Nandini goes to her cabin, she still could not believe what happened in the past 1 hour, she could not in terms with it.
She sees Ahana still waiting there "Ahana" She stands up and looks at her
"Nandini whats wrong Tum theek ho na?" Ahana asks her
"I'm fine ahana, Tum ghar jao take some rest eat well okay I'll call you later" Nandini tells her restlessly
"Okay take care" she hugs her, Nandini gives her a faint smile as she leaves.
Nandini grabs her bag and leaves from there, she reaches her car and looks around she notices some men looking at her Nandini felt uncomfortable, she looked away wondering. She sat in her car and headed towards her home.
Nandini reached her home, she couldn't stop thinking about manik and his words, she knew she can't do anything that could get him suspicious because it would put naina in danger.
Nandini opens the door with the keys, there she sees Naina sitting there with Myrah. They stand up and turn around hearing the door click open.
Naina runs to Nandini "Naina" Nandini hugs her tightly as she could, Nandini took a deep breath and looked at the ceiling relieved as Naina was safe.
"Di" Naina says and breaks the hug, myrah comes there and looks at them "di you okay? Aap mujhe ese gale lag rahi ho jaise mein Marne wali hu"
"Shut up" Nandini shouts at her and hits her hand, myrah looks at her surprised "don't you ever say that again"
"Kya hua tujhe Itni kyu tension mein lag rahi hai Nandini" myrah speaks
"K-Kuch nahi uhm I have to tell you guys something" Nandini says
"Kya?" Both of them get excited, Nandini sighs and looks up at both of them. "I'm getting married" Nandini says
Naina and myrahs mouth open in an 'o' shape before they burst out laughing, Nandini tilts her head and looks at them both with a serious face
Both of them stop laughing "wait are you serious?" Myrah asks, Nandini looks down and nods.
"What the fuck are you saying?" Myrah looks at her,
Nandini looks up at her and glares asking her not to swear in front of Naina.
"Ab mein badi ho gayi hu" Naina interrupts, Nandini looks at her.
"Is this a joke Nandini? Tum shaadi kar rahi ho but with who? You have never dated anyone in your life aur ab seedha shaadi" myrah holds her hand and brings her to the couch.
"Myrah im not joking, aur shaadi Aaj hai" Nandini bites her lips, myrah and Naina get shocked
"Are you insane? Hum shaadi ki baat kar rahe not a party jo aaj decide kiya aur Chal pade" myrah was getting serious now.
"I know but uhm—"
"Di aapko koi baat ka pressure hai? You tell us him solve kar denge" Naina cuts her off, Nandini looks at her and thinks about how manik warned her and would do anything to Naina if she went against him
"No one is pressuring me, Tum log Meri baat samajh kyu nahi rahe ho, I want to get married aur Woh bhi aaj! Whether you guys like it or not yahi hoga" Nandini said in a frustrated tone
"Relax" myrah holds her hand, Nandini nods and tries to calm her self down she felt her heart racing.
"Infect I need to get ready, he will be here soon" Nandini stands up, myrah and Naina look up at her and stand up with her.
"Who is he?" Naina asks her, Nandini get nervous "Manik... Manik Malhotra" Nandini answers
"what?! Manik Malhotra isn't he that uhm businessman that has so many cases on him" myrah looks baffled
"No way there's no way... aap usko kaha mili" Naina asks her
"Tum log Bohot sawal poochte ho, can you guys help me get ready" Nandini avoids them, both of them look at each other and shrug their shoulders.
Myrah looks at Nandini and wonders what's up with her, she never behaved so strange like this and her getting married and that too this quickly was something that myrah could not digest, she decided to call Aditya.
Myrah goes to the side, she picks up her phone and calls aditya. She keeps ringing him But he was not answering which made her frustrated, she did not know how to get Nandini out of this.
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"Manik man what the fuck? Nandini se shaadi karne ki baat kaha se aayi?" Karan looks at manik as he drives
Manik closes his eyes and looks out of the window "because they saw her"
"Who?" Karan asks him
"Those bastards... and the next thing they would do is kill Nandini" manik tells him adjusting in his seat.
"Manik you know that you marrying her will also put her in danger" karan speeds up, they were heading towards Nandini's house.
"No, usko mera naam milta toh they would think twice before doing anything" manik tells him, karan shakes his head
"This is too fucking risky, you are playing with her and your life" karan tells him off
"I don't fucking care, now that sohail is dead aur Nandini ne sab dekh liya hai I know Woh log usse zinda nahi chodenge"
"And fuck man.. that girl she can't keep her bloody nose out of anything, har cheez mein guss na usse if she didn't see sohail dying this would not have happened" Manik gets angry thinking about it.
