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" Hey nandini,kaisi ho tum? " it was ahana who greeted nandini excitedly jumping like a rabbit ...

( Nandini's outfit) 

( ifra's outfit with the same hairtie)

( Nandini's hangbag 👜)
She was excited to see her best friend once again after last night

" Main theek hu aahu, aryaman kaisa hain? Ghussa? " nandini said biting her lips in perplexity

Ahana Firstly forwaded her hands to carry ifra in her arms and answered

" Ghussa nahi hain bas he's regretting not being with you when you needed him the most " she said sadly

Ahana wasn't familiar to Betty's presence... She was confused seeing betty there but still she gave the best of her hospitality by smiling gorgeously at her, who returned it back

" Ahana meet betty , my sister, my personal assistant, my supporter everything and Betty meet ahana she is my best friend " betty forwarded her hand for a hand shake after nandini's introduction

Walking them till the living room with ifra in her arms ahana said " We're happy to have you betty, please be comfortable it's all yours"

Betty sat on the sofa straightening her skirt and answered
" Thank you so much, you are such a sweetheart "

Ahana made nandini on the sofa comforatably.. Straightening her saree she sat beside them

( Aryaman and ahana's living room)

" Hello ifra baby, kaisi hain meri jaan? Maasi missed you alot " ahana said playing with ifra's chubby cheeks and her cute ponytails

" Not maasi love! It's maami for my darling (ifra)" it was aryaman talking walking down the stairs

" Not happening Mr KHURANA ...I'm her maasi first.. Haina baby " said ahana smirkingly

" You both stop confusing my little love, look at her face.. She's so confused regarding what should she call you " said nandini pointing at ifra's cute puzzled face

" Aap ko confuse hone ki zaroorat nahi hai mamma ki jaan " while ahana, aryaman and betty laughed at ifra's antics

Aryaman reached towards ahana and pecked her forehead ritually and moved away not before taking ifra in his arms..

While ahana made a bad face as she wasn't getting to play with ifra

Aryaman hugged nandini

" Aryaman you need to stop blaming yourself, if was none of your faults.. It was past and I've moved on! " she said assuring Aryaman by placing a hand on his shoulder

" Moved on? Really now? Do i look like a donkey to you? I agree we've not had the connection since last four years but i can still understand you nandu " nandini breathed and looked elsewhere not wanting to get caught

" You might have moved on from other things but even i know you can never move on from manik, nandini" he said making her sit on the sofa

" umm.. Aryaman i think we should not talk about it now.. I'm here to meet my bestfriends so let's continue with that"she said turning her gaze

" Ya sure" Aryaman cut off the topic

Nandini introduced betty to aryaman and vice versa.. Aryaman welcomed betty warmly

" Thank you so much betty for staying beside her, supporting her.. When she needed us the most " said ahana walking from her place to Betty's and taking Betty's palms in hers

" You don't have to thank ahana because nandini, she's done alot for me.. It's nothing in front of what I'm doing.. Ifra and nandini both are very important in my life... They are my only family " said betty or rather confessed with tears glistening in her eyes

Nandini slide a little near to betty and wiped her tears
" we both love you very much right jaan (ifra) " ifra squealed in response nodding positively

Ahana , Betty and nandini were sitting on the two next to next couch.. While aryaman was on the opposite couch playing with ifra

" Waise aryaman, ahana kehna padega ghar bohot khoobsurat banaya hain.... Everything is so beautiful in it's own " said nandini handling a big paper bag to ahana

" Thank you but ye kis liye madam? " said ahana pointing at the paper bag and aryaman smiled

" Arey, of course apne do bestfriends ke ghar ja rahi hu wo bhi pehli baar khali haath toh nahi ja sakti na " said nandini resting her leg on another

Ahana laughed at nandini's reason and accepted the gift

" Ahana bohot pyaari lag rahi ho, tum roz saree pehenti ho? " said nandini when ahana was busy giving orders to the butles for nandini,betty and ifra's snacks

Ahana's concentration broke from the butler and she turned around to answer nandini shyly
" Bas jab man karta hain tab pehen leti hu "

The butlers with Ahana's help
placed their snacks on the ti-poi before nandini and betty

" Ahana in sab ki kya zaroorat thi? We've had our breakfast " said nandini looking at the amount of food placed before her

" Arey aise kaise nahi? You both have visited our home for the first time it's just like you brought gift for me madam " says ahana mimicking nandini's actions at which the trio laugh

While they were busy laughing, they saw aryaman and ifra playing with each other probably ifra teaching him how to take selfies

Ifra baby is a selfie queen you guys 😎

Nandini got up from her place and forwaded her hands to take ifra in her arms

" It's fruits time mamma's love !"

