Now was the time of mehendi ceremony. Nandini and all the ladies were wearing green coloured traditional dresses.

Nandini's dress

The mehendi artists were applying mehendi on both the hands and she was smiling too. Manik was seeing all this and then turned his face to avoid seeing this

"Nandini green me bhi kitni pretty lag rahi hai na" Dhruv said and Manik avoided his gaze

Manik's look including the sunglasses

"I mean green mera favourite color nahi hai. But Nandini ko to sare colors suit karte hai" Dhruv said and Manik gulped his drink

"Ohh to tu jealous ho raha hai! Jealous Manik Malhotra! Thats a first" Dhruv said

"Don't start again Dhruv" Manik said

"Mere bolne se kuch nahi hoga! Its you who has to stop this" Dhruv said

"What do u mean" Manik said

"Manik u r jealous bcoz Nandini ke hath me tere naam ke jagah Aryaman ke nam ki mehendi lag rahi hai! To jake tu yeh shadi rok kyu nahi deta" Dhruv shouts

"What rubbish Dhruv! main Nandini aur...( he couldn't say Aryaman's name, it was getting choked in his throat) main un duno ki shadi kyu rokunga, she will feel bad. I don't want to ruin her happiness! Dekh uske face pe ek beautiful smile hai, n its not bcoz of me, its bcoz of, Aryaman! N I just want that this smile never fades and that too bcoz of me" Manik said

Dhruv smiles and pats Manik's back "I'm proud of u buddy (Manik looks at him in astonishment) Nandini se tujhe true luv ho gaya hai" Dhruv said

"No Dhruv, its not love. I think its obsession bcoz I just want her to be around me thats it" Manik said

"You are in denial right now, but what u feel for Nandini is not obsession, its love. Agar obsession hota na, then ryt now u would have jst stopped her marriage and did what ur mind wanted jaise tu pehle dusre ladkiyon ke sath karta aaya hai. But here u r thinking that how will ur action make her feel, u don't want her to be sad, u don't want her smile to go even if that means staying away from her and watching her with someone else. Yeh love nahi hai to kya hai" Dhruv said

"I don't know Dhruv leave me alone" Manik said

"Dhruv is right Manik" someone said from behind and we see Navya standing.

"Navya yeh tum bol rahi ho, I mean Nandini is ur sister and u don't want the marriage to break right" Manik said

"Manik, main Nandini ki behen hun aur mujhe dikhta hai ki woh bhi tumse utna hi pyaar karti hai jitna ki tum usse karte ho. Bas woh baki ladkiyon ki tarah nahi hai, use rishte todna accha nahi lagta bhale hi woh rishte uska dum kyun na ghot de" she said looking at Alya "islie woh yeh manna nahi chah rahi ki woh Aryaman se nahi balki tumse pyaar karti hai. Sirf tum hi uski dilemma me uski help kar sakte ho manik" Navya said

"Nahi maine aur Nandini ne pehle bhi iske baare me baat ki thi, not seriously but usne bol diya tha ki woh Aryaman se hi shadi karegi. So now I can't do anything" Manik said

"Manik yahi sahi tym hai. Aaj sari rasme khatam ho jaegi, kal uski shadi hai. (Making him look her in the eye) kya tum uski shadi kisi aur ke sath hote hue dekh paoge?" Navya said n Manik felt pain of separation

"Manik islie mai bol rahi hun, rok lo use, adhure pyaar ki takleef kya hoti hai woh mujhe pata hai" Navya said

"Navya I know about u n ka.." "Manik stop. Mujhe uske baare me koi baat nahi karni" Navya said

"Okay I'll stop n I'll see about that. Bye" Manik said n left. He was walking aimlessly and he bumped into Nandini

"Manik are u ok, u look kind of lost" Nandini said

"How do you know that I'm not okay" Manik asked

"Bas pata hai. I can see it in ur eyes" Nandini replied

"Do hafte me itna kuch jaan gayi mere bare me?" Manik said and Nandini was dumbstruck

"Just kidding" Manik said cupping her face n Nandini smiled in relief "accha apna mehendi to dikhao" he said

"Yeh dekho" Nandini outstretched her arms

"Isme Aryaman ka naam to hai hi nahi?" Manik asked

"Woh umm, I don't believe in those stuff islie I told them not to write names" Nandini said and Manik held her hand and took her inside the villa

"Manik kya kar rahe ho" Nandini shouts and Manik looks at her

"Manik u pulling me like this doesn't look right" Nandini said

"Nandini do u really want to marry Aryaman bcoz tum serious nahi lag rahi" Manik said

"Of course I want to marry him, hum dono pichle 4 yrs se relationship me hai n he's my soulmate" Nandini said

"Nandini just bcoz u both have been in a relationship since 4 yrs doesn't mean u really love him" Manik said

" Manik tumhari tabiyat to thik hai na, I mean tum mujhe relationship advice de rahe ho jo kisi bhi random ladki ke sath night spend karta hai" Nandini said n turned around

"Nandini I love you" Manik said and Nandini stopped

"What" Nandini turned around

"I love u" Manik said and Nandini was speechless "I know tum yahi bologi that tumhe break up karna accha nahi lagta n tum Aryaman ko aise beech me nahin chod sakti but Nandini agar mai tumse pehle mila then things would have been different na... Usme meri kya galti ki Aryaman se tum pehle mili" Manik said "aur tum bhi mujhse pyaar karti ho Nandini bas accept nahi karna chah rahi" Manik said

"Manik please...mere lie yeh difficult mat banao pls tum chale jao yaha se" Nandini said

"What... Nandini yeh tum kya bol rahi ho" Manik said

"Tum jitna yaha rahoge, utna mere lie situation awkward karoge so please just go" Nandini said n turned around

"I won't let u walk away so easily Nandini" Manik shouts and Nandini stopped. Then Manik came in front of her "lets see how much can u resist me" Manik said coming close to her ear and left  with swag while Nandini was standing dumbstruck.

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So finally Manik has accepted that he loves Nandini but ab yeh Nandu nahi maan rahi...don't worry use bhi mana lenge...wanna see how then stay tuned and do let me know in the comments whether u liked the part or not. Next part will be posted after sometime maybe after 14th Oct so I'll try to post a long part next time as a compensation

Love Diya😍