Leaning against panel Manik was looking out of wall sized window of living room. The view outside from every window of this house is breath taking. A soft smile tilting up his red lips when he felt faint noise of foot steps. He smiled after realising it was his girl. As she entered in living room manik looked back. His shocked expressions brought a bashful smile at her face. She was bare foot, wearing an over sized sweeter almost falling down from her one shoulder. Under sweeter she was wearing her tight pyjama.

His eyes ran over her small petite figure making her flushed. She Started pulling sleeves of sweeter more down when already her hands were hidden inside. Nandni swallowed thickly, her lips little parted as she stared up towards him. His eyes darkening slightly with a hunger that made her stomach clench. Extended his hand out he gripped her waist tightly but at the same time gently as he pinned her against the glass of window.

His warm palms around her waist and cold glass pressed against her back making her body alive. Placing both palms at window glass he pressed himself more into her fragile figure. Leaning down slowly his lips hovered over her cheek, making her eyes shut. His tongue darting out to taste her skin, making her gasp at warmth of his lazy lick. Moving away fluffy stuff of sweeter he sucked her throat feverishly. She arch further into him as soft moan escaped her lips.

"My clothes look more good at you...!" manik said kissing at her side of neck. Nandni moved her head at other side, giving him more access of her yearning flesh.

"I was feeling cold and...!" she stopped in the middle when he groaned softly as he sucked her skin at her collar bone. Fresh water drops at her milky skin were looking more appealing.

"And....?" he asked in his raspy voice while burying his face in the crook of her neck.

"And I saw your this sweeter, it was so soft and warming so I wished to wear it....!" she whispered fisting his shirt to compose herself.

A smile playing at his lips as he placed lingering kisses along her shoulder and Base of her neck. Manik swooped her up into his arms holding her cold form into his chest. She stared at him with questioning eyes, waiting for him to elaborate what he is up to.

"Hmmm, let's watch a movie...!" manik said, his voice deep and soft as he gazing down at her through his lidded soft chocolaty eyes. She smiled resting her head at his chest. Since last week she was enjoying attention he was giving her day and night.

"Wait for me I'll be back...!" he gently placed her at round huge couch. After settling herself, she pulled a blanket around, which was already there at couch. After few minutes manik came back and placing bowl full of popcorns in her lap, went to play movie. She shivered coz of cold and excitement as he sat beside her.

Manik looked towards her and wrapping arms around her, he pulled her into his broad chest. She could feel the heat from his body enveloped her through her back.

Depositing her in his lap he shifted his concentration at TV screen to adjust all dvd player setting. Turning her face back over her shoulder, she pushed herself little up to reach his face. As she placed a soft kiss at his chin, his lips quirked up slightly. He looked down at her, his eyes were soft full of adoration. He kept looking at her for a moment and then leaning down pecked her lips softly.

"You are so beautiful...!" manik whispered at her lips in his deep raspy voice. He confessed while brushing his knuckles softly against her crimson red cheeks.

"I know, I can see myself in your eyes...!" she replied pulling his both arms around her stomach. Heat of his body seeping through soft fluffy fabric of sweeter and igniting a fire into her cold form.

"I will never get enough of you...!" Leaning down he whispered, his minty warm breaths blew at her skin. Taking a deep sigh he pressed his lips softly at the corner of her lips.

"M...movie..!" she stutter out. Mentioning about movie was only escape from his soft kisses, brushing against her skin. A slight smirk appeared at the corner of his lips as he looked at her through his desire filled eyes.

"Movie can wait but don't you think it's more important what we doing...!" he grumbled out tugging her face to face more closer. She lifted her thick lashes up to meet his heart-tightening gaze as his thumb traced over her lips.

Leaning down, his lips gently pressed against hers, making her eyes flutter shut. As their lips were moulding together perfectly, his hand at her back pressed her more into himself, letting her feel his wild heart, trying to jump out of his chest. Unknowingly her hands went up around his neck to grip his hairs. His tongue darts out trailing over her lips with a deep longing.