Informing ifra and getting a scrunched nose back.. She sat on her previous place again with ifra on her laps

" ifra will have fruits na? Ek min main khud cut karke " but ahana's sentence was left incomplete

" Shhh! Shh! Aahu calm down..i always carry things related to ifra...thank you for being a sweetheart " said nandini showing ahana the container which had fruits and ifras baby fork

( ifra's cute baby forks along with case)

" Open your mouth jaan , please for mamma... " ifra had to give up and open her mouth

" Which fruit is it mamma's love having? " said nandini pinching a piece of fruit in the fork

" Blue belly " (blueberry) said ahana in her todler voice which made everyone present there laugh also the butler who were passing

" And this one? " asked nandini pinching one more piece of fruit in the fork

" kvi - She paused vi " (kiwi)

The word kiwi sounded so cute that ahana and aryaman could not stop themselves from pulling ifra's cheeks lightly

Nandini was feeding Ifra, as ifras used has the habit of eating very slowly

" Aryaman, ahana wo aaj jab main ghar se nikal rahi thi tab rishu ne envelope laakar diya mujhe "

Ahana who was applying butter on the bread for aryaman left her work incomplete , and first paid attention to what nandini's saying

" Kya tha envelope me? " asked aryaman stopping himself from sipping on his tea

" yeh " saying this nandini handed the envelope to them

" Yeh toh koi invitation card lagta hain " said aryaman opening it

" Arya kya likha hain bolo na " said ahana shaking aryaman by his shoulder..

She was tooo curious to know what's there inside the invitation card

But it seems as if aryaman just recieved a 440 volt shock...

" Aryaman batao na mujhe " nandini was seeing ahana shaking aryaman while aryaman sat there with his mouth wide open

Not getting any response ahana frustratedly pinched him

" Ouuchhhhh " aryaman's painful shout ecoed in the whole house

Not wanting to have one more pinch aryaman read it for ahana
" Manik malhotra invites you for ganesh chaturthi held tomorrow 8 am "

Guys if i make any mistakes with the rituals or anything... Please
Understand bcoz i have no single idea on how eveythings done..
I may take google baba's help or someone from you all who knows how the rituals are performed could help me?

" Woooow ye toh acchi baat haina... Waise bhi ganpati aana shuru ho gaye hain " said ahana smiling

" Lekin tum dono ab bhi statue bankar kyu baithe ho? " said ahana pointing at both of them with the butter knife

" Ahana it's manik " Aryaman mouthed with his eyeballs in shape of football Right now

" Manik hain, lekin insaan bhi " said ahana as she was not getting any reasonable response

" Wo manik hain, he never believed in god ahana " ahana saw nandini saying it with a shocked face

" whatt? But why? " ahana was getting more and more curious with each passing second

" Because nobody ever taught him how to pray before god, how to wish before god.. He was always alone aahu.. He never believed in the existence of god but today he's kept ganesh sthapna that too for ifra's betterment " said nandini gulping a lump and wiping a tear ready to come out of her eyes

" Shocking right? " ahana and nandini both saw aryaman thinking something rubbing his index finger on his chin just like ACP pradyuman

" This is shocking to another level, he's putting in efforts to get back to you and ifra and also the Ganesha sthapana is for ifra's betterment.. What have you thought will you go? " asked nandini supporting nandini's shoulder

Nandini nodded her head frantically and said " yes i will go it's for my baby's betterment i can't ignore it.. And nobody should ever Bring their ego forward and ignore the festivals... "
She said explaining ahana and feeding one more piece of fruit to ifra

" That's true, you should go " now agaian ahana Looked shocked because aryaman himself told her to go

" Mam aapke liye ye envelope aaya hain " one of the butlers handed the envelope in ahana's hands and left

