Saxena Mansion

Next Morning

In another part of Mumbai there is a mansion that has Saxena Mansion on the gates. A black car enters and is parked in the driveway. Two men come out and walk into the mansion, they go upto the top roof area where another man is playing mini golf. This man was Harshad Saxena, Manik's biggest rival.

"Tell me the good news." Harshad smirked. The two men gulped and looked at each other in fear. "Mar gaya na?"

"Mar toh gaya sir....lekin humara aadmi. Manik Malhotra nahi." One man said. Harshad whipped his head towards them.

"What the hell do you mean? Humne 6 aadmi bheja tha...6! Aur woh aaj sirf apne uss bodyguard ke saath tha.....how can they kill all our men? Huh!?" Harshad yelled.

"Maine toh bola hi tha na Harshad." A woman's voice was heard. Harshad and the two men looked down to the lower roof where Harshad's sister was laying on a beach chair....with her face covered in a black facepack. "Manik ko marna utna asan nahi hai. He is unbeatable."

"Tumse kisi ne opinion mangi? Just continue with whatever it is you are doing." Harshad growled.

"Its called a facial Harshad....maybe you should try. Tumhare chehre pe bohot saare stress wrinkles hai...it makes you look like my Uncle!" Aliya laughed. Harshad just ignored Aliya and motioned for the two men to leave. Then he took his phone out and called a number.

*Phonecall*

Harshad- H

Unknown Person- UP

H: Manik bach gaya

UP: Bach kaise gaya? You said ke woh iss baar nahi bachega....maine tumhe saara information diya tha.

H: He killed 6 of my men....are you sure uske saath koi backup nahi tha?

UP: Of course Im sure. Uske saath sirf woh Rehaan tha, noone else. This should have been an easy kill. Tumhare aadmi hi nalayak hai...just like you.

H: Shutup! How dare you talk to me like that? Humare maksat ek hai lekin main tumhare liye kaam nahi karta samjhe? This is a business deal!

UP: Ok whatever...but ab kya?

H: We will try again.

UP: Hmm, wait for my msg.

*Phonecall Ends*

Request: If anyone figured out who the unknown person is pls pls DO NOT comment. I'd like for it to be a surprise to others who dont figure it out. If you do comment who you think it it, I will delete the comment pls dont feel bad I just want it to stay secret until revealed.

Harshad ended the call and turned around to come face to face with Aliya.

"I still dont think you guys will be successful...I mean pichle ek saal se tum dono Manik ko maarne ki koshish kar rahe ho aur hua kya? Most of your men have either died ya phir Manik ke gang join kar liya." Aliya said. "Manik ki toh baat hi kuch aisi hai...so charismatic....so powerful...so sexy...so-"

"OH FOR GODS SAKE ALIYA WILL YOU SHUT THE F*CK UP!" Harshad yelled, annoyed. "Ive had it with your Manik obsession...dont forget tum meri behen ho. Jab dekho Manik yeh Manik woh...Ive had it!"

"DONT raise your voice at me Harshad! Behen hoon, naukrani nahi!" Aliya warned him. "Anyways, I really dont have time to watse on you. Mujhe shopping jaani hai."

"What? Phirse? Kal hi toh gayi thi."

"Relax big bro...aaj main tumhare paison se nahi, apne paison se shopping karungi." Aliya said. "I know, agar main tumhare paison se Manik ke liye shopping karungi toh tum meri jaan le loge...literally."

"Manik ke liye shopping?"

"Haan, kal uske ghar pe party hai and I have to look my best." Aliya replied.

"Really?" Harshad rolled his eyes. "Kaunsi dream world mein rehti ho tum? Manik is married now...and kal wali party uski wedding reception hai. Vaise bhi, even when he wasnt married, kaunsa tumhe bhau deta tha? Tum uski sabse bade dushman ki behen ho Aliya....he has never even spoken nicely to you."

Aliya didnt like that and stormed away with a huff.

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Manik woke up in Nandini's room to see Dr Mehta checking up on him.

"Mehta...thanks yaar, phirse bacha liya tumne." Manik said.

"Thank you mujhe nahi....Nandini bhabhi ko bolo." Dr Mehta smiled and motioned to the couch. Manik was confused and looked to see Nandini asleep on the couch. "I was busy with other patients isi liye mera phone nahi laga. Sahi waqt pe Nandini treated you warna jab tak main pauch paata, tab tak tumhara jaan bhi jaa sakta tha. Bechari puri raat teri seva kar rahi thi....I think bas kuch waqt pehle hi ankh lagi hai."

Manik flinched as he got off the bed.

"Manik, what are you doing? You should rest."

Ignoring the Dr Mehta protests, Manik walked over to Nandini and lifted her up, took her over to her bed and placed her down there.

"This is Nandini's room." Manik said. He was about to go when he noticed red marks on her wrists from when the Singhania Brothers held her down and slowly reached to touch it but then stopped. "Isko chot kaise lag gayi?"

