In Aanchal's Paradise

The Malhotras stood with wide opened mouths and eyes could get out of their sockets at any moment. They couldn't believe that this "beauty" was owned by Chopras and the most surprised soul was Manik who actually thought Nandini was stalking him, which had actually made him smile..

Zaara: Ithna shocked kyu lag rahe hai aap log..? Its just a basic information..

Cabir: Well, hamare leiye tho basic nahi..We never knew that you owned a colony in Phuket..

Zaara ( smiled ): Its not a public news..Actually this was a gift from my Daadu for my Daadi when she gave birth to my Dad..When Dad got into his business shoes, this colony was handed over to him by Daadu..perks of having only son..

She winked at the end and others chuckled at her..

Gaura: Waise beta..kya hume ek villa mil sakthe yaha..this place is really beautiful..

Zaara ( smiled ): Kyu nahi Aunty..but I don't know whether there is any vacant villas here..ek kaam keejiye..aap mere saath aaiye..ye sab sirf Maa jaan sakthe hai..

They nodded at her and started walking with her and Zaara being Zaara never stopped her blabbering. They felt like they were speaking to some young girl and they could only admire her..

Soon, they reached the garden of colony and the smiled widely seeing its beauty..They saw a lady watering the flowers..

Zaara ( called out): Maa..

Janki turned to her and smiled but then frowned seeing many people with her. She walked towards them..

Zaara ( excitedly): Maa..ye hai Gagan uncle..aap janthe hai na, Ahaan ke Papa ke best friend..

Janki ( smiled in understanding ): Oh haa..Namaste..mein janthi hoon..Ahaan bete bohath baath karthe hai aapke baare mein..

Gagan ( grinned ): Mein jantha hoon..mere alawa aur koi uske dil jee nahi paya..

The ladies chuckled and Malhotras made a disbelief face..

Gagan ( smiled ): Waise..ye mere pariwar hai..

He introduced everyone to Janki and she smiled at everyone and greeted them..

Manik ( thought ): Her smiled reminds me of Nandini..looks like she has inherited it from her grandmother..So beautiful..

He thought it with an admiring smile..

Janki ( smiled ): Mera periwar bhi yahi pe hai..we also have a villa here..

Nyonika ( smiled ): Haa..Mrs. Mukherjee ne bathaya tha..hum bhi sabse milna chahthe hai..

Indira ( smiled ): Waise humne aapke 3 bache se mil chuke hai..kal bangkok mein..

Janki ( surprised ): Bangkok mein..

Pallavi ( smiled ): Ji..mujhe sabke naam tho yaad nahi..balki aapki pothi bhi thi usmein..

Janki now understood that her grand kids were in Bangkok for their official work as they told her that they were in Phuket but it was of their work..Zaara hit her forehead and murmured " baby tho gayi aaj "..

Zaara ( distracted janki ): Maa..Gagan uncle aur unke parivar yaha vacation keliye aaye hai..unhe ek villa chahiye tha..koi vacant villa hai kya..

Janki ( smiled sweetly at Malhotras ):Haa zaroor..ek villa vacant hai, aaj subah hi wo log chale gaye the..par cleaning chal rahe hai ab..aap logon ko intezaar karna padega..Is it fine with you..?

They nodded happily at her..

Devashree: Ismein koi thakleef ki bath nahi hai beta..ye jagah bohath peaceful hai..

Janki ( smiled ): Teek hai Mrs. Malhotra..mein zara jaakar check karthi hoon cleaning kaha tha pohach gayi..

They smiled at her and Janki left..

Zaara: Aap log yaha beithiye, kya loge aap log..

Gaura: No beta..we just had our food..

Zaara ( adamant ): Aise kaise..Aunty..aap pehle baar Chopras ke yaha aaye hai tho obviously bina peethe nahi reh sakthe..mein abhi aayi..

She just rushed outside while others sighed and sat on the benches..

Pallavi ( smiled ): Bohath pyari hai Mrs. Mukherjee..

Gagan ( smiled ): Haa..wo tho hai bete..Ahaan hamesha kehthe hai ki Zaara ke hothe hue kabhi bhi dukh kya hothe hai nahi jaan sakthe..and her ditto copy is their daughter..

