My king

Part 39

Manik laughed loudly looking at her .....and made her stand and he moved to the bed and sat beside kids ....nandini called dhamini .....

She came inside and stood in front of manik and nandini .....before nandini could say anything .....

Manik : bring lunch with all items and lassi and paan ......come fast ....

Dhamini bowed to him and left .....nandini smiled listening to him....

After sometime dhamini came with food and placed it on the table and left giving them privacy.....

Nandini had her lunch in his presence.... While she is having lunch...manik is just starring kids time to time kissing their hands and legs ..  nandini felt so happy looking at them  ....

As she finishes her lunch .... dhamini came with some news.....

Dhamini : yuvrani ....all the ladies want to visit you and kids.....badi maharani asked whether you are sleeping or awake .....

Nandini: you wait out I will call you ....

Dhamini leaves from there ....manik is still sleeping on the bed beside kids ....

Nandini : yuvraj I think it's better if you join the gents ....bcoz all the ladies want to come here .....

Manik : let them come I'm the yuvraj here I'm not scared of anyone .....

Nandini : I know you are not scared yuvraj.... It won't look good if you are here when all the gents are together .... I know both the sisters won't feel bad .... But sometimes jealousy might come bcoz of others ....there are so many relatives and also your sisters are here.... What if they say you are more partial towards me ....than sisters might feel offended ....anyhow you never spend time with them ......

Manik : what did you just say ??? He asks in an offended tone .....

Nandini : vo main.....

Manik : you mean I don't have time for  charu and maheswari.... But I'm roaming around you ....this what you wanna say ...when you know the reasons .....

Nandini : but you never tried na yuvraj .....

Manik : what to try ...

Nandini: they have reasons to leave you but what did you have to leave them alone....have you ever tried to know their insecurities..... No....

Manik : you mean to say I'm a bad husband....

Nandini : I didn't mean like that yuvraj ....I just said every girl gets married with a hope of a caring and loving husband who could even know her silence ...like how you understand me .... Even they expect the same ....
I'm sorry if I hurt you  ....

Manik : really you hurt me ....saying he left with an angry face ....without even looking at nandini ...she felt hurt and tears rolled down ....but she rubbed them on hearing foot steps ....all the ladies came in ....they had a good time but nandini is lost in her thoughts of manik ......

After that day all the sisters of manik left to their homes .....like last time even this time nandini gifted them .... They felt more happy but manik is missing here when they left ....

Nandini is just waiting for manik taking care of kids ......

Next day ....night in palace .....

Maheswari is sitting on the chair and her dasi is helping her to remove jewellery .....

One more dasi came there ....

Dasi : yuvrani ...yuvraj is here ....

Maheswari : at this time.....ask him to come in .....

Saying she herself moved to the door and recieved him....manik asked everyone to leave ......

Maheswari : kya hua yuvraj .....

Manik : nothing can't I come to my wife when I want ....

Maheswari started blushing listening to him.....

Manik : I just wanna spend some  time with you ....like before ....can I ....

maheswari : you never have to ask yuvraj ....you have full rights ....she says with tears.....

Manik moved to her and held her by shoulders .....

Manik : y these tears.....he asked wiping them .....

Maheswari : happy tears ....bcoz I thought you hate me ....and you would never come to me...

Manik : hate you ....par kyu .....

Maheswari : bcoz you never came to me ....bcoz I can't be pregnant ....I can never give you a heir na .....so I thought you hate me ....

Manik hugged her tight ...she cried in his embrace......

Manik in mind.....nandini is right ....I never tried to know them.... If maheswari is like this what about charu ... I hurt these ladies a lot who came her as my wives ..  am I not responsible for their tears. ....I should not be partial towards them ....bcoz they are not like typical wives demanding for my attention...I need to erase the insecurities .....

Manik made her sit beside him on the bed .....

Manik : stop crying ....... I'm here for you .... You are my best friend from childhood maheswari .... You know me so well than any ....than y did you let your insecurities over power our friendship ....y didn't you come to me ....

Maheswari : I'm sorry ....

Manik : now stop crying ....never ever stop yourself from coming to me ....no one can stop you from coming to me. ... It's my promise ....where ever I am if you want to talk to me or meet me ..... I will be there in front of you remember this .....

Maheswari nodes in yes and wipes her tears with a beautiful smile ....manik kissed her forehead sealing the promise making her blush  ....