"You can still stop it manik, getting married is not the only option"
"Yes it fucking is, if I don't then they will kill Nandini and—"
"And Why do you care? Tumhe isse pehle toh kisi ke baare mein Itna farak nahi pada then why are you protecting Nandini" karan cuts him off
"I still don't give a fuck, it's just ki I won't let the other guys win" manik says and looks away
"And now can you stop investigating me?" Manik rolls his eyes
"aur Haan Nandini ko iss baare mein Kuch Pata nahi chalna chahiye got it?" Manik looks at him raising his eyebrows
"Fine whatever you say" karan says, he was still hesitant about all this that was going on, he did not agree with manik because this whole thing would put both of their lives in risk especially nandini's.
Both of them reach Nandini's house, this time no other members accompanied them as manik had given them other stuff to take care of.
Manik kicks the door open without knocking, myrah Nandini and Naina get scared and turn around.
"Aren't you ready yet? We don't have all day" manik looks at nandini, myrah and Naina also look at her and then manik
"Tum kon? And who are you to talk to her like that" myrah defends her
"I'm her soon to be husband and you are? Uski lawyer" manik says sarcastically mocking her, Nandini looks down closing her eyes in frustration
Myrah gets angry "oh toh Tum ho Woh insaan Pata nahi kaise and how you managed to blackmail Nandini but I will find out"
"Blackmail? Me and Nandini are willingly getting married kyu Nandini?" Manik raises his eyebrows looking at Nandini
Nandini hesitates, she looks at manik and then myrah "h-Haan I want to marry him"
"This is not the truth.. mein Pata laga ke rahungi ki what the actual fuck is going on" myrah says and holds Nandini's arm
"Keep wondering" manik winks at her, Nandini takes a deep breath "I don't want to get ready we can go like this" Nandini speaks
"Hell no! I don't know about you Lekin Meri yaha pe reputation hai.. go get ready" manik puts his hands in his pocket. Karan looks at Nandini.
Nandini looks up at him with anger in his eyes, manik looks at her and then Naina signing that she needs to follow what she says.
'Nandini ko ready karne ke baahane se I will talk to her' myrah thinks "I will take Nandini then and help her" myrah says and looks at Nandini
"Good Chalo Nandini ki lawyer ban ne ke illiwa tumh Kuch aur kaam bhi karongi" manik taunts her, myrah looks at him trying to control her anger
Myrah drags Nandini with her upstairs to her room, Nandini turns around and looks at manik she knew he would do anything and she was honestly scared for Naina.
Manik and karan help themselves to the couch, Naina crosses her arms and looks at them suspiciously.
Karan looks up at Naina "oh hello" he tries to ger Naina attention, she eyes him "Tum..chotti Nandini, don't you have manners you should be asking guest if they want something" karan annoys her, manik looks at him and shakes his head
"I'm sorry what? Guest aur Tum log? Pehli baat toh I don't even know you aur Nandini di ne sikhaya hai not to talk to strangers so serving you is a whole different thing" Naina replies back with attitude, manik looks at her surprised
"Fuck... these sisters dono ek jaisi hai smart mouths" karan whispers to manik, he nods in agreement.
"If you haven't listened, this is manik aur Woh tumhari behen se shaadi karne wala hai" karan replies to her
"Karne wala hai... ki toh nahi hai na"
"Fine I'll help myself then" karan stands up, he walks towards their kitchen, Naina follows him in annoyance.
"Excuse me who do you think you are! Tum ese kaise guss sakte ho" Naina stands in front of him to stop him.
"Move out of my way" karan warns her
"No i won't... get the hell out of my kitchen" Naina says in anger.
Karan moves closer to her, his sharp eyes looked at her. Naina didn't fear him at all, she stood in front of him. "You don't know who I am"
"I don't even want to know" Naina replies, just as karan was about to say something further, his phone starts ringing he takes the phone out of his pocket and moves away from her.
"Hello?" Karan answers the phone, Naina looks at him trying to listen to his conversation and the person on the other side and what they were saying.
"What the fu—" he stops as he eyes Naina, she furrows her eyebrows "you guys can't do one job properly" karan says angrily, he walks over to manik and whispers something in his ears which gets him pissed off.
Manik tells something to karan, he nods and speaks on the phone.
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"Nandini what is wrong with you? Tum isse shaadi karongi aur Woh bhi bina soche samjhe and aditya is not even here too Tum Kya kar rahi ho" myrah asks zipping up Nandini's dress
"Myrah, please just trust me mein jo kar rahi hu soch samajh ke kar rahi hu" Nandini tells her
"Nandini marriage is not a joke.. aur Iss aadmi ke saath toh bilkul nahi I don't find him right" myrah turns her around.
"Bhai ko mein samjha lungi I will handle him, Tum Bas neeche ja kar Kuch mat bolna jaisa hai waisa chalne do... just know mein Yeh sab Tum logon ke liye kar rahi hu" Nandini says and hugs myrah tightly, myrah also wraps her arms around her.