Nyonika ( frowned ): Nandini Chopra ke alawa aur bhi beti hai kya, Dad..I never heard about her..

Gagan ( nodded in No ): Arey no beta..I am talking about Nandini..Chopras and Mukherjees have only one princess and that's Nandini..

Manik ( bad face ): Oh please Daadu..Miss Chopra is the queen of attitude and Zaara Mukherjee is one of the sweetest person I have ever met..she is so bubbly..

Gagan ( sighed ): Jo maana hai maan lo..

Gaura ( smiled ): Waise wo bachi dikhne mein bhi bohath pyari lagthi hai, mujhe nahi lagtha wo koi attitude hogi..Mann, maybe it was her professional avatar..

Manik ( disbelievingly ): I can't believe she has managed to impress you, Daadi..

Gaura: Fine..to jo kahega wahi sahi..

Manik showed his teeth to her which made Gaura smile..

Nandini had a shower and walked outside to meet Abha and Sachan but she couldn't find them anywhere. She thought, maybe they have left. So, she took her camera and moved to the garden as that area had a birds corner and she loves to watch them..

She was walking towards the garden area when Janki also walked inside and saw her. The anger returned in her eyes..She walked towards her and called out..

Janki: Miss Nandini Chopra..

Nandini got frozen hearing her Daadi's sweet voice with anger filled. Hearing Janki, even Malhotras snapped their heads at her, but this time they saw a girls' back. Soon, she turned towards her Daadi..

Manik ( thought ): Is she really Nandini..

He was shocked because she was dressed up like a cute doll. No arrogance, no attitude..a serene but a cute doll..

They could hear the Grand-mother and grand-daughter conversation..

Nandini ( nervously ): Um..Daadi..aap...aap aise ghoor kyu rahe hai..

Janki ( sarcastically ): Tho mein aapko ghoorna bandh karoon..

Nandini: Nahi nahi..wo..( she pouted ) mene kuch galath kiya..?

Janki ( glared ): Bangkok mein kya kaam tha Nandini..

She widened her eyes in shock..

Nandini ( stammered ): Bang...kok..

Janki ( imitated her ): Ji...haan...

Nandini ( smiled sheepishly ): Mein..bangkok mein..arey..kyu jaaon..

Janki ( glared ): I have proofs Miss Chopra..you and your devil brothers were in bangkok. you lied to me that you were in Phuket..Bol..kya kaam tha..

Nandini ( gulped hard ): Umm..Daadi..humne bathaya tha na..ki ek client se milne gaye..actually, he was in Bangkok..

Janki ( suspicious ): Acha..tho tum ithna stammer kyu kar rahi ho..aur bas ek client ke wajah se tum mujhse jhoot nahi bol sakthi..Nandini Chopra..I want truth..now..

Nandini ( closed her eyes tightly ): HarshadSaxenakopakadnekeliye..

Janki frowned at her and so others. While Malhotras were gaping at Nandini since they had seen a tigress yesterday but today they were seeing a cat..

Janki: kya bol rahi ho..teek se batha na..

Nandini ( smiled cheekily ): Harshad Saxena ko pakadne keliye..

Janki widened her eyes..

Janki: What..? Harshad Saxena..the mafia king..tum pagal ho gayi thi kya..uss aadmi ko pakadne keliye gaye ho jo India mein sabse khatharnak hai..( she sighed ) Nanhi..tum ye kya kya kar rahe ho..

Nandini side hugged Janki..

Nandini: Chill na Daadi..you are speaking like we are catching a culprit for the first time in our lives..

Janki ( glared ): Harshad Saxena ko isse pehle pakda nahi kisi ne..

Nandini ( grinned ): Tabhi tho aapko humpe proud hona chahiye..

Janki was about to speak when Nandini cupped her cheeks..

Nandini: Oh come on Daadi..aap ithna tension kyu lethe ho..aapke bache ke saath kuch nahi honewale hai..Waise bhi mere saath mere dho bhaiyan the..

