Raghavan was standing still at same place as if he had not heard his grandmother's remarks, with the thought of how to keep the saffron on harshika's forehead who didn't even wear thali which he tied on her neck to make her as him.

Harshika presumed from his behaviour that raghavan still despises her, and he didn't even want him to come near her. Moreover, he was not ready to give her any rights as his wife.

Grandma was furious after seeing raghavan ignorance towards her words. Therefore, she shouted to raghavan and harshika angrily,

“Raghavan.. Don't you heard what I said ??. Keep this saffron on your wife forehead. Harshika, where is your thali ??.”

By hearing grandma shouting. harshika quickly took out the thali that she had hidden in her clothes, and corrected it on her neck and put it above her dress.

Seeing it, raghavan understood that he misunderstood harshika. A little smile lightened up raghavan face by viewing harshika thali hanging neck. As per grandma command, he went near to harshika and kept saffron on her forehead.

Harshika who did not expect that raghavan would keep saffron on her forehead, looked at him with stunned expression. When he was about to walk away from her after doing what his grandma asked him to do, his grandma exclaimed.

“Raghu.. Where are you going ??. Stand near your wife. I don't get a chance to see you both together after the marriage. Let me see how beautiful you both are looking as a couple.”

Raghavan stood near harshika as like his grandma instructed. It would be a complete lie if raghavan proclaimed that he stood near harshika for his grandma. The reason for not declining his grandma words is to fulfil his heart desire that to be near with her.

On the other hand, harshika eyes glinted in joy and rapturous sparked on her heart when he stood near her very closely in the way to cause their shoulders to touch each others.

By seeing their closeness, grandma gleamed in happiness and expressed in a dreamy tone,

“Aww .. You both look adorable. Be still. Let me take your photos in my mobile. Raghu, put your hand on harshika shoulder or waist.”

Raghavan narrowed his eyes in bewilderment as he stared at his grandma after hearing her comments. Contrary to raghavan's demeanour, harshika lowered her sight with crimson cheek while restraining her throbbing heart. She berated herself for behaving like a newly-wed bride. She didn't investigate the reasons why her heart and body were defying her when it came to Raghavan.

She determined in her mind that she shouldn't behave in this manner any more. She must keep her emotions under control and should not let her emotions to rule. Moreover, she should despise him for ruthlessly wrecking her life.

She ought to resent him for making her mama's family suffer for the only reason her mama tried to bail out her from the prison.

She ought to despise him for marrying her without her permission. She ought to detest him for treating her like a prostitute.

She ought to despise him for carrying out his plan to use her as a bed warmer.

She should not hold any other feeling towards him other than hate. PURE HATE..

Her embody were paused due to grandma remark in a causal tone,

“Why you both are giving me this look !!. You both appear dashingly in the photograph in this posture. So, Raghu. Do as I say. Put your hand on harshika waist and smile radiantly.”

Although raghavan too had desire to touch her, he didn't want to increase her despise towards him by touching her again without her consent. Therefore, he tried to deny his grandma words smoothly,

“Grandma.. We are in the hospital, not in a park. Can ta..”

Grandma glared raghavan while hearing his words and made his sentence to stop in mid-way by her performance and wailing,

“Oh God.. Did you hear it ?.. My own grandson scolding me to behave appropriately in the public place as he embarrassed by the presence of this old lady. God, take me to you. Ahaa !!.. My head. Is I'm going die ??. I'm feeling like my blood pressure is rising.”

Raghavan rolled his eyes as the result of his grandma over acting and announced in a hard tone,

“Enough grandma. Take the picture soon.”

After saying it, he sneaked his hand around harshika waist and pulled her close to him and smiled while looking at grandma phone camera.

Harshika quivered due to raghavan warm touch on her waist. She pressed her feets on the floor hardly to maintain her straight posture as she bited her lower lip to control her emotions which is sagging due to his proximity. She closed her eyes for a second as his cologne filled her nostrils.

Harshika who is enchanted by his zesty cologne, looked up him in daze. He is the perfect example of elegant and gracefulness. She squeezed her hands into fists when her hands itched to touch his perfect jaw and wished to draw a line on his jawline.

Meanwhile, grandma snapped their picture perfectly and exclaimed in happy tone.

“Awesome.. The photo came out beautifully.”

In that picture, raghavan was smiling dazzlingly as his gaze fixed on the camera and harshika was looking at raghavan with a flushed face.

Raghavan moved away from harshika at the instant his grandma clicked their photo and declared his grandma as he moved towards his grandma,

“Grandma.. Come on, let's go. We should give harshika some more days to accept this marriage. Let her spend some more days with her family. And it's not appropriate to force her to come home when her mama is admitted in hospital in this state.”

Grandma pushed away raghavan hand, when he tried to hold grandma hand and warned him in a bitter tone,

“Raghu.. You be quiet. Did she tell you that she needs time to accept this marriage ??. I will talk to her.”

Raghavan set his mouth in a hard line as the result of grandma warning. After giving an angry look to raghavan, grandma went to her to harshika and assured her in a soft tone,

“Arshika dear.. I can understand your situation. I know it would be difficult for you to start new phase in your life when velu is in this condition. But, for that, you can't ignore your responsibility and duty. Now you are Mrs. Harshika Raghavan. So, as a wife and daughter-in-law, you have some responsibility and duty. And it's not right to live separately. As a husband and wife, you both should be together at one place. This separation will damage your relationship with raghavan. Moreover, as a husband, he also has desire to spend some time with you. You have to understand his feelings too, arshika. Nowadays, he is not taking care of him. See.. How he looks like !!. He looks like a homeless man. He is missing you arshika. Come with us, dear. You don't have to worry about velu. I will arrange everything for you to visit hospital to see velu everyday. Will you come with us, dear ??.”