I forgott mention in the last post that the poster is made by @flyingprincess12. And she made it specially for the story without any requests .and it's beautiful. Thank you !!!! :-)

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(Nandini is standing on stairs and manik is infront of stairs in the middle and the hall is even more bigger than this picture. Fab4 ate standing on the right side of manik in the sitting area)

(Sitting area on the right side of where manik is standing . I hope you guys ate able to analyse)

Manik was seeing fab4 or say staring them without blinking his eyes. His face was expressionless . Seeing his face nobody could tell about what was in his mind orhis inner turmoil except nandini.

But nandini, she was still standing on stairs with khushi in her arms while staring at them with blank faces not understanding how should she react. Should she get angry or be happy or be sad. She was mixed emotions. But then she realised her surroundings and the need of time and she was sure or say confident about manik's reaction and she thought she has to be strong and stand by him as his strength no matter what.

Fab3 where seeing nandini with a look of hatred and manik for they were speechless, expressionless. As they had not thought about meeting in this way and manik's blank expression were making them more confused. And cavya were very happy to see them specially cabir because he wanted to be with manik but he was bound by his promise and now seeing him so happy with nandini and his cute little daughter he was very happy for his frien cum brother.

Nandini was busy in her thoughts and manik was numb and not able to move from his place seeing his past infront of him.(Yes his 'past' because the day, he left tge green room 6 years back, was not an ordinary day for him as for him he was leaving his only family and his sole reason for living, for years before nandini came in his life as his parents where never there for him. And the reason for which he left, hurt him way too much because they had blamed him for their drifting apart and this incident had left deep scars on him. Although nandinis' love had healed all the scars and she had brought back the old manik but still those scars where there somewhere deep in his heart.But these deep scars were were completely cured the day, he had his princess, his blood, symbol of their true love in his arms, the day realised he has become father. That very moment he had the happiness he had got had taken all his years of pain whether it was his childhood pain or about the pain of leaving behind fab5 or being the reaaon to break them. Even this happiness was given to him by his nandini his jaan and that day he realised he had everything in his life that he deserved to have. This is why he had kept his princess name as khushi and from that day manik never thought about his past or became sad thinking about it because his present and future were way too beautiful.)

Seeing both nandini and manik Khushi got irritated as this was the first time her parents were not paying attention to her or listening to her. This was something which she did not liked as afterall she was a kid of 3 years who loved her parents special attention so to gain their attention, she shouted loudly momm daddd breaking everybody's staring session and getting everyone's attention.

Nandini:(panicking asks) yes baby what happened? You got hurt? Baby say something ? Baby Why were you shouting.

Khushi(cutely pouts makes a sorry face holding ears and complaints in her sugary voice) :you are not listening to me and dad is also not even looking at me. You both are just looking at those people (pointing towards fab4)

Nandini : no baby it's not like that.
You know na mom dad can never forget their princess. Right daddy.(says last looking towards manik)

Manik nodes and smiles at both of them.

Nandini :(smilingly) see !! my baby must be very tired after playing and see sweating so lets go and have bath.

Khushi asks nandini to put her on floor and nandini does as she says. Khushi goes to manik and asks him to pick up by spreading her arms.

Khushi(smilingly): lets go dad you have to give me bath.

Having khushi in his arms manik smiles for the first time from the time he had entered the mansion but on hearing her he gets tensed as he can never deny his princess wish but now it's the situations demand. So he looks at nandini for help and she blinks her eyes as an assurance.

Nandini : baby see there are guests at home so dad and mom have to meet them so you go with simmi aunty (maid) ....

Khushi cut her off : no today is sunday and dad spends whole day with me. I will not go with simmi aunty . No!!No!!No!! (shaking her head left to right vigorously)

Nandini : baby you are a good girl, then you should listen to mom dad right.
And you know dad has planned two surprises for you and you will get first one when we will have breakfast.

Khushi :sacchii (looking towards manik)

Manik : (pecking her nose ) mucchi and after meeting the guests no work nothing dad will spend the whole day only with his princess. Mamma's Promise.

Khushi : okay and gives a wide bright smile which makes manan smile grow wide and she kisses manik's cheek and starts going with simmi.

She while climbing the stairs turns back and says mom dad I am a good girl and I luv you both. Manan give her flying kisses and she giggles making both manan and cavya smile looking at her. While fab 3 were also going all awwww over this cutiepie.

Nandini comes and stands beside manik and gives him smile and blinks her eyes in assurance saying she is there beside him no matter what. While manik also smiles looking at her. While cavya were happy seeing their understanding and the purity of love while fab3 were seeing them with disbelief and thinking that they are still not guilty of what they have done especially nandini because till date they blame them for their falling apart.

