The Ex's At War

Chapter 5 - Good Times Bad Times

"Manik chodo please", I mumbled in his mouth. I felt breathless as he restricted even a whiff of oxygen to reach my lungs. But how could he because my words and actions were hardly matching each other. I clawed my nails on his chest over the shirt and another hand played with his hair at the back of his head.

He pressed me harder against the lift wall and literally drank from my lips.

"Manik please...Manini", I said again with helpless soft moans.

The name rang a bell and he immediately stopped. He knew he got carried away and maybe a bit too far. I saw in his eyes how hard it was for him to stop, the longing was evident. But we both managed to shackle our deep down desires. No matter how unabashed he was he didn't want to set a bad example in front of his daughter although he had already done it.

When we finally managed to separate from each other and look at Manini, we saw that she had comfortably turned backwards and sat on the lift floor playing with her fake cockroach. Manik was about to call her when I stopped him and cleaned his mouth with my scarf that had my lipstick all over, he chuckled as he saw me blushing.

"Kadduu why are you sitting on the floor...its dirty na", I held her arms and made her stand up.

"What is wrong with this stupid lift..the network is also unavailable", Manik slammed the wall irritatedly and the lift started with a jerk.

We reached down in no time. Manik and Manini walked ahead and I followed them like a rat. The moment which we just shared had pushed me back in those times when we were together. It was embarrassing to have lost control and giving into desires and what irked me more was Manik's behavior. He seemed to be so cool about it as if we kissed everyday that too that passionately. His body language didn't give away that he regretted one bit about crossing the line. But then if he was so cool about why the hell was I freaking out.

"Daddy whel al we going?", she said walking hand in hand with Manik.

"We are going to see the Doctor baby..we will get your tooth checked"

"Nooo I won't have eedicin...they taste blahhh", she stuck her tongue out and made a distorted face at the thought of having medicine.

Manik laughed looking at her cute face and picked her up, "Don't worry baby I will ask the Doctor to give you sweet pills"

"That is apparently the reason that her tooth fell off so fast but no wonder you would know that", I snorted at him to get even. He had completely forgotten that I was even there after kissing the hell out of me.

"That is apparently because you don't make her brush properly", he retorted back

I frowned but didn't argue further. We reached the parking lot and Manik got his car.

"Daddy let Mommy dlive the cal pleashhh"

Manini sudden wish left me flabbergasted and Manik could hardly control his laughter. He definitely remembered the first and also the last time when he had tried teaching me how to drive. It was our building compound that I was having my classes in and the kids and everyone else had been warned beforehand not to wander anywhere near at that hour. Although Manik had repeated thousand times leave the clutch slowly but in the car with the whole console in front of me I was bound to be confused and upon that Manik's multiple instructions of do this and do that puzzled me more. I pulled the gear back and the car vroomed with a jerk. The only thing I remember that I screamed for the next 5 minutes leaving everything to God and of course Manik sitting by my side. Before Manik could reach the hand brakes and actually control the car and stop it we had crashed against the garden boundary, destroying the exotic collection of flowers and also the gasping watchman who got saved by an inch.