They went to have lunch and soon Gouthami joined them. The kitchen staff prepared some simple dishes as per the diet.i.tian's rules and they enjoyed the lunch with chatter and laughter.

They decided to go for a walk in the garden and enjoyed the view. The garden was a pretty one with some many beautiful flower and ornamental plants. The professional gardeners and staff took care of it.

Gouthami joined them saying that she was feeling suffocated being all alone at home.

For some reason she liked to spend time with these girls. Though she never included herself in their conversations and chatter she still liked listening to their silly conversations.

Sony asked Shriya "So now your marriage is inevitable right ?". to which the latter looked confused and Sony explained "Abhi can't back down at this stage. I mean being....".

Shriya smiled and said "Well sleeping together has got nothing to do with our marraige".

"We are getting engaged so we got physical. It's not the other way around. We aren't getting engaged just because we slept with each other. We love and trust each other. Sleeping together is not a shortcut for this enagemnet"

Brahmini asked with an awkward smile "We mean for girls we think twice right before this."

Shriya explained with the same gentle and friendly smile "Yeah, I thought the same. I want my first time tobe with my husband and everything. And when I first met Abhi under those circ.u.mstances I even thought to commit suicide after that incident. "

"When Abhi asked me tobe his friend and move in with him so that he can take care of me, I was prepared mentally. I thought that one day or the other I have to pay him. I knew I don't have any money or anything with me and I can only pay him with my body."

This was all new to Gouthami so she was listening to them with curiosity. Shriya said "Once I asked Abhi whether he would have loved me the same if I slept with him or the other man that night".

"That thought really disgusted me and I didn't dare to hear his answer. But I braced myself because I have tobe sure and what he said that day made me look at him at another level. That's when I understood his broad mindedness and personality."

Sony was curious and she asked "What did he say ?" and Brahmini said "Well fast, we are curious".

Shriya said "He told that he doesn't care about it. He said he saved me that night because he knew I don't want that to happen not because he wanted me tobe pure or something. He believes in unconditional love".

Sony said "That's like my idol." Gouthami who was listening silently asked all of a sudden "Then do you say no to him now if he wants to have s^x with you and you are not comfortable with it or just accept it as a means of showing your grat.i.tude ?".

Everyone were shocked with this sudden direct and bold question as it totally caught them off guard. They were curious about Shriya's answer.

She said "If course, I will say no now, I might even kick him out of the bed. Though I doubt if I will ever be uncomfortable with him. I know him and I know he will never do such q kind of thing. Idon't feel indebted to him anymore. He is my man."

"The one thing that he always says to me is to respect my own feelings and wants and he made me learn that. I am sure he will be happy if I say what I really feel or think".

For some reason Naveen's face relaxed a bit after he listening to their conversation. They went back to work and even Gouthami offered to help. By evening they completed the work and prepared the big flex which is long enough to hang on the building top.

It was so much better than what he they had expected. They are so satisfied with their work and the outcome.

Naveen dropped them at their houses. Abhi was busy all day long with work. Recently he was busy with office work.

He had got so many problems at office and also he had to deal with some real estate brokers who are getting in his way and causing a scene at the site not allowing him to progress in his work.

Rahul and Barun are breaking their heads over it. It's not that they couldn't solve the problem but they want to find the person who is behind this.

A few days pa.s.sed and it was the day of the science fair in the college. Everything was prepared but what's important is that they had to do live experiments and demonstrations.

Shriya had decided to go with demonstration part. She had to give a demonstration on green Chemistry as her main topic with Micro wave a.s.sisted organic synthesis as the sub topic.

Sony and Brahmini were partners in the live experiment and they had to perform a chemical blood and extraction of piperidene from pepper through soxhelt apparatus.