We entered the house. My family was up and were busy in their early morning routine. As they saw us, everyone greeted us "good morning " and we started talking about normal stuff. I remembered that manik takes black tea in the morning, so i called out for baba (cook) and asked him to get the same. I noticed that amma was observing me with a smile on her face. I went upto her and she patted my cheeks "i m so proud of you, nandini. " her eyes got moist and she avoided speaking further as her voice might break down. I hugged her tight "amma, i love you. You know u are the best mom, whatever i am today, i have learnt everything from you" my voice choked as tears threatened to spill. I broke the hug and wiped her tears shaking my head asking her not to cry. She smiled a little amidst her tears but quickly blinked them away whispering "i am ok, now you don't start crying , otherwise manik will complain that i made his wife cry" and she laughed while i looked around to find that murthy clan had stopped their work and were staring at us with tearful eyes. After manik heard what amma was saying, he came close to her, and gave a side hug "amma i will never complain , you know that, after all you have given me nandini, a piece of your heart, in fact i m obliged to you for whole of my life" amma blessed him and kissed his forehead.
Appa too came from back and patted his head lovingly. We had a family moment.

"ok, i will just go and take a shower, i m stinking" manik spoke making a disgusting face, my family laughed. "manik did you have your tea" i asked him as he made his way towards the stairs. He turned and shouted from above the stairs "yes, nandini" and disappeared. Everyone admired and praised me for being a caring wife, especially amms, she was very happy.
After spending sometime with my family, i made my way to my room to take shower. As i entered , i saw manik only in his jeans, setting his hair in front of the mirror.

My breath stuck in my throat . he was looking sinfully hot in those chiselled abs , muscular arms . " nandini stop staring, ok" he spoke still looking in the mirror. I blushed helplessly and moved to take my clothes "i wasn't staring "
"yeah you were just taking measurements" he spoke sarcastically while turning to pick his shirt.
"manik" i huffed in annoyance. "what?" was his stupid reply. "i am going to take shower" i spoke in the same tone. "so? You want me to join you? But i am sorry, i have already had a shower" he teased me.

I moved towards washroom but he pinned me to the wall next to the washroom "sorry, i was just teasing you and what is so embarrassing in admiring your own husband? I love it and i feel wanted when you stare like that" i was looking down , not meeting his eyes. So he raised my face holding my chin and forced me to look in his eyes. I was angry and he knew it. He held his ears " acha baba i m sorry, ab nahi karunga aisa" he was looking so cute and i couldn't help it. I had to smile. He grinned seeing me smile , finally.

After getting fresh , whole family had breakfast together. After that amms , chacha, chachi, rishabh had to leave for mangalore. Manik and bhai went to drop them till the airport. Meanwhile navya came , as promised and i took her to my room.

