Manan ss : a lifetime with you ( completed ) - Page 6

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part 5

I went home , directly crashing on the bed ...

Replaying all the moments of today

Suddenly my phone rung ...an unknown number

I picked up hoping it was him

But it wasn't ..yet I was happy talking to his best friend

Cabir : hi ...nandini...this is cabir

Nandini : hii cabir ...

Cabir : soo you talked to him ?

I smiled ...he hadn't changed ...he still hasn't ...he was still concerned about us

Nandini : yaaa...we jst said hi

Cabir: wat !...i left you guys so that at least now after years things could change

Nandini : cabirr...thats nice of u ...really ...but do u really think me n

Cabir: manik ...manik cant move on ...don't you know him ...he jst cant ...

Everyday I see him ...trying to hold on to himself ...since past 6 years nandini ...

I can't see him like this anymore ...I need to meet u tomorrow

...listen he is here ..i cant talk more ...soo I ll txt u the place ...be there ...cool

"(I smiled )cool ...take care" I said

I fell asleep like everyday hearing his song on loop...looking at his photos ...

Nxt morning I woke up with my phone buzzing with messages

Many from hospital and 1 from cabir

I checked the place I had to meet ..it was near

Pulling myself off the bed ..i went to the hospital ...

finishing my rounds and checking a few reports

Finally it was around 6 in the evening when I drove to the caf

where cabir had asked me to come

I went in ...wen I saw him ...waiting on a table ...his usual self

Hi cabir ! I said hugging him and sat

Cabir : soo hows your life shaping up ?... you are fangirling us I heard !

Nandini : cabirr!! (I laughed )

U guys are srsly doing really well ..u know I ve been hearing ur radio show everyday ...Its soo long right

Cabir : thank you doc ...exactly u escaped into air ...

.but on a serious note ...i ve called u here to tell that manik hasn't moved on an inch ...but if u

Nandini : I don't know cabir ...but its years and now ...I really don't

Cabir : see nandini ...leave that ..i want you to just spend a few days with him ...

and rest I think you guys can figure out because I know that u r gng off ...to

Nandini :dean sir told u this ?

( I was shocked to be reminded of my own decisions ...which probably hardly anyone of my own family knew ..nor my friends ..yet ...

...n that reminded me that I still had to tell this to them ...

...another huge work to pull off ...shitt I exclaimed to myself )

Cabir : yes ...he told me yesterday ...i wanted you to assist us as we were planning to fund some cancer researches ...for mukti ..u knw ?

Nanidni: ya I knw ..mukti and abhi have been involved in charity and collecting funds for cancer research ... I have just read it on her blogs ...soo

Cabir : actually Malhotra industry is funding it this time ..soo would you mind I mean ..i thought I would actually get u permanently as one of our advisors ..But since ...u r..

Leave it ...atleast for this one..i mean manik had already asked ur dean to

send a few suggestions for docs ..Then if u could just apply as well...u know ...just once ...i want you guys to try and then

I smiled: yaa cabir ..i will ...sure ...further projects I don't know ..But for this one I will try ...n surplus this might be my last chance as well because

Cabir : tell nandini ...u knw you can trust me on anything

Nandini : my entire family doesn't know of this decision and those who know actually

...they want me to...like ...u know right !

Cabir : what !..shittt!!...then please ...

I smiled to him ...getting up ...he too got up ..."cabir ..i have a surgery tonight to intern to .."

Cabir :yaa sure ...soo u are applying right ?

Nandini : yaaa...last time ...maybe ...i ll take my chances ...

However sad it sounded to me ...but I managed to plaster a smile on my face ...hugging cabir once ...I smiled and headed back to my apartment

Manik's pov

I stood in the conference room facing the window ...looking out

"Meeting over ...we ll discuss the growth statistics tomorrow" I said ...

Everyone walked out ...except my pa ...she sat there ..." sir ...about that cancer research proj advisor ..."

