Chapter 3 Part 2

After his lunch meeting, manik immediately left for his meeting for new music album...this tym he was going without his guards as it always irks him when he dont get personal space with his friends nd soo guards never follow him when he is going wid any fab5 member...he was talking to his one client on his cell when driver stopped the car wid jerk....

Manik:kyaa hua??

Driver:saab pata nahi shayad kuch problem hui hain..aap bethiye mein bss abhi check karta hoon...

Manik:*curtly*jaldi karo i dont have tym...mujhe 4 baje se pehle pahuchna hai...

Driver immediately nodded nd came out of car nd opening bonet,he was checking the wires whereas manik was talking to his client sitting inside the car...

Manik was busy in talking when his gaze fall on a lil girl bt what caught his eyes was the older girl with that young lil girl who was obviously NANDINI nd he immediately said-

Manik:*still looking at nandini* mr.Saxena i will jst call u later...

He immediately disconnecting the call,came out of car nd was going to approach nandini when the driver called him making him turn-

Driver:saab gaadi thik hoo gai...aaiye bethiye...

Manik immediately turned around again to look for nandini bt may b destiny was not in his favour this tym too nd soo he lost the sight of her's once again...

Manik:*frown*was she really here or am i imagining...oh god what is happening wid me...i have to control my feeling or i will go mad..

His trance was broken by driver-

Driver:saab??

Manik:*frown*huh??

Driver:saab chalna nahi hai??

Manik:*strightening himself*hmm chalo...

Nd manik again sat in his car nd looked out of window to get glimpse of nandini bt to his dismay he didnt see her again nd his car zoomed out on its way to his destination...

At sharma's music company:

It was 1st tym in history that manik malhotra got late for any meeting nd that too by 20 minutes which is definetly 8th wonder of the world...he entered the waiting room to see all his friends sitting there impatiently...manik entered nd greeted them normally when mukti said-

Mukti:kaha tha tu yrr manik...i mean u never get late by a minute nd aaj pure 20 minute late...

Cabir:*smirking*haan manik kaha khoya tha tu or should i say kis mein khoya tha tu??

Aalia:*frown*what r u talking abt cabir??

Manik:*glaring cabir*kuch nahi aalia u know he is crazy r8...nd yss dont blame me rather blame my car who made me late...my car broke down at middle soo i got late...

Dhruv:its ok buddy hota hai kabhi kabhi...

Manik:thanks buddy...nd if yeh introduction ho gaya hoo toh plzz meeting k liye chale...

Mukti:haan chal...

With this all headed towards the meeting room nd started their meeting for their new album with owner of sharma music company...

Manik was trying hard to keep his focus in meeting bt still his mind was again nd again going to both the beautiful encounter he had to the unknown girl since morning...

It was clearly visible that today manik malhotra was physically present there bt his mind was not at all wid him which did suspicioused Fab4 bt they thought of inquiring him once they get over to this meeting...

With most difficulty obviously for manik ,meeting got over nd they signed the deal nd left the place...manik mesaaged armaan in between nd asked him to cancel his dinner meeting as he is tired for the day...

In parking lot of Music Company:

Mukti:umm guys lets celebrate on this deal at my place...

Cabir:i m free nd may b navya is also free soo we r coming....

Aalia:i m also free....

Dhruv:mera academy mein kuch chhota kaam hai soo i will joint u all after an hour or soo...

They waited for manik to reply bt seems lyk he is in other world only...

Mukti:manik...tu aa raha hai naa??

Manik:*suddenly*huh...uhh umm guys i m a lil tired toh i guess i should end the day nd take a rest soo i m going home...bt u guys continue...

Mukti:yrr manik dont b a spoil sport...*making puppy face*plzz chalna plzz...

Aalia:yaa manik come naa waise bhi rudra was missing u ....

Manik:f9 i m coming... toh kitne baje??

Mukti:umm 6 baje hai 7:30 ko milte hai tab tak abhi bhi aa jaayega hope soo...

Cabir:f9 then meet u all at mukti's place...

With this all retired to their respective places...

At malhotra mansion:

Manik enter nd came to living room...he saw his mother sitting there going through a magazine nd soo he immediately sat on floor keeping his head in her lap closing his eyes...this was one habit manik had since childhood that whenver he is happy or sad or tired or confused,he immediately come to his mother's lap nd find his peace....bt this tym this was also not helping him to remove his restlessness he was feeling since he has seen that beautiful face nd soo had frowns on his forehead which immediately caught nyonika's attention..

Nyonika gently started roaming her hand in his soft hair trying to ease the frowns bt little did she know that now as his heart has found his partner,it will only ease his worries...

Nyonika:*lovingly*mannu,meri jaan kya ho gaya..tabiyat thik nahi hai??

Manik:dont know mom what is happening...

