Mukti was standing in front of Manan ..glaring at them..fuming in anger..Manik instantly left Nandini's Saree corner..Manan were shocked to see her there..what if she has listen everything???..but a fact was that..she has saw them in the comprising state..which was not a good signal for them..but the question arises..how came she entered inside???

Where nanan were standing..they were right in front of taj mahal..and to reach there...she has to cross two gates..and morever she has to walk a lot just to reach there..even when his security guards were on the 1st gate itself..then how she entered ???

*****(flashback)*****

Mukti after talking with navya and Cabir came outside the mehtab bagh..she was walking silently as the cold wind was giving her immense pleasure.. Just then she saw the front door of Taj Mahal empty..there was none present there...

Mukti : "yaha toh koi nhi hai..I should sneak inside..will watch Taj ..".. She thought mischievously then she walked towards it..and thanked lord as none was there..she looked all around..and from a distance some guards were coming..so she instantly ran inside..

And to her surprise..there was none on royal gate .. (Well..this was because of Manik Malhotra's order..as he wanted privacy..)..and from royal gate she found two people talking..she was very away from Taj ..so she walked inside..and when she reached there..she was shocked to see..manik and Nandini there..

*****(end)*****

Mukti came towards manik..and glared at him..both manan were scared of her next move.. So much was going inside there minds..

Mukti : " how dare you??"..she said in a low pitch voice..

Manik : "mukti..let me explain..".. He tried to defrend while Nandini was last looking at both of them...

Mukti : "how dare you??..touch my friend"...this time she roared..which really scared Nandini..and Manik's inner voice was right..Mukti took everything in a very wrong way...

Mukti : " himmat kese Hui tumhari.."...this time she held Nandini's hand and pulled Nandini to her side..who were till now standing beside manik...

Manik : "mukti you are not thinking straight..listen..."... He tried to explain but the damage has already done...

A protective friend inside mukti has woken up..and she can't forgive manik for touching Nandini..for her Nandini is her family and how can a friend tolerate someone's touch on her friend...and when it comes to Nandini ..mukti actually loose all her patience..for her Nandini is more than anything...

Mukti grabbed manik's collar and her eyes were spitting fire..Nandini was shocked with mukti's behavior.. She tried to stop mukti but everything went in vain...

Mukti : " I know you very well..Manik Malhotra..I know what jerk you are..."...she said in utmost anger and her one word ..made Nandini loose her calm..how can she abuse manik..no..Nandini can't tolerate this...her friendship is on one side and her husband is on other...although Nandini loves mukti way too much but she can't take such words for manik...

Nandini : "mukti!!".. She shouted in high pitch voice..which shook mukti and manik was scared..his tigress Nandini is back..if he is possessive about her..then she is over possessive about him..

Manik : " Nan..."...he tried to intervene but she showed him her hand..and he has to keep quiet..mukti was shocked to see this...

Nandini : "how could you call him jerk mukti??.. Just because am not saying anything..you will use any kind of language for him???".., she shouted in anger filled voice..which really surprised mukti..actually surprise will be under statement to describe her state of heart..

Mukti : " Nandini..he was trying to molest you.."..she too shouted and manik closed his eyes..as even in his wildest dream he can't think so low..and here mukti is judging him without knowing the whole truth...

Nandini : "have you lost it??"..this time her anger crossed all records..she gave a deadly glare to mukti..

Nandini : " jaruri hai jo tumne dekhna Woh he sach ho..visuals can be deceptive.. "...she shouted in high pitch voice and manik was witnessing the two best friends fighting..which was really annoying him..

Manik : " listen..you both.. Calm down.."..he tried to mend the things before things go out of hand...

Mukti : "just shut up..don't try to act innocent"... She said pointing her finger towards him and Nandini closed her eyes in utmost frustration..

Mukti : " why you are trying to protect him..I myself listen what he was saying..he wanted to..."...she stopped in mid as that one line (Marking you) ...was making her feel disgust..

Nandini : "oh god mukti..you are taking things on another tangent..samjh nahi rahi ho tum..."... Now her voice was little soft but mukti was not convinced..

Mukti : " exactly ...main nahi samjh rahi hoon kuch bhi..that why you are taking his side??.."...she asked in confusion...

Nandini : "because..he is...".. She was about to blurt out the secret but manik held her hand on time...and stopped her to say anything further..mukti didn't noticed manik's hand on her..