"Manik..." Dr Mehta called him. "At least apne kamre mein jaa ke aaram ko lo."

"Yeah...ok."

Dr Mehta left and Manik first tucked Nandini in before going to his room.

After a few hours Nandini woke up and found herself in her bed. She got up and ran to Manik's room to see him struggling to put a shirt on with his injury.

"Ugh...Rehaan!" Manik called out as he got stuck inside the shirt. Rehaan, hearing Manik came running but stopped seeing Nandini and went back to his room. "Rehaan!"

Nandini waited for a bit then seeing that noone came, she decided to go help him. Silently, she entered his room and reached for his shirt. She unbuttoned a few buttons and then slowly lowered the shirt.

"Finally! What took you so-" Manik's face was finally free and he was startled to see Nandini. He almost tripped over own his own feet but luckily Nandini grabbed his collar and pulled him back. Manik regained his balance but his collar ripped. She stared at him with her big doe eyes, scared that he was going to yell at her.

Instead, Manik didnt even notice his collar at first. There was just something about her expression that made it so hard for him to look away. That only lasted like a minute tho, he shook his thoughts off and grabbed Nandini by her shoulders, pushing her up against the wall and trapped her with his arms.

"Tum mere kamre mein kya kar rahe ho?"

"Woh...woh...tumhe chot...."

"Jaan bachane ke liye thank you. Lekin mere paas doctor hai, aage se woh dekh lega. He then let her go and slightly turned her towards the door. "Leave."

"Tumhe araam-"

"I SAID...Dr Mehta dekh lega." Manik said. "Now...LEAVE!"

Nandini flinched back at his tone and hurried out. Manik frustrated, punched the wall.

"You should hate me. Main mafia mein hoon aur tum sirf ek sadaran si ladki...Tumse na toh main attach ho sakta hoon aur nahi tumhe mujhse attach hone de sakta hoon. Mom Dad ko khush karne ke liye main shaadi kar liya...par only for a few months, uske baad tum vapas apne duniya mein....safe from all this." Manik thought to himself.

Nandini felt bad about Manik's behaviour and went downstairs. In the sitting room, sat Cabir, Meera, Abhi & Mukti with Riddhima.

"Hey Nandini...kaisi ho tum?" Abhi asked.

"Thik hoon."

"Acha listen....tum humare saath shopping jaa rahi ho." Riddhima told her.

"Shopping?"

"Haan...mere aur bhabhis ke saath. Its your wedding reception tomorrow....tumhe sabse sundar dikhna hai." Riddhima replied. Nandini sighed knowing it was no use fighting with her.

"You girls have fun." Cabir said. He and Abhi then went up to meet Manik while the girls left for shopping.

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Mukti, Meera, Riddhima and Nandini were shopping at the mall when Mukti spotted Aliya.

"Oh god...look whos here." Mukti muttered.

"Kaun?" Nandini asked. She looked to where Mukti pointed and saw Aliya. "Kaun hai woh?"

"Aliya Saxena....Manik ki sabse badi dushman ki behen aur uski die hard fan, lover...etc etc." Meera told her.

"Lover?" Nandini for some reason didnt like that at all.

"Haan but only from her side...I mean Manik bhai always ignores her but uski dimaag mein ghusta hi nahi ki Manik is not interested." Riddhima added.

"Oh hello! Yeh kya bakwas dresses dikha rahi ho!" Aliya yelled at a sales associate who was in tears. "I need to look the best for tomorrow's party...kuch ulta fashionable...super esxpensive, designer dresses dikhao warna I will get you fired! Stupid woman!"

"Yeh kaisi baat kar rahi hai...so rude!" Nandini whispered.

"She is like that only...par the more important question is, yeh kaunsi party ki baat kar rahi hai?" Riddhima asked. "Oh no...kahi yeh tumhari aur Manik bhai ki wedding reception ki baat toh nahi kar rahi hai?"

"Woh toh rival ki behen hai na? Toh woh kyun ayegi?" Nandini asked.

"Actually Malhotras har party mein apne rivals ko bhi bulate hai....just to show that they arent afraid." Mukti explained.

"Most rivals will not come but...Aliya toh pagal hai Manik ke piche. She always comes even if her brother doesnt." Meera said.

"She hasnt seen me yet na?" Nandini smirked.

"No....wait, dont tell me tumhare paas koi idea hai? Oh this is gonna be hilarious...I just know." Riddhima smiled.

"Kya?" Mukti & Meera looked confused.

"Arre bhabhis....aap dono na abhi tak Nandini ko jaante nahi. Mostly she is sweet and innocent lekin kabhi kabhi iski dimaag mein bohot shaitani ideas aate hai. And jab aate hai na tab toh confirmed hai ki samne wale ki vaat lagne wali hai!"

Nandini winked before going over to a sales associate and whispering something. Then the two disappeared into the back room.

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Note: I wont tell you what she did just now....you will find out.

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