Next Day...

Manik was working and didnt pay any attention to Nandini which she didnt like at all. So finally she decided she would make Manik come to her. Nandini smirked and leaned back on her chair until....

CRASH!

Nandini fell with a loud sound of the chair hitting the floor. "AAH!"

Everyone turned to see what happened. From his window, he saw Nandini fall and ran out.

"Nand- I mean Ms Murthy...tum thik ho?" Manik asked. Nandini wasnt hurt even in the slightest but she let the waterworks flow.

"My...My...Hand..."

"Dard ho raha hai?" Manik asked.

"Nandu yaar tu baithe baithe kaise gir gayi?" Vicky asked, he touched her arm in concern. Manik glared at his arm as if burning holes through them. 

"I think mujhe isse doctor ke paas le jaana chahiye." Manik brushed Vicky's arm off and helped Nandini up. Then he took her downstairs to his car. Nandini kept making sounds as if she was in pain while Manik drove. He glanced at her. "Nandini...kuch zyada over acting nahi ho raha hai?"

Nandini looked at him surprise. "What...matlab tumhe paata hai ki...main natak kar rahi hoon? Kaise?"

"You do realize mujhe mere window se tumhara desk saaf saaf dikhta hai. I saw you purposefully lean on the chair." Manik replied.

"Oh...oops." Nandini grinned sheepishly. "Wait...phir tum itne concerned kyun they? Aur mujhe doctor ke paas kyun le jaa rahe ho?"

"Concerned iss liya hoon kyunki jhoot moot hi sahi par tum kaafi zor se giri. I just wanted to be sure tumhe chot nahi lagi. And as for the doctor....kisne kaha hum waha actually jaa rahe hai?" Manik winked.

"Toh phir?"

"Well you wanted my attention na? Toh maine apna kaam khatam kar liya and I was thinking....ice cream date pe chale?" Manik said.

"Haan!" Nandini jumped excited. "Par...nahi."

"Kya?"

"I mean...mujhe kisi ice cream parlour mein nahi jaana. Roadside wali kulfi khaani hai." Nandini replied.

"Kya? Kyun? Usme aisa kya special hai?"

"Arre tumhe nahi paata...wahan ki kulfi bohot bohot bohot yummy hota hai. Main humesha Didu aur Navya ke saath Fridays pe jaati thi kulfi khaane aur uske baad hum ghar pe aake koi SRK wala romantic film dekhte they. Uske baad puri raat jaag ke hum boys ki baatein karte they." Nandini explained.

"Kya? Boys...kaunsa boys? Aur...just FYI madam...tum teeno ke teeno committed ho!" Manik got jealous.

"Haan toh main kaha aaj ya kal ki baat kar rahi hoon. PEHLE karte they...Jeej aur Didu ki shaadi se pehle. Tab hum dono bhi nahi mile aur Navya bhi Cabir Bhai ke saath nahi thi."

"Oh...ok then." 

"Toh chale?"

Manik reluctantly agreed. "Ok fine...chalo." 

"YES!!" Nandini cheered. Manik then continued driving not noticing that Pandit was following them in a car. "Stop stop stop! Woh raha! Yahi pe park karo, main leke aati hoon."

Manik parked his car on the other side of the road and Nandini got out. At that moment, Manik got a call from Abhi so he answered.

A: Manik...tu kaha hai?

M: Um....main....meeting ke liye aaya hoon.

A: Meeting? Par Vikram ne toh bataya tha ke tu Nandu ko doctor ke paas le gaya hai.

M: ....Haan...Haan main gaya tha, aur phir usse wahan pe chod ke main meeting ke liye aa gaya.

A: Lekin aisa kaunsa meeting hai jiske baare mein mujhe aur Cabir ko nahi paata?

M: Um...hai ek, woh actually sab achanak se fix ho gaya toh batane ka time nahi mila.

A:Ok...kiske saath meeting hai?

M: Kiske saath? 

A: Haan tu akele toh meeting nahi kar raha hai na...kisi client ke saath hoga. Kaun hai?

M: Woh....foreign...foreign client hai.

A: Foreign? Aisa kaunsa-

"AAH! HELP!" Manik was startled by Nandini screaming. He looked out the window and saw Pandit had lifted her up and was running way.

A: Manik...yeh kiska awaz hai? Mani-

Manik hung the phone up and ran out of the car. "NANDINI!"

"MANIK HELP!!!" Nandini screamed. Pandit was almost to his car when Nandini kneed him right in his balls. In pain, Pandit dropped to the ground. Nandini took the opportunity to attack. Sh swung her bag at Pandit and kept hitting him. "JERK! IDIOT! MUJHE KIDNAP KAREGA? MUJHE? ILL KILL YOU...YOU DOG! KAMEENA KAHI KA!"

Manik stopped in his tracks and was amused to see Pandit curled up in a ball screaming at the top of his lungs as Nandini hit him. Some people had their phones out and were recording the whole thing.

"TUJHE TOH MAIN DIKHATI HOON MUJHSE PANGA LENA KA NATEEJA KYA HOTA HAI! MAAR MAAR KE BHARTA NAHI BANA DIYA NA TOH MERA NAAM BHI NANDINI MURTHY NAHI!"

Manik quickly went and stopped her by pulling her away form her waist before she actually killed him. "Nandini stop...rukho! Main dekhta hoon isse."

He grabbed Pandit by his collar and made him stand up. "Who the hell are you? Huh?"

