Not A Simple Engineer Boy!

H' & Thirty Nine: Murugan Thunai (Part 1)

Murugan Thunai means- "the blessing of Lord Muruga (commonly known as Lord Karthikeya in northern parts of India) is always there to support you."

Pronounced as: Mu-Ru-Gun--Tu-Nai.

I wanted to specify the meaning of the title as it is in Tamil :)

-Happy Reading,

Suganthi Lakshminarayanan.

P. S. Warning: This chapter contains some spicy elements, but nothing graphical.

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'Do you have any idea about Rashi's whereabouts?'

Krithika was surprised to see Rathna's message asking about Rashi's disappearance from the office.

'Why do you ask?'

She typed, prodding further information on Mr. Flirt's sudden interest in her friend.

'Why shouldn't I?'

'She's neither your friend nor your subordinate, so her whereabouts shouldn't concern you.'

'Who said she's not my friend?'

Smiling, she flipped on her bed and typed, 'Is she your friend? In that case, you might know what she's doing right now. You do have a habit of being chatty to your friends.'

'Chakudi, stop being my mum.'

She snickered like an old grandma, 'And you wanted to date me... Ah, funny old times!'

'Well, you ignored my offer, though it was a great escape for me. All thanks to Mr. Joseph.'

'Hey! Mr. Joseph would break your jaw if you so much so tried to badmouth his fiancé.'

'I don't know about the jaw, but I sincerely don't want to lose my high-paying job because of you. So please, stop testing me and tell me what happened to her.'

'Who?', she teased.

'CHAKUDI! I AM TALKING ABOUT MISS. RASHI JAIN.'

Krithika pictured a furious red Rathna trying to compose himself before screaming at her in all caps. She couldn't hold back and laughed aloud. Anjali grunted, "It's so late, can't you shut the fuck up? I have early morning duty tomorrow."

Well, it was past twelve but she wasn't sleepy.

"Oh, you shut your fucking ass and sleep.", Krithika snapped, "You talk for hours at night with your boyfriend, did I ever complain about your noisy phone sex?"

Anjali glared at her and pulled her blanket above her head.

"Better", Krithika mumbled to herself.

'Did you sleep already?', Rathna's message pinged.

At the same moment, she received a message from Xavier, 'Love, are you there?'

'No, I haven't slept and Rashi has left for Ahmedabad.', she typed a reply to Rathna and hurriedly swiped the screen to call Xavier.

"Hello.", Xavier's deep tone vibrated from her phone.

"What happened?", she asked, concerned about his late-night message.

Did he have another nightmare?

After learning about the death of his Achan, Xavier was struggling a bit to have a normal sleep schedule. Insomnia wasn't something that suited him, his mood in the office drastically changed to being grumpy. Icy cold Xavier peeked back once in a while and her heart ached to see him suffering.