|| ENDLESS LOVE || -- A MaNan FF

|| Chapter Fifteen ||

Next day morning, Manik is still asleep and I am helping Nikki and Tara get ready. We were supposed to head back home early in the morning, it is 7 AM already but my husband is fast asleep.

"Mumma, when is daddy going to bring my bunny?"  Tara asks me.

"BRING WHAT?"  I shout.

"Bunny. Daddy said I can have a pet bunny if I am nice to Ms. Tuner. I will go ask him."  Tara ran out to the living room.

"That's not fair!!!!!!!!!"  Nikki pouts. "You said I cannot have a puppy for my birthday. Tara is having a rabbit."

"Tara is not having a rabbit."  I assure him and we both walk into the living room. Manik is up but still on the couch and Tara is sitting by him giggling.

"Share the joke?"  I ask. They both look at me with a straight face.

"Aren't you getting up? I thought we were supposed to start early?"  I ask.

"Good morning to you too dear."  He chuckles.

He is checking his emails on his phone and Nikki climbs up the couch, joining the party.

"Coffee please.."  Manik asks me with a big smile. His grin is infectious, I smile, shake my head and go to brew a fresh pot.

"Why are you sleeping on the couch?"  Nikki asks his father.

"Tina said whenever her mom is mad at her daddy, she made him sleep on the couch."  Tara answers Nikki.

"Tina?" Manik asks trying to steer her away from the topic.

"My best friend."  Tara explains.

"Mumma are you mad at daddy?"  Nikki asks turning to me.

"No buddy."  I reply.

"Then why did you make him sleep on the couch?"  Tara inquires. Manik is coughing and I am at a loss too, I don't know what to say.

Kids!!!

Manik gets up and walks to me. "Mumma took sleeping on the couch to whole new level." he pecks me on my cheek and I forget the whole bunny business. I look at him and I am blushing profusely, so is he. This is so embarrassing before the kids, they are looking at us.

"I hope you make me sleep on the couch everyday."  He whispers in my ear and takes his coffee mug from me and walks away to my greatest relief.

"You are not buying her a rabbit."  I tell him.

Tara looks up from her game on his phone, the color in her face disappears, she is tensed; she is looking at Manik with a but-you-promised expression.

Nikki is grinning "A puppy then.."

Manik raised his eyebrow, studying the reactions of the people in the room.

"And you bribed her? Mr. Genius, is that the only thing you can think about?"  I sit beside him with my own cup of coffee in hand. Tara suddenly looks assured and is back to playing her game. He must have said something without me hearing it. I eye them suspiciously.

"What would I have done? You were exploding with jealously. You wouldn't say a word."  He said to escape my stares.

My mouth drops open "I WAS NOT JEALOUS!!"  I am offended and he is amused. "Stop grinning!!"  I scowl.