400+ VOTES on BOTH PARTS..

EPISODE - 64 I Love You NANDINI MANIK MALHOTRA.

"Haan.. I know it.. don't..marry her Bacha.. wait.. for.. your..dream girl.. Me and mumma..will be stars in the sky always watching over..you and DIVYANKA.. if.. you marry Meera.. my.. soul will.. never rest.. in peace..", she said wiping MANIK's tears away.

"Di please don't talk like this.. I won't let anything happen to you.." , he said kissing her forehead.

"One.. more thing.. Karan.. isn't what you think.. he is.. he doesn't love me Bacha.. he never..loved.. me.. he's not.. innocent and good man like he looks.. he's womanizer.. he married.. me.. only .. to take revenge.. because.. I reject him first.. it's all his acting.. he.. made.. me fall.. in love with him to destroy me..", she said crying.

MANIK was in shock now, he knew Karan would obey his father words always but he- always said he loves his sister, and now his sister is revealing another side of him.

"I just want to plead you one thing.. will you do it..for me?" , she asked with hopeful tone.

"I'm ready to even sacrifice my life for you.. I'm ready to die in your place.. please Di.. just say it..", he said caressing her cheeks.

"Nahin.. don't even.. think to sacrifice your life.." , she nodded sideways vigorously, "MANIK.. please make Anvi your daughter.. please.. take her away from Karan.. and his family.. they..will never..treat my baby well.. they..will.. kill her.. please..do anything in your hand.. but please.. be Anvi's father.. I don't want.. Anvi to know..about her..real father.. her father..is a Devil.. I don't want.. his shadow near.. my daughter.. please.. protect my baby.. pleaseee Manik.. don't leave Aashi... aur.. ", she pleaded him.

Manik nodded crying, suddenly her body stopped reacting, her eyes closed. Manik's heart skipped a beat, he patted her cheeks calling her softly, "Di..Di.. talk to me Di..".

Everyone looked at him with moist eyes, he kept patting her and shaking her body but no reaction from her side.

He shouted on top of his voice, crying like hell, "Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii noooooooooooooooo... aaahhhhhhhhhh..".

FLASHBACK ENDS..

While on present, MANIK buried his face on NANDINI's lap crying, and Nandini was also crying patting his back softly

She wiped her tears quickly seeing him break down, she made him sit and wiped his tears, while he hugged her tightly.

"I lost my Di NANDINI ..", he said crying In her embrace.

"You can't cry now!! You're my strong chocolate na.." , she caressed his hair, "Shh.. don't cry baba.. I can't see you like this..".

After sometime, Manik calmed down, still he was hugging Nandini like a baby.

"You didn't marry Meera then.." , she said to break the silence.

"Nahin, I told everyone that Shashi forced me to marry her using my Di. Meera got very angry and hurt with her father. She faced him later and both had a fight, to which she left her house and came to ours. She said to me that she left her parents, her house for me.. I told her clearly that I don't love her, and only accepted to marry her because of Shashi.. I was only acting when I used to spend time with her or say 'I love you' because I was being forced.. she got upset with this, and left in her car crying a lot. Later I just received a phone call, and got to know she had tried to commit suicide by falling off a cliff and was in coma..", Manik said.

"That time the Manik I was died.. I was only breathing, but I lost my will to live when Di died in front of my eyes and Meera tried to commit suicide because of me.. One side of me just wanted revenge from those responsible from my sister's death and other side lived with guilt for being the reason that someone was in between life and death..", he said.

Nandini felt bad hearing this, she was containing her tears after hearing his story.

"You're not at fault she tried to commit suicide because she was weak. She couldn't bear the fact you don't love her..", Nandini said.

"I know.. but I feel guilty.. I know the reason why she took this step is me.. I just pray she regain her conscious, and only then I will feel relieved..", he said breaking the hug.

"What did you do about Shashi?", Nandini asked.

"After taking MMD to number one position in India, I was ten times more powerful than him, and only I could dominate him, so I made him sell his company and his mansion to me.. and asked him to send him and his son very far from my sight.. as I need to protect Anvi from them too.. and then I sent his wife to jail for ill-treating my sister during her marriage and the servants of that house were witness of that..", Manik said.

