" Listen, there is no need to make any kind of a new relations here. You are not here for this. Do the work for which you have been brought here, and go from here. If you are a servant, then be like a servant. Don't forget it. There is no need to grow more kinship here. Take as much money as you want, give them baby and get lost from here. You are their surrogate, so behave like a surrogate. Don't forget your place. " He greeted his teeth angrily and clutched her both hands tightly.

" Manik. " Kabir.

But his gaze was still fixed on her, it feels like at any moment he will eat her alive.

"Manik, leave her. What is wrong with you? " Kabir make Nandini separate from him.

" Kabir, you just stay away, don't come between me and her. I think you forget, but let me remind you one thing again very clearly that she is my toy. She.... " But he interrupt Manik.

" No, she is not your toy anymore, Now everything has changed, she is no longer a servant of the Shish Mahal or a favorite toy of yours. Now she is the surrogate of my and Vartika's baby. So just stay away from her. " Kabir gets angry on him.

Nandini was very scared, right now no one was ready to go back. Both Manik and Kabir were ready to smash each other's head.

" Oh really, If she had nothing to do with us and Shish Mehal, why did you make her your surrogate? Why didn't you find someone else? Tell me damit." Manik roared on him, his question was gunine. The earlier difficulties in his life were not less, now he was surrounded by even more troubles.

He could not understand that his fault is more or that of Kabir. But today, Nandini was suffering more due to whoever's fault. Even though the baby was his own child, but today he was not able to call him his own. He was neither able to tell the truth to Nandini nor to Kabir. Manik was suffocating inside.

After hearing Manik, Kabir had no words to answer him back. In a shame he looked down.

" Look, you are speechless now, you have not a single word to explain me anything. And here you are teaching me what is right and what is wrong. Who himself is making a 19-year-old girl his surrogate and which is illegal. Still how can you do this? You are the Maharana of Udaipur Gharana, a loyal and kind king, then how can you commit such a big crime, how can you do such injustice such an innocent girl. And if I am doing something like this, tell me where I am wrong? " Manik pushed Kabir angrily.

Nandini scared and In a fear her hands automatically reached on her mouth.

" Listen Manik, you are not in your sense, you just leave right now. " Kabir was trying to stop him.

" Yes, you are absuletly right that, hum hosh me nahi hai, but what about you, you are always in your sense, then what is wrong with you today? What are you going to do with Nandini usko kya kahenge aap? Do you have any answer?" Manik again pushed him back angrily.

" Manik, I had asked you earlier, I was going to tell you the name of that surrogate as well, but you made me refused. Because I knew that you have issues with Nandini. You don't like her, that's why for me it was necessary to told you everything about her, but you are the one who was not interested to know anything about her. So basically it was your foult, If you say even once that Nandini cannot do this work, then I never choose her for the surrogacy of our child. It was your mistake that You trusted me blindly. " Kabir also pushed him back angrily.

Manik was shockingly looking at him. Here Kabir was may be right here, he trusted him blindly. But really?

" But you know what Manik, I know you very well. Do you remember, One day I told you that one day you too will do something for your family for Shish Mehal, which you would not have even imagined. And see today, you have done it, before me you came here and you did not say anything to me. If you wanted, you could tell me something here, because you brought Nandini here from Mumbai with you. Actually you hid her from our family in your secret place. The more I involved in this lie and secret, the more you too. " Kabir

Manik was looking here and there, he was scared what if his secret is revealed.

" If you wanted, you could finish her at the same time, but you did not do that, even after you had a problem with that girl, you thought about your family instead of your issues. Then tell me why did you do this? You hate her, but still Manik You have chosen the happiness of your family rather than your problems. Tell me why? And right now you are talking about right and wrong with me. Kis haq ( Rights ) se. Tell me. " Kabir also angrily pushed him back.

Nandini was crying, that was not a good sign, she was also terrified of the fight between the two as to what would be the consequences.

" Manik, this baby is mine, so let me decide what is good and bad for him. You are not his father, so don't try to interfare in my life, behave as a family member, not as a enemy of your own brother. You have issues with her, then keep aside, I'll not tolerate any kind of your unsophisticated behaviour with her. Now you have to accept it that she is the surrogate of mine and Vartika's baby but not your personal toy, this is the only reality, so that you could behave with her just the wat you want, now she is my responsibility to take care of her in every way. " Kabir cleared him with harsh words.

