Heir To The Empire (VERY SLOW UPDATES)

C H A P T E R T W E N T Y T W O

M A N I K

She was so engrossed in whatever she had put on. But I couldn't quite concentrate as all I was thinking about was how she's gonna know today and how she's gonna act differently towards me. I had my head in her lap.

I started playing with her fingers. I was very nervous. Never had I ever told anyone about it. And now I was going to tell her. I sat straight, got hold of the remote and switched the TV off.

I looked at her with nervousness clear in my eyes.

"What is it Manik?" She asked me in soft voice. "I know something's been bothering you since you came home."

"I-i don't know how to start." I stammered out. I so wanted this to be easy but it couldn't have been. She looked at me and gave me a soft genuine smile. She leaned in and placed a kiss on my cheek.

"I am you friend Manik. You can share anything. I won't judge you. I will there for you just like Bhai is." She said softly cupping my face. I pulled her into my lap and buried my face into the crook of her neck.

"My grandfather, Devang Malhotra, was a successful businessman. His only motive was to maintain the Indian blood in the family. So, he married an Indian woman. He wanted my biological father to marry an Indian as well.

"My biological father was in love with his high school sweetheart. He wanted to marry her and live his life with her. But my granddad didn't approve of her giving him an heir. So, he and his best friend, Rajat Khurana, decided to get their kids married and have them give an heir. But even my mom, Maya Waters, was in love with someone else. My grandad wasn't ready to spare them. He wanted them to give him an heir at any cost.

"So my biological father, granddad and mom came to an agreement. The agreement was that mom and Abhay would get married and have a child and then they may divorce each other if they wanted to. My mom's lover agreed as well as my biological father's because in the end my granddad had more power than any of them.

"My mom and Abhay got married and within three months my mom got pregnant with me. The agreement mentioned that if they get divorced none of them would be allowed to keep any relation with the child. Mom gave birth to me and stayed with me for three months to nurse me and then she divorced Abhay and left. As soon as they divorced each the got married to their respective lovers." I paused. I was a crying mess by now. I hated reliving those memories. My mom was a great mother and Alan as well. Anyone could judge that by that by the way they took care of their children."

I was sobbing hard. I had never cried in front of anyone. She kept running my back. " If you don't want to tell me it's alright Manik you don't have to torture yourself." She whispered softly into my ears. But I shook my head I wanted to get over with this today. She kept whispering sweet nothings into my ears and kept giving me kisses on the top of my head till I stopped hiccuping.

"I was left with my granddad. But he was never home. I badly craved for someone's affection but no fucking one was there. All the nannies I had would leave every six months. But then Isabella took the job. She was around thirty years old. She was the most sweetest nanny I ever had. She herself had 3 children and was single mother. So she would bring her kids to the mansion.

"She would cook for me, take me park, drop me school. She would my every single thing. Everything was good. I didn't care for granddad as he was never home. And I was getting some affection from Isabella. It was my twelfth birthday and I was so happy. I was all ready to cut the cake when my granddad collapsed to the ground.