Sorry for the mistakes.
Nandini's pov
Reaching Delhi, My mother totally ignored my existent, she was busy treating Manik like some President.
He was talking to her very sweetly like he don't even know what actually bad or loud means.
" Mumma, I'm also here. Your one and only child " I whined to my mother while sitting beside her so that she gives a little attention to me as well.
" Nandini! Behave, look Manik is so well mannered while you are just being a spoilt kid " My mother whispered gritting her teeth
Manik, Manik and only Manik!
He was sitting on the couch enjoying the scene and getting pampered by MY mother.
" Fine, you know what, you serve the president. I'm going inside " I said grumpily standing up from the couch.
My mother plainly ignored what I said so, I walked 2-3 steps and spoke "Mumma, I'm going inside "
No response, the jerk was smirking all this while.
I again walked 2-3 steps and yelled "Mumma, I'm going inside without eating anything. Stop me if you want to "
No response
So, I again walked one step and yelled " Mumma, this is the last chance to stop me. I haven't eaten anything "
" Fine Nandini, Come here and don't be jealous " My mother said sighing heavily
Well, I don't get Jealous but what mine is only mine.
As simple as that!
Finally having my mother's attention, I went and sat beside her to eat something.
All this while, Manik was only observing my each and every antics which made me a little conscious about myself.
" Manik, you can go in Nandini's room and rest for a while " Mumma said to him
I scowled hearing what she said, with my mouth full of food I shooked my head vigorously saying "What? No, not my room. I am going in there "
" You can sleep in my room. Eat before you speak " My mother said with a tight lipped smile, showing me her eyes to behave
" No, I can't sleep anywhere other than the designated space of my bed " I shooked my head
My mother was controlling herself from yelling, but thanks to Manik she didn't.
She glared me to stop which I plainly ignored
" Its uhh- Its okay, Mumma. I'll just go to the Mansion" Manik suggested by giving an idea of living in his maternal home, which by the way is in Delhi itself.
Before my mother could reply, my possessiveness increased, I yelled loudly " She is not your Mumma, ok? "
My mother sighed tiredly saying "Stop it Nandini, I asked him to call me Mumma"
Turning towards him she spoke "don't mind her Manik, she can be difficult sometimes. But you don't worry about her, you go and sleep in her room "
What the hell? Am I invisible?
" Nooo " I whined stomping my foot not caring Manik freaking Malhotra is observing me like a predator
" Its okay Aunty, I- " he intervened
" You're like Nandini to me, so how can you live in the mansion, huh? Moreover no one is there. Also, its Mumma for you, don't listen to this idiot " My mother said sweetly interrupting him
" Yes M-Mumma " he hesitated a little giving my mother his charming smile while smirked at me and left.
Stomping my foot on the floor, I laid on the couch when my mother changes her all soft and sweet expression to some evil face
" what the hell was that, Nandini? " She whisper yelled, I shrugged my shoulder standing up
" God, What did I ate when I was expecting her? " She muttered herself which I heard but chose to not reply
" Urggh, Go sleep in my room. Neyonika would be here in few hours" Mumma said after a minute or two
" Who's Neyonika? " I questioned taking out one of the duvet from the living room cupboard
" Your Mother in-law " Mumma told me with a tired smile, I didn't said anything only laid down on the couch
" Go, I have to clean the living room " She said once she saw me all ready to sleep
" I'm not going. I only get sleep either in my room or here on the couch. So, I'm not moving an inch from here " I told her closing my eyes
" Who will think you're going to be 25 in a few months? " My mother asked herself
" Whats there to think? " I asked frowning
My mother folded both her palms "Spare me, Nandini "
With this she left and I covered my head with the blanket
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My mother in-law came after 2 hours and Mumma woke me up by literally snatching my blanket.
As I have a habit of covering myself, no matter how hot or cold it is, Not feeling anything on me apparently, I opened my eyes with a whine, only to see the smiling face of my Mother in-law
As my sleep was broken from the middle, I was very irritated but had to pretend that I'm fine.
After half an hour of giving smiles and pretending that I'm very well mannered, My mother asked me to wake up the President.
Making an annoying face, I stood up and went to my room, onle to see him sleeping like its his bed. He was sleeping on his front, looking peaceful and innocent.
