Down The Memory Lane ~

Chapter 18 ~ Ishq in Paris

~I'm much more me, when I'm with you.~

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I took a sigh of relief as I walked out of the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. I called out for a Cab, Seated myself and instructed him to take me to a good Hotel because I didn't want to meet Manik in such terrible condition. I wanted to Surprise him in the best possible way and for that, it was important for me to look good.

Meanwhile in Amsterdam.

An extremely stressed Manik was trying his best to maintain his cool. Nandini was not answering his calls and was not even replying to his messages. Forget answering call, her phone was switch off and this was enough to scare the hell out of him. Damn man I shouldn't have said that. I hope she's alright. I guess I just overreacted that night. Oh Nandini, where are you!? "CUT!" The director cried, in a voice laced with anger. He came closer towards him, kept his hand on his shoulder and said, "What is wrong Manik? Entire day has passed and we have not even managed to complete two scenes. I don't know what is wrong with you today. Come on now, we have to leave for Paris in an hour. Hurry up!" To this, Manik just nodded his head in a yes and stood up to leave for paris, unaware of the surprise Nandini had in store for him.

3 hours later at Paris.

The entire cast and crew was having their dinner at one of the best Hotel of Paris. A waiter came to Manik and handed him a letter, smiling a little. "What is this?" He asked, confusingly. "This is for you, Sir." And saying that, the Waiter left leaving a confused Manik behind wondering who possibly could have sent a letter to him. Finally, after several No's, he finally opened the letter and the first line he read left him stunned. It said, Missed Me, Monster? He rubbed his eyes as to recheck if he really did read that. So quickly go to your room, wear something nice and reach the Eiffel tower in an hour. You might get a surprise or something. ;) A huge smile formed on his lips and without even caring about any damn thing, he left the dinner and ran towards his room leaving the who crew stunned. After getting ready, he quickly went towards his car, seated himself and left for the eiffel tower.

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Beautiful! He said, looking at around the place. After a while, he looked towards his left and right, to find a clue about Nandini. "What are you searching for?" He heard a voice from behind. A very familiar voice. As he turned his face, his eyebrows raised and lips curved to form a smile. Standing infront of him was his heartbeat. His Soulmate. His Nandini.

He kept staring her, open mouthed. One glance at her and his heartbeat was pounding. He looked at her and wondered, Out of all the faces in the world, how did I find the one that was so perfect for me? Seeing her dressed like that, his mind stopped working and about the heart? Well, it was just out of control. I moved towards him slowly, looking right into his eyes, flashing a smile that was actually taking his breathe away. I was so sure about it. "So, did you like the Surprise?" I whispered into his ear, trying to bring him out of his fantasy world. "You..You look..Gorgeous." his voice was breaking and why won't it? I certainly knew the reason. He smiled realising that everybody was watching her but her eyes were just looking at him. "But Nandini, You..You're here in Paris? How? Why?" Ah, Finally! He was back in his senses. "Actually what happened was that, My short-tempered Boyfriend suddenly disappeared so I thought why not go to Paris and find someone better? And look..Just look who I met. I mean, You're actually better than him." I said, raising an eyebrow and flashing an evil smile. "Guess what? Same happened with me. My extremely professional girlfriend fought with me and actually, even you're better than her. What say?" He winked at me, extending his hand, signaling me to join him for a dinner. "I say, let's do this!" I held his hand and we made our way to the best restaurant there after changing Manik's get up a little so that no one recognizes him.

Everything looked like a dream. A beautiful Dream! I was sitting at the best restaurant of Paris with the love of my life. Everything between us was finally sorted and things looked perfectly fine. After placing the order, Manik switched off his cellphone so that no one disturbs him while we spend some quality time together. "I'm Sorry." He said looking at me, making a sad pout and holding his ears like a baby. "Both of us were at fault Manik and anyways, let's just not discuss about that and ruin this beautiful moment, Yeah? The most important thing right now is that we're together, holding each other's hand." I said, assuring him that whatever happened that night, was forgiven and forgotten. "But Nandini, you actually made me worried. I mean, do you have any idea how tensed I was when your phone was switched off? I couldn't even perform well in the shoot. Forget the Shoot, I didn't even have my lunch. I swear no one else except you has this power to drive me crazy within a milli second." He spoke angrily giving me deadly looks. "Han toh?" I questioned, acting as if it was not a big deal. "Han toh matlab? Nandini, do you even realize what you're saying right now?" He asked, killing me with those deadly looks laced with anger in the eyes. "In case you forgot, Let me remind you Mr Manik Malhotra, You kind of did the same with me. I mean just think about it, how would you feel if after an ugly fight with me, you wake up one morning reading a text message from me which says, I'm going out country will come back after few days. Take care. What do you have to say about this now?" I asked, crossing my arms. "Tit for tat, like that?" He asked to which I smiled saying, "You got it right." We laughed remembering how silly and childishly we behave when we're angry. This was exactly what I wanted from my life, having the best time with the love of my life, far far away from the world and everyday problems. After having the best dinner of our life, we walked out, holding each other's hand and sat on a bench infront of the eiffel tower. "What a beautiful Night this is!" He spoke, looking in my eyes. "I love you Manik." I said, holding his hand. He moved closer, looking directly into my eyes, with love and desire in them. "I love you, Nandini." I closed my eyes, welcoming the most beautiful thing ever and that was when Manik Malhotra brought his lips to meet mine and I responded back with the same affection.
The moment our lip met, our hearts cried out loud, Finally! He kissed me again and again, each kiss more intense than the last. Our hearts were racing wildly but moving apart was definitely not an option. Breathing didn't even matter to us. Our lips moved in sync and it was honestly, the best moment of our life. We Finally stopped, glancing around to check we weren't being watched. "I..I'm sorry," he said, smiling uncontrollably, "I just don't know. I lost control." I blushed as I said, "Manik, there's nothing to be sorry of when two people are at mutual agreement." He smiled hearing this and embraced me in a bone crashing hug after which, I kept my head on his shoulder and we watched the Eiffel tower. The best day of my life ended after an amazing dinner and breathtaking kiss infront of the Eiffel Tower. What a day for us madly in love, lovers.

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Okay, I didn't proof read this one and I'm actually very nervous about this so please do tell me what you think by giving me feedback through comments. Fingers crossed! 😷