The Brutal Beast ✔️

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This update is dedicated to everyone who did candle fuuuu in "March"
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"Secret door." I opened it and lead me to our private garden. A few steps later I found our bedroom's secret door.

It's easier for us to connect from the garden as well.

I came inside my room and saw Manik settling himself on my bed. "What are you doing, Manik?"

"Getting ready to sleep?"

"I can see that, but why are you sleeping in my room."

"Did you expect me to sleep away from you? After all the efforts?"

"But..."

"First sit here, Nandini." He tapped on the space next to him. I obeyed and sat on the mattress facing him. "Your problem is about people seeing us together before marriage. Isn't it? This  door can be accessed only by us and nobody would know. I can go back to our room in the morning till our wedding day."

That's a good plan. We can stay here all the night and pretend nothing in the morning.

"Then you have to go early in the morning before anyone can see us. Okay?" I asked.

"Okay." He nodded.

"Promise?" I asked again with worry. What if Niyonika finds us together? Will she badmouth Manik?

"Pinky promise." He showed his left hand.

I threw a pillow at him. "You are cheating again, Manik. Promise me with your right hand."

"My darling became observant. I am impressed." He pulled me under him and began tickling my waist.

"Manik. Stop. Someone might hear us." I continued laughing along with him.

"I don't care." He said laughing with me.

Finally he stopped when we both got tired of laughing. The tip of our noses are touching and our lips continuously brushing each other as we panted for air. He bent further to capture my lips but I pushed him and he fell on his back.

"Manik. Border." I said giggling.

"That's unfair. We are getting engaged tomorrow and you are not even letting me to cuddle with you." He said throwing his arms in the air.

"Sorry. If you want to sleep with me then sleep on the other side of the border." I said picking a pillow to make the border.

Manik was faster than me as he piled all pillows and kept it under his head. "Sorry, I need all these pillows under my head."

"Really? You barely sleep properly on a single pillow and you want six pillows under you? Manik, stop teasing me." I requested him.

"Looks like we are sleeping without any border tonight." He had a smirk on his face and I felt warmer.

I immediately lowered the temperature with the remote and fanned myself with my hands. That's when my eyes fell on my most trustworthy friend. Mr. Pillow Malhotra.

I gave the same smirk and picked it in my arms. "Well, someone is on my side tonight. Manik, please meet, Mr. Pillow Malhotra."

He looked at me for a second before bursting into a huge laughter. "That's the thing you were boasting about? A pillow? And you name it Malhotra and dressed it in my hoodie?"

"Well, he is not an ordinary pillow, Manik. Mr. Pillow Malhotra listens to me all night and doesn't irritate me. It's my favourite." I said hugging the pillow tighter which dropped Manik's smile.