The Passionate Ego

19: THE JERK'S RICH

It had been an hour of watching the professor and nandini was tired because of all the work load she had today, still tried to keep her eyes open in order to watch the heist but everyone's a human and her eyes finally gave up. She had no idea how long she had slept but felt a nudge on her shoulder like someone was trying to wake her up, opening her eyelids slowly adjusting to the bright tv creen light she saw Manik sitting on his toes beside her nudging her light.

"What?" Nandini asked sheepishly still in a deep slumber.

"Get up Nandini we have to go." Manik said grabbing the blanket away.

"Hey! Don't. We have to go where?" Nandini rubbed her eyes in order to pull away the sleep a little bit after the blanket was shoven reclessly away from her. Damn it was definitely cold outside.

"We have our date remember." Manik tried reminding her.

Nandini woke up with a jolt listening to the word Date and anger rushed through her veins, " Oh no no no. You don't get to remind me about the date here. If anyone needs to remember it's you. You were supposed to pick me up at 7 but you are here at 11;30, 4.5 hrs late, like seriously Manik." Nandini roared pointing her finger at him.

"I know but now i am here, get ready fast. We'll be leaving in 15 minutes." Manik said non chalantly as if it wasn't a big deal. He walked past her and sat down on the sofa where nandini sat earlier.

"And it's completely fine with you that you stood your date. Manik firstly you boss me around and say that we have a date at 7, then when i get all ready and waiting, you stood me uo and now you are here bossing me again to go out on a date with you. But sorry dates don't work like that." Nandini stated the obvious gasping for breathe after her monologue.

"Look Nandini if you go or not we still gonna get this entire benefit relation official from tomorrow so it's upto you that you wann sit here and scroll through netflix again or dress up and go out with me because-" eyeing the empty ice cream tub " apparently your stomach could use some food. You decide."

Listening to the word food Nandini's ears stood up. Well Manik wasn't wrong about it, she had nothing to eat because she told Maria not to cook because of the date and ended up eating just some ice cream. Her stomach growled at her reminding her of him too and she gave up on the internal fight. Moreover Manik owed her this one since he stood her up.

"Fine but this is the last time that you appear late on our date. Give me 10 minutes i'll be down soon." Nandini said and started walking up the stairs to put some warm and comfy clothes on her.

"Late Date, i like the sound of that." Manik smirked and made himself comfortable watching a football match.

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10 minutes later, nandini walked down the stairs ina simple jeans and lace top with a pull over. She cleared her throat to grab his attension who was way busy oogling at some stupid match.

"I am ready, we can leave now" Nandini said.

Manik eyes her up and down and stood up from his place, " You are wearing that on our first date." He spoke with a little disappointment.

"You gave me 10 minutes to get ready, what do you expect in that a fashion week runway model. I took me an hour to dress up before which you prefferably missed. Your bad." Nandini stated the obvious.

"Fine just hop on. We'll go out like this. But this will be the only time i am allowing this." Manik walked past her grabbing the car keys from the table and out off the front door. nandini ran behind him. Thank goodness she chose to wear shoes today. Comfy.

"Excuse me rememeber rules, you can't boss me." Nandini argues getting inside the car and strapping the seatbelt across her. She cannot trust this man anymore, not with her life the most.

"The rules starts from tomorrow shortie." Manik smirked and drove out on the road while nandini just huffed at this stupid monsters antics. He was the rudest and meanest person ever. PERIOD.

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It had been 15 minutes to be precise and Manik had still been druving on emtpy roads, because no body in their senses goes out so late.

" So what will you like to eat." Manik asked her.

"Manik this isn't India that we will have restraunts and dhaba's open for us. Here it's too late and only pubs or clubs will be open. So take me whatever is available." Nandini stated looking out of the window. 

"Nandini you always underestimate me. I am The Manik Malhotra. I can get what i want. So tell me what will you like to eat."

"Blah Blah Blah. Anything apart from your ego." Nandini replied being annoyed with his i-am-so-full-of-myself behaviour.

"Okay so Italian it is. Right?"Manik smirked.

"We'll see." Nandini replied.

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After sometime Manik parked his car at the VIP section of a fancy hotel place and Nandini couldn't stop herself oogling at the beauty right in front of her. She was so busy admiring the building and it's facade that she had no idea when Manik got down and stood out opening her gate.

"Perfect much? " Manik asked her putting his hand on her back pushing her ahead to move.
"this is amazing. Where are we? " Nandini replied still not able to register the place.
" A little in the heart of the city, but the best. " Manik smiled whole heartedly looking at both the beauties in front and beside him.
" Who owns this place? I have never been here. " Nandini asked him walking upto the grand entrance with him.
"You thought i just had one business didn't you. " Manik smirked and Nandini gasped at the newly found information. " Shall we move in. " Manik held out his hand for her and suddenly Nandini felt out of her character in the normal comfy clothes standing at one of the charismatic place she had ever seen.