Echoes of Fate (Part 2 of Hallway love series)

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After they were done Cabir and Sanket announced dinner so everyone moved toward the big dining table present at one end of the hall. Everyone settled on the table with the Murty's on the far right end and Nandani and her friends at the far left and the Malhotra in the middle.

They all sat there as the waiters came and served them with food and everyone started to have it. Ravi Rawat, Nandani's second uncle looked at everything and then said to Raj,

Ravi Rawat: You have done some amazing preparations sir.

Raj: Thank you for your kind words but this is all done by Nandani and Manik alone! Nandani actually, we came here for the first time like you. (He turned to Nandani and said) Good job Nandu!

Nandani: Thank you papa

Nandani grinned and said making everyone at her side smile at her.

Cabir: So now that the dates are fixed how are we going about with the preparations and stuff?

Raj: We will have to get lots of work done!

Nyonika: And we have very little time to do that!

Mukti: But before that I have to ask something! Where do you guys want to get married?

Nandani: I have not thought about anything!

Manik: I have if you don't mind!

Nandani nodded as Manik smiled at continued looking at Sanket's parents and said,

Manik: Uncle you have a friend Mr. Singh If I am not wrong who have this big mansion type thing in greater Noida like the Gurgaon side. We all went there for a getaway a few months ago.

Sanket's father nodded listening to him as Manik continued,

Manik: I want to get married to Nandani there! It is a nice cosy area with like this grand look and we can book places nearby for the guests and stuff.

Sanket's dad: But we will have to see if that place is available at the time or not.

Everyone was looking between Manik and Sanket's dad when Nandani shouted in between and said,

Nandani: No papa, don't say like that.

Sanket's dad: But it is true! He rents them out to people for a few weeks. I will have to call and ask him tomorrow!

Nandani: Can you please do that and if that place is available can you please book it for us! I really want to get married there! Please please please please!

Everyone giggled at Nandani as Raj said,

Raj: I am sure we can do that!

Sanket's dad: Why not bhaisahab!

Everyone giggled and looked at each other. While Alia asked,

Alia: Manik, Nandani what about the dressed, theme and everything else. Have you guys decided anything else.

Manik: I have, I want a royal type of wedding with royal dresses which look like them and are rather light in weight and comfortable for both of us and the theme should be modern royal wedding! Everything classy but modern. And I want to do all the wedding thingy's that are there in a Punjabi wedding because I loved all that we did at Mukti and Abhimanyu's wedding, and....

HE was about to continue while everyone was listening to him wide eyes as this was never that Manik expressed himself so openly and that too without asking Nandani even once which never happened. They were about to stop him when they saw Nandani keeping her hand on his arm and saying something which no one else heard.