Mukti : " he is what??? "...she asked in confusion...

Nandini : " because he is innocent..."...she changed her line just because manik stopped her..

Mukti : "you are seriously not in your senses.."... She said in disbelief.. And Nandini really had enough..she freed her hand from manik's hold..

Nandini : " you know what??.. Think anything you want to.."..she said and left from there without looking back at manik or mukti twice...

Manik tried to go behind Nandini..but mukti stopped him...

Mukti : "because of you ..my friend shouted on me...you won't spare you manik Malhotra.. Dare not come close to Nandini..samjhe..".., she warned him and moved out...

Manik was really pissed..sometime back they were so happy and now everything is messy..this night was suppose to be the best..but on this moonlight something really bad has happened...

Manik ruffled his hairs in frustration ... " shit!..this shouldn't have happened.."..he said in frustration..and even he moved out from there...

After coming outside he found only mukti there..Nandini was not there..actually before mukti could stop Nandini..she already left from there..as she was really furious ...

Mukti also sat down inside the cab..and left out..seeing all this manik called his guard and asked him to bring the car asap..

Manik : "No..mukti ko is waqt humare baare pe pata nahi chalna chahiye...".. He thought in fear..as this situation wasn't correct..if today mukti came to know about them..then things can worse for NAVNITI..and he can't see them breaking apart..he knows how much NavTi are important for Nandini..

Just then his guard came back with his car..manik instantly took the driving seat and drove back straight to the hotel...

On the way :

Manik was driving very fast..he has to reach hotel before mukti..and calm Nandini down..he was continuously trying nandini's number..but she wasn't answering..

Manik : "shona..koi bewakufi mat Karna..please pick up.."... He said while concentrating on the road...well thanks to Agra non traffic zone..the roads were clean..and he was driving as fast as he can..just then..he recalled that while coming to Taj ..Manik's driver showed him the short cut ...so he took a sharp turn..so that he reach hotel first...

Just then his phone start ringing..and he saw the caller id ..it was Cabir..he turned on his Bluetooth and answered the call...

Cabir : " are majnu..chor de Ab use..aur kitna ishq farmaega ..."...he said to tease manik..as soon as manik answered the call...

Manik : "Cabir.."..he said in a low voice and listening such low tone..Cabir instantly figured out the tension..

Cabir : " kya hua hai manik??..you are sounding low.."..he asked being concern for his best friend..

Manik : "bahut badhi problem ho gayi hai..".. He answered and this really scared Cabir..as manik was seems to be very upset...

Cabir : " hua kya hai??.. Bata toh.."..he asked as the suspense was killing him..and now manik narrated him the whole story ..

Manik : "I don't know ..how will I handle all this..all I know is..I have to meet Nandini first..before mukti..".. He answered after talking everything..

Cabir : " manik relax..am also coming to hotel..don't worry..you handle Nandini..and I will look after mukti..but please stay calm.."..he being a true best friend consoled his best friend..

Manik after saying okay to him..and cut the call..and soon manik reached the hotel back...

Amar Villas

Manik parked his car..and saw his guards on the Gate itself..while his trust worthy bodyguards came from behind in a black Mercedes..

He stepped out of his car..and his bodyguards gave him protection..

Manik : "make sure mukti don't reach Nandini's room..do anything..but don't let her meet Nandini..before me.."... He instructed and they nodded their head..

And manik himself like a maniac ran inside the hotel..while all his guards were shocked to see his this side..which was so caring and concerned full..

In no time...manik reached Nandini's room...he knocked on the room but she didn't opened..

Manik : " shona..Its me..open the door.."..he said while knocking on the door...but no reply..so he bring out keys of his room..and opened his room..actually there was a secret door in manik and Nandini room..which only manik knows..that's why he asked manager to give this room only to Nandini..

He went inside his room..and opened that secret door..which was the partition between the two rooms...

He entered inside the room..and there was no one ..he checked bathroom ..even the balcony..he checked every corner of the room..but Nandini was no where to be seen..

Manik : "where is Nandini??"... This one question to himself scared the hell out of him.. Nandini wasn't present in the room..then where she went??..If she didn't came hotel..then where is she???..

These some questions.. Made manik's heart beat stop..freak..HIS NANDINI IS MISSING...and this realization left a scared emotion on his face...