The Alpha and Me

48. Waiting For Her With Whips And Handcuffs

Nandini's POV

I spent the whole day trying to distract myself from the tingles Manik's fingers left on my skin. My stomach continued to quiver with an army of butterflies going crazy in my belly. The shivers of my shoulders never settled down and the dryness in my thought made my breathing hard.

Navya was also not there hence I was left on my own. Doctor Raghav and other associates were sent to the neighbouring pack for training. So I pretty much had nothing to do except for admiring the darkening sky or noticing the stillness spreading around me as sun slowly set and night prepared to engulf the world in its arms.

"I don't know what exactly this stupid alpha wants from me! He wouldn't let me breath in relief nor give me some relief." My heart pounded at my words.

When I focused on my own words, heat crawled into my cheeks. Good that I was alone in the garden or else I would have been regretting if anyone heard it.

But wasn't that true? Firstly, Manik sent my team to the neighbouring without me. He said that he needed me here with himself, and that one doctor should always stay behind in the mansion for the family members. Secondly, he wouldn't stay in the house himself.

His duties demand his presence and focus in its entirety and I am left alone in the mansion with my loneliness. Not really lonely, but that is how my life feels without him.

Even now as he left his bedroom, he went to the conference room to attend a crucial meeting while I am getting anxious thinking about my punishment. It's not going to be sweet, that I know. But i wonder what exactly he would do.

The glance he showered me with was naughty, and as I try to go in depth, my nipples harden and an indescribable sensation extends to my whole chest.

"Nandini," I was seperated from my deep thoughts by Navya's mom's voice.

I looked around to find her peeking out at me from the French doors, "Beta, dinner is ready."

I passed her a grin of delight and dash towards her like Flash. Navya's mom is the best cook I have ever met. Her dishes are exotic. I could never say a no to her food.

"Wow, the smell is delicious, aunty. I hope you made extra food?" I said. "I think I'll eat half of the food myself."

"Don't worry, there's enough for everyone." She chortled and we finally came to the dining area.

It was occupied by Alpha Manik, his parents, the cluster of four warriors who had accompanied him sometime back and his beta male. They respectfully smiled at me and welcomed me on the dinner table as the food was being served by the servants.

"Someone looks super hungry?" Luna Arti raised a brow of tease at me and I squealed.

"You can't imagine how hungry I am." I said and took a seat next to her.

Usually I would sit on the chair next to Manik's head of the family's chair on his right side, but currently that is occupied by his father, Alpha Manav. The left side is taken over by his beta and the others are scattered in the seats of their choice. Luna Arti sat next to Alpha Manav.

"Oh my god, curry rice!" I rubbed my hands together as I waited for the servants to fill my plate with my food. "This is my favorite."

Luna Arti smiled. But then, out of nowhere we heard a hiss and then a comment, "I hope there's enough food for everyone else, aunty! Someone seems to be eating all the good on the table."

"Manik!" Luna Arti glared at her son.

Behind her back, I eyed him with a complaining look. He rolled his eyes in response to his mother's glare and when no one was looking at him, he quickly threw a wink at me.

I lowered my head into my plate and started eating slowly while trying not to blush. Manik and his comments are fake and he did that frequently to show the others how much he still dislikes me. Everyone buys his indifference towards me but no one knows what goes behind their backs, or inside our bedroom behind the closed doors.

"Thanks for the food, aunty. I am glad I could eat my share without any hesitation." Manik got up, wiping his mouth with a napkin.

He's so fast. I glanced down in his plate and realized it was barely filled with good. Did he purposely eat less or he wasn't really hungry?

"But you barely ate anything, son?" Alpha Manav asked before I asked him with my eyes.

Manik first eyed me then at his father, "I am done, dad.... For now. I'll have something else at night if I want."

Anxiety sizzled up my spine at those words. I was right, he purposely ate less. Why?

'Are you really that stupid or it didn't simply click in your head?' A voice in my head mumbled.  'You are his main course, idiot!'

He disengaged from the dining room and everyone else resumed their dinner, except for me. A terrible tension retrained my body. Hunger was replaced with adrenaline as I began to wonder what was going to happen to me in the name of punishment.

No one seemed to care what was going inside my chest. I was glad for that as it helped me to finish the food I had taken in my plate and stand up to leave.

"So soon? Don't tell me you're not eating because of Manik's remark." Luna Arti asked in a soft voice.

"No, ma'am. I am actually full."

"Sure? You don't look like." She searched for my eyes as she got started with reading my face. "Are you okay, dear? You are sweating."

"I am good, Luna. It's probably the heat. I'll be good once I take a shower." I spoke freely with a smile.

"Hmm, okay." She said and I started to detach myself from them. "Nandini,"

"Yes?"

"I'll ask the servants to keep some food in the oven for you. Eat it in the night."

"Thanks, Luna. You're the best." She knows that I get hungry at night.

Having escaped the dining room, I immediately hurried to Manik's room. I was unavailable to contain my excitement. The thoughts of my punishment increased the speed of my heart.

When I reached his bedroom, I barged in without knocking on the door as curiosity had got the best of me. "Huh," But when I stepped in, my soul seemed to be cracking up in pieces.

The bed was embellished with petals of roses. Dim lights were turned on and scented candles burn in every freaking corner. Soft breeze crept in through the window, making metal clink somewhere in the room.

I tentatively followed the sound and found a bdsm chain with black leather restraints (bondage handcuffs), dangling over his head from the ceiling.

"Welcome, baby. I've been waiting for you." Manik's voice broke my reverie and I noticed he had something in his hold.

A whip.

Tbc...

Precap- Call me daddy

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