilima said.

"Don't worry, Mom. Everything will be alright. We will fight for her. She's ours," Sathvik said and left for his room.

"He seems disappointed," Charan pointed out.

"Do you think he had feelings for Devangana?" Nilima asked.

"I don't know. He has hardly known her for a week. Maybe he had a little crush. Who wouldn't? She is outrageously pretty," Charan said.

"He will get over it then."

****

A week passed by without many happenings.

The Kashyap house was coming back to normal.

Tripti Kashyap had loosened her reign on her daughter and is now letting her out of the house.