After some chit chat, i thought of sharing with her, so i began "navya, i wanted to discuss something with you. Listen carefully" suddenly hearing my tone, navya was on alert mode. I continued "navya , bhai likes mukti, he has told me so, himself" i waited for her reaction , but it seemed to me that she had an idea of this , already. I gave her what look to react. She smiled "nandini, cabir ne mujhe bataya hai iss bare me, u know he has hawk eyes" and we chuckled. "toh tum kya sochti ho iss bare me?" i asked her. "well mujhe isme koi burai ni dikh rahi hai, hm sab jante hain Abhi bahut acha larka hai, aur Mukti, she is very innocent and good at heart, they will make an awesome couple!!" she finished. "but tumhe lagta hai maa-papa agree karenge iss rishte ke liye to let mukti marry in a family below their status?" i spoke apprehensively. "dekho nandini, ye theek h ki murthy uncle , maan uncle jitney rich nahi hai, but definitely itne capable aur rich toh hain hi ki mukti ki har khwaish puri kar sake, i don't think this will be an issue" navya tried to clear my doubt. I had another ready "but maine manik ar maa-papa ko dekha hai, they are very possessive about mukti, i mean more than normal" . navya sighed " nandini , dekho , mujhe pta ni , tumhe kitna pta hai, but jitna maine cabir se suna h, mai tumhe btana chahti hun" she stopped to take a sharp breath, i waited anxiously to know what is it that is making navya so restless . she finally spoke " mukti, 11th standard me thi jab wo pehli baar harshad se mili thi. Harshad uske piche kutto ki tarah ghumta tha... " , i could feel the distaste in her voice when she took harshad's name. "finally wo mukti ka trust jitney me capable ho gya, while on the other side , manik had strange dislike for harshad, i mean according to cabir, harshad ne kabhi kuch aisa kiya ni, par manik was just not able to take him on his face value. Mukti-harshad k bare me kisi ko pta nai tha. Fab 4 came to know only after one year , when they accidently found harshad and mukti kissing in the school loo. Manik was very furious but mukti was also adamant. She was not ready to listen to anyone, not even her parents. Frustrated, manik just gave up, letting her do whatever she wanted. Everything was going good, fab 3 thought that may be manik is over thinking and harshad really loves her. Mukti even told alia that she and harshad have done it, you know, i mean sex. But..." she paused again to take deep breathe while i was numb to react, as i had got an idea, what must have followed. "two years back, that is after almost 5 years of their relationship, mukti found harshad in bed with some other girl. And hell broke loose on her. She had shut herself for 2 days in her room , and almost 1 year of rehab , she is what you see her now" i started crying i could feel, what mukti must have gone through. Navya was also tearful but she continued speaking " ...when she was in a condition to speak, she said that she is not as much hurt by what harshad did but more with the fact that she did not trust manik and dared to fight with him... and you know what manik regrets the most is that he should not have left everything on mukti in anger... and should have tried harder to show her harshad's true face as she was just a teenager and needed his guidance,...nandini, this is the reason why manik and his family are so possessive concerning mukti. They don't trust anyone when it comes to mukti" she finished . "what am i supposed to do?" i asked ,lost. Navya took me into side hug trying to comfort me " we can only wait and watch , nandini and see how things turn up but one thing i am sure about,... mukti will not take any step forward towards abhimanyu, she will never go against manik" THIS is bad, very bad, i can only hope that manik approves of bhai. I can't see bhai sad. This is the first time , he has come out openly about his feelings for a girl, he really loves mukti. I hugged navya and also thanked her for telling me this, i understand why manik never told me in so much detail, it would be difficult for him to recall the past and i also decided that i have to take care of mukti, more than even manik. I had always wanted a sister and i guess god gave me one , cute one. This also suggests that manik would never do that to me, as he has seen his sister, how much it hurts and breaks.

After spending some more time navya left , but we would meet again in the evening according to fab 5 tradition of meeting on every Sunday evening. Manik had informed me about it in the morning and also that he would be joining office from tomorrow .

I was badly missing manik. It had been two hours, since i had seen him. I was sulking in my room, when i heard a knock on the door. I got up in excitement, feeling that it is him. I opened the door, yes it is him, smiling at me "watsup baby??" i didn't hear his words, i just hugged him like i had met him after ages. I know he was startled as well as confused but nevertheless he hugged me back. I tightened my hold on him and he squeezed me even more "nandini, what's wrong??" he finally spoke his mind . "i missed you" i spoke without breaking the hug. He tried to break the hug but i was just not ready to leave him. So he pushed me along with him and got in the room closing the door behind him. "ok so my wife missed me?? I am sorry, then, for keeping her waiting" he spoke lovingly rubbing my back. I broke the hug and looked at him "manik, please don't say sorry, its not your fault, i know you can't be 24*7 around me, its ridiculous of me to even want that. I just don't know what got into me, but i m fine now" i smiled broadly for him to see that i m fine. "i think i have discovered one thing about you in these 2 days of our married life..." he stopped deliberately to tease me. I nudged him, " what manik?" i asked impatiently . he chuckled before speaking "that... you have mood swings quite often " i realised that , probably he is right. I smiled and played with the buttons of his shirt on his chest while his hands were resting on my waist "so what does hubby think? Is it a bad quality?" i spoke cutely . manik pulled me with a jerk , i crashed into his chest, now no space left to cover between us "hubby loves wifey with all his heart and soul , so there is no question of like and dislike" he spoke so passionately with the emotions flowing in his eyes. I felt myself drowning in them and instinctively i pulled him down holding his shirt collar and crashed my lips with his . i kissed him pouring all my love and respect for him. He is 6'2 and even though i m 5'5, still either i have to pull him down or stand on my toes to kiss him. BUT I LOVE IT. The kiss would have turned wilder but we were disturbed by a knock on the door. Manik pulled back unwillingly, i went to open the door. "sorry to disturb you behna...but its lunch time , come down" i smiled nodding and bhai left. I came back to manik, he was lying on the bed with his feet touching the ground " manik , lets go have lunch , after that we will leave for manila, fab 4 would be there in the evening, we should reach on time, maa must be waiting.." i was blabbering "shhh nandini, relax, we will be there on time, chalo lets have lunch first "
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We reached manilla and directly went to maa-papa. They were waiting for us. Manik enquired "where is mukti?" mukti came running from her room, ready for the fab5 party "i m here bhai" she hugged him "so how was your day , my baby sister?"

