SOMEWHERE ON ISOLATED ROAD..

Nandini ran out from mall,open the car door roughly and started to drive without any speed limitations,cutting overtaking,diverging from here to there and finally halts with a jerk at some isolated place.

Nandini was sitting on the road,leaning her back to the car bonnet,crying remembering her horrible past,missing her mother,she is looking so broken and shattered,tears arnt ready to stop,dont know after how many years she is crying like this and fallen vulnerable. The man who almost killed their souls is living happily ever after as if there was no one in his life before,no guilt,no remorse nothing even he was having the great time of his life. How can a man be this cruel. The man who unfortunately is her biological father.

She never wanted to go back to that past,she never wanted to remember it,with so much of difficulty she tried to forget and moved on.But again that man her so called father came back to make her remember,how much she and her mom suffered and last time that man weakened her mother and this time her. The thing which is pinching her most is that doesn't he feel guilty,whatever he had done to them. How can he live happy leaving them miserable.

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[Malhotra Group of Industries]

Malhotra office,Chandigarh

Manik c ame out from the car wearing his shades.The moment guards saw him they stand up and salute him knowing his real boss aura and authority.He came Chandigarh office in six months or years to check on progress.When Manik Malhotra visits his office then its the hardest and scariest time of the year as if some result declaration day of students. Everytime he comes,he definitely fierd some of his employees and this is the reason main reason for his employees afraid of to death today they are again going to suffer. Whole office is more quite than a library.

Manik walked inside the building and saw their scared faces and smirked to himself and just shrugged his thought.He walked towards a cabin with a smile and opened the glass door excitedly after reading the name plate as if reading for the first time. The moment he get inside the cabin his face glowed like a thousand volt bulb seeing the person sitting on his chair reading some file all engrossed in it facing his back towards manik.

"Uncle Brij!!!"manik called him with a hint of happiness in his voice.

"Manik.."he said turning to face him happily and got up from the seat and.the both approached to hug each other and hugged tightly.

"Kese ho aap..??"manik asked braking the hug.

"Bilkul thik..aap btaiye aap kese h.."

"Main thik hu..bt main apse baat ni kr raha .."manik said faking anger.

"Are pr kyu..??"brij asked astonished.

"Kyunki main yaha kl se hu..r app.. na.contact kia na ghr aae..where the hell were u..apko ikbari b mujse milne aane ka mann ni kia..abeer bhai apke sath hi,gae hue the site pr..unse apke bare me pucha unhone bola aap free hoge to late night tk aaoge..bt mwin so"

"Are beta esa nahi h...main aana chahta tha..bt hamari factory me problem aagai thi..to kartik(brijs bro)ne mujhe bulaya tha..and raat ko Haweli ruk gaya..islie.."

"Ok..fine..bt only for this time.."

"Vese aapke dost aarahe haina dhruv ki engagement me.."

"Yeah..may be Saturday morning or friday evening me aarahe h..u know I invited mukti and abhi too.."he said mukti part cheerfully.

"What..??mukti..wahi mukti vardhan na..??"

"Yes uncle..bt ab vo vardhan nahi thakkar hai..Abhimanyu thakkar ki wife.."

"The same Abhimanyu Thakkar..IBN News Channels owner.."

"Yeah...the same,he is really a nice guy..mukti bht khush hai uske sath..."

"Really..then am haopy too..pr apka r uska patch up kese hua.."

"Vo actually..she never was annoyed from me..she was just hesitant..bcz of her past..and finally,we both decided to move on..."

"Am happy for u too son.."

"Thnx.."manik said with a smile.."vese dad kb aarahe h.."manik asked with sone hope in his voice.

"Ur dad said..k vo engagement me nahi..bt shadi me definitely aaenge..."he said with a fake smile ,bcz he know maniks turmoil and he want to assure him.

"I dont know..dad kabhi mujse milne b aaenge ya nahi..."manik said with a gloomy and hurt face and brij patted his shoulder in assurance.

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MALHOTRA HAVELI, 8 PM.

Manik reached haveli with uncle brij ,today manik fired 10 employees from his company after a good half hour lectures and now they both were laughing and talking all the way.They entered living area and found everyone sitting there except nandini so manik roamed his eyes to look for her.

".Hey bua sahaab,daima.."manik greeted them.

