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"Curse"

Manik entered in his home office as soon as he returned back from the party, with the determination to recuse, Nandini soon.

He can't wait for more for the 'right' time, today after seeing that mark on her body as he got the confirmation that something definitely is going bad with Nandini, worsening her already worst situation.

"Yes, Azrail"

"20 hours. You have only 20 hours with you, find everything about Nishant and Neha." Manik's sharp voiced caused him to shiver in anticipation.

"Ahem- clearing his throat curse continued- Okay Azrail your work will be done."

Curse turned to move out of the office when Manik's stern voice stopped him,

"Curse not even a minute detail should be missed!" Manik warned

"Got it Azrail!" Cursed nodded

Manik gave him crut nod allowing him to move out and get to work.

Manik sighed in dissatisfaction and worry. He just hoped Nandini to be okay now and nothing should happen until he gets her out of that hell.

He took out the cigarette package from the lower drawer of his study table. Flickering it with lighter he moved towards his office balcony. He fetched out his phone and clicked on the gallery in which Nandini's pictures were saved in a secret folder.

He clicked on tonight's photo which one of his guards clicked on Manik's command. He wanted to have a picture of him and Nandini, don't ask why he just did what his heart said for the first time in 13 years of his life. He stopped listening to his heart when he killed his father and started training for Mafia legacy.

Unknown to him a small smile adorned his lips, while his thumb was caressing the screen on his cellphone which showed a pic of him and a Nandini in a cosy position. His heart yearned to be in this position again, to take Nandini in his arms and to drown in her intoxicating smell, till eternity.

*****
(Little violence ahead)

Nandini was sitting in the car and was thinking about the happenings of the night. She meeting Manik, him forcing her indirectly or directly to be his escort for the party, their dance, their kind off intimacy, and the thing confusing her was, why the hell she was not uncomfortable with his touch, it was as if her body wanted to be in his arms, and after all this their confrontation, he burst out. Everything was confusing her.

But one thing she knew was to never hope or expect something from others, though Manik said he'll help her, though her heart wanted to believe him the the the sensible part of Nandini knew, this all is too good to be true. No one will save her other than herself.

"You are such a cheater Nishant." She heard Neha yelling as soon as she entered the house.

"You said, you won't sleep with that bitch, you said you will drug her and have other men relish her, didn't you? Then why the hell I'm seeing you in that bloody FOOTAGE." Neha cried.

Nishant who was seen sitting on the sofa just sipping his alcohol, without caring anything about the world.

"Stop yelling like a madwoman Neha and how do you know that I'm the man in that footage, stop being so doubtful on your husband baby," Nishant said nonchalantly.

Neha furiously meandered her hands in her hairs and laughed sarcastically looking at Nishant

"Yeah, you think I'm a fool, I have slept with you 100 times Nishant, what do you think I won't recognize your body. What do you think, I don't know about your lust towards Nandini huh? Tell me Nishant why are you quite now, tell me, c'mon BLOODY SPEAK UP"

"FINE... Fine I was the one who slept with Nandini, yes I do lust her body, yes I do think to ravish her every time I see her... so what, what are you gonna do huh?" Nishant said throwing, now empty glass on the floor due to frustration.

SLAP

"You are such an asshole you bastard!" Neha said slapping him across his face.

Nishant fisted his hand in order to control his anger and clutched Neha's hairs tightly and with another hand her jaw.

"Listen here you bitch, and listen to me very carefully. I won't be tolerating your shitty behaviour, you should be glad that I didn't kill you yet. So take your good for nothing ass to our room.

"MOVE" Nishant yelled causing both Nandini and Neha to flinch.

With fear, Neha turned around to go towards her room that when both of them saw Nandini standing near the entrance. Seeing this Neha's anger reached to the peak. She marched towards Nandini clutching her arms tightly and dragged her in the middle of the living room.

"YOU. WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM HAA?!! Bloody bitch since you have entered my life you have made it literal hell. What is it in you, that I don't have huh, what is it? Or you have done some magic on my Nishant." Nandini felt to roll her eyes and answer her back that she has no interest in her (Neha's) Nishant, but the pain Neha was giving was unbearable to recall anything.

Neha was completely digging her long nails in both her arms so much that she even started bleeding.

"Leave me Neha, You are hurting me... ahh," Nandini said in pain.

"Oh really, this is nothing compared to the pain m feeling in my heart because of you, why don't you just go and die bloody orphan!" Neha said and pushed Nandini causing her to stumble and fall down hitting her ankle to the wooden table there and the heavy glass pot fell on her.

"Ahh"

"NEHA" Nishant yelled at her furiously

"Nishant stop yelling at me love, if not I won't take a second to snap your little slut's neck," Neha said with a somewhat sweet and seductive voice.

