The gloominess in her face was very evident. She looked just about ready to send someone straight to hell. Her palms fisted and jaws stiff… she looked as if she was restraining herself from punching someone.

Srinivas did not want to end up being that person, so he started the car wordlessly.

"Where are we going?" Srinivas asked at last when there reached a junction.

"Office…" Shreya replied after thinking for a while. She did not want to take her bad mood back home with Akira there… so, she might as well get some work done. Anyways, she had been ignoring work for the past couple of days.

Once she reached the office, she drowned herself in work as she always does until she heard a knock on her doors. Only then did she look up at even see the time… It was almost closing time.

"Come in…" Shreya bellowed and started sorting her files out. Normally, she wouldn't bother but then she said she would be back home…

But before she could get up a small pair of hands crept in and hugged her legs. Shreya looked down startled but then smiled at seeing Akira…

"Hey, baby… what are you doing here?" Shreya asked but then she already lifted Akira off the floors and pecked on her cheeks. And after hours, a smile actually crept into her face.

"We brought you food… Srinivas said you haven't eaten anything at all." Akira straight up said unknowingly pushing Srinivas under the bus.

Before Shreya could reply, Charan actually came in armed with food. He went and sat himself on the couch and gestured her to come over.

Shreya very obediently came over and ate her fill quietly. But it was pretty evident she wasn't herself. Right then, Pritham walked in with some files to give to Shreya…

"Hey, princess…" Pritham smiled widely looking at Akira… They had gotten pretty close before Shreya decided to push them away… so, he really missed this little brat during that time. And of course, as soon as they came back from the island, Shreya barely left Akira's side for anyone else to meet. So, the joy of meeting the little devil was very evident on his face.

And Akira was also equally excited seeing Pritham. She even reluctantly smooched on his cheeks after his repeated nagging.

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Shreya was so out of it that she did not even realize Pritham taking Akira out.

Charan helplessly rubbed his palm over her head and brought her back to her senses and asked, "Hey, what is it?"

Shreya shook her head slightly before looking at Charan. She kept her cutleries down and looked at him intently for a second. Staring went on for so long till an expression of gloomy darkness seeped into her face. But before Charan could question about it or before it reached her eyes, Shreya leaned over and smooched on his cheeks.

Charan hadn't shaved for a while now leaving a thorny beard covering his cheeks. But Shreya did not mind… she just seemed slightly desperate as she practically smudged her face beside his and held him in her embrace and said, "I will protect you guys, I promise. Nothing will happen to you guys… I will not let anything happen to you."

There was a fierce determination in her voice when she said it that overpowered her vulnerabilities. And with that sentence, the endless battle in her head also came to an end… Even when she was scared, her desire to keep them close still won… for now. For now, she still wanted to be with them against all odds. Having them in front of her made her rational side to go weak… and for now, she did not want to let go of this warmth.

If anything, her behavior just confirmed that Shreya was not fine. But seeing as she was reluctant to share just yet, Charan let her be… but he still hugged her back.

It was a long time before Shreya actually pulled away and looked at Charan…

"I am acting absurd right?" She asked in a whisper as she nuzzled against his neck. She can feel it in her bone… she is not herself. For someone who is used to being calm and rations, her emotions and feelings did not make sense to herself… so, she can hardly ask others to understand her.

Charan did not answer… instead he sat her on his lap and hugged her. He can't really say he was not surprised… after all, he had always seen Shreya so put together. But now, her mood seems to be all over the place… and the cause of all of this seems to be fear. The fear of losing them… And no matter what he does or what he said, she seemed to be unable to pull herself out of it and he is out of ideas.

And Charan also understood where this fear of her came from… after all, both of them knew what loss is… the kind of loss that doesn't ease after shedding tears but the kind of loss that makes you feel as if someone is stomping over your heart… it hurts so much that even breathing will become laborious even when you are physically fine.

This was the main reason why he had stayed with her the past days even when Kabir was practically begging him to come back to the office.

But looking at Shreya, she seems as helpless as he was with her own behavior.

"It's okay… you can act crazy in front of me!! I find it cute when you act crazy!!" Charan teasing trying to distract her and it did work as Shreya's eyes instantly flared and her cheeks puffed into balloons on both sides.

"I am not crazy!!" Shreya said gritting on her teeth harshly.

Charan's eyes lightened instantly as a sweet smile spread on his face. He lifted his hand and rubbed the back of her lovingly and said in an extremely sweet voice, "Of course, your not. You are a sweetheart!! Only an idiot will dare to call you crazy!!" His smile was overly sticky.

That just made Shreya more mad as she bit on his cheeks as always… She let him go only when she had vented herself completely and said softly, "You are that idiot who dared!!"

Charan just smiled seeing she was back to normal…

"Well, since you love me even when I am an idiot, I guess it doesn't matter!!" Charan whispered pecking on her cheeks. Even when the words on themselves were teasing, when he said it in such a serious voice, it felt earnest.

Shreya knew what he was doing and so it was impossible for her not to be moved. So, she whispered back with the same level of earnesty, "I love you…"

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