Drowning into intensity of the moment both forgotten about the need of breath. Leaving his hairs she placed both palms at his chest to push him away. She was panting desperately for air as he looked at her with hooded eyes. He moved closer to continue again but she palmed his lips away from hers. A deep growl escaped him still keeping his stormy gaze at her red lips. She rested her head at his chest snuggling more into him. After few seconds she looked up and he was still looking down at her. Her lips curved into a smile seeing his stare full of adoration.

"Let's watch movies....!" after short silence he turned his eyes towards TV screen and played movie. Facing TV again Nandni relaxed against his chest as his hands slipped around her stomach. She can feel his soft breaths as he caressed her belly to feel their baby bump.

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Movie was almost going to finish when without any warning he slipped his hands under her sweeter. She couldn't help herself but called out his name when he began to work his hands up, up and little more up.

"Oh shit....!" she cursed under her breath as she realised she wasn't wearing anyyyyy thing under her jumbo sized sweeter. She tried to hold his hands but it was already late. He audibly gulped down when his hand reached, where he wanted to touch her possessively, wanted her to feel it the same way he was feeling.

"Oh God...!" he groaned as his palm cupped one of her bare mounds, making her arch her back. She shut her eyes tightly and bit down her bottom lip to hold back the moan, threatening to break free. She let out a heavy breath, she was holding back unknowingly. She peaked up at him and he was looking down already. He casted her a dark, sexy smirking gaze, making her eyes widen and cheeks burning red. She tried to pull herself away but he growled out a no pulling her back to his chest.

"Have you any idea, what you are doing with me. But I can't do any thing bcs you are not in condition to bear me....!" he gulped down a lump in his throat, whispering over her ear.

She felt his feverish body pressing against every inch of her and His hardened member underneath herself. Next moment pushing his hands out of her sweeter she crawled away from his lap.

She craned her face towards him. His heated stare was already burning into her and looking away she tucked her hairs behind her ear. He sighed, didn't move for some time but after having an internal battle, he moved his hand through his hairs helplessly.

"Come here love...!" He asked politely as he laid back keeping his head at cushion. She didn't move and he smiled seeing his little kitten was still in state of shock and daze. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into laying position beside him. He turned her towards him settling her head at his shoulder. She looked up into his eyes, holding such tenderness that she felt captivated.

"I love it when you blush...!" he said trailing his fingers gently at her crimson red cheeks.

"No I'm not blushing...!" she couldn't help but feeling more bashful, she buried herself into his chest. A loud husky laugh echoed around the TV lounge. She felt her face heating up as manik wrapped his arms around her and she cuddled closer to him. Feeling such tenderness in his hold she gently placed her lips onto bare skin of his chest, exposed above his shirt.

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"Seven days were not enough that you jerks couldn't do anything....!" dev was shouting at his men breaking all things around him.

"Sir just give us one last chance his wife will be here...!" one man assured him to stop his madness.

"Its better for you all. Tonight I need her here at any cost. If you couldn't bring her then it will be your last day...!" dev said pointing his pistol at them. The fear of losing their lives was evident at their faces. Nodding their heads they left the place.

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Nandni woken up still laying at couch. Totally wrapped up in his strong arms, the warmth of his body and soft couch underneath was so peaceful. He was holding her so close that she felt his heart was beating wildly against her back. When she tried to move away she realised his one arm was around her shoulders and other hand was under her sweeter. His warming palm was securely placed at her stomach.

She also inserted her palm under her sweeter and placed at his hand. As she rubbed her thumb gently at back of his hand he twirled in his deep slumber.

"My little love, had you slept well...?" his voice was heavy, barely a whisper, burying his face more into her thick hairs. She turned around still in his arms and lazily snuggled into his chest. She placed her cold lips softly at the exposed skin of his chest, as first three buttons were opened. He groaned in his sleep when he felt feather light kisses at his chest.

