NEXT   DAY

The sun has set completely drowning the city in darkness. A large red car sped past the park of Windy Lane. This road is leading to Manik's house. Maybe that's the destination of this car.

Nandini, Avneet and Sid were at Manik's place having their own gala time. As it's Sunday so Manik didn't have his chamber, he was at home only with them. Manik, Sid and Avneet were speaking about something and laughing on it. Nandini was helping Neelima in making kitchen. She loved doing works with Neelima. 

When they were done setting the table, Neelima called out for others. "Manik, Avneet, Sid, come here. Dinner is ready. You all are chatting for so long still the talk never ended."

That time only the doorbell rang. Nandini and Neelima shared a look as no one was supposed to come at this hour. 

"I'll check." Nandini said walking towards the door.

Nandini went ahead and opened the door; by then others had already come to the dining room. When Nandini opened the door, he saw a boy standing there who was tall and a few years elder to her. He looked very rich. 

"Yes? Whom do you want to meet? I didn't recognize you." Nandini spoke not knowing the person. She knew almost everyone related to Manik's family but she had never seen this boy.

"Hey, it's Vicky. Vicky Khanna. You?" 

When Nandini didn't come till sometime, Manik got up and went to see Nandini. "Nandini, who is it?" He went to Nandini and saw the guy named Vicky. He also looked at Manik from head to toe. 

"You're Nandini?" Vicky asked.

Nandini nodded her head. "Yes, it's Nandini Kapoor. But I didn't know you?" She looked at him in confusion. 

"Your father is Mr. Sanjay Kapoor? The businessman?" He spoke up.

Avneet came out from Nandini's back and rolled her eyes looking at him. "Tell me what you want? Don't waste out time speaking all this rubbish."

"Sorry." Vicky smiled. "Sanjay uncle has sent me to meet Nandini."

"To meet with me?" Nandini was surprised. 

"What do you want tell us clearly?" Sid glared at the person.

"Yes, tell us clearly. What do you want? Why're you here?" Manik too asked in a stern tone.

"Obviously." He was smiling like a fool. "Sanjay uncle has sent me here to meet with my would be wife. Actually we had come to their place for dinner but Nandini was not there so I couldn't meet her."

Everyone looked at him with wide eyes. They were still confused seeing him. Nandini and Avneet had completely forgotten about their last night's conversation with their father so as Khanna's.

"Let me make it more clear. Nandini is my would be wife. Sanjay uncle and my father has fixed mine and her wedding. That's why I've come here to pick her." Then he turned towards Nandini. "Baby, let's go from here. We need to hang out and get to know each other well before wedding."

Vicky's words seemed to break the sky on everyone's head. Specially on Manik. 

"What're you saying?" Manik almost yelled. "Look, don't waste our time talking nonsense at this hour of night. We're not in mood to hear your craps." 

"Manik is right. Whoever you're, just look at Nandini." Sid then pointed at Nandini. "How can you call her baby? Does she look like one? Also we've no interest about you. So, you're welcome to leave from here." 

That time Avneet's mind remembered of last evening. She also remembered Sanjay saying he wants Nandini to marry this Khanna boy. 'Whatever he said in the morning, is it true? Stupid you, Avneet! When Vicky is already here, standing in front you, asking your sister for outing, then it's true for sure. Now what'll happen? How'll di react? I'm sure, we're gonna have a tsunami in home today. Di won't leave that person.' She thought in mind and looked at Nandini who was looking angry.

Vicky ignored whatever others said, he only looked at Nandini and held her one hand. "Let's go, baby. We're getting late."

Nandini could no longer control her anger and she slapped him with all her strength. He was surely testing her patience till now but he crossed his line as soon as he laid his hand on her. 

"You, jerk! How dare you? How dare you touch me? Nandini shouted on top of her voice. "I didn't give anyone the right to touch me." She was fuming in anger. "And listen tell your Sanjay uncle that I will never marry anyone else else Manik. I love him and will get married to him only."

Vicky was shocked as Nandini's fingers imprinted on his face. He glared at Nandini as he felt insulted and no one ever dared to raise his hand on him. "You've so much courage that you dared to slap me?" He snapped at Nandini. 

Avneet came in between. She knew if Nandini would say anything now, then things would go out of control. "Till now we were asking you to leave respectfully but you're not ready to hear us. On top of that you dared to touch my sister and showing us your attitude?"

"Shut up." Vicky glared at her and looked at Manik. "And you Manik Malhotra..." He directly went to him and held his collar. Sid also rushed towards them to support Manik but he gestured Sid to stop. "I'll see you. I'm not gonna leave you. You can't imagine what would I do to the person who would try to snatch the thing which is mine." 

Nandini came and stood in between Manik and Vicky. She passed a death glare to Vicky. "Just leave from here else it won't be good for you."

Vicky still was not ready to leave, seeing that Nandini was about to slap him again but Manik pulled her back holding her waist. "Nandini, no."

"No, leave me. I won't leave him today. How dare he holding your collar?" She was struggling to free herself but Manik's hold on her was tighter. 

Sid too stopped Nandini. "Don't do anything, Nandini. We'll look into it."

"No, I'm not gonna leave him today."

"Stop it, Nandini." Manik shouted on Nandini. "What nonsense is this? Why're you behaving like this? You're not some roadside girl or hooligan." 

"I'm leaving today but I won't leave you all so easily. Remember one thing I want what I want." Vicky threatened them and left from there giving a deadly look to all of them.

As he left, Nandini huffed and turned back. "Why did you stop me?"

"Shut up!" Manik was angry on Nandini. "Have you looked at yourself? Do you have any idea about what you are doing or what you were about to do? Have you gone mad? Have you forgotten how to behave with people?"

"But..." Nandini couldn't say anything, before that only Manik left from there for his room. He was damn angry on Nandini for her recent acts.

"Nandini, I don't understand why do you do these things." Sid nodded in disbelief.

"What did I do?" Nandini looked at him in confusion. "I was just..." She stopped and inhaled a deep breath. "Tell me what should I do? That guy behaved like that with Manik."

"But Manik bhai got so angry and left like that." Avneet looked at her worriedly. "Di, whatever you did today was not right. Now you should go to Manik bhai and say sorry to him."

"But I was just..." Nandini was stopped once again as Sid and Avneet left from there. Nandini stood alone there and wondered what she had done wrong. Thinking about all this, she stepped towards Nandini's room. Nandini saw that Manik has locked his room door from inside. 

"Mani... Mani... Mani..." She continued calling him but he didn't respond to her at all. Nandini made a bad face seeing him ignoring her like this. "I'm calling you from so long, at least respond once. What can I do? The man was trying to.... I'm feeling ashamed to even think of this. I couldn't control myself when he tried to raise his hand on you. How dare he?" She spoke the last line gritting her teeth. She was feeling angry even while thinking of it.

Now Manik replied her. "Yes, you stay with your anger only. You behaved as some road side girl today."

"I can be anything for you."

"Look, right now I'm not in mood to hear anything from you. Let me be alone for sometime." 

"No. You open the door first or I won't go. I'm gonna stay here only." Nandini was as stubborn as Manik.

"Nandini, please leave me alone. I need sometime for myself. I'm not feeling goo. You should go back home now." Manik's voice was rude. He never spoke to her this way. The tone of his voice so as his words hit Nandini badly but she couldn't do anything. 

"Mani, you're asking me to leave? You're seriously asking me to go?" She asked in disbelief with a hope that he would deny. 

"Yes. I hope you've heard me properly." His voice was still the same.

Wiping away the tears, Nandini started going away.