Healed By Her ❤️

Chapter 43

I watch as her eyes close as she chews her burger, the wind pushing her hair all over her face but she didn't mind it. It's one of the things I admire about her, she is so simple yet so sophisticated.

Nandini got a burger, fries and a milkshake while I just opted out to get some coffee because I know she just won't finish her food, she never does. Even in the office, she will bring a whole ass plate of pasta and after a few bites she pouts looking at me because she feels bad for not finishing it

Normally people would just get rid of the left overs but no, she puts them in a little container and then brings it home to finish.

"Nandini" I whisper

she hums looking at me with a grin on her face, happiness reflecting off her.

If I had known she'd be this happy about this marriage, about us getting married, I would have never even asked her to find girls to get married to but then again I have known for a while that she means something to me

"Don't you have any questions for me?" I ask

"Mhm hmm tons of them but you never answer them so what's the point of asking them?" She giggles

"Believe it or not, I only answer questions asked by you"

Her eyes lock with mine and for the first time I could picture what the rest of my life could look like with her.

"I didn't ask you because the wedding is happening in a day, I asked because I should've asked a week ago. I asked you because I know you have everything I would look for in a women and more. I asked you because you make me want to be better, because you are the only women on this planet that can make me do things. You are the only women that answers back with no fear. Nandini you are the only person in this world that understands my actions and never asks why, not because you don't wonder but because you always have an idea of why I took a certain step"

i place my palm over her hand holding it in mine, her eyes shift from my face to our hands

"It's scary and it takes a lot for me to admit this but I am shit scared about everything. I have never been a marriage person and I would have never gotten married, not if it wasn't for this will my father has but here I am asking you to marry me. You are the only person who would make a marriage bearable, but I do understand if you don't want to. There are no obligations at all, you can still say no and I won't ask anything"

This is fucking hard, speaking my mind isn't something I am used to, I have always been the type of person who keeps things in so it's hard to let those thoughts out

"I said yes already and I wouldn't change that decision at all. I also don't think that I can get married only for the sake of this will. I know it's important to you but do you think you can eventually grow to like me more than just your assistant? You don't have to answer it now but I do need to know if this would just be a marriage for the sake of a marriage"

her points are totally valid and I do understand that her value of a marriage is different than mine.

The only thing is, she thinks I only like her as my assistant but I would never talk to my assistant like that, i would never pour out my heart like that.

Thats the point, Nandini is more than an assistant, she takes up a part of my life that I didn't know existed, a part I didn't think I was capable of filling, a part I was told I never would be able to find someone for.

"I can't promise you love, I can't promise you those little things you look for in a relationship but what I can promise is resilience, trust, loyalty and most importantly, I promise I will never stop trying"

Her eyes gleam with something, I can't think of the word but it's something I see in her eyes all the time.

"I would never force you to love, or think of love, I only need trust, loyalty and respect. If you can give me that, I'm yours manik"

My heart stops, for a minute I felt like I was knocked out or someone had taken a punch at me but not in a bad.

SHE'S MINE!!!

"You can have it all baby, all of it, all of me" I whisper

She doesn't think before launching herself at me, my left arm wraps around her waist while I place my high arm behind us to stead myself

"We are getting married" she giggles in my neck

"We are baby" I whisper

Her giggles are so cute.

"This is better than milkshakes but you can't ever say that I told you that okay?" She asks

"And what if I do?" I ask with a smirk

"I will kill you" she says in the most serious voice

The funny thing is, it didn't scare me at all, not one bit. Infant I found it hilarious that she was trying to threaten me

"Yeah?"

She nods placing her face back in my neck, her cheek on my shoulder.

"You sure you wanna marry me baby?" I ask

"Yes, yes a 100 times yes"

I smile.

I smile like I have never smiled and I don't ever want to stop smiling like this, I want all of Nandini and every single thing that comes with her

I pull her a little closer making her land in my lap, I don't ever want to let her go.

"Manik" she whispers

"Yes hun?"

"I wanna wear a biggg red lehenga" she says

"For our wedding or reception?" I ask

"Mhm wedding, for reception it doesn't matter. I have only thought of wearing red on my wedding"  she mumbles

"Yeah? What else have you thought about in terms of marriage?" I ask

"Nothing materialist, but I do have another question"

"Ask away baby"

"My house" she whispers

Shit!

Ever since we got back from Bali, she has been living in my house and just two days ago we got her dream apartment. She mentioned liking the beach and so when I was driving by this property I knew she'd love it.

I had put in an offer higher than I should have but the way her eyes sparkled when she walked in that apartment was something that made every penny worth

"You can rent it out baby or we can move there" I offer

"I know how much you love the house, and living with cabir and navya so don't worry mhm we can let it go" she mumbles

A soft speckle of sadness in her eyes.

"Baby you don't need to let it go, it's yours. Let's have it decorated and stuff, maybe we can do a little get away or something once in a while. Our little getaway spot"

"Really? It won't be too much, I mean do you think my finances are okay to afford it?' She asks

So ever since she joined the company, either cabir or I will take care of her finances because this women once spent thousands on a material I wanted to look at, you can get the same material for free if you maneuver your way through things

"Yeah" I reply knowing well enough that I already paid for it in full

She doesn't know I bought it for her but she doesn't need to know, she is a girl of honour and she would hate that I paid for it.

"Manik what would this marriage look like?"

"I wish I could answer that darling, but I can't. I have no idea what it will look like"

"It's okay, milkshake" she asks making me smile slightly as I sip on her milkshake

I am not a person who eats sweets but if she asks as sweetly, I'd have anything