Hustle For Love |COMPLETE| MaNan Fiction

43. The One Where We Stumbled

A/N : Hello readers, firstly I'd like to wish you a very happy new year! May 2022 bring you many many reasons to laugh, smile & stay happy!

About this chapter, this one is very close to my heart because it takes you back to the initial phase of the book where MaNan met for the first time. A lot had happened then, but we only had Nandini POV there, this chapter will give you Manik's perspective too & would bring out a conversation that many readers had requested for back then, and I had promised, that it will be dealt with later in the story. We are there now! 

Beware, this story will hit you will full fledged nostalgia! :)

More on the other side, happy reading for now!

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West Hollywood, Los Angeles circa 2018

(Nandini's Bedroom, Fiona Apartment, Unit 102, LA Cienega Boulevard)

Manik Malhotra

We were back from dinner & it was well past midnight. Nandini & I were both supposed to be deeply asleep right now, but if her constant tossing & turning on the bed were any proof, then I'd say she was as wide awake as me. There was something off about us, we were deeply & irrevocably in love & that was there like the gospel, but there was also this air of uncertainty between us. For example, right now, why was it so hard for either of us to turn around and ask the other person if they're okay? I want to ask her about this very shyness, but I don't know how to. As I lay down on the bed trying to find ways to bring up this topic in the near future, Nandini slowly turned around to face me & snuggled right into my arms to find her comfortable spot to sleep. I cherished this sight of Nandini pulling me close to her to sleep comfortably; momentarily all my previous thoughts abandoned me. I caressed her cheek from the back of my palm & she exhaled in a deep, relaxed manner.

"Nandini Murthy, you are my salvation, you are my peace." I mumbled to myself inaudibly before placing a chaste kiss on her cheeks. "Mmm.." she responded back, encouraging me more. Her skin was soft & smelt of cocoa butter, that was probably the scent of her night cream, but it lured me all the more. I felt like kissing her cheek again, and again..and again. Wait, we are together now, right, exactly who was stopping me? I bent my head down and started leaving a trail of wet kisses from the side of her forehead right until her chin, before digging into the hollow of her neck. "Manik.." she mumbled lazily & her husky drawl excited me.

"I want to kiss and feel every square inch of your skin, baby" I replied fervently, as I gently nibbled on the soft flesh just below her ear.

"Monster Manik" she called me lovingly.

"Yours truly" I replied, and began sucking her ear. My hands were gently clutching her waist over her tee so far, but now they got impatient, my hands needed to feel the soft warm skin of her waist. I gently tugged at the top of her night suit and let my cold fingers twirl on the soft warm curve of her waist, as a shiver ran down my spine.

"So soft..all mine.." I mumbled in ecstasy, as I ran my tongue along the soft yet prominent muscle running down her throat up till her collarbone. A soft moan escaped Nandini & I moved further along and started sucking the soft skin on her collarbone. My hands were on a frenzy of its own, as my fingers slowly crawled up inside her top to gently tug at the hook of her lingerie. She responded like she was waiting for me to make a move, as her entire frame shot up and she got on top of me turning me around to face up with my back on bed, as she sat on my stomach balancing her legs on either side of me. Her eyes were only half open, but her gaze was dark & demanding. Nandini was towering over me, with messy hair & a deep longing of carnal desire. I locked my eyes with her & all I saw was deep seated passion for me there. I instinctively clutched her waist and pulled her closer, as she plunged towards me & grabbed my hair to pull me into the most erotic kiss of my whole life! She was not the sweet innocent Nandu who had stolen my heart all those years back, in the moment; she was a devious minx playing the game of seduction with such ease, that she could turn the devil red in embarrassment.