Manan ff : Shining Armour

chapter 24

Mr. Mehta - are u planning for this project ???

M - ofcourse Mr. Mehta ...y wouldnt i ...itz the main project which i want to win at any cost ..i have been waiting from 6 months ( anger was clearly visible in his eyes)...

Mr. Mehta - well then all the best ( said with a genuine smile)

M - thank u ( said with no expression cause damage was done ...manik was drifted back to those days which he didnt wanted to go)....

M - oki ..so now the meeting is over soo lets move then ...( said getting up)..

Mr. Mehta - push ahead Mr. Malhotra ...actually i have another meeting now with Mr. Saxena soo ...

This was last name which manik wanted to hear ...

M - with whom ??( asked cringing his eyebrows)...

Mr. Mehta - with harshad saxena ...my father is a very good friend of harshads father soo we r dealing with him for the machinaries required for textiles..

Maniks anger was raising by each second but didnt show it up ..he was about to leave but heard an unpleasant voice which he never in a million year wanted to hear...

Harshad - Ha

Ha - "woah woah ..look whose here ....manik malhotra ...long time no see "...said standing infront of manik ....

Manik fisted his fingers in anger ...

Mr. Mehta - harshad tum Mr. Malhotra ko janthe ho ..??

Ha - arrey ofcourse harish ............... Mr. Malhotra tho meri present girlfriend ki ex hai ... (stressed the words which are highlighted)...

M - harshad ( manik grabbed harshads collar) apne limits mai reh samjha ....

Harshad freed himself ...

Ha - tch tch tch ...dekha harish ..kitna frustrated hogaya hai bechara ...kyu ki last time singhanias ki project nahi mili naa...poor guy...

M - with a smirk " harshad harshad harshad ...tum naa past mai jeena bandh hii karde ....dont think ki i dont know anything ...kitni frustrated singhanias hai tumari company ko lekar kyu ki ur company failed to deliver all the machines on time n now they are literally threatening u ...kyu sahi kaha na "....

Harshas face colour changed cause ...whatever manik told was correct ..infact he was confused how manik got to know all this ...

Ha - "aiisa kuch nahi samjha "...trying to be normal ...

Manik chuckled ...

M - " grow up harshad" ...patted harshads cheek n walked out ...

Manik came n sat in his car ...though he showed harshad his place but harshads words had their impact on manik ..
Manik hit the staring wheel n started the car ...his eyes were red ...anger was building up in him like anything ....he drove the car harshly towards malhotra mansion ...

At space
Here nandini came to the college but she didnt get a second to think about manik ...as soon as she entered mona dragged her to class as today they are going to disclose the topics of the project ..

Nandinis gang got a project on c++ ..which was challenging one ..

From next day they had to start the research n start working on the presentation ...

They came to canteen had their lunch n discussed few points based on the projects n headed towards home as it was 3 in the afternoon already ....

Nandini came out n sat in the car...

Just then she got a call ...

N - "hello papa ..." ..said excitingly as it has been quite a while since she spoke to her father
(Guys nandini speaks to her parents every now n then but she never told about maniks thing ...even she speaks to raj n nyo also just like mukti ...but i have not mentioned ..consider it in coming chapters too as i wont be showing her convo with them more often ..but will show when its needed )...

N.P - hello beta ...kaisi hoo

N - im fine papa ...app kaise ho n mom kaisi hai ..

N.P - we r fine baacha ...accha tho college kaisa chal raha hai ...

N - aaj hi project ka topic mila papa ..its upon c++ ..

N.P - wow ..thats good ...tho yeh bata meri beti kya kya sharath ki hai haa ...

N - wo naa papa ( she told about sahails thing )....

N.P - hahahaha ....offo nandu ...kitna sataygii usse ..

N - just for fun papa ...( said laughing along)

N.P - hmm tho mukti aur manik kaise hai ??

N - ( listening to maniks name nandinis mind got diverted to morning incident)...

N.P - nandu ...r u there ??

N- haa ..haa papa ...woo..

N.P - kya hua ...wait nandu dont tell me u played a prank on them too ( with suspicious voice)...

N - woo ( she told about morning incident)...

N.P - nandu ...havent i told u not to do anything with mukti n manik haa ...(shouted)

N - but papa usne mujhe daraya ..aap ko patha hai i didnt sleep the whole ni8 ...n u know how much i love my sleep ...

N.P - nandu ...wo mazak kar raha hoga beta ...i dont know whether u know or not but manik has suffered a lot baacha ...i have seen raj in tears because of maniks sadness ...agar usne tumse mazak kiya hai tho ..he is acting normal with u ...he is changing a bit( nandini remembers the beach incident where manik asks her to heal him...thinking all this guilt eloped in her heart)...aur tumne yeh sab kiya ....jab maine clearly bolatha not to go overboard but still u did ..

N - but papa ...(words deceived her)....

N.P - nandu jake usse maffi manggo ( said in calm tone)...

N - oki ( said in meek voice)...

N.P - and next time se u shouldnt break ur promise ...got it( in ordered tone)

N - hmmm ( in sad tone)...

Listening to her sad voice...

N.P - baacha im sorry i shouted on u but tum meri intelligent bacchi ho naa ...u understand what im telling right ...( said in calm tone)..

N - hmm papa ...dont worry i wont repeat it ...

NP - thats like my princess .. (nandini smiled listening to word princess)....chalo take care bye ..

N - bye papa miss u ..

NP - miss u too baccha ...

After few minutes nandini reached malhotra mansion ...

She entered the house n was moving upstairs ...she heard some sounds likeo breaking of vase n glass shattering into pieces ..as she concentrated on the direction ..it directed to maniks room ...