Manik came down after 15 mins folding his shirt sleeves n at the same time Nandini came out to place the plates on the table after her convo with the girls inside

Manik came to the boys n sat on one sofa and asked

Ma-so tumlog andar kaise aaye....... we had locked the door properly than

Cabir and dhruv knew that saying the truth is calling for your death by yourself so the remained quiet bt aryamaan showed smartness n said

Ar-navya ki pin se

Manik looked at cabir gvg him "seriously " look while cabir tried to find a place to hide himself bt than remembered and said in excitement

C-Chal Mei tuje kuch dikhata ho

Saying this he stood up n holded Manik's wrist to make him stand. While Nandini was gng in n out of kitchen working

Already Manik was not in the mood to do anything and now cabir forcefully taking him was just like a burden to him bt than he let cabir drag him n they came out

Cmg out cabir showed him his new car while Manik looking at it was a lil happy n he liked the car n than congratulated him n than talking abt it something they all came in

While Cmg in the food had arrived so Manik took that paid the bill n than came in kitchen . As he entered the girls were leaving out n then only manan were there in kitchen

Gvg her the bags Manik was walking out wen Nandini stopped him n asked

Nan-Manik abhi bhi kaka ko nhi bolana to clean all this

Ma-for now let it be n give food possibility they might leave early after this n we can have some our time bt that all later pehle khana de do bahut bhuk lagi hai in logo k chakkar Mei teen baj gaye hai

She bobbed her head and got busy in dishing out the food while Manik walked out n called everyone for food

All got settled n Nandini quickly started getting food. Once she was done she too sat n that started eating their lunch in btwn they talked abt something or other n than aaliya said

Aa-guys I want to...... I mean we (looking at dhruv) want to say something mtlb I have told girls bt than this

Dhruv took over n continued

D-actually guys me n aaliya are back together as couples so that only

The boys looked at each other and than congratulated them n than resumed their eating

After lunch they all sat on sofa and were talking randomly while Manik was waiting to hear from them that they are gng bt alas he couldn't hear that till 6 of evening

After that everyone left n finally Manik got the time to spend with Nandini n till 10 he just cuddled n flirted with Nandini. Later he dropped her home n came back n with this their day ended

Next 2 days were normal n smooth

Today Nandini visited malhotra mansion at afternoon after attending her class n Manik was in college. Cmg to mansion she with the help of butlers cleaned a room for mr malhotra n that's y her whole day went like this only in cleaning work

After 3 days mr malhotra arrived in Mumbai to shift over here permanently while Nandini was in mansion to welcome him n look at him at least for today

Mr malhotra came n Nandini took best care of him. Comforting him taking care of all his needs n food n all .whole day went like that only while Manik was busy in recording songs

At night he arrived n than the trio had dinner n after a small chat Nandini came back home

Next whole week was same Nandini use to visit malhotra mansion wenever mr malhotra was present n than helped him in unpacking his luggage setting his room n taking care of him while Manik was out of town for concert. Like this the month of feb too got over

March had started n everybody's lives was on a smooth phase. Harshad had been discharged from the hospital bt he needed to take rest. Navya had stopped her dabba service coz aarav was growing fast n lots of chngs was taking place for which she needed to concentrate. Her n cabir's marriage was still just to show to the world n she was adjusting in that only. She never applied vermilion or wore a nuptial chain as cabir had said her not to do anything like that . Manik n mr malhotra had adjusted perfectly with each other's presence n within a week a lot have chngd btwn them n their bond was stronger then before

Cmg back after the first week of march it was gng to be holi n Manik was busy in planning to call Nandini coz he knew that she won't get trap this tym with his plan n he needed someone powerful than him to call her

Thinking a lot he got a idea n just needed to execute it. It was Sunday afternoon n mr malhotra was at home n enjoying reading Newspaper wen Manik came beside him n asked in jolly tone

Ma-hey dad wats up

Mr malhotra kept his paper at a side n looked at him and understood so he said in same jolly tone

Mr m-kuch nhi bt tuje kuch chahiye

Being caught Manik made a straight face n than a pouty face so mr malhotra giggled n said

Mr m-aacha baata kya chahiye

Manik instantly replied

Ma-Nandini

Mr m-Nandini chahiye tuje

Ma-arey puri baat toh suniye

Mr malhotra too got serious fakingly n said acting to hear him carefully while Manik said

Ma-aapki bahu hai na usse holi nhi psnd hai toh woh mere pass bhi nhi aayegi uss din bt I want to play holi with her so plzzzzz kuch kijiye na

Mr m-chhe tu apni biwi ko nhi mana skta Shame on you

Ma-haan everything on me bt plz usse bolaiye na uss din

Mr malhotra acted of thinking and than said

Mr m-thik hai ja bula leta ho usse

Manik hugged him tightly and said

Ma-thank you dad...... aacha mei chalta ho baki ki preparations krni hai

Saying this he left from there happily while mr malhotra was happy seeing their children growing in each other's love unlike him n nyonika

