After sleeping more than for four hours he woke up early in the morning to find himself in completely uncomfortable position and need not to say first time he slept with almost half naked girl yet he didn't slept with her , also that too in most cosiest position and he is someone who don't like cuddling at all , from his childhood he never slept by hugging someone it includes his mom too , when he turned 3yrs old he was sent into his personal room inspite of his protests of sleeping alone as loneliness used to scare that naive baby and darkness used to suck life out of that little soul but still he survived by keeping lights on all night because his parents refused to take him inside their room .

After opening his eyes , he first checked if she still have fever or not but to his luck she was sweating a little bit that means her fever is gone and her other body parts were normal too, his body heat really helped her .  She was sleeping peacefully and was snoring a little bit on his neck which made him smile for a second , he pecked her lips and got out of her T-shirt .

He really tried to ignore the fact that she is wearing a non padded underwired black bra .

Also he didn't saw that she is wearing black panties .

No .... He wasn't bothered at all that set of her black under garments on her milky body is giving tempting view.

He wasn't bothered at all but still his member down there needed his attention because he was really having hard time since last night.  So finally Manik thought of paying attention to his long little member and went away from her after covering her body with that stole .

After a hour almost before sun would hit the horizon her sleep broke and she found herself completely alone . Seeing that stole she blushed because she remembered the last night and she won't deny that his extremely fair , broad , bare body is sinfully hot and exceptionally irresistible for any sane person. Coming back to her senses she started finding her companion .

 
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Humming sound of someone's soothing voice caught her attention and she couldn't stop herself from following that particular voice  .

A broken heart is all that's left
I'm still fixing all the cracks
Lost a couple of pieces when
I carried it, carried it, carried it home
I'm afraid of all I am (oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
My mind feels like a foreign land (oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Silence ringing inside my head (oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
Please, carry me, carry me, carry me home

Her eyes found the origin of that soulful voice and smile broke down on her face by seeing her love being completely engrossed in song , enjoying his 'me time' just few minutes before sunrise that too on top of fort , making it ethereal scene in front her eyes. His face was calm and eyes were blank still song managed to enchant her heart but his look showed how lyrics were portraying his reality.

I've spent all of the love I saved
We were always a losing game
Small-town boy in a big arcade
I got addicted to a losing game

He looked back at the intruder and saw her singing . He chuckled a bit but she showed her big eyes and signalled him to sing along with her. 

Oh, oh-oh-oh oh
Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game

They both sang this together and after a moment laughed out loud together. 

"Sry I couldn't hold back myself  ..... I love this song so I sang it along with you " she said sheepishly by sitting on same big rock with him .

"No wonder, u r a great singer ..... Ur singing can really give competition to ur cooking " he taunted her and she bit her cheek from inside and slapped his bare shoulder for saying the truth.

"And hidden grief behind ur marvellous voice can actually tell the secrets of ur heart " this time she smirked and he was perplexed.  He don't like someone uncovering him and seeing deep scars on his naked soul . He has wrapped whole new self around his wounded soul just to protect those scars from sympathetic eyes.

"Ur fever is down ..... Even u look fine ...... We should go back ...... We can't afford any more time here " by changing the topic abruptly, he got up from his place and stretched his muscles.

"Manik look ........ It's a sunrise ..... The view is so real and mesmerizing " she chirped happily seeing the sky decorated in the shades of orange colour giving the vibes of arrival of sun in the east.  He turned to see her glowing face .

And in next moment she sucked his lips with sheer excitement for 30secs and pulled herself back where he stood there unmoved.

She kissed him , showing someone exists in his life to love him even if it's a losing game.

"What ? ..... I wanted to kiss u during one of the most beautiful sunrise of my life" she shrugged her shoulders and said after looking at his questioned face .

"Don't u think u r taking too much advantage of me being nice to you " he pulled her by waist and she landed on his chest.

"Thanks for not taking advantage of me , last night " she said sincerely while removing his hands from her waist and he just nodded with small smile on his lips , he kept her trust alive .

His ph rang breaking their moment and making her frowned . He picked up the phone and she rolled her eyes at him . Then after a minute he kept phone inside his pocket . He saw she was keeping her both hands on each side of her waist , huffing a little and keeping her head high than usual .

"Obviously u had ur second phone with you .... All the time " she huffed more and she was looking damn cute .

"Why I braught emergency bag , Miss driver?" he pinched her red , cute , little nose .  And moved ahead she followed him while rubbing her nose and cursing him but she also realised that bag was really helpful for them .

They picked up their things from that place and put them in their respective bags and once again he got the view of her black panties and pretty round ass  as she was bending down . So he picked up that stole from ground. 

"Ouuu..... What are you doing ?" She got startled as he suddenly out of nowhere spank her one bum and in next second kneeled down in front of her and started tying that piece of cloth around her waist.

"Trying to save others eyes by covering ur not so pretty ass ..... Because my t-shirt is failing in doing that " he can't be careless when he knew anyone can visit this fort and it's already a new day so there is possibility of them seeing other humans and animals while climbing down.

