"I warned you, Vartika, that taking too much stress could be fatal for Nandini, so why did you do this? If your attitude remains harsh towards her, then it will affect your baby as well. Do you want to lose your baby because of this mindless act of yours? " Dr. Thomson snapped, she was enraged at the sight of Nandini's faint pale face.

Dr. Thomson had sympathy for Manik and Nandini, especially a soft corner for Nandini because in her thirty years of medical career, this was one of the very rare cases she was handling where she did something unethical, doing wrong. But if we see the side of that weak father, you will be forced to change your opinion.

Vartika burst into tears, cursing herself at the sight of Nandini's unconscious figure, Kabir gazing at her in disgust, feeling bad for that innocent soul, only because of their cruelly selfish gains, they had put the life of that innocent girl at stake.

" Vartika, I told you, don't be so blind in your selfishness that you refuse to consider human beings as human beings and forget humanity. Nandini is giving us a child, we are not doing her any favor but she is giving us the biggest happiness of our life. But you are treating her like an animal. By these actions of yours you will lose our child along with Nandini and if this happens I will not forgive you. " Kabir threatened her.

He was disappointed because of her. He was such a kind person, but due to Vartika's emotional blackmailing, he got trapped and did something which he had not imagined even in his worst nightmare.

" I - I am sorry. " She folded her hands, in front of Nandini's unconscious figure, tears welling up, feeling guilty.

" Today you made me fall in my own eyes, but at the same time you made me fall in the eyes of that innocent girl. Now how do I face her? Maybe God has made you barren because of your bad deeds, snatched the joy of being a mother. I was a fool who got caught up in your sentimental talk and fought with my family for your rights, but the fact is you don't deserve me and my love."
Tears welled up in his eyes, his heart was stinging inside, but he was deeply hurt.

Vartika stood with her guilty head down. She had won Kabir's love with so many efforts, but now even Kabir seemed to be turning away from her.

" You patiently waited for me for three years and with the same patience and honesty you won my heart, if you had done all this even today, you might have held the same respect in my eyes. I will never be able to forgive myself if anything happens to Nandini, but you will lose me along with it. Because I don't want to be the murderer of an innocent. I can't be so selfish and stone hearted, I can't live with the guilt of taking someone's life for my own benefit. " He sat on the floor beside Nandini's bed, remorseful, looking at her.

"Will you two stop your drama, or shall I kick you both out of this room. I don't think the King and Queen of Sheesh Mahal would deserve this disrespectful treatment from a commoner like me."
Aditya lashed out at both, finally when he lost his patience.

They both went away with their heads down.

"Please, take care of her." Dr. Thomson said with concerned, giving him a sympathetic smile.

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" Please, give me my baby.... I want my baby.... Please.... " Nandini was babbling in a state of unconsciousness.

Don't know how many times in the last two hours, Aditya must have seen Nandini yearning so much for someone else's child. He could not fathom how someone could be so emotionally attached to someone else's children.

"Nandini, you have a golden heart, and only you can do this. I will take you so far away from all these obstacles and chaos that no evil will even touch your shadow. I promise." He kissed Nandini's forehead and gently wiped her tears. He took hold of her hand which she tightly to her belly.

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Manik opened the door gasping heavily, but his body froze at the sight of Aditya sitting beside Nandini. His heart was filled with a hot ball of fire, but at the same time he was writhing inside. Aditya was holding her hand in one hand and wiping her tears with his thump pad.

Nandini could not be heard but he knew what she was trying to say. But his concern turned to rage when he saw how freely, without fear, he was touching something that belonged only to his.

Aditya's eyes went towards that loud voice, both Manik and Aditya's eyes met.

"I heard somewhere that the earth is round, so in life everyone is bound to meet again." Manik POV. staring at him with bloodshot eyes.

Especially with the person we didn't want to meet, we don't really hate that person, but feel insecure, feel scared. We are afraid of what will happen if someday that person takes away from us the thing we love the most.

"Get out." Manik barked at him.

All the cells in his body were screaming to explode his head and tear him to pieces.

" If you don't disappear within a second then only you will be responsible for your death. " Manik POV. With clenched fists, he was staring at him with boiling in rage.

" Nandini is not feeling well, she needs rest, so please leave quietly. " controlling his ranging nerves, he said in calm tone.

