Chapter 29: chapter 29

THE SILENT LOVE ...Chapter 28 :Once Swetha reached the home,she got acquainted with the good news. Balaramiah appreciated the bride’s family and agreed  to proceed  further. The total family was going to see the bride. Swetha started teasing her brother till his face became red due to the embarrassment.After having her dinner,she went to her room and  changed into comfortable clothes. Later she laid on the bed, but the thoughts of the morning incident kept  flashing in her mind. She can feel the goosebumps on her body with mere thought of the scene. She can still feel the touch of Sreekar's hands on her waist and  the way he held her tightly in his embrace.Swetha was never so intimate with any man and the  feelings she was going through were foreign to her. She couldn’t understand what was happening, but  she felt something in her heart for Sreekar, which she couldn’t acknowledge.Though she is through some fantasies,she didn’t forget the dangerous looks he gave to her. She gets startled by reminiscing his menacing look even in her sleep.The next day the total family went to see the bride accompanied by Meenakshi and Rasi. They all reached the bride’s home and the bride’s  family welcomed them wholeheartedly.Everyone sat in the living room and were offered the  water. Once they had small talks while introducing one another, the bride was asked to bring tea and snacks. The bride came holding the tray which contained the snacks. She offered the snacks to everyone. Once she completed giving the snacks, she was asked to sit along with them. She sat opposite to Gautham, in the chair which was beside her brother Kamal.Mahalaxmi glanced at the bride and queried,”Child, what is your name?”.“Archana!”, replied the bride.“Nice name. He is the groom, Gautham”, pointing her finger to her son, Mahalaxmi introduced her son,“She is Swetha. My daughter”, introduced Swetha.Archana lifted her head slowly and glanced at them from beneath her eyelashes and gave a curt smile to them. Later she lowered her head and started to play with the hem of her saree pallu.Gautham glanced at Archana and tried to read her profile. She was wearing a baby pink saree which has designs with beautiful embroidery and her hair was weaved into a small braid which crosses her shoulder. He wanted to look at her face but couldn’t succeed as she was keeping her head down. Unable to fulfill his wish, he glanced at Swetha feeling disappointed. Swetha, who was observing his efforts to look at Archana, gave a wink to him and assured by blinking her eyes.“Sister in law! Where are you working?”, queried Swetha.Archana replied to her without lifting her head totally. Though Gautham could see the outline features of her face, it was not so clear and pouted while looking at Swetha.“Sister in law! You know, I am the one who should give you  the arti while welcoming you into the home for the first time after marriage. If you don’t give proper attention to me, How could you think, you will be allowed to enter the house easily without getting bothered by this sister in law. So, while answering look at me. Okay?”, threatened Swetha.Archana raised her head and looked at Swetha who was giving a teasing smirk at her. As Swetha was sitting beside Gautham, once Archana looked at her, she immediately winked at her and wiggled her eyebrows while indicating towards Gautham with her eyes. Archana darted her gazes towards Gautham who was looking at her with a mischievous smile and realized that Swetha threatened her to make her look at him. She felt shy by seeing his mischievous smile and lowered her head while her cheeks turned to pink due to the blush.