As soon as khushi goes out of sight aaryamann comes forward to introduce them.

Aryaman was watching all the expression of manan and fab4 and had understood that they are related to his past and he knows manik needs him right now.(aaryamann doesn't know about what has happened in his past but he knows he has had a very bad past that had made him the way he was when manan had just come to new york. It had taken six months for manik to make his first friend here and that friend was aaryamann and it had been after a lot of efforts from both nandini and aaryamann to make him again have trust and faith in friendship. And the day they became friends from that day manik always knew that whenever he does something wrong he has somebody to correct him, to guide him, to share his happiness with, his worries, and somebody who cared for him who was there to protect him, the one who will jump in water to save him even though he may not know swimming and he was more than happy about it. When manik had got the news of nandini being pregnant and he was going to be a father, the first person he shared his happiness with was aaryamann this was the position aryamann held in his life this was how important he was. And for aaryamann manan and khushi were his only family he was an orphan before but now they were his family and to protect them he can do anything)

Aarya : manik ...(calls him while moving towards him)

Manik looks at him and smiles and hugs him

Manik : hi buddy

Listening buddy from manik's mouth for aryamann dhruv feels very bad and looks at him with sadness and anger but not guilt.

Aryaman : (whispers in manik's ear while hugging ) I m right here beside you always okay.

Manik:( breaking the hug nods at him and replies) I know that breaks the hug and smiles at him faintly.

So to cheer him aaryamann says : and even cannot leave you as I know you cannot do anything so I have to be there. ( says aaryamann dramatically)

Manik chuckles and laughs a little and dramatically bows In front of him and both start laughing.

Fab3 seeing this get more angry and irritated seeing them laughing and manik ignoring them and acting as if they have never known each other.

Arya :(getting into his serious mode says) buddy we will catch up later you first meet them all as when angel will finish her bath she will not let you work.
Manik chuckles and nods.

Arya : ( pointing towards dhrulya) yes so this is Mr. Dhruv vedant and that is his wife
Mrs. Alya vedant.

On listening the word wife manan look at each for a second and look at them.
Manik smiles at both of them normally but a fake one.

Aarya: (pointing towards mukti) she is Ms. Mukti vardhan.
Manik smiles at her.

Aarya : ( pointing towards cavya) and the last member he is Mr. Cabir dhawan and his wife navya dhawan .

Manik and this time even nandini as gives cavya a real big and a genuine smile as before she was just faintly smiling but seeing fab3 making bad faces at her she felt bad. Cavya smiles back at them.

Aarya : and fab4, He is the Manik Malhotra and the pretty lady standing beside him is his wife
Mrs. Nandini Manik Malhotra.

Fab 4 smile little at manik and make a face like 'you are nothing to us' to nandini.

Manik sees this and does not like it so he just holds nandini's hand tightly.

Manik comes forward and says in his full business attitude and with a smirk.

Manik: Hello Mr Vedant. Nice to meet you and forwards his hand.

Dhruv : (shakes hands with him)
Manik you can call me dhruv.

Manik : (says with smile and attitude, looking towards dhruv) Sorry, but I prefer addressing my buisness delegate in this way and I also want you to address me as Mr. Malhotra. And FYI
Manik :( with a straight face) I m addressed as manik by only my family or friend but you do not belong to any of this category.

Dhruv was about to say something but manik ignores him and move towards alya.

Manik:( with his attitude and smile and looking towards alya) Hello!! Mrs vedant . Nice to meet you. I must say you both make a wonderful couple.

Alya : Hello Mr. Malhotra and comes forward to hug him.
But manik moves back and alya looks at him confused, dejected and hurt.

Manik :(says weirdly) Mrs vedant what are doing?? ....(and continues saying tauntingly) hugging me infront of your husband, he will get insecure or feel bad or say he will feel rejected. You must not do anything like this especially with me.

( looking towarda dhruv) and Mr. vedant I must say your wife is quite smart. she understood how I would like to be addressed.

Manik : Hello Miss vardhan.

Mukti : (irritatingly) manik yaar why are you behaving like this.

Manik :(tauntingly) nice to meet you too Ms. vardhaan. (Smirking) And what do you mean by behaving like this . Here in newyork people meet the clients in this way, I don't know if people in india or especially you all have a different way of meeting buisness associates. But I will do it in my way as I hold the upper hand in the deal( says last part a with a smirk and little anger and hurt)

Manik :( with a real smile) Hi!!! cabir and hugs him. cabir hugs him back and says missed u.

Manik : missed u too bro.

They break the hug and manik smiles at navya and goes and stand beside nandini wrapping his arm around her waist.

Manik : please sit and make yourselves comfortable.

