Note: 

Before you read any more, just letting you know that between Manik & Nandini one of them will regain all their past life memories by the end of this chapter. So who do you think it is? Manik who is already getting flashes? Or is it Nandini who isnt getting any flashbacks yet?? Comment & let me know what you think. 

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Manik went outside to look for a car or bus or something by which he could get to the airport but of course there was nothing.

"Manik...kya kar rahe ho? Bhai ne bola na koi gadi nahi milegi." Nandini said.

"Toh kya karun? Yahan pe do hafte tak baite rahun?" Manik yelled frustrated. "Ya phir...kahi tum yeh toh expect nahi kar rahi they ki main tumhare saath honeymoon spend karunga?"

Nandini kept quiet.

"Listen, just because maine thoda sa concern dikhaya tha kal raath ko doesnt mean ki mera aur tumhara kabhi bhi kuch ho sakta hai." Manik said, hurting Nandini's feelings. "Bar dancer ho...toh apni aukat pe raho okay? Seriously Cabir is crazy agar usse lagta hai ki main tumhari jaisi ek bar dancer ke saath-"

"BAS!" Nandini yelled out as she had enough. "BOHOT HO GAYA! BAR DANCER BAR DANCER BAR DANCER.....MERA EK NAAM HAI MANIK MALHOTRA! BAR DANCER HONA MERI PEHCHAN NAHI HAI!"

Manik stood silent, shocked at her outburst.

"Tumhe kya lagta hai? Main apni marzi se bar dancer banni? No...koi bhi ladki apni marzi se aisa kaam nahi karte hai...majbooriyan hote hai. Par tum kaise samjhoge? Tumhare paas kya nahi hai? Ek pyar karne wala family, itne saare dost...ek achi life. Jo chahiye woh bolne se pehle mil jaata hai tumhe!" Nandini said."Aur main? Mujhe toh apni zinda rehne ki keemat deni parti hai, apni khud ki chacha chachi ko. I hate dancing in front of those drunk men....nafrat hai mujhe uss kaam se lekin mere chacha chachi ne kabhi mere paas koi aur option nahi choda! Unke aisaano ke baadle mujhe yeh kaam karna parta tha!"

"Kya? Tumhare Chacha Chachi tumse yeh sab-" Manik was shocked.

"Haan, par.... maine apni life se samjhota kar li thi. Mann liya tha ki yahi meri zindagi hai....Tum aaye they mere paas! Cabir bhai ne kaha aur tum mann gaye mujhse shaadi karne ke liye! Mujhe toh uss ghar se, uss situation se nikalna tha, isi liye mein mann gayi lekin tum kyun manne? Aliya ke saath jagrah tumhara hua, tum usse sabak sikhana chahte they. Mujhse shaadi tumne apni marzi se kiya aur ab blame tum mujhe kar rahe ho? Main Bar Dancer hoon, main gold digger hoon aur kya kya nahi bola tumne mujhe KYUN? MERI KYA GALATI HAI?" Nandini screamed, in tears. Seeing her cry, Manik felt bad. "You know what...unfortunately agle do hafte tak hum dono yahan fase hue hai, uska toh kuch nahi kar sakte par haan jab tak ghar vapas nahi jaate tab tak tumse door zaroor reh sakti hoon."

Saying that, Nandini walked away in the opposite direction.

"Yeh maine kya kar diya? Bina soche samjhe main usse insult karta gaya. Mujhe maafi mangni hogi.... Baat toh uski sahi hai, mera aur uska relation chahe jaisa bhi ho, Its not her fault....mujhe koi haq nahi banta ke mein uska itna insult karun." Manik thought to himself as he followed behind Nandini.

"Nandini wait!" Manik called after her. Nandini just ignored him and walked through the jungle. "Nandini!"

"Leave me...choro muj-aah!"  As Nandini jerked her arm away from Manik her foot slipped and she fell down a watery, wet slope. Manik tried to catch her but that only made him slip as well.

"AAHHH!" Nandini screamed as she and Manik slid down the steep hill. Manik instinctively used his arms to protect Nandini's face from the branches that wooshed by. Finally they both fell down a waterfall and landed in the lake below.

"Nandini!" Manik came up to the surface of the water and saw her a few feet away, making her way to the land. He swam to her and found that the water quickly became shallow. "Nandini...tum thik ho?"

