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Recap : Manik confessed his love to Nandini. But Nandini asked time to say her decision!

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Manik  :  "Mom!"

Nyonika  :  "Yeah Manik. Breakfast will be ready in few minutes"

Manik  :  "Mom! Why are you struggling like this as if you are the only lady in the home? Where is that queen? Won't she help you?"

Manik shouted  :  "Nandini! Hey Nandini!"

Nyonika  :  "Manik! Why are you shouting now? She only helped me till now. Now only she went to her room"

Saying this she served breakfast for Manik.

Hearing Manik, Nandini came to the dining area.

Nandini  stammeringly  :   "Do...you call me?"

Manik  :  "Mmmm...Nothing.  Had your breakfast?"

Hearing this Nyonika surprisingly looked at Manik.

Nandini  stammeringly  :  "I will eat with bua and Nani"

Manik not knowing to Nyonika glared at Nandini.

Manik to Nyonika  :  "See her Mom! I wanted to be friendly with her. But she is still thinking me as her enemy only. I thought that we were fighting for long, so I can start being nice with her. But she is not willing to it. Mom! Ask her to accept me Mom! "

Saying this again with double meaning, Manik secretively smiled at Nandini...while Nandini don't know what to answer Nyonika.

Nyonika : "What Manik? What you want Nandini to accept?"

Saying this Raj came out of his room.

Manik  :  "Myself only dad"

Raj  raised his eyebrows  :  "You?"

Manik  :  "Yes. Dad. She is always thinking me as a villain. So only...."

Nandini  :  "I didn't think you as villain. You only didn't liked me"

Manik  :  "That..That I behaved like a kid. I accept it. I did wrong. But now I like you. Tell me okay"

Manik to Raj whinned  :  "Dad! Ask her to accept me as a friend and to tell okay dad"

Raj looked at Nyonika and raised his eyebrows giving what happening look.

Nyonika shrugged her shoulders indicating she doesn't know.

Nandini's situation is getting worse. She pleaded Manik through her eyes.

Manik wickedly smiled and got up from the chair.

Nyonika  :  "Hey Manik! You ate little only."

Manik  :  "Enough Mom. I want to go somewhere urgently"

Saying this Manik not knowing to Raj and Nyonika signed Nandini to come aside and went by passing her.

Raj is drowned in thoughts.

Nyonika  :  "Raj! Why are you standing there? Come and have your breakfast. Nandini! You too"

Nandini  :  "Okay bua"

Saying this she sat near Raj.

After signing Nandini, Manik was waiting near Nandini's room for 15 minutes. But she didn't turn up.

Even after two days, Nandini didn't tell her answer. This is making Manik crazy and more angrier minute by minute.

In these two days, whenever Manik is at home, Nandini will not come out of her room. When Manik comes to speak to her, she will immediately go to Nyonika and Kalyani and start to talk to them, hide behind them.

Now even after he called her she didn't come. This made him angry.

He thought, he waited enough but not anymore. Thinking this he said to Sona about Nandini .

Manik  :  "Sona...I want to talk to Nandu. Bring her out of home like that day"

Sona  :  "What ? Again? Nandini didn't talk to me properly after that day. I don't know whether she will believe me and come with me"

Manik  :  "I don't know that...I don't know what you will do. I want to talk to Nandu"

Sona  laughed :  "Why are you stubborn Manik? You both are living in the same home for namesake only. You are telling that you can't talk to her. You are struggling to talk to her. Are you our Manik? You have changed so much Manik!"

Manik  :  "Don't make me angry sona"

Sona  :  "Okay . I will bring her. Tell me the place"

Manik  :  "To your home, To your room"

Sona  :  "What are you saying Manik? You are going to talk to her in my room? Are you going to fall on her legs and plead her?"

Saying this Sona laughed. Manik glared at Sona as if he is going to kill her.

Sona  :  "Okay..don't glare me now. I will bring her to my room. But I think I will punctured by the time you both are couple"

Manik  :  "Sona...You can't understand what I am going through now. If you have loved someone, you could have understand. When you told your love to your soulmate and if you are waiting for their reply, that period is gonna horrible one and I am experiencing it"

Saying this Manik smiled.

Manik continued  :  "I didn't expect itself Sona that I will fall in love with Nandu....I had troubled her a lot in our childhood. I should ask apology from her for everything.

Sona excitedly  :  "Hey Manik...I want to see the scene where you are asking apology from Nandini"

Manik wickedly smiled at Sona.

Sona  :  "What Manik? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Manik smilingly  :  "I am thinking whether you can see the scene in which I ask sorry from Nandini"

Sona whinned :  "I can't understand Manik. Tell me clearly"

Manik smiled  :  "My apology will be in different level Sona"

Sona confusingly  :  "Different level means?"

Manik caught hold of her head and shaked it fastly.

Manik  :  "You are not grown up Sona. You won't understand if I tell you now. Okay leave that. Bring Nandini to your room by noon and call me. I will come soon"

Sona nodded her head but thinking what Manik is talking about different level!

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Sonakshi and Dev is spending time in Shekhar's home as he invited them for lunch.

Dev had informed his mother Anupama only. While Sonakshi told that she is going to her friends home.