"Oho...ap apne uncle k sath busy the..islie der ho gai kyu.."buasahaab asked daima smiled.

"Hey baby..I missed u.."samaira gets up and tried to hug him but he pushed her and glared her angrily while others just ignore the scene and manik become more restless,but nandini isnt anywherd to be seen.

"By the way..yaha kafi nae chehre dikh rahe h..kon h yeh..hme b to milwaiye.."uncle beij asked cheerfully.

"Oh yeah..they are abhis employees..bataya tha na apko..about journal..ye usi k lie aae hai..she is ashna,mitali,ranjit and shivam..."manik introduced them and they all say hi to brij and again manik roamed his eyes in search of her.

"Are manik..aap kise dhund rahe h.."brij asked.

"Vo actually..buasahaab nandini..kaha h..??"

"Nandini???..ye kon h.."brij asked.

"Nandini..is the main journal..usi ko ontroduce krana tha.."manik convincingly lied.

"Pata ni vo kaha h..hmse keh k gai thi k kuch kaam se bahar jana h..dopahar se gai h..pr abtk lauti ni h vo..."buasahaab said with a lil concern.

"What abhi tk lauti nahi..to ap sbne mje bataya kyu ni....r kisi ni use abtk dhundne ki koshsih kyu ni ki.."manik asked with panic.

"Hm bhi kbse yahi keh rahe the..k nandinj ko dhundna chahie..pr samaira r daima ne bola k vo aajengi..shopping krne me ladkio ko der to lgti h..islie.."buasahaab explained.

"Godd!!!I mean..how..zada,se zada 3 ghnte..pr ab raat ho chuki h..itni shopping kon krta h..come on..kahi vo kisi musibat me na ho.."manik said frustratingly with panic.

"Manik beta..ap kyu uski fikr kr rahe h..unhe agr kisi ki kdr hoti to vo time pr aajati..r vese b mumbai ki ladkio ko to aadat hai raat bhr bahar ghumne ki..r awaragardi krne ki.."daima said with disgust.

"Daima..nandini esi,ladki nahi h...ok.."manik said angrily and everyone looked at him shocked bcoz for the frst time manik is defending a girl.He too didnt know why he defended nandini,bt this is nt the time to think all this.

"Manik shant ho jao..hm nandini ko pehle dhundte h...okk"brij said calming him.

"Vo yaha se kese gai hai.."manik asked

"Haveli ki car se.."buasahaab said.

"Now,it will be easy to find her..haveli ki hr vehicles me tracker h..."saying this he was abt to ran outside whn daima stopped him.

"Aap rehne dije..driver lete aaenge unhe...aap thk kr aae h...pehle kuch kha lije..us ladki ki fikr krna choriye.."daima said lovingly.

"Sorry daima..aplog ko khana h khaiye..pr,main jb tk use ni dekh leta..meri gale se kuch ni utrega..main ja raha hu..use dhund ja raha hu.."whole house is shocked to the core seeing manik concern towards her manik too unknown with the fact that what he said.

"Aap ko ladkio ki fikr kbse hone lagi..??"daima frowned.

"Muje..muje uski nahi..abhi ki fikr h..use kuch hua to vo muje maar dalega.."manik convincingly saved himself.

"Dekha..mene kaha tha ye ladki sahi nahi h..jo chahti h..vahi ho raha h..."daima said after manik walked out.

"Mtlb..???"mahar asked confused

"In ladkio k lakchand thik nahi h..ye hmare manik ko apni khubsurti ke jaal me phasana chahti h...r dekhiye manik kitne bechain bhi hogae..jan bhujh kr hi nahi lauti..tk manik unhe kutte ki tarah dhundte .."

"Daima aap kya bakwass kr rahi h.."buasahaab said in disgust.

"Sahi keh ri h daima.."sam supported.

"Daima..ap glt smj rahi h..shyd kahi phs gai hogi..she is really a nice girl.."abeer said.

"Haan daima..aap nandink ko bina jane kese ye sb keh sakti h..."mahar too asked.

"Hm in mumbai ki ladkio ko ache se jante h...r hm islie keh rahe h..kyunki hm manik ko hurt hote ni dekh sakte..to aap sb bhi ankhe khole apni..."buasahab said this and walked upstairs while other just nodded in disbelief.

