(Manan Dark) Mafia's Intense Desire

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Nandini busied herself with work soon as she entered her cabin. The stares the employees gave her from their cubicles when she marched through there to reach her cabin filled her veins with hesitation and fear.

They had given her looks of complaints and annoyance all because the rumors of her dating the department head had disseminated to the whole population in the office. She could say they didn't see her with a cool gaze for she was dating the most desired guy in the office recently.

Manik's arrival brought about a wave of attraction and desires in the heart of the female mass. They liked him for his nature and flirtatious words. When they learned that he was rumored to be with the CEO they were vexed. However no one believed on the news until today when Manik strode her to the elevator with himself, his one hand around her waist.

Their eyes had pricked holes in her body. Though they smiled and responded to Manik's morning wishes, they annoyingly stared at Nandini as though she stole something that meant precious to them. It was embarrassing but a proud moment altogether. She had been called an Ice bitch for being strict and alone all her life.

Nandini never dated any guy after her heart was broken the first time. She created a huge wall around her heart not letting anyone near it until she met Manik again. She felt blessed and a thousand times more important as he came into her life like a magical change.

She was weaving his thought in her head when a knock on her cabin came. It went unnoticed as she was deeply thinking about her man. Nandini was playing with a pen while the screen of her laptop made her face shine as she looked nowhere in the thin air. When she didn't respond the door of her cabin was set ajar and walked in a man attired in black shade.

"Hi Nandini," Called out a voice that she was caused to look up and the looks that crossed her face were the raw sores of an aching heart.

"Y-you? How dare you come here?" She seethed on getting up from the chair.

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Manik was smoking cigarette outside the office building with Jerry. The guys were standing silent as they looked at the bright sky overhead.

Jerry had been looking at Manik's face from time to time like there was something in his mind that he wanted to ask but he couldn't summon the courage to. Manik noticed his gaze coming and subsiding from his face and he ultimate questioned him, "Bro, feels like you wish to ask something."

"You bet I eagerly want to."
Jerry motioned his head up and down, his eyebrows raising in curiosity as a sheepish grin crawled on his lips.

"And may I know what's that?" He gave him a playful smile as he sensed what was coming hereafter.

"You know, I was actually wondering how did you hook up with our CEO Nandini? She's never shown interest in anyone before even if it was a rich guy or a model. So you are getting what I am trying to get at." he sucked a puff of smoke while Manik nodded his head in yes.

It was not Jerry's interrogation alone for everyone else in the office showed an interest towards his relationship with the Ceo too. It was just that Jerry was asking it on behalf of everyone and Manik felt it was needed to answer him as it was basically going to answer the questions of other hundreds of people too.

Henceforth, he descended his head and let out a throaty chuckle. His eyes came back on Jerry and Manik said, "Well it's a long story yet all that you and others need to know is that we were made for each other. It's not our interest but our destinies that brought us closer."

He pushed his co-worker into a pit of confusion because none of his word made any sense. Had it only been that they have known each other for years, one could have inferred their relationship easily. Their case was nevertheless different. Manik was going to complete his fourth month this week as the department head, and it was a matter of concern to everyone as to how on earth did they come so close in this short span of time that they were a couple now. Whatever it was, it was not digestible for the employees. Looked like it was going to be a hot topic of the town for a while now.

"But," Manik scrutinized Jerry's face searching for why he was unable to accept it when that guy paused and stared back at him. "It's... It's totally,"

"... Totally unbelievable! I know." Manik completed Jerry's sentence for him as he got him by the elbow and took him inside the entrance when nothing much of their cigarettes was left.

They came back inside again, so did the whispers in the silent working space. People softly muttered as manik and Jerry walked ahead before vanishing inside their particular cabins.

Here inside the cabin, Manik padded toward his desk and was about to settle in the chair and resume his work that he found a mail on the screen of his laptop.

'Boss,
Your plan worked out as thought. We caught him back. He's put in his chambers again. Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.'

A wicker smile erupted on his face after rereading the mail carefully. Manik then bent forward and replied back quickly,

'I never doubted your abilities ever, Elijah. You are as always quick and impressive! What would I ever do without you? Thanks.'

Typed manik. His fingers literally danced on the keyboard like they were the keys of piano and he was as if playing a soft tune. Never mind, He was about to hit send but he stopped and added another lime into the mail which was as followed:

'Elijah, I wished to lash that bastard like a donkey albiet I have to stay here with my darling. So I expect you to make sure there is no shortfall in the amount of his affliction. Pain him like never before. Give him scars that are vulnerably horrible. Do whatever that makes him regret his actions.'

Satisfied with what he wrote, Manik sent it to Elijah, the one who has initiated the conversation. When it was successfully gone he made sure to erase its existence and also hid Elijah's email address so that nobody can get it.

Just as Manik was about to sit back in the chair then the door of his cabin was all agog as there marched in Nandini, being hasty with her steps.

"Love, you always surprise me with your swe—" Earlier than he finished, Nandini stood across from his desk panting heavily as she expressed in shock.

"Manik, there's something important I need to discuss with you." She said looking petrified.

"Sure, love. Take a seat first." Manik pointed at one of the two chairs sat for the visitors.

However Nandini refused to sit and continued what she wanted to tell him, "Manik, Bran, the guy who had tried to force me is missing!" the smile that has occurred on her arrival died, his jolly expressions were replaced with straight and emotionless facade as his spine became steel at her words making Manik look everywhere around her figure but at her.

Well, this is not what he expected her to ask him ever. Which girl would ask about her molester? Alas, to his surprise, Nandini was an exception.

Tbc...

Finally I could update. I feel very happy to be back in the den.😉 Hope I didn't make you guys wait for too long! Do comment and vote. Next chapter will come soon depending on how your comments motivate me. I really need it, you see this month hadn't been easy for me. 😔 I'm good now, just that I need support and motivation to write further chapters. Will you give it to me?🙏