Nandini's pov
I gripped onto Manik's hand as we walked inside this cafe brunch place on campus. I could see people walking by us as we pass them walking closer to the cafe but I swear my head wasn't in the right place
Yes, yes I had told him that I didn't care if the baby was his or not, that if it was his, I would be fine but would I really be? Would I be able to start a life with him, knowing I might be snatching him from his little family?
I trust him and I trust his trust that if he thinks she is lying then she may be but my heart aches thinking about it. Its such a heavy feeling, almost like my chest is being crushed by rocks.
"Hey" I felt manik's hand pull back making me realize we were right in front of the cafe
"Mhm yea"
"Are you okay love? You look a little pale" he says caressing my face
"Im okay, can we mhm can we get this over with?" I ask
"Of course" he whispered
We walked inside and got seated at this table.
"Can I start with some iced coffee's with vanilla shots and extra espresso in one of them, a chicken wrap, a chicken salad and ill grab a vanilla cupcake too" manik orders
"Can we do both the coffee's with extra espresso" I ask the waitress
"Sure thing" she says leaving
I was nervous and not jsut before an exam nervous, I was mhm getting your period when you are wearing white jeans, no pads or tampons with you and a huge stain on the back of your pants nervous.
"Baby what's wrong" he asked rubbing my thigh under the table
"Nothing, im jsut hungry" I lie
"I don't like lies, it"
"It breaks relationships I know, manik I am nervous" I whisper
"I know love, I can feel it but I"
"Shh don't promise anything to me, not until we know for sure. Manik you are a man of your words, don't promise something we aren't sure of" I said caressing his hand that was over my thigh
he nods but I can see how disappointed he was, he looked like I had disappointed him, but I jsut didn't want any fake promises
"Manik"
"Its fine" he replies but I know it wasn't
"Mani I"
"Nandini, this doesn't feel like you trust me, I swear it feels like a part of you or all of you thinks I am the father, almost like you are sure of it" he accuses
"Its not that manik"
"Its fine, you are right lets get this over with" he said
I know that the past 3 and now 4 days I have done nothing but ruin what we have. First I take my anger out on him then I lied to him, when I could have told him the truth.
I pretended like his love didn't matter to me, and I let him think we are jsut friends. Yes it hurt him but it was hurting me too to see him tearing up, seeing him so weak and broken.
"Hi baby" I looked up to see veebha
manik got up and hugged, now I would be lying if I said that didn't hurt but lets be honest I let aryaman put his hands on my waist too. Not that this was tit for tat but karma is real I suppose
"Hi, mhm how are you? The baby?" He asks sitting back down
"Good, why is she here?" She asked throwing me a disgusted look
"Veebha lets clear this out, I don't wish to waste time on irrelevant things so"
"Clear what out, I am god damn fucking pregnant with your child and you bring your whore with you to lunch"
"Do not call her that or any other name, I fucking mean it veebha. And lets be real for a second, you and I both know this child isn't now the thing is, are you really pregnant or are you jsut playing with my image" he asked
Before she could reply we got our food.
"Thanks" I mumble to the waitress
"No problem enjoy" she says placing another salad in front of veebha
"Listen to me veebha I am not playing around with you" he sounded angry
"It is your child, here is the sonography reports" she said laying them out on the table
Manik grabbed them looking through them, his expressions let me know she was pregnant and that shattered my heart
"So this is yours?" He asked her
"Yeah, it has my name on it, its official reports manik"
"So lets say this is true then how many months are you?" He asks
"Mhm 6 months" she says caressing her stomach
There was no affection, love, fear in her eyes as she caresses her belly and I know for a fact thats not how a mother is
"You are so full of shit veebha" manik chuckles dryly, his eyes full of anger
"Mani voice, you are yelling" I whisper caressing his hand
Instead of listening he pulls his hand back from my thigh as he fisted his hands.
"You are not to speak In between a child and his parents" she taunts me
i mumble a soft sorry as I grab manik's hand trying to open his fist as his knuckles turn white, but this man wouldn't open it.
"This is not my child veebha and you know that" manik says
as they start bickering I grabbed onto the sonography reports, I have studied a bit of ultrasounds, babies, heartbeats and stuff because it always interested me.
It was weird because yes these were accurate however it was off because the dates were from a while back. The very first ultrasound was from 7 months ago and it was of a fetus which they don't recommend unless.
"Oh my goddd" I blurt out causing them both to look at me
"What is with you? I literally told you to leave him alone and here you are stuck to him like a god damn"
"Veebha I fuckign dare you" he growls
"You are pregnant right?" I ask
"I don't know why I need to justify this with you or to you but yes I am. I am sorry for your little boyfriend here that is my baby daddy"
"Right, mhm of course. So would you mind taking manik with and do a paternity test" I ask
Her face drained blood hearing me, he was right, she is not pregnant with his child
"What, what do you mean? Manik this" she stumbles around her words
As manik stared or glared at her, I took another look at the reports
"Ya okay so the next time you threaten me thinking im sweet and innocent whihc I am by the way think again because you are not pregnant" I said
"I am" she argues
"No you aren't, you had an abortion 7 months ago and if im not wrong you were still dating manik at that time" I state
"You fucking cheated on me?" He yells
"Manik you are making a scene" she says holding his arm
"LET GO OF MY FUCKING HAND BTICH" he screamed and if there were some people not looking at us they were all staring now
"Manik" I whisper caressing up his arm
"WHAT?" He yells
"Mani please calm down" I caress his arm
"Calm down, fucking hell. See I fuking told you she wasn't pregnant with my child" he states angry
"Navya can you be honest please, I mhm if you are going to claim that he is the father then please lets go to a clinic and get it 100% sure and confirmed. He will do a blood test and they can test the baby without harming him or her. I promise it won't hurt you or the baby but"
"Shut the fuck up, shut the fuck up okay. I am pregnant and he is the father. Now if you want you can get the fuck up and leave or I tell everyone tom" she threatens
"TELL EVERYONE TOMORROW" manik yelled getting up
"Okay breath will you" I say grabbing his arm
"No I fucking can't, Jesus fuck" he screams
"Veebha you know you are lying and we know that too" I whisper before grabbing our coffee and food. I grabbed money placing it on the table
"Brunch on us, if you are pregnant please take care of yourself and lots of water, it helps" I say smiling as I grab manik's arm adn out food walking out of there kind of dragging him with me
"That was not very nice of you to yell and scream in a cafe Manik " I say as we are walking to the car