" Kya hain usme ahana " said aryaman sipping on his tea

" Manik malhotra invites khurana family to the Ganesha sthapana at MALHOTRA MANSION "

Aryaman choked out on his tea and coughed hard... Ahana ran to aryaman and rubbed his back

" Kya hua aryaman, are you fine " ahana asked continuing to rub his back

Buy it was as if nandini knew the reason so she kept quiet

" Baby, manik malhotra.. He's inviting me aryaman khurana "

" Ha toh, and let me tell you hum zaroor jayenge " she said handing him a glass of water

" Manik Malhotra invited his enemy, you don't know anything about our college tiffs baby" he said sipping the water almost in one sip

" Jo hua wo ho gaya, aur jaise nandini ne kaha festivals ke din ego side pe rakhna chahiye... Hum jayenge zaroor jayenge..." she said eyeing nandini

" Ha Aryaman ahana theek keh rahi hain.. I think we should go... I know you never expected this but he's manik malhotra the most unexpected guy... Uske dimaag me kya chal raha hota hain yeh jaan'na bohot mushkil hota hain " explained nandini

" Fine then, We'll go tomorrow " mouthed aryaman and left to get ready for office

" And betty would also get the taste of indian festival.. Dance, music... Everything " said nandini

" Ofcourse I'm very excited and looking forward to gan.. " she didn't knew how to pronounce ganesha

Ahana and nandini giggled at Betty's cuteness and pronounced for her " it is ganesha or you can call it ganpati also " betty nodded her head in approval

Aryaman came down looking dashing and handsome, he pecked Ahana's forehead.. Bid nandini and betty bye

" Bye darls.. Mamu's going " he said to ifra who looked at him and did a ta - taa

" Mamma " ifra called nandini

" Ha meri jaan bolein " said nandini playing with ifra's little palms

" Bash! " she said snuggling more into nandini

" Okay fine, bas ho gaya aapko.. Mamma rakh rahi hain ..thanks to aiyappa aapne thoda toh khaya " she said placing the container inside ,she then wiped the fork with tissue paper and kept it in her hand bag

Grabbing two to three tissue papers in her hands she wiped ifra's lips gently

" Mamma utha dein aapko? pani peena haina " saying this nandini held the back of ifra's body and neck and carefully made her stand

She attached the rim of the bottle and made ifra drink water

While betty and ahana sat there admiring the mother daughter's bond

" Come I'll show you both our entire house " said ahana squealing in excitement

.......

" Manik, tum soch nahi sakte aaj main kitna khush hu...jo cheez maine sochi thi kabhi possible nahi ho payegi wo sach ho rahi hi.. Lekin achanak kyu? I mean kuch " manik's dad was talking about manik not believing in god and now suddenly he keeps a Ganesh sthapana

Manik smiled a small one and putting his hands in the pocket of his pants..
He replied
" Love! Love does that you.. My love for my baby.. Made me do it.. It's for her betterment "

Mr malhotra was very proud on manik right now..
" Lekin manik ye sab tumhe kisne bataya? I mean achanak se? "

" Sab Achanak se hi hua hain dad " he said going back into flashback

.....

F. L. A. S. H. B. A. C. K

" Jaldi files le kar aao " said manik to his p.A

Who obliged and ran to get manik his files

" Umm... Sirrr " he was hesitant to ask

" Ha bolo " said manik going through the files

" Wo sir kya mujhe kal chutti mil sakti hain? " he finally said gathering alot of strength

" Kyu? "

" Wo sir, kal hamare ghar me pehli baar ganpati sthapana hone wali hain.. Wo meri beti anjali ke paida hone ki khushi me " the word
" beti" clicked manik and did something in his heart

" Matlab ?" manik was curious to know why his P. A kept ganesh sthapana for his daughter's birth

" Sir meri beti sahi salamat is duniya me aa gayi.. Bas ussi khushi me maine ye baar ganesha sthapana rakhi hain "

" Isse tumhari beti ko benefits honge? " he asked getting More and more interested

Aweeee  he is cutee

" Ha sir, ganpati bappa apne saath khushiyan bhi late hain... Maine pooja rakhi hain meri beti ki sehat aur tandroosti ke liye " manik malhotra was determined now