'I just hope sab Kuch theek se ho jaaye, so that Naina and my family will be safe' Nandini thinks
Both of them break the hug and head downstairs, Nandini was wearing a long anarkali dress she did not feel like dressing up but still wore something decent for the sake of Nainas safety.
Manik sees Nandini coming downstairs, he stands up and looks up at her from head to toe, he was honestly awestruck seeing her although he has seen a lot of girls who were extremely attractive and also has been with them but something about Nandini made her different and that he was attracted to her from the start but he was in denial.
Karan notices manik staring at Nandini, he furrows her eyebrows at him. Nandini looks up at manik to also find him staring at her, she looks away
"We are getting late let's go" manik looks away from her
Nandini holds myrah's hand and tells her to come with her. The three of them follow manik and karan outside. Nandini stops once more and turns around to see her house again, she knew she wasn't going to come back here and stay here like she used to.
"Nandini will come with me" myrah holds her hand,
Manik turns around and looks at her.
"No" he denies
"Yes" myrah opposes "Waise bhi Kuch hi der mein shaadi hone wali hai the least we can do is take her there with us"
"Yes myrah is right, Nandini di ko humare saath rehne do" Naina also speaks, manik was already getting late and he did not want to argue to he nods agreeing.
The three girls sit in myrah's car, as she drives. Manik had told them to come to the court where they can sign the papers for court marriage.
"Myrah please Kuch bhi ulti harkaat mat karna" Nandini warns her as myrah drives.
"I won't" myrah says confidently, Nandini looks at Naina through the rear mirror, she could not afford to lose her sister. Nandini notices Manik's car was following them the whole time.
'Aditya toh mere messages ka reply nahi de raha but I know how to stop this..legally' myrah thinks
They reach the court, myrah parks the car and they all get out of the car. Nandini felt nervous she knew marriage was a big thing and getting married to a murderer was even a bigger thing and she was not ready.
Manik and karan goes over to them, and they all head inside to the court marriage section.
"We are here for the marriage of Manik Malhotra and Nandini Murthy" karan tells the registrar
He looks at the files.
"Ek minute.. Yeh shaadi nahi ho sakti!" Myrah comes there and stops them, manik turns around and looks at her angrily. Nandini looks at her hoping she would not do anything wrong.
"What the fuck are you saying" manik grits his teeth in anger
"In order for this marriage to be approved it needs to be be registered first for 30 days..I'm sure you know the laws right" myrah crosses her arms and looks up at him confidently
Manik rubs his forehead, with another hand in his pocket trying to control his anger "of course I do know... but what you don't know is I'm manik Malhotra and I bloody can do anything"
Manik takes the file from the registrar and hands it over to myrah "check it" myrah takes the papers and starts scanning through it, she looks it and gets shocked.
She looks up at manik "how? How did you manage to—"
"I told you now tumhara lawyer lawyer khelna bandh ho gaya ho toh can we" manik says sarcastically cutting her off.
Nandini goes and stands next to manik, she was so helpless right now, she wishes she could run away from here and never see Maniks face again but she couldn't because she knew Naina would be in trouble.
"Sir Ma'am you will need to sign here" the registrar tells them.
Manik takes the pen and signs it without thinking, he looks at Nandini and puts the pen forward to her, Nandini looks at him with slight tears forming in her eyes she slowly takes pen from him, manik moves the papers closer to her.
Nandini scans through them first, she sees the signature box. Nandini closes her eyes remembering how manik had the gun pointed towards sohail, she thinks of how sohails sister and his daughter was crying for him, the scenes of manik blackmailing her about Naina flash in front of her. She opens her eyes frightened.
"Sign it" manik says to her, she gulps. She puts the pen on the paper and signs it.
"Now the witnesses please" the registrar says, karan comes forward from Manik's side and signs it immediately.
Nandini looks at myrah and tells her to come forward, myrah hesitates but comes forward and also signs in the witness box.
"Congratulations aap dono legally married husband wife ho. The marriage papers will be ready soon" the registrar says.
Manik and Nandini look at each other with intensity in their eyes.
'You will regret this, kyunki ab mein tumhare khilaaf proof find karungi and I will make sure you pay for everything Manik Malhotra, this will not be easy for you' Nandini thinks
'Humare raaste chahe ek ho abhi Lekin humari manzil kabhi ek nahi ho sakti' Nandini looks at him confidently
'Yeh shaadi sirf tumhe un logon se safe rakhne ke liye hai after that this marriage will be over even for now this marriage is only on papers.. we can never be together' manik looks at her with sharp eyes.
"Nandini!" She jumps out of her thoughts as she hears a familiar voice, Nandini and everyone else turn around to find aditya standing there shocked.
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Author: SUCH A LONG CHAPTER it took me so much time to write it so please show me love! So manan are finally married and yes so there's a twist maniks reason to marry her is completely different from what you guys thought! Well stay tuned for how Aditya will react!
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