I stopped beside the bed to wake him up but a crazy idea popped in my mind, not giving much thought about the repurcussions, I took a blood red lipstick and slowly went to sit near the bed.
I don't know what will happen when he will open his eyes. Putting aside all my nervousness, with a shivering hand I applied lipstick on his lips. It was smudged near his lips. I also applied some of the lipstick on his cheeks and nose to make him like a circus joker.
Satisfied with my work, I clicked his pics and smirked looking at his hilariously funny face.
I was busy praising my work when my eyes landed beside him to see my side of the bed vacant. Deciding to just lay there for a minute to feel that peace, I laid on my favourite side of the bed.
Aaah!! Now this is called peace. My favourite side forever.
I closed my eyes thinking " only for a minute".
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" Nandini. Manik " Someone said loudly to which I groaned turning side.
" Nandini, Nandini, I sent you here to wake Manik, but you came and slept " I heard Mumma scolding me by trying to snatch my blanket
I whined with closed eyes and trap myself and my blanket so that no one can separate us.
" Nandu, wake up. See Manik is already up " mumma said softly this time, which I ignored
A few moments later, I heard people laughing, hysterically. I was too sleepy and tired to open my eyes, so I kept sleeping.
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My blanket was slipping away from my body slowly making me groan in irritation. With closed eyes I tried to hold it securely but failed.
" My Blanket " I cried with my eyes closed searching my blanket with both my hands.
Finally, I opened my eyes a little, only to see some ghost kinda person looking at me.
I tried shouting Mumma, but the scary person shut my mouth with his palms.
" Not a word from your stupid mouth" he said in an arrogant voice which was familiar to a certain someone.
That's when it clicked me, its Manik.
He's looking scary because of me. His palm was still on my mouth, while his eyes were spitting fire.
He looked scary yet funny. The red lipstick did it work pretty well. I couldn't help but stifle a laugh which made him more angry, if possible.
I tried to remove his hand but he gave no heed to, I tried to speak so that he can leave me, but as usual he was being a jerk.
Finally, after a few groans and whine he removed his palms
" You're pathetic " he growled in his angriest voice possible
I didn't answered but laugh at him, Damn he looked like a joker. An angry arrogant Joker.
" You're looking like a joker " I said laughing hard.
All this while he was glaring at me, I was busy laughing and praising myself of my awesome work.
" What? Why so angry? Have some sportsmen spirit, Loser " I teased him with a proud smile.
Again, he didn't said anything so, my big mouth have to utter my third class poetry
" I made a poetry for you. Manik is a Joker, He is a Loser. See it rhymed also" I exclaimed happily
" Wow, you're a poetess as well" he said sarcastically
" Hell yeah, I'm " I said ignoring his sarcasm
" By the way Nandini, if I'm a Joker, then what a Joker's wife is called as ? " He acted curious
"First I'm not your wife, yet. Once I'll become I would make sure to give you some of my common sense " I told him proudly
" In that case, I would prefer to be a Joker only " he mocked making me scowl
" Anyways, you did your stunt, now my turn, isn't it? " He said
I gulped thinking what should I do now as he has already trapped me under him.
Manik was staring at me thinking what to do, when suddenly he started coming closer.
My eyes were wide open, I tried to kick him but as I was under him, he had tangled both of our legs which made it impossible for me to do anything.
He smirked looking at my lips followed by my eyes
I lost all the vocabulary to speak. I couldn't even breath properly as his lips were just an inch away from mine.
We were so close that even if I move my lips a little then they would touch with Manik's.
I was thinking what to do when I felt him breathing on my lips thus, making my nervousness increase to the next level.
Holding my breath, I closed my eyes. When, in a blink of eye, I couldn't feel him near my lips, so I opened my eyes slowly only to see him near my stomach.
Realisation hit me hard, when I got to know what's cooking in his mind.
" No no Manik, no. Look I'm sorry. This is my favourite " I begged him while he only return a devilish smirk
" Leave me , You Loser. Mummaa help" I shouted when he clutched both my wrists with one hand
" Our mothers aren't here " he chuckled cockily
I tried to make my hands free, but the jerk held them tightly. I begged him umpteenth time but he didn't listen.
Giving me one last smirk, he made my t-shirt upward and started cleaning his face, making my favourite t-shirt go red and dirty.