She smiled nuzzling seductively at his collar bone and then throat. She closed her eyes sucking a deep breath as his intoxicating scent filled her senses. Next moment he gripped her waist carefully and rolled them together, pinning her back at couch, caging her under his dominating bulk.

"What are you trying to do beautiful. Don't you know it may cost you later....!" he whispered in his sleepy husky voice. His arms holding her tightly at couch under him.

"Have you realised, you called the trouble for yourself....!" he leaned down pressing a soft kiss under her ear, made her little squirmed. His heartbeat frantically matching hers as his firm chest pressed right against hers.

"OK. Ok. I won't trouble you, just let me go....!" she said while pushing him off of herself.

"I love you my baby girl...!" he confessed snuggling his face into her chest. She tried to push him away but as usual she couldn't help herself.

"Manik stop acting like a spoiled brat. Get off of me....!" she said giggling as he was just nuzzling more into her chest.

"A spoiled brat...? Seriously...?" manik asked slightly amused, raising his head little up before maintaining his previous position again.

"Manikkkkkk please....!" she shouted when manik was nuzzling at exposed skin of her cleavage.

"Say a word again and I will shut you the way you can't imagine....!" he said in a husky voice, trailing soft kisses from her throat to her collar bone, pulling sweeter down from her shoulders. Of course Mr malhotra's one warning was enough to shut the hell her up. As gentle kisses turned fiery hot and devouring, She gasped silently but didn't protest.

"If I will let you go what I will get in return....!" he says pulling his already over sized sweeter more down from her shoulder, to expos her milky skin. She groaned loudly as he gave a bite at exposed skin of her soft cleavage. He looked up having most charming mischievous smirk.

"Manik let me go please. My stomach is rumbling. I'm feeling hungry....!" now she played safe card. She knew it after listening her innocent pleading he won't trouble her more. Next moment he rolled over his back. She got up pulling sweeter back at her shoulders.

"just give me few minutes I need to be fresh then I will cook for you...!" manik replied getting up from couch. Nandni didn't reply but today she wanted to cook for him. It's very rare she cooked just coz of Aleeza who was expert in this stuff.

She was making sauce for pasta when a pair of arms were encircled around her waist. She almost jumped in astonishment as his well toned abs pressed against her back.

"Relax it's me....!" manik replied kissing her cheek.

"Baby girl I told you I will cook, I brought you here for rest. Still you stressing yourself...!" placing his chin at her shoulder, manik seized her petite figure more tightly.

"Today I wanted to cook for you. Please let me do. Freely sitting since last week I'm getting tired....!" she asked innocently cupping his cheek with her one empty hand.

"OK, at-least let me help you....!" manik asked leaning forward to see what she was cooking. She nodded her head and turning her face back kissed his cheek. Manik released her and moved forward to see boiling pasta. Moving along the kitchen he helped her to make their food ready.

"Come princess, you sit here now let me serve you...!" after setting the table he went back to bring her towards table.

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6 men walk through a huge building in the forest arming themselves with pistols.

"When we will get there....?" one men asked taking passenger seat.

"At middle of the night...!" the other man at driving seat replied him.

"Have you all fixed silencers at your weapons....?" one man from back seat asked to all of them. It's really necessary bcs malhotras have hired many guards around their each building. We need to be extra careful to make our plan successful otherwise boss will not leave us alive. We need silencers to suppress the noise of gun shots. All nodded their heads to approve their whole planning.

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"Manik I want to eat ice cream....!" nandni asked while sitting between his legs at solid big rock over beach. Manik who was looking at silent waves turned his soft smiling gaze towards her.

"OK then let's go inside...!" manik was going to get up but she pulled him back.

" I want to eat that one....!" she asked looking at man selling ice cream little far away from them. Manik looked towards that man and then turned back towards nandni. His expressions were totally showing that he didn't like this idea at all.

"Please manik. Please....!" holding his both hands she started pleading making most innocent face in the world.

"Okkk. Ok. Come....!" manik finally released her and after standing up he extended his hand to pull her at her feet.

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"Thank you...!" she said when both were sitting at one bench beside each other.