"Haan woh...wow!" Nandini gasped in awe as she looked around. "So pretty!"

(Note: Do not question how they fell down a waterfall uninjured. Its just a story so anything can happen plus I saw this in a movie once.)

"Nandini....we just fell down a waterfall." Manik stated.

"Paata hai...par uska matlab yeh toh nahi na ki yeh jagah khoobsurat nahi hai." Nandini replied. For a moment Manik stared at her not knowing what to say and then started laughing.

"Tum has kyun rahe ho?" Nandini pouted cutely.

"Toh aur nahi toh kya karun? Matlab abhi do minute pehle tum itna chilla rahe they, itne gusse mein they. Phir...we literally fell down a waterfall, paata nahi kahan pe hai hum. You should be worried aur tum yahan jagah ko admire kar rahe ho!" Manik laughed. "Like....I seriously dont know, main tumhe ajeeb bulaon ya  cute!"

At that moment, a large leaf fell from the tree above on top of Manik making him look all funny. Now it was Nandini's turn to laugh. Annoyed, Manik brushed the leaf off. "Bohot hasi aa rahi hai? Rukho...abhi batati hoon."

Nandini giggled as she dodged Manik who was chasing her.

"Haan haan bhaago...par kab tak bhaagoge? Kabhi toh rukhna parega na?" Manik said. Nandini stopped running, her head started hurting as she vaguely remembered a man saying that same thing once before. She doesnt know who or when.

"Kab tak bhaagoge Jhanvi? Kabhi toh rukhna parega na? Aur rukh ke vapas mere paas hi aana hai....toh bhaagke bhi kya faida?"

"Nandini? Kya hua?" Manik asked as he saw her stopped. 

"Hmm? Nahi kuch nahi...thik hoon main." She replied.

"Vaise...we should try to find our way back to the house. Purre bheege hue hai, bimar ho jayenge." Manik said.

"Haan...chalo."

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A couple of hours later Manik & Nandini finally found their way back to the villa where they had woken up. As they entered they were greeted by...Aliya.

"Hi Manik Baby!" Aliya waved.

"Aliya? Tum yahan kaise?" Manik went to hug her but she moved away with a look of disgust.

"EWWW! Manik you're all wet!"

"Haan woh...hum paani mein gir gaye they." Manik explained.

"Whatever, mere kapre kharab ho jayenge na baby. Tum jao kapre badlo lo....and take a shower too." Aliya pinched her nose and looked away.

"Yeah....Ill go change." Manik felt bad. As Manik & Nandini went upstairs to change Aliya gave Nandini an evil smirk.

"Acha hua maine Cabir ke baatein sun li aur mujhe paata chal gaya ki Manik aur Nandini yahan hai....There is no way main inn dono ko akela chorne wali hoon. And actually....it will be easier to get rid of Nandini so far away from the rest of the family. Manik ko main distract karke rakhungi aur Nandini ko Dhruv maar dega....nobody can save her this time." Aliya thought to herself. 

Meanwhile Manik went into the washroom and freshened up. As he came out he sneezed right on Nandini.

"Oh shit...Im so sorry Nandini." Manik exclaimed, sniffling. "I think I caught a cold."

"Koi baat nahi....tumhare control mein thodi na hai." Nandini replied.

"Thanks." Manik smiled. "Acha main...Aliya se mil leta hoon, tum kapre badal lo."

Manik then went back downstairs where Aliya was. "Aliya....vaise tumne bataya nahi, tum yaha kaise?"

"Maine na Cabir ki baatein sun li and I came here! Tum uss bar dancer ke saath honeymoon spend kyun karoge? Mere saath spend karo na!"

"Nandini." Manik said.

"Kya?"

"Uska naam Nandini hai Aliya. Baar baar Bar Dancer bulana sahi nahi hai. Uski majboori thi isi liye woh yeh kaam kar rahi thi." Manik told Aliya. Seeing him change so much, Aliya gritted her teeth in annoyance but forced a smile on to show Manik. 

"Of course baby...woh toh tum khud usse bar dancer bulate ho toh..." 

"I know...par ab nahi bulaunga, aur nahi usko main gold digger bulanga. I cant insult her Aliya kyunki usse iss sab mein maine khud involve ki thi. Ghar wapas jaane ke baad main usse divorce de dunga....phir she can live her life."