After satisfied with his work, he left me and I sat up straight to kick him but he was smart enough to run away instantly.
" Urrgh Manik Malhotra, I'll kill you " I said stomping my foot on the floor searching for something to hit him
" Before getting killed, I just want you to know that they're quite big for a tiny dwarf like you" he said with a teasing smirk, while I frowned my eye brows in confusion.
I couldn't understand what he said until I saw where his eyes were.
Following his eyes, I looked down to saw my t-shirt was all up giving him a full view of my stomach and bra
With a heated face, I pull down the T-shirt hurriedly and felt him leaving while chuckling.
Shit! Oh god! That pervert! Oh god!
I was so embarrassed that I literally wanted to disappear and never come back
Taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes to control myself down, But all the calmness flew away when I saw my favourite T-shirt ruined.
" Manik Malhotra, if I won't get you wash my T-shirt, then my name is also not Nandini Murthy " I promised and went to the washroom to change my clothes
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I was already way too embarrassed to go out of my room but after a little bit of thinking, I finally went out to find no one at home.
I made noodles for myself and started eating while watching Mukbang.
Leaving the bowl on the table itself, I sprawled on the couch like a lazy cat which I'm and unlock my phone.
I was busy in surfing something silly when my mother shouted from the door.
" What is this Nandini? You're about to get married and here you're sprawling on the couch knowing nothing about Household chores. Who will think you're an Engineer? " She scolded
I let out a frustrated groan, thinking why the hell I'm a girl.
" What's the relation between Being an Engineer, getting married or doing household chores? " I asked not bothering to sit or do anything
" I don't care about your relation. You know what Nandini, this is it. You're going to learn household chores " she said firmly making me stand straight.
" What the hell? Mumma, I told you either I'll transfer my job or learn household chores. You chose the former one " I argued
" Nandini, Please. Baby you need to learn. " Mumma tried to say softly
I was already very angry because of my T-shirt and now this. Taking a deep breath I asked my mother to wait and went to take a paper and a pen
Writing what I want, I gave the pen and paper to her for signature
" What's this? " She asked confused
" This is a deal between us, as you have already agreed for my job transfer thing, now I want you to sign this paper which says that You won't bother or pinch me after marriage by saying 'when will I hear the good news' or ' when are you getting pregnant? or 'how you want a grand child?' " I stated like some business deal
My mother mouth and eyes were opened in a shock, she has this unbelievable look on her face like I have grown 10 heads
After a minute or two when she finally got over from the shock she said " Are you insane? Who does things like that? "
" Mumma, don't try to divert the topic. I know you very well, the minute I'll get married you'll start with your questions. For the first and last time, I'm telling you, I am not going to get pregnant anytime soon " I said in a loud and clear voice, but my mother whose mouth was still open looked behind me
" Ma-Manik " Mumma said looking more shocked
" What Manik? This is my body and I chose to decide, moreover Manik doesn't like me in that way " I told her honestly but she ignored me and continued looking behind me
" Here, I'm informing you something, while you're busy staring behind me " I whined turning back only to get a mini heart attack.
From where does he came?
Manik was standing there looking amused with his phone in his hands. By the look of his face, I can tell he have heard more than enough.
" Ma-Ma-" I tried to speak but again my voice lost all the ability to form a word
" Nik " he said smirking at me
" Manik, Why are you standing there? Come sit. Your Mom has to go to your Maternal house " Mumma told him sweetly.
She was about to leave the living room, when I stopped her by showing the paper " Mumma, this "
" Stop it Nandini. Its enough for today" she said and left to her room
While I pouted and stomped my foot on the floor in irritation.
" Pregnant huh? " I was busy in cursing the world when I heard his teasing voice
He already sat on the couch and was smirking at me with his legs on the table
My face and ear were emitting heat like anything, I tried to ignore him and walked away when his comment stopped me " You don't need to worry. how will you get pregnant when I'm not even going to touch you? "
His voice hold arrogance, tease and smirk.
Closing my eyes for a second, I turned back looking straight in his eyes and spoke " well you're one Man whore, who can kiss someone in the 'heat of the moment' then say sorry like nothing happened. So yeah, if I see your past record I am pretty sure, You still are resisting yourself to touch me be it in anger, lust or in love. "
Giving him one last glare, I left from there. While Manik Malhotra was oozing fire like never before.
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