ʟᴏᴠᴇ- ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʀᴇ ғᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ | ✓

~ t h i r t y n i n e ~

"Why apologize?" Abhi asked with a frown.

"Well, for destroying her life." Abhi and Cabir sat up straight and Abhishek looked at Moksh with confusion. Moksh looked at the trio looking at him suspiciously and he leaned back.

"Oh No guys, I meant whatever happened to her, it happened at my birthday party, no? She came there for me, I should have taken care of her. But Alas!!" The trio bobbed their head and sat back comfortably again.

"Anyway, Moksh tell us everything you know about Nandini Murthy." Moksh frowned hearing Abhishek and looked at him with confusion.

"Who Nandini Murthy?" Cabir and Abhi looked at him irritatey and Abhishek exhaled a deep breath.

"Nandini Murthy Moksh, the girl we are here for."

"But she is not Nandini Murthy." Moksh shrugged and the trio looked at him with confusion.

"You mean her name is not Nandini?" Cabir asked from Moksh and the other two looked at him.

"Obviously, her name is Nandini. But it's not Murthy. She is not Nandini Murthy."

"Then who is she?" Abhi asked and Moksh leaned into the table.

"Goenka. Nandini Goenka. One and only daughter of The Suraj Goenka and the only sister of The Mighty Goenka Brothers. She is not Murthy." Moksh ts-ked at last while Cabir and Abhi were still at their place. They both looked at Moksh in horror as if waiting for him to tell that he is just kidding, but when even after silence of few seconds he didn't laughed off, they gulped.

Nandini is not Nandini Murthy, but Goenka? And that too the Goenka family which they know. The Goenka's who are so close to the Malhotra's. They were shocked would be an understatement. How many more truth are to be unveiled, they were unaware. They both came out of trance when Abhishek called them.

"Are you sure Moksh? She is, Nandini, she is a Goenka?" Cabir asked still not believing him while he rolled his eyes.

"Why would I lie Cabir? She was in my school only. I know her. She is the only daughter of the Goenka's. The daughter who was always kept hidden from the world and then one day, she was nowhere. Poof!! Goenka's never gave any explanation about this but in an interview Mr. Senior Goenka did said that their grand-daughter is no more." Cabir and Abhi inhaled deep breaths, and Moksh and Abhishek looked at each other before looking at them back.

"No doubt the case never went further, I have heard about Mr. Prithviraj Goenka, for him his reputation in the society is above everything." Cabir and Abhi knew that this was so true. No doubt, Prithviraj Goenka is sweet to his family but they had seen him doing everything to keep their family's reputation intact. But can he really be so cruel to throw his grand-daughter away to save what? His family's so called reputation?

They were confused with everything. If this is true then how the hell they're going to tell Manik everything. Manik literally respect and adore Goenka's just like his own family. How will he feel when he will realise that the same people whom he respects so much are equally responsible for his The One's grief. They knew, he will break, and the worst part is they knew that this won't be the last time he will be breaking because the web of hidden truths is getting clear slowly and slowly.  They could feel that there's much more.

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"You are our little doll, we will always love you the same mere bache." A twelve year Nandini gleed widely hearing this from her grandfather, and showed her tongue to her brother who was teasing her saying that when she will grow up she will get married and everyone will eventually start loving her less.