"Umm it's actually looking very beautiful " she said when he was done with his work.

(Imagine full sleeves long black t-shirt and white skirt )

"Perks of having designers on my fingertips" he flaunted his talent and wealth.

"And also it will hide the results of ur wild reactions on my touches " her eyes popped out of sockets as she realised he saw the spot of wetness on her panties , she got so embarrassed that she really felt the need of hiding herself for 10 days , he wasn't supposed to say that.

"Whatever ..... It's just that unconsciously my harmones were reacting with ur actions of last night ..... And u r saying as if u wasn't affected at all " she tried to put brave face and dogged the matter casually.

"I wasn't ...... Didn't I told u that u r great turn off for any man alive " he teased her in a serious tone that she believed him and her face fell down .

"Hmm" she was little hurt and without saying any word she started walking with her bag on her shoulders, she gave one glance at the ashes of her fav basket . He noticed change in her but kept quiet because she started walking furiously and that will help them to reach down in speed .

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When she remembered that today is Saturday and the day of result , she couldn't control her anxiety . She clearly remember that msg said Manik should release those two bastards but here Manik almost killed them so that msg is meaningless now , they might have contacted each other and now she is totally clueless about his further plans.

Though she tried to delay this journey of climbing down the fort but eventually they reached at the foot of fort because of Manik's urgency and fast speed. After coming down he again called someone and informed about his arrival.

One man of Abhimanyu came in seconds after getting call from Manik .

"Boss ur parcel " that man forwarded a bag of new clothes to Manik then he looked at Nandini for second nd lowered his head.  She was looking so enticing for local goon like him but she was forbidden and he dared not to lay eye on her sexy legs for more than second , he knew Manik won't think before pulling his eye pupils out of their sockets.

"Nandini take this and wait here ...... And u come with me " giving that bag to Nandini he dragged that man to one corner.

"Y..Yes ...... Boss" that man was scared, he don't know why Manik dragged him here , did  he saw him ogling at Nandini's legs ? .

"They aren't dead yet , right?" Manik asked him and he sighed in relief that Manik is asking about those two brothers.

"Not yet ...... But they are counting their last breathes ...... I don't know if they will survive till this afternoon or not " he replied .

"I hope u have arranged empty ambulance as I had asked you earlier "Manik asked and he nodded.

"Just shift their bodies into that and without wasting  more time take them to Mumbai ..... No one will stop you , u will reach at Mumbai near about the time of results ..... So be somewhere around the crowd of supporters of political parties " he explained him carefully.  As displaying of result of votes has been started and in next two hours the MLA of that particular zone will be announced .

"Yes boss " he said and started going out of his sight.

"Hey wait " he stopped only to receive print of Manik's palm on his face .

"U deserved it and u know why " saying so Manik walked away , he definitely didn't missed the small glint of lust in his eyes after seeing Nandini . She was waiting that's why he finished this deal with one hard slap.

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"What's his most recent update ?" Old , powerful man in his late sixties asked one of his hooligan.

"Last night he finalized deal with foreign industry ..... I guess he is out of India " that man replied. 

"Everything is cover up ..... Don't believe on it ..... I know disappearance of my sons is related to any one of them or both of them"
He stated with rage. 

"What we should do ? ...... He is out of reach , he is not traceable " that man lowered his head and said in low , fearful voice .

"Find his driver girl ..... And whenever you will find her ..... Just shoot her " he gave an order . He knew Manik is involved in the kidnapping of his sons that's why he is out of town and Sattya is overly stress free , it's making the situation more creepy . He don't want to kill Nandini but one murder of low life won't affect him much and it will be little punishment for Manik . He is aware of spark between two of them .

"Okay" he said and left .

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Manik took Nandini to one of the cheapest and nearest hotel to get changed and eat something , she was very tired and already her health wasn't best . He chose the hotel where there are no CCTV cameras or any electrical devices for payment , he chose to pay in cash .

He was in hurry that he forced her to be quick and literally in half hour they were out of that hotel . All the time she was confused and impatient because of his behaviour but she chose to follow his order without denial and saved time from unnecessary arguments . He also took one bottle of alcohol before coming out of the hotel. 

He knew he is running out of time and also her health is not that good so he took driver seat and drove them with extreme speed . As he was driving on highway so she wasn't worried about accident. He is not bad driver but he don't have control over his speed and that makes him worst driver on local streets. He covered the distance almost in one hour as traffic was less because of the morning.

"Nandini " he stopped before entering the Mumbai. She looked at him and he checked her forehead and neck , her body was cold .

"U need this to keep u warm ..... Drink it " he said giving her the bottle of beer.

"I am not feeling cold ..... My body is cold just because of cool breeze outside the window " she said. He knew this already because all the way she kept looking outside the window ignoring his presence.

"U r not fully recovered ..... U may catch fever again so close the window nd have this" she knew he is faking this concern and he is manipulating her to drink , she don't know why he is doing this but she know he will get his work done anyhow.  So she chose to accept it earlier instead of facing worse way later and she will play her game after his move .

"Manik ..... I'm anxious " she said after gulping half bottle of beer.

