Malhotra's Bride ✔️

Chapter 51

Nandini pov

Today is 6th day far away from home or can I say far away from Maan.Its has been 5 days since we started medical camp. We managed to visit 3 villages till now.Today we are visiting last village and tomorrow evening we will start for Mumbai.

I'm trying to call Manik from past 1 hr but the guy is not lifting my phone. And it's not even office time to call his pa,Rahul. He was the one who asked me to call every day three times and now he is not lifting. Aaagrrhh...come on Maan pick my phone please, you are giving me tension noww.

Spaming his inbox I got ready for the day and joined others.Slowly people came for check up.After sometime it was time for lunch.Still no reply from Maan.Is he ok..I think I should call Rahul now.

After calling him I got to know that he has back to back meetings lined up. But still can't he give me call or message me about this. Idiot! Big Idiot!!

Few ladies and men  from village came to serve us their food which is famous in their near villages.

Completing lunch we gathered ladies near us to educate them about female hygiene and telling them about advantages.

Lady 1 : Madam kya aap ki nayi nayi shaadi hui hein??

Haa aunty ji mere shaadi ke 6 mahine  hue.(Yes aunty I'm married for 6 months)

Lady 2 : acha aapaka pati kya karata hein? woh bhi tumhare saath aaya yaha ?( what your husband does? did he came with you?

Nandini : Aunty woh mumbai mein kaam karta hein. Nahi woh wahi pe hein.( He works in mumbai. No he didn't accompany me)

Lady 1 : toh badon ne taiy ki thi ya luv shuv shaadi thi?( arranged marriage or love marriage)

Nandini : Nahi aunty arranged marriage hein( no its an arranged mariage)

Lady 1 : acha acha. toh kab jarahi hon mumbai?

Nandini " We will start tommorow and reach there by night.

In all these days Nandini became a center for teasing by all her friends for receiving calls from her dear hubby for every 3hrs. Adding to this Nandini even started to receive bouquet of flowers from Manik to each village she don't know how he was doing it. This became the talk of the camp right from juniors to seniors doctors. Every married and unmarried women were praising Manik for his gesture. Nandini just blushed and escape from their teasings.

Now that mister is not lifting the call and immersed himself in his so called meetings thought Nandini.

With  all these thoughts running in her mind Nandini reached temple in the village which was mentioned by the ladies.

Offering flowers and garland to God she stood in front of the deity closing her eyes. Praying she started to recall the face of Manik. Angrily she opened her eyes and closed again. "Oh God please protect my whole family and make Manik lift my phone. It has been a whole I didn't talk to him".

After completing her prayer Nandini sat down in the open space of the temple seeking peace.

Hearing her mobile phone ringtone Nandini looked the caller ID made her happy instantly. But her happy face turned red in anger within few seconds.

Lifting the call Nandini started shouting in the call "How dare you Manik? How can you even not care about me. Let me tell you one thing there is a wife wo is waiting for your one call from morning. Dare you forgot not to inform me from next time. I"ll see your end"

Nandini was about to burst into tears after completing her shouting on Manik.

Manik said "Calm down clam down mishti  !! I actually got up little late today after forgetting about my important meeting. Accidently our shower broke today which made me change the bathroom wasting more time. Somehow I reached office to see that the executive lift was in repair .After stopping at every floor some how I reached my cabin an half-an-hour late for the meeting.Apologizing to the clients I resume  my meeting which took me this much time to complete.In all these phone has slipped from my mind.I'm so sorry mishti please forgive me.

Nandini "No Manik, how easily you forgot about me. It's like I'm not important to you ".

By now  tears were rolling down her cheeks.

Manik "Please don't cry mishti(listening her small sobs)and please don't say like that. You don't even know how important you are to me and how much I'm missing you .

Nandini "We will be reaching Mumbai by tomorrow evening and I'm staying at Murthy's".

Manik "Mishti please don't do this.I'm already hating to go home to be alone in our room.Every thing reminds me of you.Come to home and show your anger on me but please don't say that you will not come to our home.And you are the most important person in my life mishti.

Nandini "Bye, I have to reach the camp".

Manik "Mishti mish...damn .

 By that time nandini cut the call.

Manik banged his hand on the table.

Nandini reached camp area and  sat in the room which was alloted to her .She was lazily swiping her mobile when she received a call from Manik. Cutting the call and messaging Manik not to disturb her she randomly opened photos on her mobile. There she found their marriage photos. Swiping she found her sangeet pics where they danced with each other ,how Manik surprised her by singing for her along with fab-4.Smiling she found the most beautiful picture of them.It was the pic where Manik was filling her partition with kumkum,for her it was the most blissful moment. She was slowly tracing her fingers on the screen as if she was tracing Manik's real features. She remembered how whenever she used to get up early than Manik she used to trace her fingers from his eyes to his mole on his face. Here I'm  missing him so much and that idiot is sleeping like a log.

Navya who was passing from there saw Nandini who was smiling like an idiot looking at her phone and next second changing her expressions to angry. Deciding to talk to her Navya approached her best friend.

Navya "Done being in Manik's thoughts?