"Baby girl you are not supposed to thank me. It's all my pleasure...!" manik slipping one arm around her waist pulled her into rib crushing side hug. Nandni looked at him he was so engrossed into little kids giggling, playing, making sand castles around them.

Suddenly one baby boy fell down and his knee hit the stone. Manik jumped of the bench and went to pick him up. Kneeling down at sand he pulled crying boy in his lap. After examining his knee manik pulled out his handkerchief from his pocket and wrapped around his wounded knee. Whispering sweet words manik made him calm.

"Be careful champ...!" manik wiped his tears politely kissing his chubby cheeks. It was first time nandni saw him dealing with any kid. She just couldn't hold herself from admiring his dealing with kids. The devotion and tenderness he showered at that little 3 years old boy forced her to imagine how he will handle his own baby. Soon parents of boy came and took him after thanking manik. Manik came back and sat beside nandni again pulling her in side hug.

"Manik you must be a great father. We both are lucky to have you in our lives...!" nandni mumbled placing her head at his chest. Manik looked down at her having a content smile.

"Even me and my baby are luckiest to have you too....!" manik replied kissing her forehead.

"Manik we didn't even decide our baby's name yet...!" nandni said lifting her head up.

"OK then we can decide now. Tell me what you wanna give name to your baby...!" manik asked tightening his arms around her waist.

"Ummmm I don't know. Manik you tell me....!" nandni replied all confused.

"OK then, if we blessed with baby girl then Aadya malhotra and if we got baby boy then Aaron malhotra...!" his eyes held a glint of endearment as he was telling names.

"wao, manik both are amazing. I loved both names....!" a rush of excitement sent colours to her cheeks and focusing her all attention at him she rewarded him a soft peck at his cheek.

Manik smiled sweetly seeing her glowing cheerfully. He turned his face towards kids and suddenly smile faded from his lips and his expressions became ardent.

"Nandni...! I miss my childhood. I didn't get time to play. To enjoy this most innocent phase of life. Look at them how care free are they. How happy they are around their families....!" manik spoke still looking straight. Listening such painful words from him, she felt mixture of different heavy emotions came surging in her chest.

She squeezed his one hand in her cold little palms. Feeling trembling in her cold hands Manik looked back towards her. Manik pulled her more closer, tightening his hold around her waist.

"Nandni I want to give every happiness to my baby. I want to be there when he will cry, I want to be there to kiss away his tears, I want to be there at cold nights to squeeze him into my warm embrace, to hold his tiny hands when he will take his first step. I want to listen his giggling all around the house. I didn't have any thing but I vow, I'd place whole world at my baby's feet. My father couldn't give me any thing, he couldn't safe my childhood, but I will. My father couldn't save me and my mother from cruel world but I won't let any harm to reach both of you. I swear i'll save you both, even if it costs me my life.

Reaching out nandni palmed his mouth. Shaking her head she stopped him from uttering a single more word. Nothing can could explain, the soreness she felt at that moment. Seeing deep agony threatening to overwhelm him, she couldn't stop herself from kissing him.

"You are a ray of light in my dark life, a shade between sadness and despair. Nandni Your these sweet touches showing every possibility of consolation. I'm luckiest man to have such sweet princess in my life....! He said looking straight in her eyes full of devotion. He can see thick flicker of his pain in her eyes. She was crying his tears.

"Hey, don't cry, I didn't want to make you sad...!" slipping his hand around her neck manik pulled her face into his chest.

"Im sorry for making you upset. I don't want to discuss my past ever, I want to forget it but sometimes few deep wounds leave only a hole that'd never be filled...!" he felt sorry for her that he became cause of her tears.

"Let's go inside, it's getting colder here...!" manik mumbles quietly pressing a kiss at her head. He stood up from bench and she extended her arms out for him.

"Such a baby girl....!" Manik laughed softly pinching the tip of her nose. Bending down scooping her into his arms he walked towards their house. It was getting little dark, lights were on, giving the house a welcoming glow. She slipped her arms around his neck while cradling to his firm broad chest. Suddenly his warmth felt so manically peaceful as he enveloped her into his embrace.

