Author's note

Hey guys, hope you all are doing good. I'm doing okay, with college and courses, exhausted! Hope you enjoy reading the chapter. Thank you for your response on the previous chapter. Grateful for the support and love you give for my works. Hope the chapter isn't boring.

I'm trying to balance everything that's going on in life right now. So, updates won't be regular but I'll keep writing. I have that Professor - Student and Police story on charts. But that would be after I complete my PG degree. Offline college is exhausting!

I have couple of OS ideas but If I start I would end up making it a TS, which I don't want to as of now. So, if you have any OS ideas you want me to write on, please drop down. If I can, I will consider writing it. No real life related, just AU plots.

Adipoli hits 60M! Keep supporting them professionally and love them as always.

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Disclaimer

This story is a piece of fiction based on the author's imagination and has nothing to do with the actual life of the characters mentioned in the story. I have casted Ashwin Kumar and Sivaangi Krishnakumar as leads.

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Ashaangi SS Entwined

Chapter Twenty One

Two weeks later

Shakunthala felt her head spinning. She was watching Bigg Boss ultimate while Ramakrishna sat next to her immersed in his mobile when the police came with arrest warrant for her husband.

The police said they were there to arrest Ramakrishna on the grounds of forgery and illegal transactions for a government tender program for the business under his name. Ramakrishna was taken aback. He wasn't expecting such a blow.

The police denied Ramakrishna's request for contacting his lawyer until he was brought to station and soon arrested him. He left with them after asking Shakunthala to contact their lawyer and get him out.

It has been ten minutes since Ramakrishna left with police and Shakunthala still couldn't come out of the shock. She was already having a bad week with Sivaangi's disappearance tension, her husband's frustration and Kamal Hassan not hosting Bigg Boss. Top of that came the arrest.

Shakunthala came out of her trance when her mobile rang loud. The call was from one of her friends. Heaving a tired sigh, she cut the call, called their family lawyer and explained whatever happened.

Once the lawyer assured Shakunthala that he would take care of Ramakrishna and bring him out soon, she hangs up the call and sat down on the sofa.

"Indha Sivaangi enga dhan ponalo! Ava kanama ponathu la irundhu elamey thappavey nadakudhu!" Shakunthala mumbled to herself as she buried her face in her palms.

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"Master" Parthiv stood in front of Baba Baskar who muted the TV on seeing him.

"Solu Parthiv" Baba Baskar said pealing the skin of palmyra sprout (Panan kilangu).

"Andha Ramakrishna va police arrest panitanga" Parthiv informed.

"Naladhu. Namma lawyer ta pesiyachu la. Ekkaranatha kondum andha aal ku bail kedaika kudathu" Baba Baskar said cutting pieces of palmyra sprout.

"Athellam namma Darshan ta pesiten, Master. Avan pathukuren nu solitan" Parthiv said.

"Seri, Ashwin ta idha pathi pesanum, nyabagam paduthu. Shakeela akka pakanum sonanga, evening Bangalore vera ponum" Baba Baskar said giving few pieces of Palmyra sprout to Parthiv who took it with a smile.

"Seri, Master. Raju ta flight ticket poda soliduren"

"Raju nu sonadhum nyabagam varudhu. Namma pasanga yepdi, anga apartment la irukatum ah ila thirumba kuptruvom ah? Unaku Sandy ilama velai ooda kastam ah irukumey, Parthiv" Baba Baskar asked.

"Avanunga kudhugalam ah anga irukanunga, Master. Koncham naal irundhutu varatum. Sandy adi kadi inga vara dhan seiran, naan samalichukuren" Parthiv said and left once Baba Baskar dismissed him.

Baba Baskar munched on the palmyra sprouts as he unmuted the TV and continued watching another episode of Idhu Kadhala on Vijay TV. He may be a busy guy, a don but he couldn't go a day without watching his favorite daily soap.

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It has been two dayssince Ramakrishna's arrest and five days since Ashwin left to Mumbai for work. Sivaangi doesn't know about Ramakrishna's arrest. They decided to keep it away from her.

In fact, no one discuss about Ramakrishna or any of Sivaangi's issues to her; be it Baba Baskar who makes it a point to call her at least once a day or Ashwin or her brothers, no one told her anything. They didn't want her to worry.

Ever since Ashwin told Sivaangi that he had to leave to Mumbai for work, she has been making faces. He couldn't send any of his friends and its important that he has to go there. So, she just accepted grumpily.