Manik has a habit of sharing anything to everything wid his mother without any hesitstiion nd that was 2nd reason why he cancelled his meeting as he wanna come to his mother's lap nd share his restlessness to her as soon as possible..

Nyonika:*frown*kyu kya ho gaya??business mein koi problem hua hai beta yaa fab5 k saath koi issue??

Manik:nahi mom everything is f9 nd at its r8 place bt..

Nyonika:btt???

Manik:i dont know mom what is this feeling...*looking at her*mom kyaa kabhi kisiko sirf 1 yaa 2 baar dekhne se love hoo sakta hai??

Nyonika:*with twinkling eyes*haaye mannu sachi sachi sab kuch bata kya hua hai aaj??

Nd then manik told her everything from starting abt his 2 encounters with nandini while nyonika listened it wid soo much interest as she thought that finally she has find her bahu...

Nyonika:*chirpily*mannu cabir sahi bol raha hai tujhe toh sach mein pyaar hoo gaya hai..

Manik:*frown*btt mom mujhe toh uske baare mein kuch nahin pata toh how can i fall for her....i m sure it is jst an attraction...

Nyonika:*nodding her head in disbeleif*dekh mannu pyaar karne k liye uss inssan k baare mein jaan-naa jaruri nahi hai...aur yeh hamare haath mein nahi hota pyaar karna...yeh joh hamara dil hai naa,woh khud dhundta hai apne liye apna partner...hume bss uski sunn-ni hoti hai...nd i m sure u r in love my bacha..

Manik:*frowning*u sure mom k yeh koi infactuation yaa attraction nahin hai??

Nyonika:achaa chal aankhein band kar apni...

Manik:*frown*whatt??

Nyonika:*whinned*arey kar naa tu...

Manik nodded his head at his dramatic mother nd closed his eyes...

Nyonika:*curiously*ab yeh bata k tujhe kya dikh raha hai??

Manik:*frown*uss ka chehra...

Nyonika:ab apne dil pein haath rakh aur puch khud se k kya yeh sirf tera attraction hai yaa pyaar...

Manik did the same nd after 2 minutes he open his eyes with beautiful smile adoring his face nd he looked at nyonika with twinkling eyes who was already looking at him with utter curiosity...

Manik:*slowly whispers with smile*i m in love...*to nyonika excitedly*mom i love her...

Nyonika who was expecting this answer,when listened this jst smilled widely nd chirped-

Nyonika:*excitedly*haayee finally mujhe meri bahu mil gai...

Manik:*frown*bahu??mom maana k i love her bt we dont know anything abt her...woh kaun hai nd who is her family, *wid horrified face*nd i saw her wid little girl,what if she is married nd that girl was her....

Nyonika:*sadly*haan yeh bhi hai...*again excitedly*haan par tu itna bada businessmen kis liye bana hai...tu nikalna uski information...ek kaam kar tu rehne de tu agle ek saal tak nahi nikal paayega information,mein cabir se hi kehti hoon wahi information laake dega...

With this she picked her cell which was immediately snatched by manik...

Manik:*wid wide eyes*mom nahi...cabir nahi plzz mom woh mujhe tease karega...

Nyonika:haan toh kyaa hogaya...tera friend hai toh haq hai uska...tu phone de mennu,mein usse call karke bol deti hoon...

Manik:*convincing her*mom..ok f9 mein aaj party mein khud usse bol dunga to find her informations..

Nyonika:*suspiciously*pakka??

Manik:haan baba pakka...

Nyonika:*frown*waise party??

Manik:oh yss woh mom mukti k ghar party hai for our new album deal toh mein wahan jaa raha hoon...shayad wahi ruk jaaunga..

Nyonika:thik hai par sambhaal k jaana aur sambhaal k aana...*teasing*aur itna mat khoo jaana meri hone walli bahu k khyal mein k kahi accident kar de tu...

Manik:*whinned*mom plzz stop teasing me...

Nyonika:haan haan thik hai ab jaa warna tu late hoo jaayega party k liye aur sunn yaad se bol dena cabir ko warna mein apne hisaab se bolungi toh woh tujhe bahut tease karega..

Manik nooded making face nd went up to his room to get ready...around 6:30,he left for mukti's place....

At mukti's house:

Everyone except Dhruv was already there...manik greeted fab3 along with navya nd abhimanyu nd passed chocolates to rudra nd mishit eho immediately kissed him on his cheeks... Mukti then send rudra nd mishit to mishit's room along with a butler nd asked them to play with their toys...

Mukti:guys lets toss on our new album deal...

Saying this she tossed the champagne bottle nd everyone except navya took sip from it....at the same tym, Dhruv also joint them nd all assembled in the living room...

Mukti:guys pehle game yaa pehle dinner?

Aalia:lets play game first...

Mukti:okk soo what to play??

Cabir:*immediately*truth nd dare...

All nodded nd soo mukti got the bottle nd all sat on floor forming a round...