When Manik heard the words of responsibility from Kabir, it felt as if the ground had slipped from under his feet. He gets so angry on him.

The one who always had his right on her, but today someone else came and showed his right over his thing. Today he had no right over his own child and not on Nandini too. He was feeling so miserable and empty. He was again with empty handed.

Nandini was looking at him helplessly. She could feel his pain, she knew that for Manik she is not only just his love but his everything, his world, his reason of existence.

Manik had made his own world around Nandini. He just wanted to spend his entire his life and be happy with her in his world. But already his all dreams had crushed and now he was losing his right to love her.

She was looking at with miserable eyes, she wanted to tell him that-" No Yuvaraj, only you have a right on me, no one can take your place." But in front of their fate she was also helpless.

" After today, I will not tolerate such abusive behaviour towards Nandini, I should not even see you around her. Do not forget that your brother's baby and shish Mahal's happiness is raising inside her. If you do not give in to your antics, then I will forget that you are my brother. Do not force me to say or do something that I do not want to do. " Kabir hold Nandini's hand and walk out angrily from there with her. She was helplessly looking behind Manik's sad face.

In Manik's Room

" She is my responsibility, you have no any right on her. Do not forget that your brother's baby and shish Mahal's happiness is raising inside her. " Kabir's words was revolving around his ears, he was getting so angry, his blood was boiling. In an anger he starts throwing things here and there.

He saw one piece of broken glass, he smirked and and was about to tear his skin but immediately entered in his room and snatched that broken glass from him.

" Yuvaraj, please don't do this. Please." She was trying to stop him. He was getting restless, He was having seizures again, it was very important to stop him in this difficult time, but in this crucial situation Aman was not also with her to handle him.

" Please s.. stop, for God sake please. " She was again trying to snatch the piece of glass.

" How dare he? How dare he say that you are his responsibility, I have no any right on you, tell me how dare he?" Manik greeted his teeth angrily and digging his nails on her soft flesh.

She hissed in pain but right her priority is Manik than her pain.

" What does he know about us? Does he know the truth of the relationship between us? " Manik

Nandini nodded her head in no tone.

" Then how could he say this? He has no any right on us. You are only mine, he has to understand it. How dare he touch you. Till date, what was always mine, is still mine today, and will remain mine even further too. No one can snatch you from me, He snatched the child from me, I have no problem with him, but if he tries to snatch me from you, then I will kill him. " He roared angrily, the fire was spitting in his eyes.

" Yuvaraj, no one can snatch me from you, no one. I am only yours, pl.. please try to understand it. " Nandini was trying to explain him.

" He will not agree like this, I have to tell him about us, he has to understand that you are not just a surrogate but my life. I love you damit. " Manik hold her face possesively.

" Yuvaraj, please don't do this, please don't tell him anything, everything will be messed up. " Nandini scared.

" No, not this time, I'll tell him the whole truth. I have not only fucked you but loved you too. You are not my toy, he has to known it. Nothing will be happened, I am going to tell him everything. " Manik was about to open the door but Nandini again stopped him.

" Please, not now, maybe after this delivery, you tell them all the truth, but this time is not right. " Nandini

" No, this is only right time to tell him everything. There is one more thing that I have hidden from you and both of them, I have to tell you that too. So today don't stop me. Reality accept karne ki jarurat hume ( Manik ) nahi, balki Kabir ko hain. I can't live this kind of a false and suffocating life. Humara dum ( breath ) ghoot raha hain Nandini. I can't see you like this all the time sad, I can't see your tears. " Manik said in determined tone.

" Yuvraj, please listen to me, please. If you have hidden anything from me, then there must be some reason for it. What was meant to be done is now done, now we cannot do anything. Humare sach se kisi ka bhi bhala nahi hoga, the earlier thing was different, and now the matter is something else, now everything will affect this child. Earlier it was only mine, but now another life has been associated with me, it is my duty to protect him. Whether this child was mine or someone else's, I will make every effort so that this child remains safe. " Nandini was crying.

" B.. But Nandini." She interrupted.

