Manik became aggressive as he held Dhruv in his hands. He punched Dhruv so hard that Dhruv fell down. "Manik, what are you doing? Why did you hit him?" Alya asked Manik and helped Dhruv get up. "Ye mujhe ussi din karna chahiye tha jis din Nandini ka accident hua" Manik said dragging Dhruv away from Alya. "Pagal ho gaye ho! Stop it Manik. What did Dhruv do to Nandini?" Nyonika slapped Manik. "Mom! You stop it. Aaj sirf main bolunga aur sab sunenge" Manik was angry as hell. Manik confronted Dhruv for Nandini's condition.

"Kya kiya Nandini ke sath! What happened to her?" Manik asked patiently. "Maine kuch nahi kiya Manik, I swear" Dhruv said. "See I know you, please tell me what happened" Manik asked and Alya interrupted him. "Why are you asking Dhruv! Dhruv ne kuch nahi kiya. Nandini aur tumhare beech jo bhi hua uske liye koi responsible nahi hai, you broke up with her, why do you still act concerned about her?" Alya asked. "You should have asked the same when we broke up, why did you not ask me then! Its because of you, me and Nandini broke up" Manik said to Alya.

"This has nothing to do with Dhruv, stop blaming him" Alya said. "I was always blaming Alya and Nandini for you. But you always disappointed both of them, kabhi yeh kabhi wo, you can't even keep your mom happy" Nyonika accused Manik. "Main acha beta, acha friend nahi tha, but I wanted to be a good husband mom! Apni biwi ke liye main sab kuch karunga, Nandini ke alawa ab kuch important nahi hai mere liye" Manik said and Nyonika looked on. "Kya bole jaa rahe ho tum?" she asked him.

"Nandini is my wife, we're married" he broke the ice. Alya and Dhruv looked at each other. "We know that neither you nor chacha chachi will accept it, so we got married, we're sorry" Manik said. Nyonika sat down disappointed. Nandini heard the screams and came out. She looked down and heard Manik disclosing about their marriage to Nyonika. Nandini was astonished to see Manik angry. She didn't understand why Manik balmed Dhruv. She felt like someone had hit her head with a hammer. Her headache grew stronger with time.

"Sonia, kaha hai!" Manik asked Alya. "Di, ab kaha hai mujhe pata nahi, shayad ab wo London mein hai" Alya said. "I asked Dhruv, not you!" Manik said to Alya. "Tum kyu baar baar Dhruv ko beech mein laa rahe ho!" Alya lost her temper on Manik. "Kyunki ye sab ki peeche ussi ka haath hai, Sonia is doing all this" Manik said confidently. "Few seconds back you said Dhruv wanted to harm Nandini and now you're blaming di, what's wrong Manik?" Alya asked him. Nyonika held her head and cried for Manik. "Mom, you don't need to cry and I know what I'm doing! Alya, ab tak jo bhi maine kiya I can explain everything" Manik said trying to be as cool as possible.

"Why did you leave from the wedding venue when we were about to get married!" Manik asked. "Because I wanted to pursue my dream in fashion industry" Alya said quickly. "Why didn't you thought of it before! I mean I could have even supported you, we wanted to marry Alya, that's a personal thing why did you thought I would judge you by the profession you pursue?" Manik asked her. "Tumhare liye maine maa ko chodke NewYork mein rehne ka faisla kiya, I would have left everything for you if you have asked me, why didn't you ask?" Alya had no answer.

"Should I say why didn't you ask me?" she waited for him to complete. "Did Sonia approve your decision to get into the fashion industry?" Manik asked. "No, initially she didn't agree but later she agreed" she said. "She agreed on the day of our wedding, am I right?" Alya said yes. "She told me that you won't agree, so I should think about myself and call off the wedding" Alya said. "Doesn't it make sense that Sonia wanted to stop the wedding. " Manik, calling off the wedding was my choice, Di just helped me, tujhe nahi batana was also my mistake" Alya made it clear. "When did your jiju died?" he asked. "Just a few months before our wedding" Alya remembered. "How did he die?" Alya said, "he committed suicide because of the debts".

"Do you think he was so in financial crisis that he wanted to kill himself! Didn't you had your own business and had the debts cleared" Manik asked. "Di yahi soch ke humesha udaas rehti hai" Alya said. "Alya! Kis mitti se bani ho tum! Wake up from your dream world, tumhare di ka asli chehra tho dekho, she is a devil in your life in the disguise of an angel" Manik shouted and Alya found Manik nonsense. "After few months you called off the wedding, you met with an accident, that was not an accident. It was a clear attempt to kill you. Your brakes didn't fail, they were intentionally cut" Manik said. "Who would have done that?" Alya was petrified. "Your beloved sister, Sonya Saxena" he said. Alya was shocked when Manik said it.

"I came to see you Alya, but she didn't allow me to meet, then I have understood that I'm not allowed to see you because Sonia didn't wanted us to be together" Manik said. "I didn't want you to be in danger because of me. I never wanted to turn back to see you again in my life" Manik said. "I have seen Nandini after a few days, I instantly liked her. I was afraid not to express my love for her, I was afraid because of Sonya, I was concerned about Nandini, I never expressed my love for her" Manik said. "I have never thought of breaking up with Nandini mom, main aise kabhi nahi karunga, agar Nandini mujhse naraz hai tho main usse manaatha hoga par usse dhoor nahi jaata. I had to leave her as I was afraid that Sonya usse kuch na kare. But I never thought about you, I'm so sorry mom. I'm so sorry that I had left you, I'm the reason for your illness. You are suffering for my deeds, I'm so sorry mom" Manik knelt before Nyonika and cried like a baby apologizing her.