She moved towards Nishant walking sexily and roamed her index finger from his forehead to his chest, coming extremely close to him she whispered one day Nishant.

"One day you'll come to me begging, I'll make sure of that." She pushed him gently and with one look of disgust to Nandini, she moved towards her room while swaying her hips.

Nishant furiously left his house, leaving injured and somewhat relived Nandini on the floor.

Nandini looked at her ankle which was now turning red and swelling was available on it and then at her feet which had glasses pierced when the pot fell on her and then on the floor.

She slowly and steadily got up with the help of one leg she moved towards her room. She saw her mom laying on the bed sleeping soundly. She was satisfied that at least she is able to save her mom.

She moved towards her mom's lying figure, she was trying to sit down quietly without making any sound of his not wanting to wake her mother. She bends down a little and kissed her mother's forehead tenderly softly murmuring "I love you" caressing her face, she covered her mom with the duvet and moved towards washroom to clean herself, and also finding different excuses to say to her mom about the injuries.

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"Hmm... tell them this is the last time we are postponing the meeting if this time they are unable to come we won't be dealing with them anymore, plus they'll lose any one of the parts of their body, for wasting Azrail's time, give them a clear warning Armaan," Manik said in a dominant tone while descending down the stairs.

"Fucking idiots!" He muttered typing something on his phone.

"Jezzz, stop cursing and especially in front of me. You are spoiling my baby already Malhotra." Sharnya yelled.

Manik rolled his eyes at her pregnancy hormones and took his seat on the dining table.

"Shut up and eat baby hippo," Manik said causing Sharanya to scowl at her.

"Fuck off, giant tower."

"Now who is spoiling the baby, baby Mumma?" Manik asked smirking while pouring himself a glass of mango juice.

Sharnya made a crying face and looked at Rehaan for help. Rehan kissed her temple and mumbled, "don't worry baby, he is an idiot." Causing her to grin happily and Manik to look at him with 'Am I really now' look. Rehaan who recognized Manik's look pleaded him to keep quiet and at least let him have his (Rehaan) breakfast peacefully.

Manik sighed and shook his head in disbelieve and concentrate on his juice and newspaper, reading the news.

"Rehaan more mayo please." Manik heard Sharanya's pleading voice and peeked through his paper to see what she was doing with the mayo early in the morning.

Picking up the mango pickle lying on her plate she dipped it in mayo and started savouring it tastes much to Manik's horror and uneasiness in his guts.

"What the hell is this woman doing?" Manik asked to no one in particular.

"That's her pregnancy craving buddy." Dhruv answer stifling his laugh, coz he knew if Sharanya heard him laughing she'll surely break one of his body parts. That woman is dangerous.

"Are you trying to kill your baby you hippo, stop eating that and eat something healthy." He advised

"And you idiot." Manik slapped Rehan's head and scolded "what are you making your wife eat, are you out of your mind?"

"Manik *sniff* How can you say that m trying to kill my baby," Sharnya asked in offended tone while wiping tears and her nose with the back of her hands. Seeing this Rehan took out his hanky and wiped her tears and nose and side hugged while glaring at Manik.

While Manik was looking at them wearily and then at the family members whose heads were down pretending to concentrate on their food but in reality, they were trying to hide their laughter.

"Now why is she crying???" Manik asked irritated by everyone's behaviour.

"You are such a cruel human being Manik first you made me cry and now you don't even know the reason. So heartless." Sharnya said sobbing and sniffing on Rehan's shirt.

Manik made and helpless face and looked at others who were still trying to control their laughter. Take a deep breath Meher poured petrol in the small flame, converting into a full-fledged fire.

"Haa big bear, this is so wrong, how can you make a woman cry that too a pregnant woman, that's so bad of you."

"And heartless too!" Sharanya added between her cries.

"Yes handsome, hurtleesh too. (Heartless)" Mishti added.

"Bas isi ki kami thi." Manik muttered under his breath.

He gave a sarcastic smile to his sister and neice and looked at Sharnya who was now licking her pickle scrumptiously.

Yeh accha hai, khud aankhe badi karke, jeeb bahar nikal ke kutton jese shakal bana ke sympathy leli, aur mujhe bali ka bakra bana diya.

(This is good, she got sympathy by using her famous, doe eyes and making puppy eyes and made me the villain of the hour.)

(This dialogues credit goes to my cute baby aka Sleepy_headd)

"I didn't hear your sorry yet Manik!" he snapped out of his thoughts hearing sharanya's voice.

"Excuse me!" Manik raised his naturally arched left eyebrow, asking why should he ask for forgiveness.

"Oh, you are not excused, Mr Malhotra. Apologise for making fun of my food and accusing me of the 'thing' I never did." Hse said smirking while licking off the remains of Mayo and Pickle from her plate.