" This child is very important to me, more than my life. Let me bring it into this world, after that do whatever you feel right, I will not stop you. I have always respected you and I will do it all my life, I have obeyed everything, I have followed everything you have said to me. But please for the first and may the last time I am requesting you please stop, please stop for me, for our baby." She joined her both hands in front of him.

Manik was shockingly looking at her when she said-" Our Baby ". A immense happiness was crept on his face.

" Yes our baby, from day one to till the date I have always felt that this is my real baby, my baby. No matter I am not his real mother but his surrogate, but still we both have attached with him just like that this is our real baby. Like we are his real parents. No matter he is not our real blood, but we are connected with him by heart. So please for God sake, for our baby please stop, no matter we are his real parents are not but our love for him is true, right, so please, just only for a few months. " She hold his hand.

Manik didn't said anything but hugged her.

" Nandini, you do not know the truth, but even then you say that this child is ours, this is enough for me, how can I hide this truth from the world. I can't share you and my baby with anyone. But I promise you that after this baby's arrival I will tell about you everything to Shish Mehal. If you are with me then I can fight with the entire world. " Manik POV and kissed on her forehead.

It had been a month since they came here in California, but they did not even talk to each other after their santorini fight. After so many days today, they finally found peace in each other's arms.

" A ... Are you s.. still angry with me because of that island fight? Do you think I'm still wrong? Did I really commit any crime or injustice to you by giving them their child? " Nandini asked him.

" No, you are always right. I am always wrong. Hum pehle bhi galat the aur humesha aisehi rahenge. But you are not like me, you are so mature and better than your age. You have not done injustice, but I have done to you. I am the one who always makes you cry but you always wiped my tears. I am so bad, I am not deserve you. Par kya kare, I can't leave without you. " Manik wiped her tears.

" Me too... " She again hugged him.

" But Nandini it's really easy to hide our relationship from Kabir and Bhabhisa when we are all living under the same roof?" Manik in scared tone.

" I know it's not easy, but we can try, we have to do this, for our baby. Nandini assured him.

" Do you really think that I can stay away from you when we are living in the same house? I don't want to live like a strangers. How can I control myself? I only know how I spent a month without you. And still you are saying me to stay away from you. I can't." Manik said in helpless tone.

" You can." She smiled.

He rolled his eyes in disbelief tone.

" But right now I can't. Remember one thing, I can stay away from you during the day, but I cannot stay away from you at night. " He said possesively and pinned her to the wall.

She gasped, his monster Manik mode was on now and loving sweet Manik mode was off now.

" Ra... Raanisa room me aa.. aa jayengi." Nandini was stammering.

He smirked and smashed his lips with her passionately. A month of loneliness was finally over today. They understood each other, this was enough for both of them.

Few seconds she was also responding offcourse with snail's speed. But her this small sweet gesture was enough for him to be happy and love her more. Her tiny fingers were slowly ruffling inside his hairs and he pulled her more towards him.

After 15 minutes, he left her lips slowly due to lack of oxygen. Both were panting heavily, they rested their heads with each other and gasping.

" Still will you tell me to stay away from you?" He was gasping heavily.

She said nothing but hugged him tightly. He smiled and securely take her more in his embrace.

" Let's make it more beautiful again. " He said in an husky voice and take her in his arms.

" Tonight for Our Baby." He said lovingly and kissed on her forehead.

She smiled and closed her eyes in a gratitude.

" T.. Thank You. " She smiled wholeheartedly.

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" Hnnnn Yuvhhhraj." Nandini was moaning in pleasure.

After receiving her last drop of tear of moan he carefully comes out of her. Manik was lovingly looking at her sweaty teary face. He slowly drank her tears from her cheeks and kissed on her forehead to make her calm down.

He securely take her in his embrace and caressing her hairs lovingly to calm down her heavy pants.

After some time his breathing slowed down, he was able to feel her cold slow breaths on his chest.

" Nandini still awake?" Manik asked her.

She slowly opened her eyes and give him a million dollar sweet smile.

Both were silent, her head was rested on his bare chest and Manik was looking at the ceiling and caressing her hair with an absent mind.

" Nandini will you marry me? " Manik

What do you think-- Nandini's answer-- Yes/ No???

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