[Manik POV]

I ran out from haveli. I am so worried abt here,she is missing since noon and no one dare to inform me,and this girl what she thinks of herself,she dont know anything abt chandigarh,so what was the need to go alone.

Now the most frustrating thing is,ehy I was behaving so weird,I never got concern for anywoman in my life,then why I was so concern and worried for her. Why I was restless,when I didnt saw her anywhere,why my eyes was searching for her and now knowing abt her missing why I freaked out. So many why bt there is no answer of it.

I on my gps and found her car position and noticed that ger car is parked at a place but I have no idea about the location and again I search ed more and it came as a shock nandini is not evn in city.she is at some isolated place.

What the hell this girl is doing there???

Some unwanted and scary thoughts started to came in my mind. Is nandini safe?what is her car doing there and that was evn not the root of mall,then what was she doing there,if some goons took her.

No!!!!she must be safe..yeah!!!!

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ISOLATED ROAD..(checkpoint)

I finally reached there,panic written all over my face. I spotted nandinis car on the side walk and instantly halted my car to a side and rushed out from the car and ran towards her car but she wasnt in car and my heart beat got wild with the thought,then I heard sniffing sound and I walked a step closer frowning and found nandini sitting on road leaning on car bonnet and I heaved a sign of relief but in an instant again anger engulfed in me and I extended my pace to her .

"What the hell you think of yourself..???"I towered over her grabbibg her arms harshly making her stand on her feet and yelling in anger and she looked stunned.

She freed her arms in a jerk from me with a rough expression"dont dare to shout on me..and leave me alone.."she said in weak yet icy cold voice not even looking at me and I was standing shocked and confused and then I noticed her face.

She cried!!!!but why...???

I noticed her beautiful face is now pale and gloomy with big dark circles just formed in a day,her swollen red puffy eyes,clearly showing it ,howmuch she had cried and again some kind of fear started to develop in my heart and my mind crossed all the level of concern. I felt my heart pricked seeing her in this vulnerable state,she is not the same nandini I knew. She is someone else a weak one,vulnerable and shattered. Dont know why but I am feeling her pain in me,her tears,her broken state shaking me in fear badly. Its true,that before nandini none tears has hurted me. Today,not even sams tears hearted me but nandinis tears is giving immense ache in my heart. She is looking broken, completely broken as if she has loosed some battle of life,as if she is tired of life.

why she is looking like this..??
Is something bad had happened with her..???

"Nandini..nandini...what happened..are you all right...???"I huffed, cupping her face with my one hands and with other holding her arms trying her to look at me but she replied nothing."speak up dammit...kya hua...kisine tumhare sath kuch kia...just speak up..??"I again asked worried and horrified and just praying that my assumptions are wrong.

Or else..!!!!
I will dig the grave of whoever alive ,if he even tried to touch her...
I swear...!!!!

"Nandini..kuch to bolo..u are scaring me..??"and I swear her silence is killing me.

"JUST LEAVE!!!!..I said.."finally she screamed pushing me back with full force and my anger replaced the worry.

"NO!!!..I WONT.."I too shouted back angrily pulling her by arms too much closer to my chest that evn air cant pass through us and I stared back angrily into her eyes and my eyes are spitting fire"just tellme..y u here..and y u cried.."my voice softened while cupping her cheeks and I saw her eyes softened too and we stared in each others eyes for few few secs intensely.

I hope..!! she will say something..
Or I will die with worry...

"Its none of your business mr malhotra..."her eyes again hardened and voice got back to normal which resulted me to confuse like hell.

"It is my business miss murthy..it is.."I gritted teeth angrily"first..u are my responsibility and second tum meri hi haveli se gayab ho jati ho..that two with our car and you know I dont trust girls.."I smirked saying the last part in accusation.

Ofcourse!!two can play the game....

"Ohhh..."she said in utter shocked and freeing her arms again"so this is the reason..jo tum mujhe ese dhund rahe the...ofcourse,the great business tycoon Manik Malhotra always care for his empire..no..."she said calmly"so,thik hai take your car keys r aap ghr jake chain se so sakte ho..apke empire ki sari chize ab sahi salamat hai... I will manage my self.."she said turning her back to me and started to walk.

