When nandini entered the room... Manik was already asleep on the floor.

He looked so cute while sleeping thought nandini.

She didn't understand why she felt happy. A satisfaction to her mind and soul.

She smiled.

And then slowly closed the door.

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After few hours...

Manik woke up from his sleep . He looked tired . There were dark circles under his eyes.

He peeped into his surrounding and he remembered all his past actions.

"she rejected me... Still i am drawn to her. Why???? Why can't i just leave her alone? How much time i need to get reminded that she doesn't love me? "

He got up from the floor. He opened the window. With that a gush of wind entered the room. He felt a bit refreshed.

"i told her everything about myself... All my secrets which no body knows.... Why?? All my secrets are mine.... I don't need someone to share those with anyone .... I need to stay away from nandini as much as i can... Then i can prevent her from being hurt"

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Manik came out of the room to see nandini in the kitchen. She was standing on a stool and was trying to bring a container down. But because she being a bit small it was difficult for her😂.

Manik smiled a bit.
He went to help her with her struggle

Nandini finally grabbed the container. And immediately....

"let me help you " said manik

And in a moment of shock, nandini threw the whole container in air.

"Aaaaaaaaaaa" she screamed

The container flowed in the air. And the content in it i.e wheat flour emptied on manik.

Manik was now covered in atta and was looking like a wheat ghost 😂

He looked angrily at Nandini.... The gaze of his fierce eye piercing nandini😂. Nandini had covered her face with her hands and when she opened her eyes, she found manik standing there and covered in flour.

A "oh shitttttt !!!!" escaped from Nandini's mouth

"i am sor... Rry manik.... Actually tum achanak aa gaye toh mein ekdum shock ho gayi... So... I dropped.... (nervous smile) "

Manik was still looking at nandini..

Them suddenly... He lifted nandini up from the stool to the ground. Nandini was shocked again. He wrapped his arms around Nandini's waist. Nandini struggled inside manik's arms.

"you think you can escape from this? "

"manik.. I said naa i am sorry... Leave me please " said nandini still struggling a bit

She was a bit scared too because in the past she has been hurt many times in situations like this. But still there was some kind of trust in her heart that manik won't hurt her this time.

Manik inched closer towards nandini and she immediately closed her eyes 😂. Manik looked at nandini's closed eyes and smiled.

"were you expecting something? "

He whispered in Nandini's ears

Nandini immediately opened her eyes.

"n..n... Nooo... Why would i expect anything?? " stammered nandini

Manik again brought his face close towards nandini and again she closed her eyes.

He shaked his hair and nandini was covered with all the extra flour that was on manik's hair.

Nandini coughed.

"manik... Yea appne jaan bujh ke kiya..... Maine bola tha naa sorry.. Phir bhi.. " said nandini brushing off the flour from her hair

Now both manik and nandini were covered in flour. The looked at each other for some seconds and then....

They burst out laughing.

Manik looked so angelic, thought nandini.

Smile suits him.

They both looked at each other and realized that they have been laughing foolishly all this time.

"mein" interrupted nandini

"yeh sab saaf kar deti hun"

"no.... Tu jao.. Yeh sab saaf ho jayega... " said manik

"but how? Aur koi hai nahi karne ke liye toh Mujhe hi karna padega"

"maine staff ko wapas appoint kar liya hai.... Now you shouldn't worry about the stuffs at home... " said manik

Nandini smiled.

"and you need to join office asap" continued manik

Bad memories flashed in Nandini's mind. She remembered how she was left alone in the office.
But this time manik was there to comfort her.

"don't worry... I won't leave you behind.... "

Nandini was shocked with the sudden confession.

"i would never leave you behind "

Saying this manik left the kitchen.

Nandini was still in shock. She just witnessed manik being sweet and concerned. Her heart was beating fast.

What's happening to her??

Why is she happy because of those words which manik said?? Thought nandini

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After getting dressed up, nandini thought that she should keep a check on preeti's next move. So she decided to have a look on the cameras.

So she called dhruv and cabir to her room with the footage.

"bhabi... Bhaiya ne phirse ghar mein staff appoint kar diya hai... Kya chal kya raha hai app dono ke bich?? " asked cabir

"waisa kuch nahi hai... Tumhare bhai ke samne kisi ki chalti hi kahan hai.... Jab mann hua staff hatwa diya.. Aur jab mann hua wapas rakh liya" clarified nandini

"chalo.. Let's check out ki kya record hua hai"

Nandini opened the cctv folder on the laptop. But to her utter surprise , the camera's recording were all dead. There was no recording.

"how is this possible? " thought nandini

"dhruv, cabir.. Mujhe lagta hai ki cameras ke bare mein preeti ko pata hai and yeh baad woh humare against use kar sakti hai... Abb jab usko pata chal hi gaya hai cameras ke bare mein then she won't make any plans infront of them... So i think we should just take out all the cameras without anyone's knowledge... And preeti ko lage ki abhi bhi cameras hai aur woh ghar mein kuch plan karne ki risk naa le.. Aur agar woh bahar kahin jakar kuch karti hai then we can easily gather evidence against her...aur utni hi jaldi we can reveal the truth to manik... "

"thik hai bhabi... Hum preeti oar nazar rakhenge... Agar woh kahin bhi bahar jati hai.. Then we'll follow her... Aur app thoda priya par nazar rakhna office mein... " said dhruv

Nandini thought "kya nazar rakhungi... That monster would be lurking at me the whole time. Oh God!! Plz save me.. Pata nahi ajj kya hoga? "

"bhabi??? BHABIII!!!! " shouted cabir

Nandini was back to the present

"han.. Han sure.. Uski tum chinta mat karo... Uski toh woh halat karungi ki... Kabhi bhul nahi payegi ki kisse panga liya tha.... " said nandini with a mischievous smile.

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Guys... Just wanted to inform you all that... Preeti's real intentions will be out infront of manik in few more chapters (max 2) so i request you all to keep reading so that you will be able to enjoy that chapter to the fullest. And yah do like and comment.