" Isse meri beti ko bhi jo tumne kaha wo milega na? "

Reminder : manik's PA knows about ifra

" Ofcourse sir, bhagwaan ke aage jo bhi mango milta hain, derse hi sahi lekin milta zaroor hain.. Aap ek baar aazma ke toh dekho... Aur waisi bhi isse hamari choti boss (ifra) ko benefits honge "

Manik was deep in his thoughts as his pa continued to talk but a beautiful smile shone on his face listening to " choti boss" of course ifra for him was his and nandini's pride

" Toh? What are you waiting for? Jao jaake arrangements karo.. Kal hamare ghar bhi ganpati aayenge.... And yes tumhari holiday pakki " manik said looking outside his open windows beautiful scene

While manik's pa squealed in excitement... Did he heard right? His boss is gonna start believing in god? For real? This surely made him happy and of course he's also gonna get an offf...

......
After having their own girly time at ahana and aryaman's place finally ifni and Betty bid bye to ahana

" She's really very kind and beautiful nandu " said betty while they kept walking till the car

" I know right betty, just like you are... I'm lucky to have y'all in my life " nandini (*sighs*) this is her nature, she never fails to make someone feel special

" Then we are the luckiest to have you " said betty giggling

......

" Ye manik ko kya ho gaya hain? " it was mukti who had both her fists entangled while she kept taking rounds of the room

Navya,alia ,cabir, dhruv and abhi kept watching mukti sitting on the bed but the same question roamed in their mind too

" wahi toh, manik aur pooja? Wierd right " it was alia

" pata nahi kya chalta hain iss ladke ke dimaag me " mukti huffed in tiredness and frustration

" May be he's changing " abhi spoke looking at everyone to view their reactions

" That's the problem " dhruv gritted under his teeth

But unfortunately everyone heard it aswell and looked at him with wide eyes

Alia pinched him on his back of the palm hidingly to get him back to real

" Umm... Wo "

" rehne do, ye dhruv toh kuch bhi bolta rehta hain... " alya tried to cover the mess created by dhruv

" But he not for once, invited us... This is ridiculous.. Hum family hokar bhi...." mukti closed her eyes in irritation while sitting on the sofa

" Ha aur usne hamare ghar me nahi malhotra mansion me function rakha hain..pata nahi kya chal raha hain manik ke dimaag me " navya said struggling with the emerging thoughts in her mind

" Manik ke dimaag me kya chal raha hain, yeh jaan'ne ke liye tum apna dimaag mat lagao navya...saccha pyaar impossible cheezein bhi possible karne ki taakat rakhta hain...anyways tum nahi samjhogi.. Let's chuck it " stating the sentence cabir got up from his place and left the room banging the door loudly

" Manik's totally right at his place... He's trying and may be he'll get successful in gaining nandini's trust one day..... Let's not interfere in their matters " saying this abhi too left the room

This surely was a threat to some people present there !

......

Nandini entered the room after attending the two continous meetings

She saw betty sitting beside ifra's bed and going through some files

So as per their work ritual as soon as nandini was done with her meeting betty stepped out of the cabin to complete her pending works

Nandini walked till ifra's bed bending her structure a bit, she gently pecked ifra's forehead mouthing

" Mamma's back love! Sleep well meri jaan"

Nandini entered the washroom to get freshen up... She cleaned her face with water

Stepping out of the washroom, she was dabbing the towel on her face to wipe the water

She was suddenly pinned on the wall with her hands raised in the air

She closed her eyes as a reflex action while the person kept staring her beautiful face

As soon as someone's caress touched her face she opened her face only to see Manik malhotra in all his glory

Looking dashing and dapper as always... Any girl would drool over his everyday office look.. Even she got lost in his chocolate brown orbs

But soon he was Welcomed with an elbow hit in his stomach, an immediate groan escaped his mouth

" How dare you to pin me? " said nandini gritting her teeths

" Just like i used to do every now and then four years ago " he said not moving his eyes away from hers

" Do i need to remind you eveytime? She folded her arms past it was manik... " she said looking sideways

" correct, it was past ,A past which has lots of memories of us " he said stepping closer

" Tumhein mere cabin me aane ki permission kisne di? " she said glaring him furiously

