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Surprise Surprise Surprise!! Was too happy with you response on last chapter that couldn't help myself writing this chapter!!

Now you know the key to early updates 🥴?

Warning - Long Chapter ahead, one you start writing longer updates, there is no going back *sighs*

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"तबाह होकर भी तबाही नही दिखती,
ये इश्क हैं हुजूर इसकी कोई दवाई नही बिकती!"

"So students what kind of conversation you want to move with today?" The Philosophy Professor - Mr. Rastogi asked from the second year students, as it was Friday means not a study day for him.

"Let's go on the age old topic sir- Love." Someone from the group of students spoke making most of the class laugh and Mr. Rastogi waved his hand.

"Oh C'mon, get over that topic already. Bring something new, no?"

"Sir what about Magic Realism?"

"Sir Feelings."

"Sir Relationships."

"That's what I said didn't I? Love and Heartbreak sir."

"Sir no, something deep."

"I don't think there can be anything deeper than Love and Heartbreaks."

"Rohan, You're saying like you've gone through many heartbreak."

"Ofcourse Shweta, you only broke my heart yesterday remember?"

Mr. Rastogi and other students chuckled at the last sentence. Forty students in the class and there were eighty of ideas. Mr. Rastogi made the students silent and took a seat on the first desk table facing all the students.

"Okay, let's go with the majority. You young generation never goes beyond Love and Heartbreaks, no? Let's talk about it then."

Students started hooting and Mr. Rastogi smiled. Meanwhile, Fab Four were looking at Manik who was sitting with a blank face.

It has been four days they are trying to know that what happened to him. He was anything but his usual self. Although he tried to show tha he was chirpy especially in front of his family, but these four knows better. His silence was worrying them.

Abhimanyu who that day decided that he will tell Manik everything he knows, couldn't tell it after he saw Manik already depressed. If anything Manik was looking heartbroken, the reason he doesn't know. And that's why he didn't wanted to hurt him more.

Only if he knew!!

Manik had all the time managed to skip his friends' interrogation. He knew he can't hide it longer, because from inside he was breaking.

Every night he would close his eyes to sleep only to jerk them open as his mind would flash Nandini's and Anahita's image with a faceless guy, enjoying and laughing with him, who must be Nandini's husband and Anahita's father.

And the thought was enough to shatter his heart into more pieces if possible. A sane part of his mind would give him ideas that maybe she isn't married or she is too young to be a mother and wife. But what he saw that day wasn't a lie. What he heard that day was the bitter truth.