Manik : come let's sleep ....I'm tired with loads of work ....

Maheswari : ap yaha soyenge ....she asked in shock .....

Manik : do you have a problem....

Maheswari : vo....

Manik : end of discussion....I'm sleepy ....saying he lay down on bed ....maheswari got a bright smile on her face .....

She too slept on the bed facing manik.... they both had loads of talks whole night remembering all their childhood memories  .... And fell asleep in each others embrace ......

Next morning maheswari woke up with a bright smile on her face....she blushed seeing her in manik arms ....
she felt blessed to be in her husband arms after a long time .....

She slowly left the bed and moved to fresh up .....after fresh up she saw manik woke up ...she greeted him with a smile and helped him have a bath and get ready ....

They both moved to the mandir ....
even did the arthi together.... not only manik but everyone noticed a different glow in maheswari face .....
but no one asked her anything .....

Manik saw nandini and charu Missing in the mandir for puja.... On asking dhamini he got to know kids didn't let them sleep whole night. ...so they got fresh up and slept to take rest as kids are sleeping now ...he just moved to their rooms to see them sleeping peacefully ......manik kissed the forehead  of nandini and kids......after instructing dhamini to make sure nandini had lunch and breakfast he left from her room....

Manik left with bhairav to his kingdom to know problems of people bcoz it's been long he didn't visit people. .....

That night ......charu is standing in her balcony smiling looking at the stars and moon ....

Suddenly she sees a shadow behind her and is about to scream.....but found a hand on her mouth ..  she turned to see manik .....

Charu : you scared me Yuvraj...... I thought it's some ....

Manik : relax ....I'm here no one can come here .....

Charu nodes in yes. ...he still finds her scared .....so pulled her in his embrace ...... She relaxed being in his arms ....she felt protected.....

Manik : r u still scared ....

Charu with a Blush .....no I'm in the safest place..... she hugs him more tight ....

Manik : acha ...but I got to know you are so scared of me. .....

Charu : that's before. ...now I'm not scared of you ....

Manik suddenly lifted her in his arms ....

Charu : yuvraj .... she squealed on sudden lift ....

Manik : you said you are not scared ....

Charu : so you want to scare me. ....

Manik laughs loudly listening to her.... She is just admiring him.....

Manik moves inside and lay her on bed and he also joined her on bed.....

Charu : yuvraj ap yaha ....

Manik : kya hua ....

Charu : you never ......I mean we never ....

Manik : what can't I sleep here ...

Charu : no yuvraj ....

Manik : so I can't ....

Charu : mera vo matlab nahi tha ....

Manik again laughs ....

Charu : you are teasing  me.....

Manik laughs more ....

Charu : I am not talking to you ....she says like a kid turning the other side  ....

Manik is shocked looking at her behaviour .... bcoz she is always reserved to herself but today she is behaving like a kid infront of him.....

Manik : fine ....I thought to talk to you ...but it's okay....I will go ..he says playing along ....

Charu : no yuvraj ....I'm sorry...she immediately turns to him. .....

Manik pulls her beside him on bed ....sleep ....he says patting her to sleep ....she smiles more and hugged him tight sleeping in his embrace.....

Manik in mind bcoz he is not sleepy but charu slept bcoz last night she is with nandini so no proper sleep ..... She is not scared of me infact she is a kid at heart ...now I'm feeling guilty of neglecting them ....now that I know my mistake I shouldn't repeat it ...nandini is right.... I never tried ...I should say sorry for being angry on her ....if not her I would have hurt these two more ....but the girl who made me realise is hurt bcoz of me ....it's been two days I spoke to her ......bcoz all day I'm not in palace in return either she will be sleeping or mother's would be with her .... Last night I didn't go to her bcuz I need to know whether I am really wrong so  I went to maheswari today charu .... I hope I don't hurt nandini more ....I need to talk to her tommorow morning only ....first of all I need to talk to pithashri .....how does he manage his both wives without any problem....no not pithashri he may laugh at me ....I need to talk to bhairav ....but he has only one wife na .....why am I getting confused ....
thinking all this he fell asleep ....

Next morning ......manik and charu got ready and moved to puja mandir.... They did the arthi .....they saw maheswari there but no nandini .....after puja manik is going in the direction of nandini room. ...but he got a message from soldier saying king called him....

He left to meet king and on emergency left to the nearby village...without even meeting nandini ......

Precap : a journey ....