Manik looked at Nandini and she was fuming
"I deserved tha..." Manik was shut as Nandini punched him again.
"And that too" Manik mumbled and looked at her. She was going to leave when he held her hand
"Where are you going?" he asked
"I don't need to hear anything else" she said
"Nandini trust me I am sorry" he said feeling guilty
"Trust you?" Nandini asked and those eyes pierced in Manik's heart "I have trusted you always. I trusted you with my life. I trusted you so much that I chose you as my life partner. I married you." she looked at him and held his collar "But now I don't know. Should I trust you, now that you are saying that you are not gay. Or should I trust you when you said I am gay" she asked
"I can prove it to you that I am not gay?" he said huskily and pulled her close by her waist. Nandini's eyes blazed, she left his collar and slapped him right accross his face.
"Enough!" Manik held her hands
"Enough!" Nandini said getting out of his arms and pushing him away.
"Nandini I am saying sorry. Meri baat suno toh" he said
"Haan bolo" she said. Manik saw her eyes watering but he saw she held back her tears. He went to cup her face but she shoved his hand away "Bolo. Why did you lie? Why did you tell me you are gay when you are not" she asked
"I got scared" he answered. "That day you barged in and started to ask me, I got scared. I was talking to Cabir before and he in humour suggest me I should tell you I am gay. It was on the top of my head. I blutered it out. It was not intentional. Trust m... I promise. Nandini promise it was not intentional" he said pinching his throat.
"Fine you said it, then why didn't you tell me the truth. Atleast, atleast after we became friends, why didn't you?" she asked
"I tried. I really tried but I couldn't. Something or the other stopped me. But I wanted to tell you. That day when I told you I lied, after that at the club, but I got high. Even today, today at dinner I was going to tell you Nandini. Trus... I swear on Maa I was going to tell you" he said
"Why did you lie Manik?" she asked looking in his eyes
"I got scare..."
"No" Nandini stopped him "Tell me the truth now" she said firmly
"Nandini I told you. I got scared. I really... I am sorry... I got scae..."
"You know what I am asking. Are you pretending yo not get it?" she asked him cutting his blabber
"Ok fine. I'll ask you directly" she stood tall and Manik's heart fasten "Why did you not wanted to marry me?" she asked him looking in his eyes "And don't lie now" she said
"Meri baat suno" he cupped her face
"Main tumhari baat sun his rahi hu" she said removing his hands
"Haan par puri suno. Shanti se suno" he said cupping her face again
"Is rishtey mein, tumne jo kaha, jo bataya woh suna. Usse mana. Tumhe lagta hai ab nahi sunungi?" she asked him. Manik's heart tighten. He pressed his forehead on her
"Tum meri Biwi ho" he said and she closed her eyes "Bolo" he said but she didn't answer that "Bolo" he said pressing his on her waist, not hurting but hard. She didn't agree
"Nandini bolo" he said pulling her close. She opened her eyes but said nothing. That enraged him "Bolo" he said sternly, a fear gripping his heart. A fear he wasn't even aware off that he had. She nodded no
