Chapter 96: chapter 96

THE SILENT LOVE ...Chapter 95 :Sreekar stared at Deepak, processing each and every word spilled by him. He felt a pang in his heart and clutched his chest feeling someone squeezing his heart. He felt like the air in the car was suffocating him feeling breathless and gasped for air. He was experiencing the feeling of his soul leaving his body. The thought of her being owned by someone else made his whole world come crashing down.Deepak was petrified by seeing the condition of Sreekar and immediately came out of the car. He opened the back door, yanked Sreekar out and shook him vigorously.“Boss! Breathe! For god sake breathe! Boss! Please come out of your trance”, yelled Deepak While shaking him.Sreekar gasped very loudly and inhaled and exhaled the air, filling his lungs totally trying to stabilize his condition. After a few seconds, he became normal and glanced at Deepak who was terrified with his condition.“Deepak! Are you telling the truth? Is she really getting engaged to someone”, queried Sreekar hoping to hear it as a prank.“Yes boss! It’s true”, answered Deepak.Sreekar felt like the earth beneath him was shaking vigorously, crumbling all his dreams and wishes which made him fall to the ground on his knees.“Why? Why is she getting engaged with someone? Why is she going away from me? Doesn't she know that she belongs to me, only to me? Does she need to betray me?”, shrieked Sreekar while his eyes were pouring continuously.“Boss! I don’t think she heartfully accepted this. Her parents had come and might have compelled her for this engagement. It happened all of sudden”, persuaded Deepak. Sreekar nodded his head negatively and replied,“No! If she has feelings for me, then she would not have accepted  it under any circumstances. She shattered my heart. Why? Doesn’t she know that I care for her? Doesn’t she know that I will make this world upside down for her? Doesn’t she know that I will bring even the universe to her feet? Why did she need to deceive me, captivating me with those innocent eyes when she  had a wish of marrying another person?”.Deepak's heart sank by seeing him in such a vulnerable state which never happened with him earlier. He never imagined Sreekar to fall in love with Swetha so deeply that he even forgot his status, dignity , sobbing in the middle of the road in front of his employees. He was even annoyed with Sreekar who was accusing Swetha when he  himself never confessed his feelings to her.“Boss! Why do you care for her so much? Why are you feeling downhearted when she was taken by someone? Why do you feel tormented with her departure? Why do you accuse her  of betraying you, when she never promised you anything?”, queried Deepak trying to make him realize what his heart yearns for.Sreekar spun his head to Deepak and glared at him while reprimanding,“Have you gone crazy? Don’t I feel tormented when my soul is leaving my body? Why wouldn’t I care for her when I have feelings for her? How can I tolerate someone going to claim her when I want her for myself and only for myself. Why wouldn’t I accuse her for betraying me when we  love each …”, halted in his words and stared at Deepak with widened eyes.Deepak gave him an encouraging smile and nodded his head as an acknowledgement for his words.“WH …, What did I say? Me …, feelings …, love …,”, feeling puzzled, Sreekar couldn’t form any sentences.“Yes boss! At last you realized your feelings. You are showing your care, affection and admiration but not acknowledging the reason behind it. You love her from the bottom of your heart which you are trying to deny from the start”, Deepak made Sreekar realize his feelings.Sreekar stood still for a while and later growled,“Yes! She is the love of my life. I will never let her go away from me. I will go and stop this engagement whatever the consequences may be. Even if I need to fight against the world, I will do it”, removed his coat and lunged towards the car tossing the coat to the driver.Sreekar jumped into the driving seat whereas Deepak took the passenger seat. Sreekar accelerated the car with a jet speed heading towards Swetha’s house. Deepak felt terrible by the speed of the car and held the hand rest very tightly praying for his life. When they were almost near to their house, a few lanes away, they struck in the traffic which made Sreekar anxious.Even after a few minutes,they couldn’t come out of the traffic making Sreekar restless and punched the steering wheel.“Damn it! I don’t think this traffic will clear now. I will go on my own”, yelled Sreekar in frustration and lunged out of the car heading towards Swetha’s house ignoring the stares he was getting from the public.Deepak also followed him trying to match his pace in running along with him.