ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU

CHAPTER-11

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Nandini is sitting in the middle of the bed , her face is covered with a veil. The whole room is decorated by flowers , the lights are dim and scented candles were lit making the atmosphere cosy as well as romantic. Manik entered the room and locked the door behind him .

He moved towards the bed and sat beside her , he lifted the veil off her head , she looked at him for a second but then she shyly averted her gaze to her hands which were kept on her knees .

Manik without saying anything just kept staring at her for some time taking in her beauty without even blinking as if she will vanish from his sight if he removed his gaze from her for even one second .

He held her one hand with his left hand while using the other to cup her left cheek , he rubbed his thumb on her cheek lightly applying a little bit pressure.

He admired her for some more time , the moonlight which was coming from the window is  directly falling on her face making her glow even more and the light blush which is adorning her from her neck to face made her look just like a goddess.

"Nandini" , he took her name just like a prayer. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at him , the blush still there on her cheeks .

"You are looking gorgeous just like Aphrodite." , Manik said in a husky voice . Nandini's cheeks reddened even more if that was possible , she just gave him a small smile.

Manik cupped both her cheeks then he leaned a bit towards her to place a kiss on her forehead , his lips lingering there for a bit she closed her eyes feeling his touch , warmth and content spread throughout her body. 

He placed his forehead against hers , he just kept sitting there in the same position taking in her presence beside him.

After some time he moved back and took his hand away from her cheeks she immediately opened her eyes feeling the loss of his touch feeling a bit disappointed and an instant worry spread through her mind the next second as to what happened to him suddenly and why did he moved back but before she go in a total panicking mode , he gently held her hand in his own , breaking her state of hysteria , his touch instantly calming her down .

She stared at him , looking into his eyes trying to figure out what is wrong , but his eyes displayed nothing but peace , care , happiness , admiration and most importantly love.

He gave her a smile and tightened his hold a bit on her hands , she returned the smile back . He then closed his eyes and took a deep breath after that he again opened them and looked into her eyes.

Manik-"I want to say something Nandini."

Nandini-"What? Manik." , concern clearly etched in her voice.

Manik-"It's nothing to worry about . I just want to talk to you about something."

Nandini-"Yeah say na Manik."

Manik-"I wanted to say that .....as you that this marriage happened in a hurry without giving us actual time to prepare ourselves.. ...."

Nandini-" You didn't wanted to do this marriage." , she asked him in a low voice , cutting his sentence in between at the same time afraid of his answer and trying to keep the hurt away from her voice but that did not helped the tears from collecting in the corner of her eyes .

Manik knew what she was thinking about so he left her hands and took her face in his hands cupping her cheeks.

Manik-"Of course no it is nothing like that , in fact the truth is the exact opposite of what you are saying. Marrying you is probably the best-est decision I have ever taken for myself in my life . If best-est is even a word...." , he chuckled after saying that.