"very boring bhai..i just hope this party enhances my mood" she spoke boringly. Manik chuckled "ok i will make sure that you enjoy a lot"

We were sitting and chatting , when fab 3 arrived with navya. And the mood changed instantly from lazy to energised because of cabir...he justs manages to lift everyone's mood, whatever the situation!! Navya was really lucky to have him.

After spending sometime with maa-papa, they made their way to fab 5's fab pad, manik's living room. Party started with music, drinks, snacks, dance. Instinctively, me and navya, gave fab 5 , some space to enjoy freely. Its not like they made us feel left out, but we thought that we spend enough time with our partners and this time is friends time. Navya and me were busy in gossips of our own. I saw manik laughing his guts out on some joke of cabir and mukti too. I felt extremely contented seeing them happy.

Manik came strolling towards me "nandini, i hope you don't mind me drinking??" he was apprehensive. I saw navya smiling. "i don't mind till the point you are in your senses" i informed him. He was jubilant "of course!! I never get drunk" he said proudly. I pushed him "go then , don't disturb us" he laughed "ok, ok"

It was after 10 and navya saw that cabir is slightly drunk. She called out "cabir, no more drinks, you have to drop me home" cabir saluted her "yes , captain" alcohol clearly showing its effect. Navya rolled her eyes. Among the 5 of them , aliya-dhruv-manik were sober till now, but mukti seemed to pass out any moment , so manik held on to her , while cabir...well he was cabir. He was deliberately annoying navya by his silly acts. Navya was getting worried now. Manik offered a solution "navya, relax, i will ask my driver to drop you and cabir home in cabir's car. Ok?" navya looked thankfully at him and nodded. Soon we saw them off.

Manik tucked mukti in bed, after i took off her footwear and accessories and kissed her forehead. Switching off the lights , we made way to our room. After freshening up, we were in bed lying cosily. "manik , tomorrow at what time you will be leaving for office?"

"well, my normal schedule is 10 to 8"

"ok"

"when are you joining?"

"from next week"

"ok then good night baby" he pecked my forehead. I wished him pecking his cheek "good night" and blushed...
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Manik was in shower while i was pacing in the room , deliberating , whether to take out his office wear or not? Just then , someone knocked on the door. I opened to see a servant standing, i read his name on the batch, it said joseph. He spoke "ma'm i am here to take out the office wear and other essentials of manik sir, may i?" i nodded "ok , joseph" i seriously need to know the workings of this house. I will ask maa to explain me, today. Joseph went in the closet and came out with clothes and other things and placed on the bed carefully and then left from there. After a few moments , manik came out wrapping a towel round his waist. I stood there like a doll, as i had nothing to do. I was not sure if manik wanted a loving caring housewife or a space giving carefree wife. He looked at me, suspiciously, "do you want to say something?" yes i want to, but i shook my head. He then looked at the clothes and shoes, "did you take them out for me?" i felt he spoke expectantly, but again i shook my head in a no. Leaving the clothes on the bed, he came towards me, studying my body language, "why are you not speaking? Tabhi se sirf sir kyu hila rahi ho?"

found my voice, finally "nothing , kuch ni, tum jao, jaldi ready ho jao" i tried to push him away but god knows why, he held my hand and pulled me towards him. My hands rested on his bare chest and i felt a spark and blushed while his one hand roamed over my face and the other held me securely. "ermmm nandini, i know there are servants assigned for doing everything in this house, but there is one thing that i want that you should do for me, and mind, only you" he paused while i looked inquisitively " what?" he smiled "you will choose my office wear from now on...ummm i hope you don't mind" i was like...is he able to read my mind or my emotions are so obvious for him to read!! What is it!! I smiled widely, and i could see, he was confused that such a small thing can make me so happy?? Well yes manik malhotra, these small things matter a lot to a woman!! I came out of his hold.."can i bring another set of clothes...please..i don't like this shade of blue" he smiled "of course you can " i ran in to the closet and came out with my choice "how is it??"

