The Billionaire's Bride

Part 16

The longest chapter of this book. 2.5k words. Enjoy😌❤✨

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Would you listen to my tale? Would you listen to the pain here. " He said pointing towards the left side of his chest still sobbing like a kid.

"you will not run away from me? " He questioned innocently. While Nandini nodded in negative, tears rolling down from her eyes as well. "Tell me Manik " Nandini said cupping his face.

He sighed as he began. "you know jheel, she left me alone in this world. " he said pointing towards the sky.

"she left her jaan alone in this world."

Nandini listened to him very carefully.

"Life becomes very difficult, when you loose someone really close to you, someone you've loved selflessly, I miss her everyday Nandini. I can call you that right?" Nandini nodded in positive as a smile curled on her lips amidsts the tears.

"Since the very start life has played atrocious games with me, the one you love is so close to your heart yet so far away. She left behind her physical existence and drifted into peaceful slumber not even for once did she think about me. Was this my worth in her life?" He questioned hurt visible in his eyes.

"I still remember when she came home and told me that she was in love, I was the happiest person on earth that day. She was pregnant, a little life was growing up inside her. I had made so many plans to become a good 'mamu' however my entire world crashed..."

Gaining courage he tried, stammering, his voice broken "I entered her room with a tray in my hand only to find her on the floor, she had consumed sleeping pills. She was gone" He cried hard, his hands shivering, his lips quivering.

"Her heart was broken, she wasn't married, she was expecting. The man she loved had thrown her away from her life. She was guilty, she was depressed. She went away just like that. It was her age to marry, it was her age to be happy. She tied rakhi on my hands and look at me I couldnt save my own sister " he covered his mouth with palms, suppressing his sobs. Her heart sinked seeing him that way, she felt helpless, she wished she knew magic to dwindle away his excruciating pain.

"I couldnt save her from that guy. "

"Who was that guy ?" Enquired Nandini knowing there was more to come, the fear, anger and hatred in Manik's eyes said it all.

"I lost my sister, my mom lost her only daughter and Mr. Malhotra lost his humanity. Not that he was a human before but that day I will never forget ." He said clenching his fists.

"Since childhood he wasnt the father every child would want, but I never hated him. He has given me scars." He said pulling his sleeves, showing Nandini deep Mark's and cuts on his body. The scars were old but the pain was still fresh and new, Nandini touched them and tears rolled down her eyes.

"He brought home Sudha Raichand, his mistress and their kids. Sudha is Sahil Raichand's sister. Jheel's boyfriend, Jheel's murderer. He threw the divorce papers on my moms face. Instead of mourning Jheel's death, he was planning his own marriage. When my sister should have been married, my dad was getting married. Instead of consoling us , instead of mourning on my sister's death, he was giving us new shocks, we had not known of his illegitimate family. His mistress and his kids, Veer and Ahana. Ahana was still a toddler back then."

"He threw us out of the house that night. It felt as if everything slipped off my hands that day. It was a stormy night, we are on the street, homeless, cashless. Mom was broken, Ahana in my arms. To me it seemed everything would end that day, as thundering continued I felt qayamat was here. " He paused to breath.