"Nandini," Seeing him uttering this name with such authority, Manik felt like slish his tongue. He was staring at him like a wild raging bull.

Manik was about to pounce on him when Nandini's cough caught the attention of both the hot-tempered boys.

He was about to come near her but Aditya sitting next to her snatched that chance and once again he felt that his love was going far away from him.

"Nandini, relax." Aditya patted her head and made her drink water from a spoon, she was trying to open her eyes but did not regain consciousness due to the dose.

Aditya's thumb was gently wiping away the drop of water stuck on her lower lip.

Manik was seething, already in his mind he murdered him. He was touching her in front of him but he was unable to do anything, her heart was exploding. His hand was repeatedly reaching inside his jacket, wanted to take out the gun and shoot there.

He realized the seriousness of the situation, he knew that he himself was a nuclear weapon, if somehow he detonated it would destroy Nandini along with it. So leaving them alone, he finally walks away staring angrily at Aditya.

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"I know, both of them have sent you. But listen to one thing very clearly, I will not let anything happen to Nandini while I am alive." Aditya said fearlessly, to Manik.

At first seeing Adi so close to Nandini made his blood boil, he felt suffocated in that room, he had come out so that he could feel better in this open fresh air. But hearing Adi's loud angry voice made his blood boil even more.

" Who are you? Do you really think that I will be scared of your jackal-crack? Today you do not know what crime you have committed. I will ensure to give you such a cruel death, that your own soul will refuse to recognize you. " He turned to him, his nostrils flared with rage, a cruel smirked formed on his lips, which was always the trigger of someone's death.

If today destiny had decreed that he had to face his greatest fear, now he was ready to crush it. He will not let anyone come between them at any cost, having already suffered and along with him he also made Nandini suffer, he will not let that happen again this time.

" Yes, of course, only you people who live in palaces know this, use innocent people and when you are done, throw them somewhere like garbage. " There was a lot suppressed inside Adi, which was now bursting out in the form of anger.

" Today you have crossed that limit, which you should not have crossed. You have called your own death. And I will definitely give you this gift." He took out a gun from his jacket and pointed it at his head.

But there was no sense of fear in his eyes even for a moment. Adi was facing him firmly.

Both were fighting for the same person, both loved her, but whose love was superior and greater, the proof was yet to be given. Both were ready to do anything for Nandini.

Their aim was only one, to take Nandini away from this chaos and give her a warm and peaceful life which she always deserved.

But in this fight someone will have to back down, someone will have to be sacrificed. But here no one was ready to take a step back for her, they both wanted her in their life.

It will all be Nandini's decision whose to choose or not to choose or carve a different path for herself, where no one forces her to walk, where she would walk in all her glory without any regrets and hesitations.

But here the way both were thirsty for each other's blood, in this fight either one was sure to die or both would die. And will give Nandini the regrets and sorrows of life.

Manik kept his finger on the trigger, not an iota of fear or regret in his eyes, Adi's eyes glued to his, the hoarse breaths of the two hot-headed men meeting, their young blood not letting them back down. . In their fight, both of them will not only lose their lives but also Nandini's along with it, and Manik and Nandini will lose their child.

" Any Last Wish? " With a stern face, Manik asked him coldly.

" Nandini." He replied in a firm voice without blinking.

Manik clenched his jaw, he tightened his grip on the gun.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa."

Manik fell on the ground moaning in pain. As Adi kicked his balls.

" This is the real place you bloody royals. You guys are so proud of your ball, so look how badly you're groaning . You, all of you, will one day regret what you did to that innocent soul. All of you took advantage of her innocence, made her a surrogate illegally, broke all her dreams. You will regret it. " Adi kicked him on his stomach and left from their in rage.

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Vartka was standing near the door of her room looking at Kabir with tears in her eyes. He didn't have the courage to face her.

Kabir was lovingly looking at the picture of "Lily" in the mobile. His hands were caressing her face.

( Lily - Kabir's Girlfriend - I hope you remember )

" You were the one, you told me moved on, so I moved on because of you. But look at what happened today, I fell in my own eyes. You know that I am not such a monster. Then Why did you leave me ? I am feeling so lonely here. Now don't try to defend her and don't say that, when you are in love, there is no right and wrong. Unlike you, no one loves me unconditionally. ,

He held the phone close to his heart, tears welling up, he was broken.

