"Can I get you some food?" I ask
"No, I am not hungry, do you want to order something for yourself?" He asks kissing my hand
i shake my head resting it on his arm caressing up and down his arm to calm him down and it does work until Mrs malhotra walks in, she doesn't knock, she just walks in.
"Knock before you enter my cabin" manik says, his tone harsh
"This is my company too and this cabin is mine just as much as it's yours"
"It was until you couldn't keep it up and I will let you know this company is mine, Manik malhora's not yours, not your little toy's and if you think you have any part in it, you are wrong, utterly wrong"
I hate how manik gets when she is around, I hate that he shuts his emotions as soon as she walks in the facility
"You see manik, you can deny everything except the fact that I birthed you. No matter how much you hate me, you are me manik. You are me" she says as if it was supposed to be a taunt
"Why the fuck are you here?" He asks
"Multiple reasons actually, one of them is your girl. You think she is this saint, this girl who won't do anything wrong well has she told you she used to dance at a bar" she says and I freeze
My whole body freezes hearing her, my past was back to bite me in the ass and I can't even defend myself because it's the truth
"Excuse me?' His tone was harsher and more dangerous
"For 2 months, she used to dance at a bar in mangalore, she was a stripper manik" she restates
"I wasn't" I whisper
Manik moves his hand from mine getting up, seeing him so riled up she places a file on the table
"Oh and your sister well let's see, the little thing she did, the stunt she pulled well that could just show the world who she is" she smirks
"Nyonika I am not playing with this, I am not going to put up with you. I have told you multiple times not to bring her up. Mukti and anything to do with mukti does not get in the middle of us. You wanna use anything else go right ahead but if you touch mukti or speak about her, I am not afraid to expose you"
"expose me? Hahaha manik you don't have those recordings or the pictures and the reason I am so sure is because I have them manik" she says
"Yeah? Great show it to me" he says
"Manik" I whisper
"No, not now" he says without even turning to me
I step back from him not wanting to interrupt the moment again but I won't lie, my heart pinched a little bit, it did and maybe it was because he has never used that tone on me.
"Yes not now nandini, get out of here, I am having a conversation with my son and you are not required here" she says with a sly smirk
"Nyonika I am not fucking dealing with this bullshit. You do not bring up my sister, do you understand?" He roars, his hands gripping the table tight
"We will continue this conversation after this whore leaves the room. This is personal, you don't want your sister involved, done but she has to leave right now"
"No I am not going anywhere and do not call me that" I utter looking at her
I was scared but I knew I had to stand up for myself
"You call her that again and you are out" manik screams in her face
"Mukti or her" his mother states
It wasn't even a question for me anymore. I had always been afraid of this, of losing him and my best friend.
You know ever since I was a little girl, I would never be afraid of insects or usual stuff, there was only one thing I was afraid of, losing my family, my loved ones.
I lost my mother and I stoped being afraid until mukti became my friend and that feeling had intensified when manik was introduced to my world. I knew if I lost mukti or manik, id loose myself and here I am again.
This crossroad where I have to pick between the two whom I love or myself and it's not even about the choice because I will always choose them over me, over anyone.
i smile sadly at his mother, he hadn't said a single word but he didn't need to. I don't want him to pick, I will do that for him
"Mrs malhotra if you think you won the war I want you to know this was an argument, a small battle" I whisper
I look at manik with a smile, his eyes closed, his knuckles had turned white as he gripped the counter.
"I will always love you" I whisper kissing his arm
"Nandini" he whispers grabbing my arm
"Talk to her, I will see you back at home" I whisper
"Please" he whispers
"I love you manik"
"Please don't say it like that"
"I love you manik" I repeat
"I love you nandini" he whispers
"I love you" I mumble again
He leans down and kisses my lips, then places a kiss on my forehead
i don't utter another word, I couldn't. I knew that if I even said another word I would cry and I wouldn't stop I wouldn't know how to.
I was losing him and my heart, my body, I knew it. Every step I took towards that door, my heart was disintegrating, it felt like pieces of my heart was being ripped out.
I don't look back, I don't need to, I know I have lost him.
I start walking to the house and while I pack some of my stuff my phone rings displaying a number I recognized, a number I had blocked and never added when manik got me a new phone
A number I never wanted to see again, a number I wished I didn't recognize, a number I despise
"Hello" I whisper on the phone
"I need you home now" he yells
"I mhm I cannot come home" I say trying not to let him know how scared I was now
"COME HOME NOW" he screams louder
"No"
"Nandini come home now or I am going to hurt a lot of people"
"I cannot come home"
"FINE I WILL COME THERE THEN" he screams
I cut the call blocking his number, zipping up my bag I walk to manik's room taking one final look at the room, the pictures of us, the memories we have made together, all of it.
"I love you manik, I will miss us" I say with a smile
I could feel how heavy my steps were as I walk out of the room, as I stepped out of the house, his car stops right in the drive way
YOU ARE READING
In Between All The Chaos
RomanceA girl with a horrible past and a boy with an equally horrible past meet. He hates people but something about her screams calmness attracting him towards her. She does not trust people easily but she feels peace around him without even realizing. ...