"Nandini ab bahut khatre mein hai mom. Maine Nandini se isliye shaadi kiya kyunki main usse kabhi khona nahi chahta. I'm scared that she would leave me. I know main galat kar raha tha but I had no option to save Nandini. Uske accident se leke aaj tak maine Nandini ko kabhi akela nahi choda tha. I have always been with her, even waited for her all through the nights in front of her home, even though if her parents didn't like me" Manik apologized Nyonika and she understood his love for Nandini. "I'm sorry Manik, I cannot see your love for Nandini" she took him in to hands and felt sorry for him. Having heard everything, Nandini felt mixed emotions. She thought that Manik loved her over the board but imagining what Manik had went through was really terrible for her.

"Par ye sab Sonya di kyu karegi" Alya asked Manik. "Ye question tum mujhe kyu pooch rahi ho, jaakar apni behen se poocho" Manik said reckless. "Manik, you can't just accuse Dhruv and di" she said. Manik went and got a knife from the dining table. "Ab tum Sonya ke baare mein nahi bataya then it would not take me more than 5 min to kill you Alya" Manik said. "Manik no!" Nyonika tried to stop him and Nandini was shocked to see Manik pulling Alya near him and he almost pierced the knife onto her wrist.

"Manik don't! I will show you where Sonya is!" Dhruv said quickly when he saw Alya in danger. "Yes, I know that you know about Sonya, come on take me to her fast!" Manik demanded Dhruv and went to the car still holding Alya and threatened her with a knife. Dhruv has drove fast to a chain of luxury apartment in the middle of the city. "Door no. 402" Dhruv said. Manik threw away the knife. "That was a sandwich knife, main aap logon ki tarah kisi ka life ko itna lightly nahi leta" Manik said to Dhruv. "Dhruv said he doesn't know where is Sonya but when I threatened you, he showed me her address, so think Alya, what I said was true. If you really want to know about your di, come with me. Its ok if you don't trust me, you can leave" Manik said. Alya thought for a minute and said that she will come with him.

Manik rang the door bell and asked Alya to hide and listen to them. She did as he said. "Manik! You here!" Sonya was excited. "How come you know I'm here" Sonya asked him. "When there's a will there is a way" Manik said. "Long time no see, how are you doing?" she asked him to sit. "Don't act like you don't know anything. Why are you trying to hurt Nandini?" Manik asked her. "Nandini! Who's that! And what did I do?" Sonya asked innocently as she fixed a peg of rum for Manik and herself. "Have it" she offered him. Manik took the glass and had a sip of it. "I need an answer Sonya" Manik asked. "I love it when you are aggressive baby" Sonya said. Manik suddenly got up from his seat. He pulled her near him by holding her waist. Sonya felt ecstatic when he does that. She was about to kiss on his lips but Manik put his finger on her lips.

"I love it when you tease me Manik, but I hate it because you don't do it so often" she said. "I love you Manik, I love you so much, I will do anything and everything for you. Let's get married" Sonya asked. "Sure, leave Nandini. Don't do anything with her. She is innocent" Manik asked her. "Ok, its a deal, I'll leave her if you get married to me. I will take care of her forever. I will listen to whatever you say if you agree to marry me. I was waiting since years to hear this from you" Sonya said and kissed him on his cheek. "Ok I will marry you, leave her" Manik agreed to her. Alya got stunned as she never expected her sister had actually dumped her to make Manik marry her.

"You really love her, don't you!" Sonya asked Manik. "Yes, I love Nandini, khud se bhi zyada, sabse zyada" Manik said and it enraged her. "Then why will you marry me? Shaadi mujhse aur pyaar uss Nandini se? Do you think I will spare her if you love her! I will see her end. Tujhe kya laga, tere liye khud apne pati ko maar diya, mere behen ka fikar nahi kiya, do you think I will spare that middle class Nandini?" Sonya threatened him. Manik got hold of Sonya's throat. "If I had done all this for my friend Alya, just think what can I do for my Nandini. I won't back out to kill you even. I know how to give a life and how to kill a life" Manik warned her. "I love it even when you warn me, I love the aggressive you, I love the sexy you. I love you all the way Manik" she said.

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Nandini came down and saw Nyonika weeping. "Aunty!" she called her hesitated. "Nandini, I'm sorry. I didn't..." Nandini interrupted her. "Aunty aap sorry mat boliye, we're sorry for hiding it" Nandini apologized. "Mera Manik kabhi galat nahi karega, he said that he had to marry to save you" Nyonika said. "Its horrible to imagine myself in Manik's place. What he must have gone through all the while. I misunderstood him, I blamed him. I thought he left me, I was angry but never thought he has done all this for me" Nandini cried. "Now no one can come between you, I will talk to your chacha chachi" Nyonika realized her mistake and wanted to waste no time.

She took Nandini home. "Aap yaha?" chachi asked Nyonika seeing Nandini along with her. "Main na hi galat jagah pe aaya na hi galat time. In fact we should feel proud of Nandini and Manik. They thought of sacrificing their love for us. Now its time to accept their wedding. Manik and Nandini are already married, we can just bless them and nothing else" Nyonika said everything about what Manik said.

"Kya ab sirf bidai baaki reh gaya" chacha and chachi said after they heard Nyonika.

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Hello All,

Thanks for all the love you poured on the story. This story is so close to my heart and I feel a bit low to inform you all that this is going to end so soon. But glad to share that I'm gonna write a new one soon. Its not a MaNan fan fiction but based on Niti Taylor and Parth Samthaan, who will have different names in the story.

The upcoming story is about a Bollywood star who will go an a journey to avenge the death of his wife along with his best friend and his ex lover. Hope you love it the same way you liked this story.

Love and Peace