"Why didn't you sent Shashi also to jail? He needed that, in fact more than that.. he and his son deserve hell only.." , Nandini thought angrily

"They are living hell right now Nandini.. because wealth, power and high status meant everything to both, and now leading a life struggling to even find the meal of a day.. is more than hell for them.." , Manik said.

"And Meera? ", asked Nandini.

"Meera is in City hospital and I'm the one taking care of everything related to her..", Manik said.

"You're using Meera's name as Aashi's mother?" , Nandini asked raising her eyebrow.

"No! You remember I never told you about Anvi's mother, neither her name or anything about her.. that day you asked about Meera, and since you didn't know about anything that's why I said that she was my first wife.. but then I said, don't ask me anything.. because I never wanted to lie to you, but at that time I was really not prepared to share my past with you..", he said.

"I trust you.. do you?" , he asked staring at the pool, now he could ask her this question which was more important for him than 'I love you'.

"I trust you too..", she said smiling faintly.

"I care for you.. I don't say or show it always, but you know I do..", he said.

"I also care for you.. and I will always say it and show it also.. but you never acknowledge it..", she pouted.

"I know you care for me.. Nandini..", he smiled, and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Acha?? Then don't come late from office from now on.. I don't like a bit to sleep without you in our room..", she said.

"I've better idea.. everday I will come late from office, I will ask driver to drop you at MMD then you will stay with me.. I will romance my wife while working! ", he teased.

NANDINI giggled and slapped his arms softly, "Naughty chocolate..".

"Hmm.. I need you to live.. you know after di left me.. I closed the door of love in my life, I didn't want to be attached to anyone.. because now I get scared to lose that person.. I kept pushing you away, but you didn't give up na.. and you're so loveable, cute, innocent, pure, caring, you love my family like they are yours, selfless, strong.. you're one in a billion NANDINI.. it's not easy to find someone with a golden heart like yours.. I've said this before.. that even if I wanted, I wouldn't be able to stay away from you.." , he said, "I really need you in my life..".

NANDINI stare at him with moist eyes and smile on her face, "I'm not that good.. don't praise me like this..".

"You're my baby.. even I fail to grab the right words to describe You!", he said nodding.

"I need you in my life too.. you know when Dadu told me that my parents abandoned me, I was very upset but then I always thought to be thankful to DM that my parents left me but I got Dadu, he's very special to me, I always thought my Dadu is my life, I need him only.. but after getting married you, I realized that not only him, you, our baby Anvi, our family are my life.. " , she said.

"Which position am I in your life? ", he asked raising his eyebrow.

"First position.. there's no one competing with you.." , she giggled hugging him, he also hugged her back smiling, "But I should give you last one, you always keep fighting with me.. but my heart is stubborn, it's not hearing me.. it wants you in first only!".

"He didn't told you till yet, he has a new owner aka Manik Malhotra..", Manik asked. Nandini giggled, "Acha?You want to be owner of everything, even my heart..".

"Yes, especially your golden heart..", he said.

He stood up and helped her stand also, Nandini looked at him confused. She expected them, to reach the 'I love you' also, why is he torturing her?

"Manik it's not fair...", she complained frowning, while Manik signaled someone with his eyes to do his task.

"Shh.." , he placed his finger on her lips, "Look there..", he pointed to the sky and she followed his gaze.

She smiled in glee seeing fireworks with heart shape bursting in the dark filled with stars sky.

Manik hugged her from behind, and she leaned her back on his front, staring at sky smiling happily.

"I LOVE YOU NANDINI MANIK MALHOTRA..", he said huskily.

suna hai, suna hai..

ye rasm-e-wafa hai

jo dil pe nasha hai

wo pehli dafa hai

(I've heard, I've heard,

that this is the ritual of love.

the intoxication that is there on the heart,

it's for the first time.)

kabhi dard si, kabhi zard si

zindagi benaam thi

kaheen chahatein huin meherbaan

haath baRh ke thaamti...

(sometimes like a pain, sometimes sad,

my life was without an identity..

somewhere love became kind to me, coming up and holding my hand..)