Sonakshi is informing Dev about Manik's blabberings.

Sona  :  "I had never seen Manik in this much tension. He is in so much love with Nandini. He is very afraid what if Nandini rejected him thinking about the troubles that he caused her. He told that he will ask apology from her for everything"

Dev  :  "Is It? It's very surprising. Manik is so much in love that he is going to ask apology which he never does"

Sona laughing  :  "Yeah. It's surprising for me too. I told him I want to witness the moment of him asking sorry. But he is asking whether I can see it?"

Saying this Sona told Dev about Manik's different level. Dev laughed hearing it.

Sona  :  "Dev! Why are you laughing? Manik too laughed like this. I asked about it. He told that I had not grown up"

Hearing this Dev started to laugh heavily. Sonakshi glared at Dev for irritating her.

Dev  :  "The apology in different level which Manik told can be explained by doing instead of saying"

Saying this Dev looked at surrounding, seeing no one there, kissed Sonakshi's cheeks.

Sonakshi who didn't expect this sudden kiss is about to fall when Dev caught her by her waist and made her stand and stared at her. Sonakshi is completely freezed.  Using this moment, he gave another kiss on other cheek.

Till date, Dev was hesitating even to touch Sonakshi. But today, due to Dev's sudden kiss on both of her cheeks, Sonakshi stood like a statue.

Dev silently smiled looking at her situation.

Dev smilingly  :  "Sonu...I gave the first kiss to explain Manik's apology of different level. Since I gave the kiss without your consent, I gave the second kiss in the form of apology for that..."

Hearing Dev's explanation, Sonakshi glared at Dev by keeping her hands on her waist.

Dev with small anger  :  "Hey Sonu...Don't glare at me like this. Many people are doing more than this. I just gave a small kiss that too on cheeks. What Manik told is this only"

Sona  :  "Ohh,  Did Manik mentioned about this only saying that I would not understand?"

Dev smiled  :  "Yes. Had you understood by now? Or should I explain it again?"

Hearing this Sonakshi slightly slapped Dev.

Sona  :  "I understood very well. You are looking so innocent. But what you are doing is not like that. Wait I will complain to Shekhar Dad"

Dev afraid  :  "Hey Sona. You will surely do what I say. Why are you making this as issue. If you don't like the kiss, return the kiss. No problem"

Saying this Dev showed her his cheek. Sona smilingly caught hold of Dev's face and kissed his cheek for more than few seconds.

Dev who expected a slap or punch is very surprised on getting the kiss.

Dev smilingly  :  "Wow! What a strong kiss! Hey Sonu. Give me the same kind of kiss here"

Saying this he touched his lips.

Sona shouted :  "Dev! Dad is coming"

Dev suddenly left his actions and stood at some distance from Sonakshi. Seeing  no one coming, Dev glared her while Sonakshi ran to the dining area.

Shekhar prepared Lunch for them.

When Shekhar is about to serve them, Sonakshi refused and she herself served lunch for them and sat on her chair.

While Dev and Sonakshi were chatting, Shekhar is drowned in thoughts. Dev noticed this.

Dev  :  "Mamu! What are you thinking? You had not started eating at all"

Sona  :  "Yes Dad!....Why are you looking sad?"

Shekhar  :  "Nothing dear. My thoughts will be always around Ammu"

Dev  :  "About Nandini? What matter Mamu?"

Shekhar  :  "Nothing much Dev. Her birthday falls in next month. On that day I wish to cook for my Ammu and feed her with my hands....This wish is not for this time alone. For every year I wish to feed Ammu with my hands. Then  I realize this is not possible. So I will console myself. But this year...that wish is getting more power and I cannot concentrate on any other thing except this"

Both Dev and Sonakshi felt pity for him.

Dev signed Sonakshi to speak to Shekhar. Sonakshi nodded.

Sona :  "Dad! Only this much matter. I thought something big and was afraid. Don't worry dad. This year on her birthday...you will cook for Nandini and will feed by your hands. I am responsible for this"

Shekhar  :  "No need dear.....She should not know that she has a father who is alive now"

Sona  :  "Dad! I can't understand one thing.....Nandini will only be very happy to know that she has someone in this world to be called hers. She will jump in excitement that she has one blood relation"

Shekhar  :  "There is a reason for that dear. If your Nani (Kalyani) comes to know Nandini is my daughter, thereafter Nandini will have no place in Malhotra Mansion. She will be ousted from the Mansion"

Sona confusingly looked at Shekhar  

Sona  :  "What enmity that Nani have on you that when she comes to know that  Nandini is your daughter, she will be ousted from Malhotra Mansion? Okay. Even if she is getting ousted from Malhotra Mansion, you take her to your home Dad and keep Nandini with you"

Hearing Sonakshi, Shekhar became silent. Sonakshi looked at Dev.

Dev  :  "Mamu....How many days you are going to suffer with these wishes and desires? You are deteriorating your health day by day. We have to find a solution for this problem soon"

Shekhar  panickingly  :  "What Dev you are going to do? Don't do anything without asking me Dev"

Dev chuckled  :  "No Mamu. Don't worry....I won't do anything which will land you and Nandini in trouble"

Saying this they called off their day....

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