Mafia's Obsession |✓

Chapter 18.

Nandini's POV

Manik and Bhai walked in with furious faces and it scared me.

How did they know?

"Cabir bring them in the room right now!" Saying so he walked away without even looking at us.

I turned to Cabir bhai but his face gave away no expressions and it was making me feel nauseous.

I hated this feeling!

Soon we were in the room which Manik wanted us to be in. He was already present there with a cigarette in his hand. I cringed at the sight as I hated smoking. I then looked at Navya and she was also having problem with the smoke and also it wasn't good for her and the baby's health.

So I built up some courage and spoke.

"Can you please stop smoking! Its not good for Navya's and baby's health!" I asked him politely.

After I spoke there was pin drop silence in the room as Manik dropped the cigarette and crushed it with his foot. I didn't care anymore about the silent treatment. Navya was suffering and I can't let that happen.

He then turned towards us with a cold look and stared at Navya.

"What were you two doing out of the mansion?" He asked Navya and for the first time I saw Navya little scared.

"We went for a walk!" I spoke instead of her.

"Navya you know its dangerous to go out like this! Even if there are guards around you, you know that our enemies out there are ready to attack any of us at any chance! Then why? I thought you were mature and sensible enough as you have stayed with us from a long time!" Manik said coldly.

I looked at Navya who was looking down and her eyes were started to turn misty. I couldn't see her like this so I decided to cover up for her.

"It isn't her fault! I forced her to come out with me!" I said and Navya looked at me shocked but I ignored her.

"Cabir out with Navya now!" Manik said looking in my eyes.

"But -" Navya tried to say something but Cabir dragged her out.

Now it was only me and Manik in the room and suddenly I found the tiles on the floor more interesting.

Wow! They are white in colour and so sparkling clean! Why didn't I notice it before?

"Nandini!" He called in a serious tone and I fidgeted nervously.

"Now tell me why did you both go out?" He asked in a calm tone that surprised me as I expected him to shout.

But I knew this was before the disaster that was about to happen.

"I wanted to go o-out so I forced Navya -!" He cut me off in between.

"The truth!"

"Huh?"

"I want the truth!" His intense gaze on me was making me nervous.

"I-I'm saying the t-truth!" I stuttered badly.

"Don't test my patience Nandini!" He said as he squeezed his eyes shut and clenched his fists.

I gulped looking at him and clutched the side of my dress. Taking a deep breath I decided to tell him the truth.

"Okay! Navya wanted to go out for a walk as she was getting bored so we went for a walk to the nearby park. There were guards with us but then at the park -!" I stopped as I remembered about the attack.