Chapter 19: chapter 19

Surya and Ravi were shocked, looking at Rona.“Dude, you invited her too?” scaremed Surya.“You’re the one who said to invite everyone, I did!”“Dude, now she is gonna talk to Sandhya. Hell no!”Sandhya lost the smile on her face, “Sorry? Who?”“I’m Rona bhatia. I work at Surya sir’s company,” she said.Sandhya looked at Surya and found him in tension and so was Ravi. Sandhya felt sad but thought to herself, “She is gorgeous! A perfect match to Surya!”She said, “Rona, you are beautiful!”“Thank you, ma’am!” she said.“Please stop calling me Ma’am,” said Sandhya.“Okay, Sandhya. Thank you so much.”Rona felt happy and Sandhya felt the same.“Rona, can you give me your number?” asked Sandhya and Rona gave it to her.Surya and Ravi were scared, looking at them. Sandhya observed them and walked there after talking to Rona. Surya’s face was blank. Ravi slipped out of there and got caught by Rona on the way. Both of them were good friends and she said, “Ravi sir, Sandhya ma’am is such a sweetheart. She asked me to be her friend!” she said, looking straight into his eyes, and walked off.Ravi fumbled and said, “B..Bye!”Sandhya walked to Surya and said, “Surya, your selection is amazing. Rona is an amazing woman!”Surya’s heart was breaking but he still chose to smile.Everyone enjoyed the party and people were leaving gradually. Ravi and Surya's sisters stayed back. Sandhya was requesting them to not leave and stay for one day at least. They liked Sandhya and decided to stay back. Surya and Sandhya were in their room and she asked, “Surya, why don’t all of us go for a picnic tomorrow?Surya felt happy, “Sure! Do you have a place in your mind?”“Umm, Surya, let me ask Auntie first and then plan. Everyone is here, it'd be fun.”“Okay, sure!”“So, your friend Ravi will be coming to the picnic right?”“Of Course! Why wouldn’t he?”“So, Can I invite a friend of mine too?”“Friend? Who is that?”“Umm, I will tell you later!”“Sure, definitely!” he said.“Okay, let me go talk to Auntie.” Meenakshi was happy about the decision. She informed the matter to relatives and everyone thought it was a great idea. Meenakshi said, “Go to Bhairavakona.There is Lord Shiva’s temple there and it’s a great place.”Everyone agreed to it. She called Sandhya and said, “Sandhya, I don’t know how to convey this to you.”“It’s okay, Auntie. Tell me, what is it about?”“Um, you have to perform a ritual where you donot speak a word for 24 hours. It will help Surya,” she asked, hesitantly.“Definitely, Auntie!”“You wanted to enjoy the picnic but…”“Don’t mind, Auntie. It’s fine, I will do it.” Meenakshi was happy.Sandhya picked up her phone and called Rona immediately. Rona agreed to it. Sandhya informed her that Ravi will be picking her up the next day. Rona was happy and said, “Thank you, Sandhya!”Sandhya immediately called Ravi and asked, “Brother, you have to pick up Rona tomorrow, she is coming with us to the picnic!”“Sandhya, What are you saying? Rona is coming with us?” Ravi was shocked.“Yes. Promise me that you won’t tell Surya about this!”“Sandhya…okay!”“Thank you, brother!”Ravi didn’t want to but agreed for the sake of Surya.