Chapter 126

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Nandini was standing by the window, watching the sun rise for the last time from this room.. Her room. This house...she smiled to herself, it wasn't hers to begin with, yet today, it was the only home she belonged to. Life had been one heck of a journey for Nandini, from the US to Mangalore to Mumbai, panchgani and back to Mumbai, it had traversed through distant lands and their diverse landscapes, crawling up and gushing down, halting at unknown stations, and just when she thought it had come to a dead stop and the journey was about to end, life had started rolling again.

Today was the Day...in a few hours she would become Mrs. Nandini Manik Malhotra. Just the name resonated so beautifully.....like a mellifluous melody lingering on the lips. Today, she would step into another world, their world, where she would be the anchor and he will be their sail; leaving all of this behind, leaving her chacha chachi , Rishab and a million odd memories strewn across the house.

And just as she was losing herself to her thoughts, she heard her phone ring.

"Whats up Miss Moorthy, why are you up so early? Aren't you like supposed to take a long beauty sleep to look your gorgeous best?"

She let out a laugh and asked him the same question, why was he up so early. Wasn't he supposed to sleep in peace, for the last time, till she officially claimed it as well?

"Well...I just wanted to tell miss moorthy for one last time how much I love her..and I knew for some reason, she would up now, watching the sun rise from her beloved room."

Baffled, she strained her neck to scan the road opposite to her house. No, he wasn't there, then how did he know she was up watching the sunrise? "Tum clairvoyant ho? Tumhare paas crystal ball hai?"

"Aisa hi kuch samajh lo.." but this time she heard an echo, as if his voice was reverberating right off the walls in her room, but before she could make better sense of it, he swept her off the floor.

"Manik!!!! Tum yahaan!!!" She literally screamed, surprised out of her wits and Manik had to put her down and cover her mouth before she brought the whole house down.

"Shhh....shhhh marwaogi kyaaa"

"But... you.. Here... why.... You...are not...supposed...to...you ..know........seee the bride before the wedding." she panicked, this time in extra cautious whisper.

"Yeah yeah I know, but you know Manik Malhotra doesn't go by rules. He makes his own rules. Waise to main chachi ko lene aya tha, but I sneaked in chupke se to surprise u first. Anyways I came here with an agenda.. Number 3 is that I wanted to help you tie a saree.... Number 2: I wanted to be the first one to put haldi on you... and number 1 is I wanted to meet my girlfriend for the very last time....aajke baad shayad yeh mauka kabhi na mile...u know to sneak in like this at odd hours to meet you..I wanted to relive these moments just one more time."

Nandini tugged at his shirt and pulled him closer and gave a peck on his cheeks. In that moment, with that single touch she intended to tell him, just how happy she was to have him there. If eyes could speak, may be she would have written an entire book right away. She buried her face in his chest, and fell back in his arms as he wrapped them around her and planted a kiss on her forehead.

"Life is so much easier when you have someone to hold u like this through dark nights and bright mornings." she exclaimed.

"And that someone will always hold you like this."

"I love you Manik.."

"I love you Miss Nandini Moorthy."

"Yeh, tum mujhe miss moorthy miss moorthy kehke kyun bula rahe ho?"

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