Manik : actually, I don't work on Sunday's. Its officially a day to spend with my family and specially my daughter as it her wish. But let's just discuss a few things about your stay as the details of album will be discussing in office tomorrow.
(Looking towards aarya) buddy bring me their contract file. I have not read it even once because this deal was completely finalised by you.

Aarya : manik I had done my part of work yesterday and just the signing part was left and as you have said that this deal will be handled by nandini so the file is with her.

Nandini : wait it's in the room I will go and get it.

Manik : jaan let it be u sit I will send somebody to get it.

Manik asks a servant to bring the file.

Cabir : Manik salle baap ban gya toh bhi phone nhi kiya. Aur nandini tum bhi nhi. Mai chachu ban gaya aur tune dikha diya ki tu muujhe bhul gaya

Manik : sorry... aur tune bada phone kiya tere shadi pe ab bol.

Cabir : ohkay we both are at fault so leave itbut didn't even introduce her.

Nandini : don't worry uska surprise yahi h ki tumse milwana h .

Cabir : ohh so this was the bribe. She is very cute and adorable. Tell me kiske upar gyi hai.
Nandini was going to answer but the servants comes with the file and give it to manik.

Manik without even opening the file gives it to nandini to read it as it was a deal related to the music company.

Fab3 on seeing this makes bad faces seeing nandini handling their deal.

Nandini : mani I will read the file today at night and we will discuss about the deal tomorrow in office because right know anytime angel will come down and work will be left in between and I also don't want her to get sad again so is it fine with you.

Manik: yes jaan this is good idea.

Nandini : manik yoh go and change till the time khushi comes then we will have breakfast.

Manik : buddy you show them their rooms with the help of maid and join us.

Aarya : yes manik.

Manik gets up from sofa and says:(looking towards fab4) So meet you all for the breakfast till the time you all can see your rooms and please make yourself comfortable. and if any problems with the rooms inform about it to aarya or any other maids or servants and yeah from tomorrow nandini's manager Miss sasha will be attending u all so have a good day and meet ypu all at the breakfast day.

Saying this manik leaves to his room.

Nandini was still there and aaryamann comes towards her.

Aarya : nandini you made the rooms ready for them so which are they.

Nandini calls the maid who was incharge for making their arrangements and asks her to accompany them.

As soon as she finishes this navya comes to her and hugs her she also hugs het back tightly as they are meeting after 6 long years.

Navya breaks the hugs and smiles brightly.

Navya :( dramatically) nandini tum toh bohot hi hot lag rhi ho mummy banne ke bad.

Nandini : (blushes a little and says) kuch bhi.... navya tum bhi na abhi bhi nhi badli.

Cabor : sahi bol rhi h navya.
Pehle hi manik pura latto bana phirta tha ab toh voh pura majnu bana ghumta hoga.

Listening this cavya and aaryamann laugh and poor nandini starts blushing profusely.

Aaryamann :(teasingly) you are absolutely right cabir!!! Manik needs a chance to romance . You won't believe he has made their cabins also attached. And most of the time either he is in nandini's cabin or nandini is in his cabin. I sometimes wonder why he has made two cabins when ge uses only one.

Cavya and aarya laugh again while fab3 make irritated faces listening their talks.

Nandini : ( blushing) aaaryaaaa
Just shut up or else I will tell khushi about that....(smirkingly)

Aarya : ( totally scared instantly replies) no nandini you can't do this. I m you brother nandini. And brother sister play such pranks right. Please don't tell her.

Nandini : okay!!!but you have stop this talks.

Aarya : okay I will not tease you at all.

Cabir : ab toh pakka pata chal gya ki khushi manik ki hi beti hai kyoki khushi ke naam se hi aaryamann ki bolti band ho gyi.

Nandini and cavya laugh while aaryamann makes faces.

Nandini : you all freshen up and join in for breakfast aarya show them their rooms.

Nandini : (looking towards navya) we will catch up later.

At same time manik shouts from the room.

Manik : jaannn!! my clothes.

Cabir : see you your majnu is calling.

nandini : shut up cabir. I will go and check him.

At the same time khushi calls : mommmm my dress...

Cabir :(laughingly) go fast otherwise both will take mansion on theit heads. Hehe...

Nandini goes upstairs and fab4 move with aaryamann towards their room.

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Thank you guys for liking the story as many readers are messaging me that they are waiting to read my story. It feels good to know that. And hope you like this part. And about abeer I think he is needed in the story.

So about this update first it is the longest update till noe so i think .how was manik snd aaryamann bond ?
And manik's reaction ?
I think manik's reaction was correct and fab3 are still not guilty about it so his actions are absolutely correct.

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