Even before turning I knew the owner of the hand was up to no good,and definitely not someone I know ,I turned in to find a complete stranger,though he looked all suave and Richie rich but my gut feeling told  or rather yelled at me to keep a distance.

Ooooh miss m sorry I mistook you for someone else,it was a mistake but I must admit a beautiful one.

He smiled and I felt relaxed,I said its OK and was about to move away when I felt a pull I turned to see him hold my hand,

May I know ur name,I had rather call you an angel coz evidently you look like one.

Again he put his teeth on display having said that.

Nan....Nandini Murthy

I fumbled,I was feeling extremely uneasy and tried pulling my hand out,but instead of losing the grip he held it more tightly and leaned in to place a kiss.

Aaah...what a beautiful name.

But before his lips could touch my hand he was pulled back by my saviour,Manik.He literally pulled the man,and took him in a hlug which by no means seemed a friendly one and glared at me angrily.

Harshad harshad...you won't change all the time around girls,but don't waste time here go and look out for the raunchy types.She is a guest.

I just looked at him as he pushed harshad to the other side,I didn't know if I should thank him or again hate him for making me feel low.

As I moved ahead I saw John sir seated among a few other top notch people ,he did look handsome .He smiled at me which I did return.

I finally reached the bar,by now the party was in its peak with a lot of chattering going on,I could see Soha making a desperate attempt to press herself to Manik ,the picture almost causing an ache to me .Alya had found some models to talk with ,harshad had managed to find the girls manik mentioned and Ms Malhotra was playing the perfect hostess.Just as I was about to ask for a cold drink,someone placed a hand on my back and said.

May I have the honour of buying you a drink????.

I turned to find a middle aged but good looking man smiling at me,though I should have said no,but taking his age into consideration I felt that he was a fine gentleman.

I smiled at him and nodded my head in compliance,we started talking and I found out that he was one of the top shot businessman like Manik and also was his business partner,he knew John Sir so that made our conversation easy,we were in deep conversation when he kept his hand on my bare thigh,though it felt deliberate but I brushed it off as an accident but the same happened again and I grew more conscious,I was about to reprimand him when manik's grandmom came and asked him to meet some clients,I felt relieved and thanked her in my heart.I made a decision to move out I had enough of a everything today but as I made my way I was pulled to a secluded corner by Manik,who seemed really mad for some reason.

What do you think you are doing ,u wore this slutty dress and thought to be a cocktease to woo men,haven't you had enough.....get one thing straight just go home before another man can lay his hands on you.... Just get out!!!!

Saying this he pushed me hard ,by the time he finished I was in tears,he made it sound so cheap as if I was displaying my body for money....I just cursed the moment I decided to be nice to him...tears had blinded my sight and I didn't see the man Infront,and I hit him head on .I was crying continuously which made it difficult to breathe.

Watch out.....oooh my god come here....stop crying,Manik is heartless,please don't bother,don't let him affect u.

I hiccupped and looked at the person who was trying his best to soothe me,it was HARSHAD....though I didn't get a good impression about him but after my encounter with Manik I reckoned my judgement could be wrong ......very wrong.Also this man here was trying to console me.He offered me water and wiped my tears.Suddenly I felt my head getting dizzy.And then he dropped the remaining of the water on me 'Accidentally' .

Oooh fish m so sorry nandini....how clumsy of me...come here lemme help you clean up.

He held me by my waist and started taking me somewhere, even though I didn't feel right I knew he was up to no good....I protested all the way.

No leave me....lemme find my friends....alya.....soha......

He covered by mouth and finally we reached a room,he made me sit on the bed and went to close the door.I got up and tried to push him, to move out but he pushed me hard and my head hit the bed end.

Aaaawwwwu !!!!lemme go...

I was starting to feel terrified .....but my stupid legs hardly supported me...I guess I drank something wrong.He held me tight in his arms.

Cmon nandini ur dress is all wet lemme help you change.

NO!!!!!!!

I cried out  in a feeble voice as his hands reached my zipper,and he started dragging it down,I lost hope I knew he would rape me....no one had seen me with him,Manik was right after all....I had put my body on display,I cried and begged him to lemme go but my pleas fell on deaf ears,he had successfully pulled half the zipper down and had pulled the dress from my right side exposing my shoulder when we heard a loud banging on the door.

HARSHAD !!!!!!

It was Manik!!!!!Harshad opened the door and there stood my KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR....Manik looked at me once and then turned towards harshad.

What the hell harshad....I told you not to Create a scene,she is a law student training under JOHN MATHEW...now, Get out and lemme handle it.

I was shocked ,I expected some reaction but he was covering up harshad....harshad looked at me once again and then left closing the door behind him.

Manik came towards me ...I knew he would again blame me...and I definitely was not going to hear his scorn....so as soon as he settled next to me....I hugged him tight and cried out loud.

(NOTE:for all who have confusion regarding manik's behaviour wait for his POV....as of now enjoy Nandu's version)