"perfect" he replied.

"ok then lets get you ready" i spoke in double enthusiasm.

"what do you mean by that? I am going to wear it myself..right??"

I blushed "of course"

He gave me an amused smile before turning to wear his trousers. I closed my eyes tightly, embarrassed to see him changing in front of me. I know he did that purposely to tease me otherwise he could have gone in the closet to change.

"nandini, you can open your eyes, i m not naked, don't worry"

I opened my one eye, first, to check if he was lieing. Thank god, he had put on the trouser and was now wearing his shirt. I moved to button his shirt. He immediately dropped his hands to place it on my waist and tracing the folds of the saree on my waist. I twitched, "manik" . he was enjoying my glares "kya hua nandini?"

"main button ni lagau?"

"arey Kyu ? Kyu? Lagao lagao, of course lagao"

"time dekha hai tumne, maa-papa breakfast table pe wait kar rahe honge"

"acha ok, just one kiss, fir mai, acha bachcha banke rahunga. Promise" he pouted for a kiss. I smiled and smooched his lips.

"abhi ke liye itna kafi hai"

"yeah right, baki ka quota raat me manage karenge" he spoke naughtily. I smiled blushingly.
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After breakfast, manik got up to leave before papa. I followed him till the door. He turned back and placed a long wet kiss on my forehead "miss me, till i m back" he whispered. I smiled "i will be waiting for you, come soon and yeah take care" with that he left. I came back and was talking to mukti, till maa saw papa off.

After that i asked maa, to show me the entire MANILLA , she and mukti were more than willing to do that. It took almost 2 hours to see every nook and corner of manilla. In between, maa introduced me to the servants and the security systems. I was in awe of the house and its management. After a good look at the house we finally settled in the living room of maa's house.
We chit chatted about the magazines and newspaper full of articles about our wedding. Maa also informed me that some of journalist friends had already asked for my personal interview and that i was in demand , right now. We laughed at that. Soon it was lunch time , we had ours and the servant took manik's and papa's lunch to office.

I decided to take a short nap, as i had nothing to do now.
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After getting up, i called amma and talked to her for a while. Soon it was 7 p.m and i was restless now. I was waiting anxiously for manik. I decided to ring him up to know if he would be late. He picked the phone very late almost on the last ring.

"hello" he sounded exhausted.

"hello manik" my voice unsure, if i was disturbing him.

"hey wifey, how are you doing , missing me? Sorry i was sitting with the employees, so got late in picking up your phone" suddenly his voice was full of enthusiasm, as if my voice had charged him up. I felt happy.

"its ok, and yes , i m missing you badly, when are you coming?" i was confident now.

"well i have just wrapped up, will be there in 30-35 minutes, minus the traffic"

"ok"

"ok sweetheart bye"

"bye"

I came down and saw maa and mukti sitting on the couch. Mukti was doing something in her phone, while maa was writing in her diary. I sat beside mukti

"hey mukti, kya kar rahi ho?"

"kuch khaas nahi, naye designs dekh rahi hun, dresses k, paris fashion week se"

"ohh!"

"tum bhi dekhogi?"

"haa, show me"

And we discussed. I saw maa smiling. I knew the reason. Bell rang. I looked at the watch, its been just 25 minutes, it cant be manik, but i thought of getting up . but maa got up before me. "its dad" mukti whispered "oh" i managed to say.
Maa opened the door, even though , there were servants. I saw the smile on papa's face, just like my appa got happy when amma opened the door for him. I learnt this from both these ideal couples , do things yourself for your loved ones, they like it. I and mukti, got up and greeted papa
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I was now constantly looking at my watch. It had been more than 40 minutes now. My mind scolded me he must have got stuck in traffic, don't be so impatient'. I sighed. Mukti looked at me and whispered "bhai ajaenge. Relax" i smiled embarrassingly.