"Huh...divorce my foot. Jis direction mein tum jaa rahe ho na, saaf paata chalta hai ke tum usse kabhi divorce nahi doge..but no worries Nandini vaise bhi ghar vapas nahi jaa payegi, atleast zinda toh nahi." Aliya thought. She then wrapped her arms around Manik's neck. "Acha, woh sab chodo. Why dont we go out? Explore the place?"

"I- sniffle." 

"Are you sick?" Aliya asked as she moved away from him. "You better not sneeze on me!"

Once again Manik was hurt by her behaviour but chose to ignore it. Thats when Nandini came with a warm glass of haldi milk.

"Manik...yeh lo. Isse tumhari sardhi thik ho jayega!" Nandini said.

"Seriously? How middle class...baby, forget the milk just have some medicine."

Nandini felt bad but decided it wasnt worth the fight so she was about to turn away when Manik grabbed the glass from her.

"Actually, I think Ill have the milk. Mom bhi humesha yahi deti hai...it works." Manik smiled to Nandini who smiled back. Manik then drank the milk in one go.

"Ho gaya? Chalo ab." Aliya started pulling Manik with her. 

"Wait...Nandini? Tum bhi chalo." 

"Oh no...agar Nandini humare saath aa gayi toh Dhruv usse kaise marega?" Aliya thought.

"Actually Nandini...so sorry but I wanted to spend some alone time with Manik. You dont mind staying back here, do you? Great!" Not waiting for Nandini's reply, Aliya just dragged Manik away.

"You dont mind staying back here, do you? Great!" Nandini mimicked Aliya once they were gone. "Of course I mind...mann karta hai teri sir phor doon main! Par jail jaane ki mood mein nahi hoon na, isi liye kuch nahi kiya. On the bright side....Manik badal raha hai....yes yes yes!!"

While Nandini was jumping happily thinking of Manik's changed behaviour, Dhruv snuck into the villa wearing gloves and a short rope in his hands. Slowly he snuck up behind Nandini and wrapped the rope around her neck, choking her. 

"Ahck!" Nandini panicked and tried to pull the rope away but Dhruv was too strong for her. She struggled and knocked over a few things. Then she reached behind and started pulling at Dhruv's hair.

"Leave me you B*tch!" Dhruv growled. Nandini however didnt stop and dug her fingers into his eye, making him let go of her. "AAH!"

Cough! Cough! 

Nandini coughed & gasped for breathe and quickly ran upstairs, away from Dhruv. Dhruv followed her and stopped the door before she could close it. Grabbing her by the hair, Dhruv threw her onto the bed and pinned her down.

"You think you're so strong hai na? Lekin mujhse bach nahi paoge!" Dhruv said.

"Kyun kar rahe ho tum aisa? Chodo mujhe!" Nandini yelled. Dhruv ignored her and roughly grabbed her neck, choking her again. Nandini felt around for something when her hand got the vase that was on the side table. She grabbed it and swung at Dhruv's head, shattering the vase.

"AAH!" Dhruv yelled out in pain, stumbling back. Taking that opportunity, Nandini ran out and locked Dhruv in the room.

"MANIK!" Nandini screamed. At that exact moment, Manik who was far from the villa and couldnt hear anything stopped because he felt like someone needed him.

"Baby...lets go." Aliya tried to get him to continue walking.

"I...I think we should go back." Manik looked towards the villa.

"But..."

"Aliya mujhe kuch sahi nahi lag raha hai. I think something is wrong. Main vapas jaa raha hoon." Manik then started running back leaving Aliya.

"Fine...vaise bhi ab tak Dhruv ne maar diya hoga uss ladki ko." Aliya smirked.

Meanwhile Dhruv had managed to break the door and ran down to catch Nandini before she could leave the villa. Using the rope again, Dhruv wrapped it around her neck and started pulling her back with that. Nandini used her fingers to keep the rope from going to tight on her neck....but things started to get blurry and it was getting harder to breathe. Then she started getting flashes of events that hadnt happened before.

She sees a girl wearing a gagrah...its her but she doesnt remember any of this, she sees...Cabir? But he looks different. Then she sees a bunch of other people who she doenst know but the other version of her seems to know and then...she sees a man who is none other than Manik but he also looks different.

"Paras.." The dream version of her says.