Janki: Nanhi..wo dono ladke hai aur tu ladki..tho ye saare kaam kaise kar sakthi hai..

Nandini ( raised her collars ): Arey Martial arts mein champion hoon aur shooting mein..you know I could even shoot a person standing 300 meters away from me..Phir..zindagi jeena hai tho haske jeena chahiye..a person who gets scared for every silly thing will die thousand times but a person who isn't scared of anything will die only once..Ladki tho sirf dikhne mein hoon par dimaag tho bilkul Kailash Chopra pe gaye hai..

She winked at her making Jaanki chuckled which brought a smile on Nandini's lips while Malhotras looked at the duo in amusement..

Voice: Mere bina hasse..?? Not fair Daadi..

They turned towards the person..

Nandini: Kyu..aapke bina hasna koi crime hai kya, Ishaan Bhai..

At the same time Zaara came with a worker who was carrying a trolley of drinks..

Zaara: Has kyu rahe ho tum log, oh wait ( she turned to the worker ) you distribute it to them..

The worker nodded and went away. Nandini and Ishaan frowned as they didn't know who was the guest. Before they could voice it out, Nandini heard Ishaan yelling in pain..

Ishaan: Ouch..Daadi..please leave my ear..mene kya kiya..

Janki was twisting Ishaan's ear..

Janki: Kya kiya...huh..tum aur tumhare Bhai aur behen ne jo Bangkok mein kiya uskeliye hai ye..

Ishaan widened his eyes and Janik left his ear and glared at him..

Ishaan ( to Nandini ): Tu ne bathaya Daadi se..

Nandini ( shrugged ): Mujhe koi shok nahi tha bathane keliye par Daadi ne mujhe emotional treatment diya..

Ishaan ( frowned ): Hain..emotional blackmail suna hai par ye emotional treatment kya hai..

Nandini ( pouted ): Arey mujhe Daadi ne daanta..

Ishaan ( chuckled ): Acha kiya Daadi ne..but you shouldn't have said it..

Janki: Acha..so you aren't feeling guilty..

Ishaan: Oho Daadi..ye humara kaam hai..we investigators don't discuss our work with anyone..We live in a world of secrets..

Zaara ( sarcastically ): Really..? Tum aur secrets kaise..I mean, if I had asked you kids to keep a secret from your Dad then you would be the first one to disclose it to him..

Ishaan ( grinned ): Arey Dad used to give me chocolates..you know I was a kid at that time..And now, he saves me from your scoldings..

Zaara glared at him..

Nandini: Waise Daadi..aap ye bangkok wale bath kaise patha kar liya..

Janki: Arey Mrs. Malhotra ne bathaya tha..

Nandini/Ishaan: Mrs. Malhotra..

Zaara ( freaked out ): Oh shit..I forgot about them..

She rushed towards Malhotras while Nandini and Ishaan were still confused..

Nandini: Kon Mrs. Malhotra..

Janki: Arey Jhanvi ki dost Abha aur uske parivaar yahi pe hai..

Nandini: What..? They are here..? I thought they left..

Jnaki: Nope..Waise you met them already( she nodded )Oh..they got a villa here..let me inform them and then I will deal with you both and your dearest brother Kashish Chopra..

Janki too left while Ishaan smirked..

Ishaan ( only audible to Nandini ): Mathlab MANIK MALHOTRA hai yaha..

Nandini ( glared ): Bhai...

Ishaan ( shrugged ): What..? I just wanted to know what made him reject my sister..

Nandini ( sighed ): If you have forgotten, let me remind you..I too rejected him..

Ishaan ( muttered ): Ye koi nahi baath nahi..

She glared at him..

Ishaan ( kept his hand around her shoulder ): Chal..lets get change..We need to go out right..

She nodded and they both walked towards their villa muttering some or the other thing with each other, mind it..they were just fighting like cats and dogs..

On the other side..Janki took the Malhotras to their villa..They were quiet impressed or rather mesmerized with the villa..

( Except Chopras' all other villas are same by structure )

Malhotras got freshen up and gathered in the living room..