Sivaangi made herself with watching Korean drama. But still she missed Ashwin. He didn't call or text, making her miss him more. Bala, Mano, Raju and Sandy went to work now and then.

Rakshan, Pugazh, Sarath and Sanjay had to work on new projects. Ashwin gave strict instruction that they should crack and finish the work by the time he was back. So, Sivaangi didn't want to disturb her brothers.

After binge watching a new Korean drama, Sivaangi stretched her tired limbs and walked out of her room. Rakshan informed her that the boys are going out on a work and would be back by next morning. They have another workspace where they usually work. Even her brothers next door was out on work.

Walking lazily into the kitchen, Sivaangi had a glass of water, placed three sandwiches which Sarath prepared on the plate, grabbed a box of pringles and coke tin. She sat on the couch in the living room and browsed tv channels.

Putting on FYI18, Sivaangi relaxed on the couch. A cake making show was going on. She took a bite of paneer sandwich and moaned as the food hit her taste buds.

"Pahh! Sarath anna kai la edho magic iruku! Yenna taste uh! Yenna taste uh" Sivaangi appreciated the food and took another bite. But then her face changed and she whined, "Aana avaru irundhrundha enaku dosai thakkali chutney ila chapati, curd kuruma lam senju kuduthruparu! Aiyo, yepo Ashwineyy varuva!"

Sivaangi pouted and took another bite of the sandwich. Soon her distaste disappeared when she saw the baker baking a blueberry puff pastry and blueberry cheese cake. Her mouth watered on seeing the dishes and she made a mental note to ask Ashwin to buy her those pastries.

By the time Sivaangi finished dinner and returned to her room, it was 9 pm. She was tired of constantly watching Korean dramas. So, she ditched that idea and laid on the bed. Her eyes fell on Ashwin's shirt hanging on the hanger and puckered her lips in distaste.

"Aiyo! Indha sattai vera! Indha aal ku pondati oruthi iruka nu nyabagam iruka ilaya! Oru call ila, oru text ila! Cha! Yenna manushan ivaru!" Sivaangi grumbled as she looked at Ashwin's WhatsApp chat box.

Ashwin gave a new mobile to Sivaangi with basic data restored from her old ones including her pics and contacts.

Gently throwing the mobile nearby her, Sivaangi pulled a pillow from Ashwin's side to her and embraced the pillow to herself, resting her chin on it.

"Eii Ashwineyy, yean ipdi panra? Pora anaiku morning ena elupala, oru hug panla, kiss panitu poetu varen di nu solala. Nee paatuku poeta" Sivaangi looked at the pillow and questioned, "Enn nyabagam varavey ilaya unaku? Naan matum dhan unna miss panren ah?"

Sivaangi pouted and imagining the pillow as Ashwin, she kissed the pillow before groaning and burying her face. She tried to sleep but she couldn't. It was around 11 pm and she still couldn't sleep. So, she turned on the tv in the room.

Randomly browsing Netflix, Sivaangi made herself comfortable in the sitting position. As she was browsing, her eyes fell on After trilogy.

"Aahaa, romba naal ache ithellam pathu. Papom ah?" Sivaangi wondered aloud with a half wide smile but then shook her head, "Ila, ila. Vendam. Sivu, no!"

Sivaangi continued browsing but paused when she saw Fifty Shades trilogy lined up next. She bit her lips trying to divert her mind but eventually gave in.

"Universe eh naan pakanum nu nenaikuthu pola" Sivaangi told herself.

And so, for the nth time, Sivaangi laid down to watch Fifty Shades Freed.

"Room door ah lock paniruvom ah?" Sivaangi wondered aloud and then shook her head, "Vendam, vendam. Namma matum dhana irukom"

Pulling the duvet over her comfortably, Sivaangi side hugged a pillow which she thought as Ashwin and rested her cheek on it as she watched the movie.

"Avaru mela saanjutu paka vendiyathu! Enn neram!" Sivaangi sighed and rubbed her face on the pillow.

Singing along the song that played in the movie, Sivaangi was immersed in the movie. Jamie Dornan is one of her celebrity crushes. She can't help but drool over him.

When a hot scene came, since no one was around, Sivaangi watched with a naughty smile, her mind imagining things with her husband, unaware that her husband was standing by the door, watching his wife with an amused smile and a half grin.

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Thank you for reading,

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