"DHRUV! HOW DARE YOU!" Manik enters the villa and sees Dhruv choking Nandini. He runs over and punches him in the face. Nandini who is half unconscious, see him but at the same time her memories of her past life were coming back.

"HIMMAT KAISE HUA TERA? MERI JHANVI KO HAATH LAGANE KI! ILL KILL YOU!" Paras shouted, punching a man.

"I'LL KILL YOU DHRUV! I'LL KILL YOU!" Manik shouted. Aliya finally reached the villa and was shocked to see Nandini still alive and Dhruv was caught by Manik.

"Dhruv? Tum yaha kya kar rahe ho?" Aliya put on  a shocked face."Aur kya kiya tumne Nandini ke saath?"

Aliya pretended to care and ran to Nandini who had already lost consciousness. "Manik....iske gale mein yeh marks...aur kapre bhi phate hue hai. Zaroor Dhruv ne zabardasti ki iske saath. Thats just disgusting Dhruv! Ek ladki ke saath tum aise kaise kar sakte ho?"

Manik started punching Dhruv like crazy to the point where his face was covered in blood.

"Manik...Manik! I think hume isse police ke hawale kar dena chahiye....lets just tie him up for now." 

Manik agreed and tied Dhruv up tightly before running to Nandini and gently lifting her up and taking her to the room. He placed her on the bed and sat down beside her rubbing her hands trying to get her to wake up.

"Nandini....wake up...pls wake...pls..pls...ankhen kholo." Manik whispered. 

"Mmm...P..Pa..ra.s..." Manik looked surprised as Nandini mumbled the name. "Paras..."

"Paras? Yeh toh wahi ladka hai, the one in my dreams? Par Nandini iska naam kyun bol rahi hai?How does she know him?" Manik wondered. Coughing, Nandini finally woke up and Manik forgot that she had said that name. "Nandini...you're awake...thank god."

Nandini just stared at Manik with so many emotions. She was so happy to see her love again, she was also sad that he didnt remember anything yet and that he had a girlfriend. "Paras...."

Nandini's eyes teared up and she hugged Manik tightly, sobbing. Manik thought it was because she was afraid of Dhruv so he comforted her. "Shh...its okay. Dhruv kuch nahi kar payega...Main hoon na? Kuch nahi karne dunga main usse."

"Manik baby!" Aliya entered the room and Nandini glared at her, literally throwing daggers at her with her eyes.

"Manik Baby? Bohot ho gaya iska...mere Paras ko Manik baby bula rahi hai. Ab tak I didnt do anything kyunki mujhe khud yaad nahi tha...Manik ko bhi yaad nahi hai toh woh mujhe pe yakeen nahi karega...par ab main iski asliyat Manik ke samne laake rahungi. Im very sure ke Dhruv ne jo kuch bhi kiye iske kehne pe kiya hoga. I just need to prove it." 

"Baby Im hungry." Aliya complained.

"Kitchen mein khaana hai Aliya...Manik kya apne haath se khilayega? Khud jao aur khaa lo." Nandini stated.

"How dare you?" Aliya looked angry.

"Aliya...stop. Nandini galat nahi bol rahi hai. You're  big girl, kitchen mein jao aur khaana kha lo. I cant leave Nandini right now." Manik said.

"What?" Aliya stomped and left the place.

"Aliya...baby... wait..." Manik then turned to Nandini. "Are you happy? Mujhe paata hai ki Aliya was being a bit insensitive to your situation par itna rude hona zaroori tha?"

"Woh mujhe pe nahi tumpe gussa hui hai. Tumne abhi kaha ki mein galat nahi hoon...phir dant kyun rahe ho?" Nandini asked.

"Okay baba...sorry sorry." Manik held his ears and apologised. "Acha..I should go talk to her."

"Manik..aah!" Nandini randomly grabbed her head to stop Manik from leaving. 

"Kya hua? Dard ho raha hai? Kahan pe?" Manik stopped and checked Nandini. "Sir pe?"

"Haan...Dhruv ne bohot zor se maara tha. Woh... rope se mujhe choke bhi kar raha tha...saans bhi nahi liya jaa raha tha Manik." Nandini described how she felt with great detail. With each word, Manik felt like he was the one being attacked but he didnt know why.

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Note: So.....what did you guys think? Comments? Thoughts? Aliya managed to keep herself safe but Nandini now remembers everything so she will get her Paras back.