A deal

Chp 12

Nandini with careful steps came out of room and proceeded towards kitchen without any aid from manik or some stick.....she was happy and she called

N: manik (her voice loaded with emotions)

Ma: omg .....wow u can walk on ur own now........ M so happy to see this (he marched towards her and held her hand dragging her towards the dining table.....he made her sit on the chair and then went back to stove where he was preparing food for himself)

He kept expressing how much happy he was after seeing her standing on her feet and she was smiling thinking about this perfect man........the way he took care of her in those 3 months ......he pampered her like a kid.....he used to come home all tired and then help her in exercising....he spent couple of sleepless nights just bcz she wasn't well.....he bore all her tantrums and didn't for once make her realize about their past....the things she said to him.....he behaved like a perfect husband any body could ever wish for and it was all bcz of his efforts that she was walking without any aid.......manik looked at her to find her lost....he snapped his fingers in front of her eyes to get her attention and it did work.......manik looked at her with his eyebrow raised and she said

N: thnku

Ma: what (confused)

N: thnku for everything u did

Manik just smiled in return while placing breakfast on table.....he turned towards the counter to get coffee and nandini looked at the food placed in front of her and prepared a morsel for herself....she was about to put it in her mouth when she heard him shouting

Ma: it's mine

N: what

Ma: u r fine now....khud jake breakfast bnao (in attitude and nandini's mouth hung low at his words.......)

N: but tm hi mere liye breakfast prepare karte the naa

Ma: karta the past hai ab wo......koi cook rkha hai tmne mjhe 😑😑😑...... wese bhi remember tmne 1 dfa kha tha we will act like 2 strangers living under the same roof..... and strangers don't share their food naa (with a teasing smirk....he took a bite of his breakfast and made yummm sound which irritated her more)

N: idiot

Ma: thnku for the compliment (he winked at her)..... wese bhi daadi ne kha tha beemar (ill) logo ki help karte han Tbhi j helped u koi ghalat matlab lene ki zaroorat nhi

N: u didn't help me bcz u luv me (she was getting pissed off at his acts)

Ma: luv seriously (he laughed )..... mein 1 baar ki ghalti baar baar repeat nhi karta

N: but u said u wanted to marry me bcz u luved me (she whinned)

Ma: haan to 1 baar ki thi ghalti.... 4 mahino se us ki Saza mil rhi (he faked cries)

N: gth

Ma: accompany me plzzz (he said holding her hand......he just luved teasing her ......)

And after that nandini went away stomping her foot in anger mumbling Nd here I was describing how gud he is .....huh and manik had difficult time controlling his laugh.....

Night time

Manik came from office and saw nandini arranging table for dinner.....the aroma of yummy dinner filled his nostrils and his stomach growled in hunger.....he licked his  lips completely forgetting the morning incident.....manik came towards the table while folding his sleeves and nandini smirked looking at him......manik observed only one plate of biryani on table and nothing else...he went to the kitchen thinking that may be his meal was there but their was empty utensils laughing at his condition......nandini observed his actions and smiled under her breath......she took a morsel of food and closed her eyes....manik looked at her and said