What Heart Wants

Chapter 4

Before reading this chapter, tell me if you guys have already voted for Niti or not? If not, then go vote now.

Also, I used the name Ananya for no particular reason. It is a nice name and I could only think of it when picturing Ananya's character. I didn't mean to hurt anyone so if it is your name, and you don't like me using it - please feel free to say. I will change it.

"What?"

"Manik, What are you saying?

"Manik!"

Manik looked at his parents who stared at him in surprise, his siblings adored the same expressions. Mr.Murty and Nandini looked no different.

While the woman standing in front of him looked almost heartbroken.

"Manik?" She stepped ahead to hold his hand but he stepped back. She clenched her fist but took a step back.

"You are?" He asked again. A voice in the back of his head told him who she was, but Manik wanted to confirm it. Maybe it was just a nightmare and he was still dreaming. He would wake up and Nandini would be the chosen one for him. He wished it would end soon. He wanted to go back to the past week where he was so happy. Where, Nandini came to visit him in the office, not only because she had work but because he was her to be husband. But alas, this nightmare was indeed a reality.

"Ananya." She confirmed,"How come you don't know me, Manik?"

"Ananya?" Manik looked at her, up and down and then turned to look at Nandini who stared at him surprised like everyone else. He gulped. He had probably made a fool out of himself again. He thought it was Nandini all the time, but it was Ananya.

No, this was wrong. This was wrong on so many levels.

That day, Nandini frowned at his behaviour because she was confused. He was supposed to marry her sister, but he treated her as if it was her. Everything made sense now. Her hesitation when he asked her for shopping, or when he gave her that gift. 

Manik's eyes went to her wrist unknowingly and he frowned seeing it empty. Her own bracelet was there but nothing else than it.

"Manik," Ananya called out again. Manik turned to her. He looked down at her hand, and his eyes squinted seeing the bracelet, the one he had bought.

He sighed, and looked at Nandini with accusation clear in his eyes. He wanted her to know how disappointed he was. He had bought it for her, and she gave it to Ananya? Did she think it was for her sister, probably she did but then, he had clearly told her it was for her. He wanted to make it memorable for them. They went out together for the first time, and the bracelet was supposed to store that special memory.

A happy moment they spent together, not this misunderstanding.

"Manik, what is happening? Will you say something?" It was his mother. Manik opened his mouth to clear, but no word came out. He looked down and frowned.