Stars and Fireflies - Manan

Chapter 18

They all moved in the conference room and got seated.

"Dad vaise ap kya bolre the nandini aur bhai ki ladai ke baare m" Cabir asked while looking at manik from the end of his eyes who was busy glaring at him.

" Arre vo toh usdin hum charity event m gae the na toh they both had some misunderstanding" he said while drinking water.

"Ohh acha ab samjha" Cabir whispered.

" Kya samjha tu"raj asked suspiciously.

"Kuch ni dad, vaise apko nandini kaise lagti h" Cabir asked casually making manik look at him with wide eyes.

"Cabir"he said gritting his teeth.

"Wat" Cabir just shrugged his shoulders.

"Arre mujhe toh vo bhut achi lagi kitni sweet se ha" raj started praising nandini " mera bas chale toh m usse apni bahu banalu" raj said suddenly taking manik off guard. He started coughing as he was drinking water and had spitted out all  water from his mouth.

Raj and Cabir immediately ran towards him and started patting his back.

"Manik dhyan se" raj panicked.

"I m fine dad" he said while catching his breath.

Out of no where Cabir started laughing "hahahahahha...bhai haha apka face dekhne layak tha kyo dad"

"Abhi bata hu tujhe" manik said and was about to ran behind him when raj stopped them " stop it you both office h ye so behave yourself" raj said sternly .

"Sir may I come in" nandini said gaining there attention.

"Yes" manik said while sitting properly.
Nandini came in with there coffee and placed it properly on the table.

"Sir mr Mehra is here" she said informing them.

"Yaa send him in" raj said.

"Ok nandini send him in and send one coffee also it's ur lunch time u can go for it send someone else with the coffee" he said not wanting nandini to serve someone else.

"Ok" she went out and informed mr Mehra to go in.

"Hello mr malhotra, how are you??mr mehra greeted raj.

"I m gud mehra, how are you?" Raj asked.

"I m also gud, toh suru kare"he asked.

"Ya sure" raj said making manik confused.

"Dad kya hora h mujhe kuch btaenge ap mehra uncle yaha kya karre h" he asked curiously.

"Baitho toh phle" he said and everybody got settled on there chairs. Mr mehra passed some paper towards Mr malhotra, who after reading them carefully gave them to manik

"Manik I have decided something and I want you to abide by that and not to question me is that clear." Raj said sternly.

"But dad" he was about to say something but stopped hearing raj " Manik" he called him sternly making him quiet.

"Take these papers" manik started reading those papers, and stood up immediately after reading them "Dad no, I mean how can I please don't do this ."

" Manik u can beta, u deserve it" he said trying to explain him.

"No" he said and went in his cabin.

"Dad dont worry ap ruko m baat karta hu bhai se" Cabir said and went behind him.

Manik was angrily pacing in his room. As soon as he saw Cabir he glared at him and said

"Tujhe pta tha na is bare m phle se toh btaya ko ni tune mujhe ha"