Hustle For Love |COMPLETE| MaNan Fiction

47. The One Where I Met The Aussie Clan

A/N : Hello peeps, really excited to be finally writing Nandini & Roo's tête-à-tête, something you folks asked for the last twenty odd chapters & I was excited to write about too! So here on, even though it's Nandini's POV, it's Manik's world (like it was Manik's POV & Nandini's world in the last ten chapters), so gear up & there are lots of stuff happening in this part of the hemisphere too! 

Hope you enjoy, happy reading!

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24 Warren Street, Palm Cove, Cairns, Australia circa 2019

(Manik's Guest Room, Poolside Villa)

Nandini Murthy

It had been two days here in Cairns & apart from hanging out with Cabir & Priyank when they're free, I hadn't done much. Soha had not showed up after our conversation that first evening, and it turned out, Manik's dad and Rooh were not even in Cairns, they were on a short trip to Sydney! These billionaire families I tell you! However, today was different; Cabir had called me early in the morning to inform me that Manik's dad had returned back last night & wished to see me for dinner tonight. I found it strange to be honest; I mean, Mr. Malhotra could easily call me, right? Anyway, I decided to not think too much about it & agreed to pay him a visit at night. Here I was sitting on my bed staring at the small duffle bag full of beach friendly clothes that I was carrying with me & wondering what was an appropriate attire to don for the dinner, when a soft knock on my door drew my attention there. It looked like someone was struggling to get the door, but wasn't able to open it. I frowned & automatically walked to the door to open it and let the person in, only to find a tiny human of less than half my size, with round saucer like eyes & sheer excitement looking up at me. The last time I met the said little human, she was slightly smaller & her features were more baby-ish!

"Roo" I cooed softly in pleasant surprise & bent down to greet her, with a friendly smile on my face. I was finally meeting the other half of Manik's soul. I wished he was here at this moment, feeling complete for the first time since we got together, but alas, he was on some secret tour!

"Nandinnini" she called out to me, looking shy & giggling at the same time, while she swayed a little on her toes, in her adorable childlike way!

"Hey, you remember me?" I asked, in surprise. I was mentally prepared to reintroduce myself, assuming she'd have forgotten me by now; since it had been quite some time since the Maldives trip.

"Yesh, mommy show me, you!" she replied earnestly as her tiny finger excitedly kept pointing towards my cell phone, that I happened to clutch right then. Soha had shown her my photo? Woah. I mean, I didn't get this woman, she claimed to hate me right, why'd she then take it out of turn to pre-introduce her munchkin to me, so that we were easy, when we met? Maybe because she liked it or not, she didn't want Rooh to feel unsettled, I thought. She wasn't helping me, she was breaking things down for Roo in an organic way & helping me was, well..collateral benefit she couldn't care less about! Yes, this seemed like the right explanation. Damn, I missed Manik. All this would have been so much easier if was around to help me transition into it!

"Nandinnini, thish eesh for you" Roo's sweet angelic voice managed to grab my attention again, as I saw her now flashing a bar of chocolate before my face.

"Why thank you, Roo. You got this for me, how cute" I replied in a jovial voice and stretched my hand towards her, for her to hold, which she did without inhibitions. As we walked into my room, the little girl looked around excitedly at my luggage and soon jumped onto my bed, making herself comfortable.

"Nandinnini, why are you playing with youl clothes?" she asked me seriously & I could help but laugh at her innocence. "Put them back in quickly, I will helllp you" she said, looking worried suddenly. "Mommy shays, only bad kids play with clothes! She will scol you eef she knows!" She informed me earnestly.