"Nandini..lets go home.."I holded her wrist and said in calm voice not to irritate her more.."I didnt meant that..ok..now chalo.."I again tried to walk holding her hand but she jerked my hand and again I turned towards her confuse.

What the hell is her problem..mahn!!!

"I said muje apke sath nahi jana..I can manage..."she snapped furiously.

Now..this is the limit...

"Chup chap se mere sath ghr chalo..ABHI!!!"I dangerously told her and started to drag her.

"Leave my hand...let me go..."she struggled to free herself but I was strong to let go of her hands"I said leave me.."she shouted her lungs out.

"Stop struggling..main tumhe sath leke hi jaunga..."I too said,determined.

"Hey..young man..is laundiya nu kitthe le ja reya si..chad usne.."I heard a voice coming from my backside and I turned to find a police officer.

"Yes..!!!any problem.."I too said with full confidence and authority turning to him.

"Mene puchcha..tu kudi nu kithe le ja riya h..u javardasti..tenu akal haina k main kon hu.."again he asked crossing his hands on his chest"is tarah sun san road pr..sodi kudi ke sath javardasti kr reya hai..."

"Excuse me...main kisi k sath zabardasti ni kr raha hu...she is my WIFE.."nandini eyes popped out from her socket,but I have no way to save myself from the further drama so I played a trum card.

"Acha!!!jb ye teri gaarwali h..to ye itna kyu chatpataya reyasi..mennu bewakuf na,smjh..menu sb saaf saaf dikhai de reya hai.."

"Actually..we had a fight..r ye mujse naraz,hoke ghr chorke chali,aai..."I said to policeman,tried to convince her then turned to nandini"baby..ab ho gaya na..kis married life me problem nahi hoti..pr hme b to compromise krna padega na.."I said pretending myself as a husband and she frowned in disgust.

"He,isnt my husband..."nandini spelled the beans and I felt my self caught and look at the policeman to explain.

"Mainu tum dono di sari gal smj me aundi h..bhoot naraj hai..teri garwali.."finally I relly didnt needed to explain them and he started to walk back after patting my back with a gud luck.

"Chalo ab.."I again dragged nandini.

"Ab policewale hote hi bewakuf ho..ek baar b proof manga k hm dono actually me hubby wife hai ya nahi...ye app ko jhut bol k muje kidnap kr raha ho to"finally nandini hitted the bulls eye and policeman halted on his way turning back to us and I face palmed.

"Ye baat..mene pele kyu ni smjhme aai..bol kya proof hai..ki ye teril ugai h.."he asked in a serious tone.

"Really baby..I mean ab driving license k sath hme married certificate b leke ghumna padega.."I pretended to be disgust and nandini creased her brows.

"Stop calling me that.."she pointed her index finger at me then turn towards policeman."r mangiye isse proof.."

This girl is really getting in my nerves...

"Bol munde..tu isne kitthe le ja reya hai..r tu kon h..."he interrogated.

"Kya aapko main dekhne se kidnapper lgta hu...r main ise kidnap karunga kyu..muje dekh k lgta h k muje actually me paise ki kami h..."I said flaunting my smartness and he seems to think and observe me.

"Vese dekhne se to tu rais munda lage h....tu fir isne kyu preshan kr reya h..."

"Oh god...I told u know she is my wife..baki bate me ni bata sakta..its a hubby wife thing u know..."I said and saw nandini throwing angry stare at me."evn main chahu to iske khilaf complaiin kr sakta hu..ye gadi meri h..is gadi k papers check kr lije owners same hai and cars k no. b.. to main esa kyu karunga..ofcourse ye meri wife h...tabhi ti sari chize mere naam pr hai...r meri. Hize to ya koi mera family member le sakta h..ya fir chor chura sakta h...sochiye aap.."I smirked victoriously and nandini was stunned and policeman was looking convinced and I patted my back mentally.

Now,the whole game is on my side...

"Hmmm..bt to teri sahi lg ri h...jaa leke ise..ise pele r gussa ho jaye.."police man winked and I smiled dragging nandini with me while she was struggling all the time and I reached my car and heaved a sigh and forcefully made her sit.

Huh!!!that was really a tuff task....

Guyssss!!!!!Again a long updateeee!!!!!!.
And again am requesting please dont be harsg on me and try to comment I really wanna know your feedbacks and suggestions,but I think u all are still not in mood.