"Damn.. I wish I had a popcorn.. this will be so much more perfect.." Bharath mumbled under his breath watching Adam pull his sister back from attacking Sridhar.

Charan, who stood at the end of the stairs couldn't help but smack at the back of his head earning a growl from Bharath.

Preethi, on the other hand, saw the scratch marks on Adam's face and felt guilty.

"I am so sorry.. I did not realize.." She apologized in a whisper.

Adam just ruffled her head smiling.

The tenderness in Preethi's eyes did not leave Sridhar's eyes.. and he recognized those in a heartbeat.. after all, he had been the source and destination of such eyes for 5 years when she was studying as his student.

The same being directed towards someone else gave rise to bile at his stomach making him very uncomfortable.

He was already fuming with jealousy and insecurity as it was.. he always thought, as long as Akil was there, Preethi will be his.. That as long as Akil was there, she would have to be stuck with him.

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"You.. you think she can love you? You don't know her.. you don't know how obsessed she used to look at me from across the class.. this went on for not one or two days but for 5 years.. You think that kind of thing can go away because of your pretty face.. You are just an ATM machine.. a convenience to look after Akil while she works. A security guard. That is all.. She is just using you.. it is not 'love'.. She can't love another person.. It is not you who she wants, it is what you can give her!!"

Sridhar couldn't help himself from viewing all the gift's shattered on the table. From the expensive looks of it, he knew they must be from Adam. And of course, there is also the fact that Adam was younger than him and looked better and fit.. And given Preethi had been his student, the age difference between them was also quite vast. That always made him have an inferiority complex.. and now looking Adam and Preethi side by side made that complex burn like a forest fire.

And Sridhar would have already had a broken jaw and falling tooth if it was not for Charan and Adam pulling the two daredevils who were just about ready to pounce.

Sridhar would have continued rambling if not for the confused expression that spread on his own face. Adam did not seem stimulated by what he said. Instead had an amused frown dancing on his face. When Sridhar gapped at him, Adam looked down at fuming Preethi and asked, "You think I have a pretty face?"

Everyone went quiet at his question for a second before Bharath burst out into laughter.

"PFFT!!" Bharath stopped struggling in Charan's arms and laughed holding his stomach while Preethi on the other hand, gave Adam an exasperated look as she said, "I don't think that is the point here, Adam.. At least, not what he was trying to point out..?? She gave Sridhar a glare.

"Well, for me that is the POINT!! Do you or do you not think I am pretty??" Adam asked with a serious expression. But there was also a playful smirk dancing at the corner of his lips.

The whole atmosphere went from being tense to amus.e.m.e.nt in a matter of seconds, except for Sridhar, of course.

He looked just about to explode all over again.

"Adam, get serious, will you? And yes, you look darn handsome!! Are you happy now?" Preethi exclaimed annoyed.

Adam grinned at her happily before giving his attention to Sridhar who had an extremely ugly expression on his face..

Adam's eyes were smug as he started talking, "Look, as you said, I am rich, handsome, and young.. unlike someone. So, your little provocation is not going to affect me. And even if it is for convenience, I am happy to be her ATM machine.. and I really have a lot of money and I am clueless about how to spend them!! So, if she is going to spend it, she will be helping me!!"

Just as he closed his mouth, he felt someone pinch on his torso.. Adam's teasing expression crunched instantly into a frown as he looked at Preethi and asked, "What? You don't like me being your ATM machine? Then, I can be your bed or a couch too!!" His lips twitched when Preethi's pinched him all over again.

Seeing them all flirty got Sridhar's eyes to go red as he said, "You will never be right for Akil!! He is not even your son..!!" He then looked at Preethi pretty condescendingly as he continued, "Weren't you so arrogant and got angry when I complained about you not being a good mother and weren't you going to prove me wrong? Is this how you do it? Instead of looking after your own son, you are flirting around with some random guy and even letting him into your house?? You are just as careless as you were back then.. you do not deserve to be a moth.."

He did not get to finish it because Adam punched him right in his mouth! All his cool amused face disappeared in a matter of seconds replaced by a face conveying pure menace.

"Look, the only reason I even let you into this street is that you are Akil's dad.. And after the stunt you just pulled today, you lost that privilege.. Now get out of the house before I decide to throw you out like trash that you are!!" Adam seethed holding on to Sridhar's collars. The venom in his eyes was actually scary. He was not going to stand there and tolerate him insulting Preethi in her own house.. it wouldn't matter what Sridhar told of him. Anyways he is too lazy to heed. But instilling Preethi is a whole different spectrum of ball game he wouldn't allow.. especially if it involves her role as a mother.