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It was already dark and far away from Malhotra beach house two cars stopped. Men wearing masks and black suits came out. One man spread a map of beach house at bonnet of car. See here is a door at back side but its locked. But I'm sure it might be very useful for our plan. Two of us will remain in our cars to keep engine start. As we will complete our mission we need to leave asap. Two of us will try to enter from East side and other two from West side of the beach house. There are just two ways to enter inside.

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Nandni came out from washroom after changing in her pyjamas. She saw manik was outside at balcony talking to someone at mobile. She can see his worried expressions. Standing at wall sized window of their bedroom she kept looking at him. Seeing him pacing back and forth she couldn't stop herself and went to see him. Out side he hung up the call and threw mobile at couch placed in the balcony.

"Manik....!" she took his name and looking back at her manik came forward. He cupped her face in his both hands and he kept looking at her features having adoration in his gaze. She can feel unconditional love for herself but at the same time restlessness was also there.

"You are MINE. I want to keep you both away from every thing that can hurt you. I wish I can take you far away from this cruel world. Where we can live happily ever after....!" he whispered against her lips as he lays his forehead at hers.

At the moment he just wished to make her invisible from all demons approaching them. He knew it she was everything for him and a little bundle of joy blooming inside her was his world. He knew it nothing in this world can give him pain but if they place their hands at her.

She placed her hands at his chest and she took few deep shaky breaths. Feeling his heart thumping so fast, She felt to comfort him. She hugged him slipping his both arms around his waist. She felt his stiffen muscles under her palms as she slightly rubbed his back.

"Im not worry for us. I'm not worry bcs I know you will keep us safe. I know no one can reach us until you are here with us...!" She said snuggling more into his chest. Her words almost took his heart out of his chest. He closed his eyes tightly gulping painful lump in his throat. What would a man do when his girl was trusting him blindly who himself is battling his insecurities and his fears.

"One thing remember I love you, I love you both so much....!" There he said it, feeling so afraid that if he wouldn't say he couldn't stop his heart from bursting in pain.

"let's go inside...!" he said giving best smile to her. He couldn't let her feel how devastated he was at that moment.

As both entered in room nandni went towards closet and came back with one small velvety box. She came towards him and give box to him. Raising his eye brows he asked what was in this box.

"Manik open it....!" she said and when he opened it, he became surprised. Manik took out two lockets with silver chains. These were two pieces of one broken heart. Manik looked back at her, his eyes totally motionless.

"Nandni these lockets....!" He brought lockets up and his questioning gaze drilled her eyes.

"These lockets complete us. When they will be apart, our heart will remain broken, shattered, incomplete...!" she said looking towards him, casting him a moist yet smiling stare.

"If any time these hearts are away from each other, these lockets will bring us back. It will keep us together, forever. It will help you to reach me....!" she was saying looking at that pair of locket. Manik was looking at her totally blank as her words were not making any sense at that moment. She came at front of him facing her back towards him. Grabbing her shoulders manik brought her closer, her back pressed into him. Placing her hairs at one shoulder manik made her wear one locked with letter N. Holding other one in his fist he encircled his arms around her.

"Its beautiful....!" he sounded like he was struggling for words to say as his unsteady breathing tickled her ear. He pressed his warm lips in crook of her neck and left his face digging in her hairs for long time. After few minutes manik released her but nandni couldn't move an inch from her place. His manly, masculine, intoxicating cologne remaind stuck in her nostrils.

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Nandni was sleeping in manik's arms. Manik continuously was gazing at her features. He didn't want to sleep. He was feeling like he will blink his eye and she will be vanished.

Suddenly lights of house became off. Manik looked down worryingly at nandni but he took relief sigh when he found she was in deep slumber. Manik slipped off the bed and after turning on one mobile he placed at night stand. Taking his own mobile from night stand he came out of the room. He dialled number of one guard but his number was out of reach. Manik one by one tried number of every guard but all were out of reach.

