～Married to a Monster～

Chapter 8

A few weeks passed of them living the same life.

Nandini always tried to make things work but Manik wouldn't let even one string lose, sometimes he would behave good with her but the next moment get back to his usual self, Nandini was tired, she even tried to get out his past from him, but would just stop before saying anything that could help her, she felt helpless but she still had hope.

It was Tuesday, night when Nandini came back home late as she was attending the birthday party of a fellow teacher at her school, all of the teachers had hangout plans for their day after school.

She had a lot of fun too after a long time, she smiled remembering about it and also sighed feeling tired, she just wanted to go to the bed asap.

She climbed the stairs with all her strength, she wondered if Manik was upstairs, if he were they would be the one in the house as Manik's parents were out of station for a few days, they were at a wedding of a close relative, they asked them as well but Manik of course was not interested and she had work so she refused.

She entered the room and it felt like a storm hit the room, everything was shattered around, broken, she saw Manik sitting a corner in his own thoughts, he didn't notice her yet.

It wasn't unsual for him to be drunk, he even had alcohol and cigarettes in the room in usual places like the drawers and cupboards but who was she to stop him, he doesn't give her any right, but today felt a little too much compared to the other days.

She took a step forward when she stumbled on something and her other feet landed on a glass peice, it stuck in her feet and she shouted falling down unable to bear the pain.

"Nandini", he shouted when he saw her hurting, "why'd you up come here", he said getting up.

"Manik please watch your steps", she said sobbing when he started coming towards her.
What was this girl made up of, how could she think of him when she was herself hurt.

He reached her and bent down to see her feet, a glass piece was stuck in feet.

He held the between his fingers and tried to pull it out when she cried out loud.

"Manik it's hurting a lot", she cried leaning on him and he felt helpless, he tried to pull it out again and it came out she screamed at the sudden pain and he held her closer in his arms as she cried out.

He grabbed his phone nearby and called a known doctor, telling him to visit them asap.

He picked her up in his arms and carried her to the bed carefully watching his steps.

He placed her on the bed and shouted for house help, one of the worker reached their when he asked her to clean up the room.

"Nandini, the doctor is on the way ok, just a few minutes, everything will be alright", he said cupping her face in both his hands.

She nodded in a no while crying more and he could only feel helpless and guilty for the first time he felt guilty of his anger, neither he would've broken the things, new nor she would've got hurt so bad. He engulfed her in his arms and caressed her head slowly to calm her

"If the doctor comes tell him to come straight here and get me the first box fast", he told the maid as she was done cleaning the floor, she got him the first box and went down for the doctor.

"Shh, Nandu, I'll treat it, ok just one minute", he said breaking the hug and making her lie on the bed.

He went down on her feet and saw it continuously bleeding, he pulled out cotton and placed on her feet to stop it from bleeding.

The door of the room opened as the doctor arrived, Manik sighed at his arrival, he was Malhotra's family doctor and lived nearby.

"Doctor please, treat her fast, a glass piece had stuck in her feet", he said and went towards her.

"I would give this injection so that the pain could subside for now, but this would also make her dizzy", the doctor informed and Manik nodded.

He felt his cloth being cluchted in her palm, he looked at her, her eyes gazed the injection in fear.

"It's ok, I'm here, nothing will happen", he haid taking her in hug so that she couldn't see the doctor injecting her.

After he did, Nandini finally felt the pain subside, the doctor treated her feet and  bandaged it, while Manik slowly caressed her hair all this while, and whispered things to her to distract her.

The doctor prescribed some medicines and handed over painkillers to Manik, he also adviced her to avoid walking for atleast 2 weeks and left.

Manik slowly broke the hug and caressed her face.

"Is it better now?", he asked and she nodded and he placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

She lied in his arms and slowly drifted into a deep slumber due to the medice effect.

Manik looked at her innocent face with tear marks, it all happened because of him, he felt more and more guilty looking at her, she did nothing to deserve a monster like him.

He felt the urge of breaking his marriage higher, this time not for himself but for her good.

Few hours later, Nandini slowly opened her eyes and felt her head heavy, she couldn't get up due the weakness.

She remembered all the things happened and how she had hurt her feet, she looked at him and saw him asleep, his face looked pained she didn't fail to notice earlier, his eyes were red as if he had cried, she caressed his cheeks softly and he stirred in sleep.

He opened his eyes slowly and looked alert all of a sudden.

"You.. you're up, are you ok, does it hurt", he asked cupping her cheek.

"I'm ok Manik it doesn't hurt now", she said and he sighed in relief..

"Thank god, I'm so sorry Nandini, you had to go through this, I promise won't happen ever again", his eyes were determined when he said this.

"Manik", she said and he hmmed..

"Kya hua tha, why did you break all things, batao", she asked cupping his face and he looked down.

"Nandini", he said and a tear rolled down his eyes making her tense.

"Manik, kya hua hai is everything ok, batao na, if you don't share, how can I help you, ha", she said wiping his tear and her pulled her in a hug.

"You don't deserve all this Nandini, you don't deserve me, you deserve someone who could treat you the way you deserve to be treated, someone who can love you, the man of your dreams and it's not me"

"Why can't you be that someone Manik", she breaking the hug.

"I cannot Nandini, my life is mess and if you get close to me, you'll only get yourself hurt nothing else", he said and she just stared at him.

"I have destroyed myself to such extend that there's no coming back now, I cannot even if I want to", he said getting off the bed.

She kept looking at his direction as he left the room, he was asking her to replace him, little did he know she had already given her heart and soul to this monster and there's no going back.

She wiped off her tears and tried to get off the bed when a pain shot her up and she remembered about her injury, she couldn't do things herself now, she waited for him to comeback.

To be continued...

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