Mukti twist the bottle nd it landed on dhruv:

Mukti:*rubbing her palms in excitement*soo dhruv truth or dare??

Dhruv:umm dare..

Mukti:oh-kay...soo umm..yeah give a hickey to aalia...

Dhruvliya:whatt!!

Cabir:common aalia nd dhruv u already have a baby of almost 3 yrs soo plzz dont freak out lyk a newly wedded nd complete the dare...

Not knowing any way out,dhruv gave hickey to aalia on her collorbone while others jst hooted loudly...

Dhruv then twisted the bottle nd this tym it land on abhimanyu...

Aalia:*smirking*i will do this...so abhimanyu truth or dare??

Abhimanyu:dare is risky i guess,truth...

Aaliya:*smirks*perfect soo tell us what do u lyk the most in mukti's body except her face-features...

Now it was mukbhi's tym to widen their eyes...

Abhimanyu:umm oh-kay....well i lyk.. her legs...

listening him,all hooted while abhimanyu blushed a little bt mukti was unaffected to their teasings ...

Next abhimanyu twisted the bottle nd it landed on manik..

Cabir:guyss this will b my turn plzz...soo manik truth or dare..

Manik:*self-thought*truth choose karunga toh he will inquire abt morning scene woh bhi sabke saamne..dare hi leta hoon...*to cabir*dare...

Cabir:*smirk*perfect...soo guys our manik baba had an encounter wid a girl this morning nd i guess he is already in love wid her soo *to manik*manik chal detail mein bata k kya hua tha aaj...

Mukti:*curiously*manik,cabir sach bol raha hai??*shocked*wait tu iss liye toh aaj meeting mein absent-minded nahi tha naa bcoz u were thinking abt her...

While manik jst palmed his face nd cursed cabir in his mind for revealing his secret lyk this...

Aalia:common manik tell us naa..we r a family toh family dont keep secrets...

Manik:okk guyss...*sighs*f9 yss i-i m in love....

Andddd the whole room echoed wid WHATS' from all present there...

Dhruv:*shocked*buddy tu..tu yeh bol raha hai!!!

Navya:*excitedly*hey matarani,finally tumhari lyf mein bhi koi toh aa gai...

Mukti:*excitedly*naam kya hai uska..

Aaliya:*excitedly*ndd how does she look...is she pretty??

Abhimanyu:*happily*god i m soo happy for u that u also got ur love...

Cabir:*punching him*saale subah jab meine bola tab toh bada manna kar raha tha k this is not love nd all toh ab kaha se aai yeh akkal tujh mein...

Finally manik shouted to stop their uncountable number of questions-

Manik:*loudly*guyssss......plzz will u plzz stop wid ur inquiry..

Mukti:haan par yeh toh bata k naam-

But she jst shut her mouth on one glare from manik....

Manik:*sigh*okk i know u wanna know everything nd i will tell u guys everything bttt i dont know anything abt her except her face..

Mukti:okk lekin aaj kya hua yeh toh bata...

Manik:*boobed his head*f9 soo....

**Flashback starts**

Manik was sitting in the car when his gaze fell on other side of road where a girl was taking ballons from a ballon-vendor..

then she turn to the round of lil 8-10 girls she was having around her nd started distributing the balloons to them...she was smiling bt manik could immediately identify that it was not at all the real smile that reaches the eyes nd something in his heart stirred nd he got sad seeing her sad....

She was devoid of any make-up or heavy dress bt still was looking mermerizing in the shinning rays of sun....

Manik immediately click her photo in his cell nd tried to get out of car to reach her bt before that only,the traffic started nd soo he lost the sight of her in the heavy traffic...

**Flashbsck ends**

Nd then he narrated the afternoon scene also when his car broke down while all were listening him soo attentively as if they have to crack exams on this basis...

Aalia:wow!!that was love at first sight...

Mukti:yaa i really wanna meet her once...

Manik:okk enough guys let it b..i mean agar milna hoga toh mil hi jaayenge...

Cabir:arey ab toh milegi hi naa jab mein khud uski saari information nikalunga...

Manik:*sigh*tujhe manna karunga tab bhi tu yahi karega toh let it b...

Mukti:ok guys its already 8:30 soo lets have dinner...

With this mukti called rudra nd mishit also nd all headed towards dining area for dinner...

After dinner both babies fall asleep nd soo tucking them inside their room,all danced nd pulled leg of each other nd then slept at around 12 at midnight at mukti's house only....

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Soo finally 2nd update of the day...

Soo, got to know what scene manik saw in morning...

2nd encounter hoo gaya bt still 1 is unware that a love is blooming for her in someone's heart..

How was nyo-manik's conversation...

Finally fab5 also got to know abt nandini...

What do u think will cabir b able to find info abt nandini or manik's love will remain incomplete only...

with love

-Yashika.