"Where all have gone damn it. I need to check power room myself....!" manik cursing all guards came towards power room. As he reached power room he saw lock of back door was broken. He was looking at door all shocked and without checking power room he opened back door and here he saw two of his guards laying dead in pool of blood.

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Suddenly nandni moved in her sleep and she felt other side of bed was empty. Suddenly darkness tightened her lungs but light of her mobile at side table was enough to keep her relax.

"Manik....!" she called his name but after getting no response she jerked off her blanket. She took just few careful steps towards exit door when one shadow at balcony stolen her attention.

"Manik are you there. What are you doing outside....!" she asked picking her mobile in her hand and moved closer to balcony. But later she found no one was there so she came back in room. She took just few steps when she felt movement at her back. As soon as she turned around, she dropped mobile at floor and darkness engulfed the whole room. Her heart starts to beat painfully when she saw two men in mask standing right at front of her.

Before she screamed one of them palmed her mouth holding her neck in his strong grip. He started dragging her out of the room. She tried hitting him with her arms and legs but she was so fragile, so helpless at front of masculine demons. She scratched his arms with her nails but her each attempt was no use. As she struggled more firmly, that man leaving his neck held her hairs in painful grip.

"If you want that your baby should be safe don't force me to do something which you will regret later....!" man whispered in her ear and her eyes popped out in horror.

He knew it.

He knew it she is pregnant.

It was all planed.

"No, no I can't let it happen, no. Manik would die without us. I can't let it happen with my unborn baby. What he will go through if he couldn't save me, our baby. He will never be able to forgive himself. My manik don't deserve this. No my baby don't deserve this Punishment. No....!" her mind was still thinking about manik and his miseries. She was still thinking, what he will do when she will be gone. Imagining all possible things coming her way, she cried, hot tears of helplessness falling down her cheeks.

While pulling her out at balcony she got hit her ribs with door panels. She screamed in pain but it couldn't even reach to her own ears.

When men found it difficult to hold her steady they placed a cloth over her face and sudden smell of something burned her throat and lungs badly. She felt smell of that drug started pushing her into unconsciousness. She tried to make herself free but her body already started to become numb and lifeless. Before she could try to help herself she fell into complete darkness.

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Manik came running towards main entrance and as he opened door his mind started working. The other two guards were also dead lying at their stomach. He was totally motionless seeing the destruction around his house. As he took one step back one faint noise of balcony door touched his ears.

"Oh shit nandni....!" manik started running upstairs. At the way in darkness he tripped with furniture but without caring his bruised legs he ran upstairs. As he opened the door she was gone. Her bed was empty, she wasn't there. Balcony door was opened.

"Nandniiiii.....!" he screamed his lungs out as he ran towards balcony. As he saw two cars and few men around cars at little distance from house his heart tightened in unbearable pain.

He came back and taking his pistol from drawer he ran downstairs. As he reached out, he ran towards cars. He fired at their cars but their engines were already start. In blink of eye cars took U turn and started racing at road.

"I will kill you, leave my nandni, stop....!" manik screamed piercingly, running at direction of cars. Feeling helpless he came back to pick his car to follow them.

As he reached his car he felt his world crushing down. Tears of helpless fell from his eyes. Tires of all cars were already punctured. They fired bullets in tires so that he couldn't chase them. Once again he ran in the direction of cars but cars were already out of his sight.

"Nandniiiii....! Nandniiiiiiii.....!" he fell at his knees crying at his lose. Pistol fell from his trembling hands. He gripped his chest in his fist, may be that grip can hold back his heart which was ready to ripped out. There was nothing left but just his unbearable cries, echoing in darkness around the beach house. It was like Lord was standing there, writing their fate in same old words.

Once again history repeated, once again some one was screaming in pain at destruction of his world, once again helplessness sliced through someone's soul, once again a child was going to suffer, once again a mother cried tears of blood to protect her child, once again a father couldn't save his baby, but person behind their miseries was the same, DAV.

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