" Manik malhotra doesn't need permission " he said

"But you are forgetting mr malhotra, you are standing in nandini murthy's office..seedha bolo chup chupke aaye ho ..choro ki tarah " she said cutting down his attitude only nandini murthy has this hidden talent

" Uff pakda gaya tu manik, is liye bolta hu zyada uda mat kar lekin tu meri sunta hi nahi...bada aaya " manik malhotra doesn't need permissiom" said mr subconscious mimicking manik

" Ab help karne ke bajaye taane maar raha hain, bhaag yaha se" said manik snapping at his subconscious as usual

" Manik malhotra ka attitude chaknachoor ho gaya? Hawww" said nandini dramatically covering her mouth with her palms

Manik bit his lower lip and then smiled before her
" Stop being so cute "

While nandini just rolled her eyes at his buttering

Manik further cupped her cheeks in his large palms and caressed them gently

" I missed you , i love you love " he said melting her insides with his brown chocolaty orbs

Nandini looked sidewise and tried removing his palms from her cheeks

But as we all know he is manik malhotra and manik malhotra is the synonym of STUBBORN sometimes

" Chodo manik " he still continued staring her admists of her repeated warnings

" You look tired " he said with the must necessary husk in his voice

He placed her open hair stand and tucked it behind her ears

" Still the same beautiful eyes with kohl enhancing the beauty " he pecked her one eye

The moment he did so nandini jerked him off her body

" Stay away Manik malhotra " she said pointing her index finger before him

" Sirf itna bada do, aaogi ni aaj? "
He said filling himself a glass of water

" what if my answer is a no? " she said crossing her arms around her chest

This surely made manik choke on his water, spitting it outta his mouth.. He kept the glass back on the wooden table and soon was exactly in front of nandini

" It's for ifra, our daughter's betterment... And even i know how possessive you are when it comes to ifra " he said holding on to her arms

" Agar tumne ye sab ifra ko nazarbadh (evil eyes) se bachane ke liye kiya hain toh wo toh hamare presence ke bagair bhi ho jayegi.... Ifra ko duayein dur se bhi pohoch jayegi.... Agar hum nahi aaye toh kya tum sthapna nahi rakhoge? " she as always was direct to her point, while manik on the other hand shivered with the confidence in her voice

" Nandini..... He licked his lips tum nahi bhi aayi toh bhi ye sthapana kabhi nahi rokunga.... Ye khayal apne dimaag se nikal phekon please.... Kyuki baat ifra ki ho rahi hain aur ab meri aadhi jaan ifra me hain aur aadhi tum mein.... " he continued further making movements up and down with his hands

" Jaan! Maine sthapana malhotra mansion me rakhi hain naki fab 5 house mein.. Kyuki mujhe pata hain tumhein waha aana nahi pasand hain.... Aur malhotra mansion uspar tumhara hak hain.. Hamari beti ka hak hain " the word "jaan" caught nandini's attention but his futher words which escaped his mouth surely made her feel special

" Manik mujhe nahi pata and thank you so much for doing all this for ifra " said nandini gulping a lump down her throat

Manik nodded his head frantically and again cupped her face gently

" No! No! No! I'd never take your thanks for the reason you gave.... It's ifra Nandini... " our ifra" ...hamari beti... Agar main uske liye yeh sab nahi karunga toh kiske liye karunga? "

" Shayad ahaan ke liye? Only if I'm not mistaken mr malhotra " said nandini walking towards ifra's bed and craddling her close to herself

( I really really want to know what you guys loved the most about the update.. Send me your reviews.. I'm waiting ☺)

1 ) Manik malhotra changing ha?

2) Are y'all loving the changed manik malhotra?

3) Some people are surely not liking the change in him ( if you know what i mean)

4) Are dhruliya anywhere upto some plan?

5) was nandini's last statement justified? Of course she's a mother after all !

6) Manik malhotra, manik malhotra invited aryaman khurana hawwww😵 ....jhatka laga?

7) What do y'all think will nandini go to the ganpati sthapana or not? Comment your answers

8) Do y'all love the way nandini talks with confidence dripping from her face?

Phewwwe done with the update, i hope you all will like it.. Send me loads of votes and comments pleasshhhhh... Don't forget to follow me.. Silent readers at least vote it'll make me happy ☺