Shooing away that thought mr malhotra dialed chacha's number

Mr m-namaste murthy ji mei Manik ka dad bol rha ho

Cha-namaste namaste....... kaise hai aap

Mr m-ji mei thik ho ab bataiye

Cha-ji sab badiya

Than they talked idhar udhar ki baatein for few mins n than mr malhotra said

Mr m-ji abhi holi aanewali hai toh meine socha k aap sab aaye lunch pe hamare yahan maaza aayega waise bhi tyohar hai toh hamara milna julna bhi hojayega waise bhi rango se khelne ki umar nhi hai hamari par rishtedari toh nibhani hai na

Hearing so much from him Chacha has to agree to him n said

Cha-ji zarur hum aayege lunch k liye

N than they again talked some talks n than ended the call. Chacha than informed murthy's abt the invitation to lunch n Nandini cribbed n said to them

Nan-holi k din kyu.......muje nhi jana kahi bhi....... Mei nhi aanewali ho

Seeing her cribbing chachi explained her

Cha-aisi nhi kr skte hai na nandu tu janti hai k woh ghar kya hoga tera aur uske log bhi toh fir kisi ki baat nhi man k rishte khrb krna sahi hoga

Nandini nodded in no while chachi continued

Cha-aur waise bhi unhone lunch pe bolaya hai na toh waha koi holi bhi nhi khel rha hoga aur holi toh 12 baje tak hi khelte hai na

Again agreeing to chachi Nandini finally said

Nan-thik hai jayenge hum

Here mr malhotra informed Manik abt the lunch invitation on holi n all n Manik was happy that she can't deny for this he than quickly called the whole gang except Nandini and informed them abt his plan lunch invitation n also warned them to behave normal in front of Nandini n they all agreed

(Whole gang includes fab5 Nandini navya abhimanyu n aryamaan so wen ever the word gang come it means all these 9 ppl)

Finally the day of holi arrived n murthy's woke up early did their puja n started getting ready to leave for malhotra mansion

Taking lots of sweet boxes the murthy's arrived the mansion whr mr malhotra was there. All the butlers were working. Nandini entered the mansion n was finding Manik not coz she was missing bt she knew his mischiefs n that to on holi was not a good sigh

Nandini's attire (dupatta is pinned in the same manner)

Same quantity in both the hands

Here murthy's met mr malhotra exchanged wishes n sweets n did tika to each other as a gesture of applying color to each other on holi n Nandini was totally distracted so chachi called her n than Nandini came ahead n bow down to take mr malhotra's blessings n he blessed her than he took lil color to apply to her bt Nandini nodded in no so mr malhotra gave up

Than they settled on sofa n were talking bt Nandini was looking everywhere to be alerted from manik's attack. Seeing her disturbed mr malhotra said

Mr m-Manik ghar pe nhi hai

Nandini felt a lil embarrassed coz she thought mr malhotra might think other ways unaware abt her fear n hatred towards holi bt lil she dint knew that mr malhotra was apologizing her in his heart for manipulating her n calling her here

Feeling awkward Nandini stood up n said

Nan-Meine lunch dekh kr aati ho

N without waiting for anyone's ans she left in. As she entered in the kitchen all the butlers wished her holi n Nandini wished them back with a smile

She started inquiring abt the food n they were saying all the things that she asked after few mins she noticed the chng in butlers expressions and was trying to analyze it bt than she realized the known feeling n she turned immediately n saw Manik with a evil smirk n his ryt hand fisted with lots of red color so she started moving back saying

Nan-Manik don't.......sab ghar pe hai.........Manik nhi

Bt he dint stop n neither did she. Finally she hit the wall behind her n Manik was reducing the distance so gathering the courage she pushed him away n ran out of kitchen saving herself from the colors

She came in hall thinking he might stop bt no he dint n Nandini started running everywhere saying him to stop bt Manik was just trying to catch her

She dint ran upstairs as she knew that she will get trap for sure so she came out of the mansion near pool side whr the whole gang was chilling waiting for them to come

Nandini was running to save herself while Manik was not gvg up  even while running Nandini requested Manik to stop bt he turned out to be deaf n continued his work

At one point he increased his speed n in next second he caught hold her wrist n yanked her closer to him very close

Both started catching their breathes due to so much of running n after few mins Nandini said closing her eyes tightly

Nan-nhi Manik plz........don't put color on me you know na I hate holi

In reply Manik yanked her more closer putting her wrist behind that he hold n said authoritatively

Ma-open ur eyes Nandini

Nandini closed her eyes more tightly n nodded in no so Manik again pulled her close to him dead close n again said in his monster tone

Ma-OPEN YOUR EYES NANDINI

Hearing his this tone Nandini opened her eyes n as soon as she opened she saw his eyes which had a different shine a different story to say

N before she could utter anything Manik lifted his color filled hand n placed it on her upper forehead n applied all the red powder from her forehead till her mid head with a lil pressure that her head tilted upwards wen his hand move towards her mid head

As he filled her whole partition with the red color Manik smiled evilly n looked at her and said huskily

Ma-happy holi Nandini

All that Nandini could do was blink her eyes near his face

So ppl holi bhi aagayi wat next we'll let me tell you that the response for previous chp was very low not at all expected let's see if this chp gets the expected response or else I will slow down the speed of updates dcsn is yours bye n yes avoid mistakes goodnight