"Oh ! yes that ...see the best one out the suggestions that dr . awasthy (nandini's dean) has sent ...

and all the applications ...pick the best one and call them tomorrow to my cabin at sharp 9 "

"It will be done sir ...thank you" saying that she too left the room ...

I was left alone again ...no one to care... ..no one to watch my despair ..

It was weird ...I was the guy for whom girls shrieked that the top of their voices ...i was a rock star to them

I was the owner of one of the best industries in the market ...a top businessman as many claimed ...but who was I actually?

No one ...i had only 4 friends in the world ...who too were busy making their lives ...I was left alone

Suddenly that moment her face flashed in my mind and all I could think was why did the only person in my life have to leave ...!

Why...?? ... I asked her god ..who she believed in so much !

I headed back home ...Her thoughts never leaving my mind even once ...like they had never left for the past 6 yrs ...

I crashed on the bed ...to see her in my arms atleast in my dreams ...

Nandini's pov

I put on a simple white shirt ...my pair of earrings ...a black jeans and my favorite pair of black pumps and sat into the car

Ohk ! nandini ..everything will be fine ..i told myself checking all the papers and folders again

And drove to this huge tall magnificent building in the heart of the city and walked into the lift ..

I went into the huge room ...only to be greeted by the receptionist

"maam ...sir s p.a. is in the room on your left ...you can go in there "

I went in and saw a young lady ...sitting

I smiled and said " dr nandini murthy "

She immediately offered me a seat and handed over details of the project

I was going through it when she said " maam ...sir will be in his cabin in 5 mins ..."

" yaa sure " I smiled ...suddenly she interrupted " maam ..sir doesn't like people being late ..soo"

Manik Malhotra doesn't like people being late ...that was something new to me definitely ...I smiled to myself

And suddenly I reached outside his cabin

I stiffened up ...this was the last time I was going to do this I told myself

"This is the last time I ll take my chances at this , if this doesn't work out then I would have go back to what I had thought of doing before I met him a few days back

...i would move on with my life and take things the way they would come "...I told myself

well ..here it ...also i ll update the next part today itself ...hope u guys enjoy 😉..also yeahh from next part onwards ...too many new manan moments assured

I knocked and entered the cabin

It was well furnished. But it was different from usual CEO cabins I found

It didn't have any degrees or photographs hung on the wall ...it just had a beautiful lava lamp on the table

Odd. I thought

Odder was the fact that it was a yellow lava lamp

And well the only thing I could think the moment a saw it was

The way the lava jumped in it

.fireflies.

Nandini you are thinking too much I told myself

He was busy in reading something

I looked at him ...it felt a little different to see him ...him reading and doing business ...

In college he had never had a slight inclination for this ...

Here he was in a suit ... looking hot with his hair gelled to perfection ...but his boyish charm still evident from his face

He suddenly spoke " soo ...ur the advisor for the project ..if I m not wrong ...!..

..soo fast ..Take the seat and tell all your qualifications "

He hadn't looked up ...i realized maybe he still dint know that I was the one who was in front of him

Somehow I made words spill from my mouth ...taking a seat in front of him

" dr nandini murthy , mbbs from grant medical college ,

all india rank 7 , 2 research papers on radioactivity and cancer ...sir " I said

He had suddenly lifted his face hearing my name ...i saw him looking at me surprised throughout the time I spoke

"Nandini" he whispered

I looked at him ...he slowly gave me papers " soo this is the contract

...we hav 5 projects and hence the contract boasts for 6 months ...u can read all the clauses ...and you can if you wish send out all the information via mails

...but the final meetings with me are compulsory "

His voice was still as melodious ...but now his authoritative streak was more deeper

...while his face still had a surprised expression

"I m sorry "..i said

He looked at me with a questioning look ..

" I m sorry I can't sign a 6 months contract ...I can only assist you for this project which I was told will be over in less than a week "

He looked at me with those pleading eyes ..."nandini ...right now I want us to be professional ...those things can be"

Before he could complete I answered " uhmm...no I hav some personal commitments ...after a week I can't cater to anything else ...i m sorry ...but ..Maybe you should find someone else then "

I said trying to be as professional as possible

He glanced at me once as I got up and started to leave ...