Aadhesh: Bacho tum log jao..Mein aur Devashree aaj yahi pe rahenge..

Sachan: Par kyu..hum family vacation keliye aaye hai Bade Daadu..

Devashree: Haa beta..par hum dono agar aaj aaye tho kal kahi bhi nahi jaa sakthe..and you know, we are morning people..

Cabir: Chal koi nahi, hum love birds ko akela chodthe hai..

Aadesh glared at him and he smiled sheepishly..Soon, Malhotras left to take a tour of Phuket..They were standing in front of a huge building and smiling at it..

Devarsh: Its beautiful, right..

Esha ( smiled ): Yeah..

Maahi ( excited ):This is one of the best shopping mall of Phuket..CENTRAL FESTIVAL PHUKET..

They smiled at her excitement. Well, she is a bit more excited due to her pregnancy hormones..They entered the Mall and started taking a tour..Soon, they heard someone's cute cry and Manik got worried and went to Abha..

Manik: Bhabi..princess ro rahi hai..mujhe dedo..

Abha smiled and gave his princess to him..Manik took her in his arms and patted her head and she giggled at him..

Sachan ( smiled ): Beti tho meri hai par baath sirf tera maanthi hai..

Manik ( grinned ): Koi jealous hai, kyu Miss Mihika Malhotra..

Mihika Malhotra: The only daughter of Sachan Malhotra and Abha Malhotra. She is 2 years old. She is the princess of Malhotras after Myrah. She is a cute baby of her favorite Chachu Manik..By character, she is a copy of her Dad and her Chachus. She is sweet like her Dad, attitude like her Manik Chachu and Devarsh Chachu, friendly like her Abhumanyu Chachu and prankster like her Cabir chachu, pranks in the sense, disturbing her Mumma by spoiling her dress and food and irritating her Chachus..

Mihika: Tchu..( chachu )..choy..choy..( toy)..

Manik ( kissed her cheeks ): Acha ji..aapko toy chahiye..koi nahi..chachu hai na aapke paas..Chalo sab log..hamari princess ko toy chahiye..

They smiled and everyone walked towards the toys area..Manik and mihika started searching for a better toy and she was actually jumping in joy seeing these many teddies..While searching, Manik noticed a kid who was making cute faces by looking at the cars..He smiled seeing the kid..Manik loved kids a lot..Mihika was like a daughter for him. He always says in his mind that she is his first child and would marry a girl who will accept Mihika like her own daughter..

Manik ( grinned ): Mom..I want a SON of my own when I get married..

He announced it so soon that others looked at him in surprise. He turned toward them and shrugged his shoulders..

Manik: What..? I already have a daughter, so obviously I would wish for a son once I get married..

They sighed in disbelief..He went towards the boy and others noticed his movements, they could see the back of the kid..before he could move forward he heard a voice which was so familiar to him..

Voice: Did you get it, baby..?

He turned to the voice only to see a girl who was facing her back towards him and her side to the kid..She was actually in the flower section as the flowers area and toys area were close to each other..

The kid ( whined ): Bua..

He heard it from the boy and he knew now that the girl was his bua..But who is she and her voice is so familiar..He saw her turning back and he stood frozen..

Manik ( whispered ): Nandini..

She was having red rose flowers in her hands and he felt his breathed getting hitched in his throat. She looked so divine, beautiful and something he felt different from other girls compared to her, she had an aura which yells that she has an innocent heart..

Manik ( thought ): She looks like the most beautiful flower of this whole world..!!

She moved towards the boy and picked him in her arms after giving the flower bouquet to him..

Nandini: Chal koi nahi Chote Saab..I will select for you..Your favorite Ferrari..

She was searching fro the Ferrari and she fund it in the topmost shelf..

Nandini ( twinkled ): There it is..

She tried to get it but all in vain as she wasn't that tall. But, soon she found a long arm getting it from the topmost shelf and forwarded it to Naitik who took it the next moment and jumped in joy. While she smiled widely seeing her baby nephew happy and turned towards the person..

Nandini: Thank Y...

She widened her eyes after seeing the person..

Nandini ( whispered ): Manik Malhotra..

To be continued..