Seeing him broken like this, her heart was broken into pieces, today everyone was suffering because of her. She felt that, especially her love, who always stood by her side, fighting for her rights and pride. But today he turned away and again drowned in the sorrow of his first love. She thought that, after her immense love and child, he forgot her. But no, he hasn't forgotten her, still crying in his pain.

She was feeling jealous and broken at the same time.

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"Please Kabir, don't do this to me. I'll apologize Nandini. You know I love you so much, I don't want to lose you, I've done everything so far only for our baby, I didn't want to lose you, you know that. Please don't turn your face like this. Please I beg you. " She was pleading with him crying.

Kabir stood near the window, but did not move an inch when Vartika was apologizing to him. He stood like a stone with a cold expression. The storm was raging inside but his eyes were empty. But if there was still something inside, it was just pain.

"I would do anything to make you please, but please don't do this to me." With pleading eyes she knelt down on the floor, touched the buckle of his pant to unbutton it.

" Please. " Whispered, looking at him expectantly, unbuckling his belt.

Kabir slapped her hard without looking at her, slammed the door behind her, left from there.

Vartika was only looking at that closed door with a broken heart. She had destroyed her own world.

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" Yuvraj, for God's sake, listen to me, I didn't call him, your brother called him." Nandini was pleading with him while he was biting her neck.

" Where did he touch you? " He was stroking her breast.

" You'll regret." All she could say was that she could not bear the pain.

All the images of both Nandini and Aditya were flashing in front of him. The way he badly crushed his ego by kicking him hard was really stinging him.

" He touched you here." He remembered how Adi was wiping her lips.

Nandini was shaking her head in denial, but he was not conscious of hearing anything.

Her lips were trembling with fear, his beast was out of control. The beast that she had hidden for the past few months, now without any knowledge of it, suddenly awoke, seeing that she was only concerned about her child.

She turned her face to the other side, but he held her chin tightly in his grip.

"Here." He was sensually touching her trembling lips.

He forced their lips together, she was desperately trying to break free from his hold, but her weakness and her growing belly wouldn't allow it. With all her might she was trying to save her child, pushing him back so that he could not get on top of her.

" He wants to separate you from me. Haven't you told him that you belong only to Manik? " He broke off their kiss after blood dripped from there. Fire was bursting from his eyes and words.

" Did I force you to make Kabir and Vartika Bhabhisa's surrogate, then how can he make me responsible for this, didn't you explain to him or tell the truth, that you are fond of charity. " He yanked her hair.

The real truth was coming out loudly on his tongue, but his mind was refusing to tell her the truth. It seemed as if everything would be lost in one fell swoop. He will do anything to save his world. It doesn't matter by force or by love.

He pushed her back, her head banging against the headboard, she shut her eyes tightly, feeling dizzy.

After some time, she opened her eyes, she saw that the room was empty, so she sat holding her stomach, she was in unbearable pain, tears were rolling down, her eyes were roaming around the room, but Manik was nowhere. , Her heart was pounding like hell.

With all her heart she sat down on the bed again, burst into tears.

"I'm sorry baby, I failed." She put her hand on her belly, was repenting on her cruel fate.

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" Sir, he is no more. " Manik hunged the call with cruel smirk.

With slow steps, he again came to Nandini's room, where she was sleeping with her hands wrapped around her stomach.

Manik was sitting beside her caressing her stomach, her heart was thumbing loudly in fear, as he felt his touch.

"Please God, don't let him touch my baby." She was praying.

Nandini felt the feathery touch on her stomach.

"I'm sorry baby, your Baba is a evil person." He whispered, kissed on her belly.

Manik looked at Nandini's tightly closed eyes, her body trembling with fear.

"But he loves you and your Maa." Manik gave a kiss on her forehead.

■ All I can say is that the next two chapters are going to be a surprise for all of you, I want to give you a little spoiler here -" Nandini is about to give birth to a baby. "

But it would be that easy, or something is going to happen to Nandini, or something is going to happen to the child. So cast lots of votes and comments quickly to find out. Even now I am not able to keep patience from opening this suspense. So please hurry up.

Please vote and comment, if I get super response I will post two chapters at the same time.