Suddenly he said when I was on the door " its ok ...atleast handle this project ...others ...I ll see to them later "

" but sir ..."

"Manik ...u forgot I m still Manik Malhotra ...u can call me that ..."

I could in his eyes ...maybe he was again warming up to me

He suddenly realized what he had said " ohk..listen ...take a seat and lets discuss this project ...it ll take time "

" yaa sure "

After some time

"Coffee or hot chocolate "he asked

"hot chocolate will be fine " I answered

we both were drinking hot chocolate when he I looked up to see him staring at me

I lifted my eyebrows as is asking what ...he signed me by touching his lips

And suddenly I went into a flashback and may be even he did too ...the twinkle in his eyes said that nevertheless

-------------------------Flashback ---------------------------------

Manik pov

There she was making a cute pout with her lips , her eyes tweaked waiting for it to melt ,

Her hair tied up into a clutcher , leaving a strand of hair and there I stood adoring her angelic face again .

She stood still , holding a spoon which had hot melted choc waiting to be tasted before it could be served to me and cabir

She slowly lifted it to her mouth , just tasting a little , her lip corners still having its traces

"perfect "she remarked putting the hot choc into 3 cups with absolute care

unknown to the fact that her own face had its drops .

i swiftly walked up to her pulling her to crash on to my body .

I could feel the sudden blush flush on her cheeks as she turned around in my arms

Nandini pov

Slowly I could feel his breath wash my face as I suddenly murmured "manik , wait I ll give you hot choc "

" u still can " he said . I looked at him puzzled when he pointed to my lips I struck me

I tried to move my hands towards my lips to remove the stains, before I could

I felt a sudden warmth on my lips and I was breathing heavily when I realized what he meant

I loved how he always kissed me gently, I could feel his fingers caressing my face ever so lightly

As if a little pressure could break me .

Manik pov

Our lips still connected, I could feel how slowly her hands made way into my hair, ruffling them

Slowly I lifted her petite form onto the kitchen slab, while she adjusted to sitting on the slab

I could feel our crescendo approaching as we both were almost breathless

We slowed down , I lightly gave her a few pecks on her lips

Suddenly we both heard a coughing sound ,

" well I just thought I should take my hot choc before it turns cold .but its ok"

cabir said with a smrik

We both had pulled apart and had were blushing hard

----------------------------flashback ends --------------------------------

I quickly tried to stop the blush that crept remembering our times and cleaned my lips and got to work

We both sat discussing the different aspects that he needed to look into ...the funds ...the backing ...

By the time we realized..It was almost 8 ...

Seeing that I suddenly I said a liitle loud " aiyappa ! I have surgery too tonight ...how can I forget that "

He looked at me and started laughing..

I looked down in embarrassment ...why was I always this loud ...?

"Sorry ...I have a surgery to intern tonight soo " I said

He looked at me ..still smiling " listen ...do u want me to drop you ?"

" um ...noo I hav a car "

" u drive ...i mean u dint .."

" yaa ...I learnt ...i live alone soo "

" alone !...rishabh ?"

" he is fine now ...I mean during my researches I helped him ...now he is in college in mangalore "

"college ...nice that's nice ..."

" goodnight manik ..."

" night "

I walked out of his cabin to my car ...and drove away

Manik's pov

As soon as she went out of the cabin ...I headed to the window to see her ...she sat and went in her car

Finally she learnt to drive haan ..i thought

But then the fears buried deep inside me told me that I jst had around 2 -3 days ...after that she would be gone again ...

My mind was still wondering about why she had rejected a 6 month proposal ...I could see in her eyes the fact that we both were still at the same point ...but..

I slowly dragged myself home ...thinking about all the small glances and eyelocks we shared ...

My home was as usual dark ...i wanted her in my life .

...i knew it ..i knew it since that day ...but then I had lot of things to clear out before I could do that ...

And biggest question still hung ...would she forgive me? Would she take her chances with me again?

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