Chapter - 3

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Ragini asked, "Why are you not allowing me to come with you to Bangalore?"

Vikram answered, "Ragini, I will be busy in the office, and you will feel lonely; that's why I am telling you not to come."

"Utilize this time to get closer to my family, and it's a chance to create a strong bond with them," Vikram suggested, to which Ragini agreed.

"I'm sorry, Ragini; I know that my family hasn't accepted you yet, and staying with people who haven't accepted you is very difficult, but please try to understand the situation," Vikram said.

He further said, "My dad worked so hard to establish his business, and I used to assist him in handling the Bangalore branch; that's why I wanted to go to Bangalore."

"I can understand your situation; your decision seems sensible at any rate, Vikram," said Ragini.

Ragini hugged Vikram and said, "I am going to miss you a lot, Vikram."

Vikram said, "Don't worry, I will solve the problem at the Bangalore branch and come here as soon as possible." He placed a kiss on Ragini's forehead and said, "I love you, Ragini," making her blush.

He eventually left for the airport. After reaching Bangalore, Vikram was engrossed in solving the problem. Actually, the problem was a workers' strike, which happened due to a verbal spat that ensued between the site supervisor and the workers, leading the workers to go on strike.

He arranged a meeting between the workers' union and staff. He said, "Due to an internal dispute between our site supervisor and workers, our company was about to lose a prestigious project."

"As a supervisor, you have to behave politely with workers because they are not machines and they also face work pressure like you," Vikram said, glaring at the supervisor.

"Due to work pressure, the supervisor scolded workers, but you could have said that as workers, you were also facing work pressure and told him to behave politely," Vikram told workers.

"Our company became a leader in the construction industry because of your collective efforts; don't let your internal disputes ruin the reputation of our company," he said, addressing both workers and staff.

The site supervisor and workers said sorry to each other. All of them asked Vikram to forgive them, as the company was about to lose a prestigious project due to the internal dispute.

Vikram told his staff to arrange meetings with their investors and clients, respectively. He told the investors and clients what went wrong and succeeded in convincing them by assuring them that they would finish the work.

Vikram returned to Chennai after 15 days. He was thinking about Ragini on his way home from the airport. He hadn't spoken to Ragini properly in the past 15 days; whenever she calls him over the phone, he gives one-word answers. He was very busy with work. Now he has to say sorry to Ragini and spend some quality time with her.

Ragini was thinking about her conversation with her friends. Sanjana and Meera were Ragini's college besties. A few days ago, Sanjana came to Vikram's home to invite both Vikram and Ragini to her marriage, and Meera accompanied her. Ragini informed them that Vikram was in Bangalore to handle some issues in the branch.

"Unnai ivanga nallapadiya parthukuringala?" inquired Sanjana. Ragini kept quiet.

"Enna Ragini edhuvum pesamattingire innum ivanga unnai marumagala eththukave illaiya?" Meera enquired. Ragini chose not to answer.

"Unga mamiyar kudumbam ungaluku kalyanam nadantha vishayathai reception erpaadu panni arivikkanum," Meera said.

Sanjana agreed with Meera's words and said, "Avanga viruppam illaame nadanthaalum nadanthathu kalyanam thaan, Vikram udaya manaivi nee thaan."

Meera said, "Vikram's brother was also handling business, right?" Then why can't he go to Bangalore and handle the issues there?

Ragini explained, "Vikranth and Vikram's dad were handling the Chennai branch; they have important meetings that both of them must attend."

Sanjana said, "Vikram's dad is an experienced businessman; he must have come across and solved these types of problems in his career during all these years." "Without doing all these things, how could he become a successful businessman?" Then why did he insist that the problem cannot be solved unless someone goes to Bangalore and stays there for a few days?

Ragini was confused after hearing both Meera and Sanjana's words. Before taking leave, they suggested to Ragini that she must demand that Vikram ask his parents to officially announce that he married Ragini by hosting a wedding reception.

Vikram reached his home. When he entered his room, he saw Ragini, who was deeply immersed in thinking.

He quickly gave Ragini a peck on the cheek, which brought her out of her trance. "When did you come, Vikram?" Ragini asked.

"Ragini, I have just arrived," answered Vikram. He hugged Ragini and confessed, "I missed you a lot." Ragini has neither replied nor reciprocated, and Vikram noticed it.

"What happened, Ragini?" "What's bothering you?" Vikram asked.

"Why don't you ask your parents to host a wedding reception to announce that we both got married?" Ragini asked Vikram.

"Don't you know how busy I am after our marriage?" Vikram said so and went to freshen up. He knew that Ragini was right, and he had to talk to his father about this matter.

After some time, he assured Ragini that he would talk to his dad about their wedding reception.

Rajashekharan and Vikranth were discussing the presentation and the meetings scheduled for tomorrow. Meanwhile, Vikram came there. Rajashekharan saw him and said, "I am proud of you, Vikram." He patted Vikram's shoulders and said, "You have saved our company's reputation by not letting our company lose a prestigious project due to the workers' strike."

"Thanks, dad." "You have trained us on how to handle business," Vikram said.

"Unga kitta oru vishayam pesanum appa," Vikram said. "Enna vishayam, Vikram?" questioned Rajashekharan.

"Why don't you host a wedding reception to officially announce that both Ragini and I got married?" asked Vikram.

"How could I host a wedding reception, Vikram?" "Have you lost your senses?" Rajashekharan yelled.

"Why can't you do that, dad?" Vikram confronted Rajashekharan.

"Appa solluvadhai muzhusa kettu purinjiko da," Vikranth suggested to Vikram.

"Give me one valid reason why you can't host our wedding reception?" Vikram shouted.

"Dei kovapadaadha da," Vikranth said, hoping Vikram would calm down.

"Uruppadiyana kaaranam sonnal naan yen kovappadaporen," Vikram said, looking straight into Rajashekharan's eyes.

"Uruppadiyana Kaaranam thaana sollanum naan solluven," someone said, coming towards them, and all of them, especially Vikram, were shocked upon seeing the person.


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