"Pandit..." Nandini gasped as she finally saw his face.

"Pandit?" Manik looked confused. "Yaar aap Panditji ho? Chi! Panditji ho ke aap ladki kidnap kar rahe they? Sharam aana chahiye aapko!"

"Arre Nahi Manik! Yeh koi Panditji nahi...iska NAAM Pandit hai, Pandit Trilok Chaurasia. Mere Amms ki student aur mere ex fiance." Nandini explained. Manik turned and look at him.

"Fiance...Kaun YEH? Yeh Buddha?" Manik asked.

"Hey! Buddha kisko bola? Main koi itna bhi bada nahi hoon umar mein!" Pandit protested. 

"Utna chota bhi nahi ho ki Nandini se shaadi karo. Whats wrong with your Amms...iske saath shaadi fix kiya tha unhone?" Manik asked.

"Haan tabhi toh main bhaag gayi na!" Nandini replied.

"Mere izzat ka band bajake." Pandit grumbled.

"Thats why tum mujhe kidnap kar rahe they?" 

"What did you think? Tumne jo kiya uske baad main aise hi tumhe chod dunga? No way...mere beizzati ka badla toh mujhe lena hi tha. Tumhe jaan se maarne kaa plan tha lekin tum baar baar bach rahi thi isi liye socha ke tumhe kid-"

PUNCH!

Pandit fell to the ground as Manik punched his face.

"Badla? Badla lena chahte ho huh? Meri Nandini ko maarna chahte ho?" Manik shouted. Nandini just stared at him as he said Meri Nandini. "Ill kill you Pandit...Nandini ko chot pauchane ka socha bhi toh jaan le lunga mein tera!"

Manik kept punching Pandit until both his fist and Pandit's face was bleeding badly. Nandini was scared seeing his anger. 

"Manik! Manik chodo usse!" Nandini tried stopping him. "Manik...lag jayega tumhe! Pls chodo!"

Some police officers were called and managed to stop him. Nandini hugged him to calm his anger while Manik told the officers what Pandit was planning. 

"Akele nahi aaya hoon main Nandini!." Pandit warned her as the police hand cuffed him. "Mujhse toh bach gayi...par unse kaise bachogi?"

He laughed like a madman as he was dragged away. Nandini knew exactly who he was talking about and she didnt even want to think about what would happen is she did come back. She warpped her arms around Manik and took deep breaths of his cologne trying to calm herself and Manik down at the same time.

Manik could tell she was scared and gently pat her head. "Kuch nahi hoga Nandini...main hone nahi dunga. I promise."

"Manik...Amms....Amms vapas aa gayi. Pandit pakka Amms ke hi baat kar rahi thi." Nandini said. "Agar yeh sach hai toh...toh kya hoga? Mujhe phirse nahi bhagna Manik. Apni family ko chodke...tumhe chodke...I dont want to run again. Lekin...if I dont then Amms ya toh mujhe jaan se maar degi ya phir meri shaadi karwa degi...."

Manik looked deep in her eyes. "Mere hote hue...she cant do anything. Yeh Pandit jail chala gaya aur jab tumhari Amms ayegi tab unhe bhi sambhal lenge hum."

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Meanwhile...

"Kisi ki chillane ki awaz aaya." Abhi informed Cabir who was sitting in his Cabin.

 "Phir?" Cabir asked.

"Phir kya...Manik ne call rakh diya. Lekin....agar woh meeting ke liye gaya hai toh yeh chillane ki awaaz kya tha?" Abhi asked.

"Hmmm..... kuch toh gadhbad hai Daya." Cabir stroked his chin. Abhi gave him a look.

"Abe yeh Daya kaun hai? Main Abhi hoon!"

"I know that obviously...Tu dialogue pe mat jaa...emotion pe jaa. What I meant was dal mein kuch- nahi actually, puri ki puri dal hi kaala hai." Cabir replied. "Thats what Navya & I were talking about."

"Hmm..Tune Nandini ko call kiya?" Abhi asked him.

"Kabse call kar raha hoon...lag hi nahi raha hai...IDEA!" Cabir suddenly shouted making Abhi almost fall off his chair.

"Kya?"

"Lets track Manik's phone...toh humme paata chalega ki Manik aur Nandini saath hai ki nahi." Cabir said.

"Yaar cabir...woh bhai hai humara." Abhi was unsure.

"Toh main kaunsa usse blackmail karne ke liye bol raha hoon. Lekin paata toh chale ki chakkar kya hai?"

"Yeah...I guess." 

Cabir checked Manik's location in his phone and dragged him along.

After having the kulfi, Manik took Nandini to a nearby restaurant as she was still panicking about Amms. They were sitting in a booth waiting for their order.

"Nandini relax...main hoon na? Tumhe tension lene ki zaroorat hi nahi hai. Ill get a detective to find out about your Amms ok?"

"Haan par- gasp!" Nandini's eyes suddenly widened and she slid down under the table.

"Na-"

"Shh..." Nandini quickly sushed him. "Manik...Jeej aur Cabir Bhai yahan hai!"

"What? Kaise? Kaha?"

"Piche dekho." Nandini whispered. Manik glanced back and noticed his brothers entering the restaurant. Manik quickly adjusted the table cloth so Nandini was hidden and used a menu to hide his face. 

"Yeh dono yahan kaise aa gaye?" Manik wondering, looking around for a way out.

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Thoughts?

What do you think Amms will do now?

Will Abhi & Cabir see Manik & Nandini?