Chapter 71: chapter 71

THE SILENT LOVE ...Chapter 70 :The person left the premises once Sreekar left the function. When the person was far enough from the house, called a number and growled with anger on the call.“Hello Rana! What the hell are you  doing to tarnish Swetha? They both were going too far and I believe that he would confess her very soon”.“Hai Lalitha sister! Don’t worry. They might go too far but before he would confess to her his feelings, I will picture her  as a  gold digger or as a slut in his eyes  using his detest towards the women. You stay calm and see what’s going to happen”, replied Rana.“I want the actions rather than the words. Better if you do something at the earliest. I never saw him being so affectionate to a girl for the past five years. He never allowed any lady to be around him other than me. Though he accompanies me, never took any initiative and treated me as his childhood friend. But with that girl, he forgets the world in her presence. Do something to build a barrier between them” ordered Lalitha.“Don’t worry sister. I was just waiting for a chance to create a misconception between them. I will make it happen  very soon”, assured Rana.Lalitha felt  delighted with his assurance and left the place without getting noticed by anyone.Once the function got completed and all the guests left the home, Gautham took a chance to see Swetha in person in  her room. Swetha was standing at the window looking at the sky  reminiscing the earlier moment with Sreekar. She changed into her comfortable clothes and made her hair a loose bun. She spun her head by hearing the opening sound of the door followed by footsteps and saw Gautham who entered her room.“Hai Swetha! Have you not yet slept? What happened?”, queried Gautham.Swetha turned back, took a few steps towards her brother and replied with a gentle smile,“No brother! Why are you here at this time? Do you want something? You should rest after this long gday. You would have called me if needed anything”.Gautham smiled at her very gently and sat on the bed while tapping the space beside him gesturing to her to sit. Swetha reached him and sat beside him giving a questioning look.“Swetha! Do you get hurt by Sreekar in any way?” queried Gautham.Swetha gaped at him being dumbfounded not expecting him to question about the encounter she had with Sreekar.“Sreekar assured me about it but I want to know from you. Did he  reprimanded for spilling the ice cream on him”, questioned Gautham.Swetha shook her head in denial and replied,“No, He didn’t. Though it was my mistake he didn’t reprimanded me”.Gautham stared at her with widened eyes  and queried,“Your mistake? But he said that it was his mistake and asked me not to scold you for that when I enquired about the stains on his coat”.Swetha didn’t speak anything as she was not aware of the conversation between Gautham and Sreekar. She kept quiet waiting for Gautham to continue the conversation.Gautham held her hand between his hands and looked into her eyes. He cleared his throat and slowly started his conversation. “Swetha! I want you to be away from him if you cross the path with him either in Rasi’s house or at our house. I believe that he will not hurt you being my sister but I don’t want him to get hurt by accepting your presence near him for the sake of our friendship despite the hostility he had  towards women”, looked at her to see whether she is following his words and asked,“Are you getting my point, Swetha?”.Swetha was baffled with his words but still nodded her head both horizontally and vertically in total confusion.“Swetha! Sreekar is not like others. For the past five years, I never saw him allowing any woman near him after going through trauma due to his brother’s death. Earlier he was a carefree person who enjoyed life  without any boundaries. He was always into parties, pubs and girls. But after his brother’s sudden death, he changed to rigid and totally turned to a different person. I was flabbergasted to see him stay calm even after your encounter with him. Maybe  he went easy on you being my sister. Otherwise you would have  heard the most atrocious words from him. I have experienced it  several times when we used to hang out”, explained Gautham.Swetha gaped at Gautham in astonishment after learning the truth behind Sreekar’s cold attitude. She realized the reason for his menacing looks of their earlier days. She could acknowledge why he always glanced at her with resentment. But the only question arises in her heart was why he was so different towards her  for the past few days.“Brother! Can I know what exactly happened to his brother?” Swetha, who was eager to know the total story, questioned her brother.“His brother was in love with a  woman for almost five years, which Sreekar was aware of  from his brother’s initial days of love. He knew how his brother was head over heels for that woman and ready to bring anything to her feet. Sreekar was also familiar with her by his regular calls to them. His brother decided to get married immediately after Sreekar’s return from abroad which Sreekar accepted wholeheartedly. Sreekar landed in this country with great hopes and dreams of his brother’s marriage but was welcomed with his brother’s dead body which made him feel devastated. He drowned in trauma after learning the truth that his brother committed suicide as his lover cheated on his back and went away with another person who is wealthier than him. It took a good time for him to come out of the trauma but never stopped despising the woman. He can go to any extent if anyone tries to flirt with him or seduce him. I witnessed him humiliating the women who tried to flirt with him. He built the walls around his heart where the women  were unwelcomed for this life”, explained Gautham.Swetha couldn’t stop the tears that were flowing like a stream after learning the turmoil Sreekar went through in the past which changed him from a jovial person to icy cold person. She understood that he was living in his own shell to keep the women away from his life not wishing to go through any heartbreak like his brother.Swetha couldn’t realize her own feelings, why her heart is  suffering to see him in pain and why she is feeling restless for his agony. But the only determination in her heart was to assure him and make him believe that all women are not the same and he can find a person who can shower him  with unconditional love if he opens his heart and allows the correct person who is meant for him.