"agaye" mukti informed me after a few minutes. I looked at her surprised "how do you know?" she slapped her forehead "nandini, mom ne dikhaya tha na monitor waha pe" she pointed towards the security display monitor, i sratched the back of my neck "umm sorry" she smiled. I saw manik getting out of the car in hurry and running in...after 2 mins , the door bell rang. I quickly got up, oblivious to the fact that i was being observed. They giggled while I opened the door. As soon as he saw me, a beautiful smile adorned his face. And i was finally relaxed and happy. He side hugged me , taking into consideration the fact that we were not alone "i missed u" he whispered. "me too" i breathed. He settled down on the floor before mom,,... and dad got up from beside her complaining "beta agya, ab hame kaun puchta hai, meri toh sirf beti hai", and he sat down beside mukti.mukti and others chuckled on his act. but I was confused now, where to sit? Just then i saw maa patting the seat beside her, which papa had vacated "nandini , yaha baith jao beta" i blushed profusely realising what papa had done deliberately , and sat down. Manik pulled maa's hand over his head "mom plz give your special massage na.." maa chuckled "shadi ho gyi h tumhri, wife ko bolo, ye sab karne"
"mom plz , no one can do massage like you" maa did what her son asked. Manik placed his arm on my lap "umm nandini, thora sa daba do, bahut pain h" he acted and i knew his trick, but i quietly obliged him with his request. Mom was giving head massage and i , arm massage and he had closed his eyes and smiled time to time, especially after doing the naughty things. He was deliberately rubbing his palm on my leg over the saree. Even though his eyes were closed, yet whenever i shot a glare, he smiled.
I was saved from his torchers , when the coffee arrived. I got up and passed everyone the coffee mugs. He took it from me, brushing his fingers against mine and shot me a wink. I looked around blushing.

Soon coffee and chit chat was over. Manik got up looking at me and then spoke " mom i will just go and change and come down for dinner"

"ok beta, and Maan, you should also go and change"

Manik again looked at me . i knew he wanted me to come after him. I was thinking of what to do when maa asked me to go after him. Mukti got a call from aliya and she went away to her room, maa also followed papa. So i followed manik.
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When i entered the room, sound of the shower suggested that he was there but a servant was arranging the room as manik had left everything here and there. After doing his work the servant left.
Manik came out of the washroom directly towards me, smiling crookedly. I smiled back. He pulled me to the bed and made me sit while he himself lied down on his back.

"so tired??"

"little bit"

"so what can i do for you?"

"you can give me a supply of energy"

"manik"

"what!! I just answered your question"

"drop that question. I have another"

"ok shoot"

"how was office?"

"boring"

"what? Office or my question?"

"both"

"ok i won't ask anything now"

"arey itni jaldi gussa!! Ok, ok, office was good, i have got an important project to handle, lots of work coming up"

"hmmm and-"

"and ...and..i badly want to kiss you" i blushed on the statement.

Taking my blush as a yes, he pulled my arm and i fell on him. He didn't waste a second and switched our positions and engulfed my lips into his mouth. He tasted every part of my mouth while i pulled him more into me holding his hair. I wanted more but i was breathless, he left my lips and started moving down , kissing my throat and shoulder. He pulled the strap of my blouse down and placed open mouth kisses. I was lost in the pleasure. A surge of emotions flushed through me. He was now slowly moving towards the valley between my bossoms. I could not hold the moan back, but that , it seems broke his trance and he pulled back from me , clearly embarrassed that he crossed the line. I got up adjusting my blouse and saree. He was looking so cute. I pulled him and placed a long chaste kiss on his cheek. He smiled realising that i didn't mind his display of love.

We went down to have dinner and later slept hugging each other only after another long passionate kiss.

With that a beautiful day in my life came to an end with a hope that many more such days will follow...

Guys in this update their daily routine has been showed so that it would not be needed to be shown again and again!
Hope you all understood!!

Keep smiling :)
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Credits to the writer- Manini Mehra