Arun dropped his bag. "No baby. I didn't get the promotion. They gave it to the other guy. The one who plays TT with the boss."
"Open it," she said in a firm voice.
Arun stared. His eyes welled up.
She remembered last year. She bought him a mug from a shop in T.Nagar. He smiled, but she saw it. He kept the mug in the office. One day, he came home and said, "My Manager saw the mug. He asked, 'If you have time for romance, do you have time for overtime?'" the gift for husband promotion tamil story
He tore the paper. Inside was the rich, dark rosewood board. The powder lines. The glossy surface. And tucked in the corner, she had polished his old, rusted . Arun dropped his bag
Arun is a Senior Software Engineer at a famous MNC in Siruseri. For five years, Kavitha has watched him leave at 7 AM and return at 11 PM. She has seen his shirts fade from crisp white to sweat-stained yellow. She has seen him skip his mother’s phone calls because he was too tired to lie that he had eaten dinner. They gave it to the other guy
"What happened? Did you get it?"