" In your dreams honey in your dreams." Manik wavered his hands in the air and concentrated back on his newspaper.

Sharanya made and 'haww' face and her eyes started watering. She sniffed a little rubbing her nose with the back of her hand and threw a hand towel at him in anger and started wailing loudly.

"Bhai, what is this. How can you be so heartless? She is pregnant na." Meher said while others kept quiet not having guts to correct Manik.

Manik just shrugged and looked at his sister, "I did nothing wrong. I was just concerned about her health, so I just asked what she was having and I'm not apologizing for being concern over my sister." Manic clarified.

Sharanya who was listening to this was not having genuine tears in her eyes, but this time it was happy tears.

"Aww Manik, you are so cute." She said getting up from her seat and moving towards Manik and pinched his cheeks.

Manik frowned and gave her a weird look, a few moments back she was angry and now she is pinching his cheeks in happiness and calling him cute. He looked at Rehan asking him silently asking 'what the hell is happening.'

Rehan chuckled and mouthed him saying 'pregnancy hormones'

Manik gave him and Sharnya a look of disbelieve and muttered joining his hands and bowing down in front of Sharyana, "Khatranak Aurat hai tu!" (You are a very dangerous woman)

He then placed his hands on her pregnant belly which was now slightly visible in her fourth month.

"Baby, please don't be like your Mumma." he requested itching a frown on Sharanya's face.

"And don't be like you dada either," Cabir said pointing at Rehan who was now eating the leftover from Sharanya's plate that is Pickle and Mayo.

Everyone burst out laughing causing both husband-wife to frown at them. Manik again looked at Sharanya's belly and said: "Yeah don't be like your Dada either."

Fits of laughter escaped of everyone's mouth again and this time Sharanya and Karan too chuckled.

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It's been three days to the party and now Manik was sitting in his office and discussing plans to rescue Nandini with Curse.

"Is the contract ready curse?"

"Yes Azrail, the contract is ready and also Mrs Neha Khattar is ready to meet you tomorrow."

"Fine, make some of the men ready for the attack; we don't know how dangerous that woman can be, so it's better to be ready then to cry on the aftermath.

"Okay Azrial, that will be done."

Manik gave him a crut nod and also the signal to leave his cabin. Curse bowed down to him and moved out.

As soon as Curse went out Cabir barged in and threw a file on Manik's table little furiously.

"What the hell is going on Manik, will you kindly explain?" Cabir asked him with quite yet angry voice while gritting his teeth.

Manik looked at the file and then looked at Cabir who is waiting patiently for his answer.

"No" saying Manik again took a cigar from his drawer and moved towards his balcony.

"Don't you dare avoid my question Azrail, what is going on? Why is there some girl's file in Your Closet." Cabir questioned again.

"Cabir you are acting as if, you never saw any girl's file near me," Manik said while blowing the smoke in the air.

"Correction Manik, I never saw any girls file in your closet, so mind telling me why this girl is so special that her file was there in your closet," Cabir said

"How did you get this file Cabir, are you spying on me or something?" Manik asked trying to divert Cabir from the topic

"No, you were the one who asked me to bring Mehta associate's file from your closet, while I was finding the file I also came across this file, and the 'Nandini Murthy' sounded very familiar to me, then I remembered that Mishti's Massi's name is also Nandini Murthy and Navya asked you to find her, but my question is why was her file in your room, in your closet, because you keep only a few important files there, and as far as I know Nandini Murthy is not so important to you Manik Malhotra. So why???"

Manik sighed and crushed his cigarette on the ashtray and looked at Cabir, a few moments later cursing under his breath he started speaking,

"First, I have told you always don't call me here by my real name, and second she is important to me."

Cabir rolled his eyes at his first sentence but his second one piqued his curiosity. Cabir looked at manic with questioned filled eyes.

Manik sighed and started narrating him all the things happened till now.

"I like her Cabir! I want her in my life!"

"You know what you are doing right, we are in a Mafia Manik! You'll be bringing her in a dangerous life where she has to live a life of a criminal!"

Manik sighed and looked at his 3 a.m friend!

"I know what I'm doing Cabir! I have been thinking about every aspect since the time I have met her!" He paused a bit and slinked his fingers in his hairs. Looking directly into Cabir's eyes he declared

"And I came to the conclusion that I need her in my life Cabir! And coming in your 'she won't be safe with me' part, she'll be safest in my arms. I'll destroy that every person who will harm her and start will be from Neha"

"Manik..." Cabir started but he was stopped hearing Manik's phone ringing.

"Hello" Manik responded.

"Manik...." he heard a vulnerable and powerless voice from the other side.

So, how was it??

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Few words for Nandini

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