"Why ?" He asked without looking at her and concentrating on his driving.

"I know u r upto something " her sentence took away his one breathe and then he sighed inhaling one long breath.  She is anything but stupid little girl.

"That will be for ur best " he didn't denied neither told her his plan.

After a while when she finished one whole bottle of alcohol he asked ,

"We are on local streets ..... We should exchange our positions if you don't want any accident " he chuckled at his own lame excuse and she faked a smile. After stopping the car they exchanged their seats.

"Give me ur phone ..... I want to msg my P.A ..... I lost my phone in hotel " he lied and she gave him her phone after seeing the outline of his phone over his jeans. 

He instantly msged Abhimanyu and asked him to forward his msg to local police . And msg was ,

' Here on xyz street ..... There's a car who's driver is driving recklessly ..... Though car haven't harmed anyone but it has done lots of damage on street ..... I think driver is drunk please send any on duty officer at that spot ..... The number of car is
MH 02 AS 7729' .

He sended this msg before crossing that lane and now he just have to do some damage .  Till then police will reach there , they won't avoid msg from P.A. of Manik Malhotra.

"Manik " he looked up from her phone .

"Hmm"

"What it means to you .... Yesterday. ....  Our date ?" She asked taking him off guard , he is not ready for emotional talk but she don't know what's coming in their way and she don't want to avoid this conversation.

"U want honest answer?" He asked looking into her eyes and she nodded while driving.

"A perfect Delusion" he said .

"Then why does it felt most real thing in my entire existence?" her eyes were little gloomy because she can sense what's coming next.

"Delusion feels real but it isn't ...... That's why we call it delusion" .

"And what we r ? " .

"Every human is attracted to particular uniqueness in his or her life .......So u r a ray of light in my darkness ...... And I'm just a alluring darkness for u " .

"What future we hold?" .

"U will live bright life just like u have lived until now ....... And there is no we .... There wasn't any" she realised they never promised each other anything but that doesn't mean their hearts needed words.

"And what about u? " her heart started filling with unsettling emotions.

"I'm unpredictable and unannounced just like time " he is making it difficult for her to remain sane though she is already drunk but still she is sober .

"Manik ...... Please don't leave me" tears were hitting the shore of her eyelids.

"If this life will give me chance to live forever then I promise it would be with you" she was driving yet he decided to seal his promise with kiss on her forehead. That made her lose control over steering and she closed her eyes letting a tear drop rolled down from her eye .

It wasn't right time to be vulnerable so he took the advantage of situation and turned the steering towards big garbage bin on street. 

"Sorry " she opened her eyes when her car hit the garbage bin and he pulled up the handbrake and she stopped car by pressing her feet on clutch and brake.

"Fuck you " she cursed him and got out of the car to see the damage and she was observing how bonet of her car and one headlight is crushed . He too came out of the car and then he heard the siren of police van , he smirked .

"Who was driving the car ?" Rough voice of police officer reached her ears and she turned back to look two policemen standing there and one police van was parked behind them.

"Sir I am Manik Malhotra and she is my driver " Manik said in his swag and shook his hand with police officer .

"Mr Malhotra how this happened?" Now his tone was polite in front of Manik.

"Umm sry officer ...... She was little drunk and that's why it happened .....  Otherwise she is best in her work " she heard Manik talking to that officer very calmly and realised why he made her drink that beer bottle.

"No worries ...... Just be careful from next time "she smiled when officer dismissed the case .

"Don't be biased just because I am big personality in industry ..... In fact people looked up to me as inspiration and I don't want to use it to get away from such situations ...... She is my driver nd she did mistake ....... So please treat her like any normal human ..... I will personally follow the protocol of our law " their eyes got filled with pride by seeing this moralistic man in front of them , they never thought billionaire like him will be down to the earth person. But she rolled her eyes at his drama this man can make fool out of anyone.

"Sir I am really sorry and I am ready to pay penalty " she also act on her behalf but Manik is not ready .

"Why only penalty ? ...... She will get punishment for her this accident too...... Officer u have my permission and even I am the witness of the accident and I could have been victim of it too but fortunately we got saved on time " this time Manik played blame game .

"She will be imprisoned for now as per the complaint registered by residents ...... And u will have to pay 10k Rs for drinking and driving " officer asked lady constable to arrest her and she stood there motionless , she was only looking at his expressionless face . She don't know why he is doing this but it's very shameful for to step foot inside the jail , she never thought she will be arrested , what her parents would feel if they come to know about this. 

"Thanks for everything Manik " she said with a rage looking deeply into his eyes which made him squirmed under her gaze. 

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"Congratulations bro ...... Once again u r MLA" Suraj hugged Sattya tightly as result of their area was declared and he became MLA once again.

"You are just one step back from achieving the chair of chief minister " he said with hope and determination but none of this reflected on Sattya's face .

"I'm just one step back from completing my mission ..... Bye bye mate " after breaking the hug he moved outside the house . He was waiting for results only , now no one can stop him. He haven't received any news from Manik and now he have to find him or his girl .

On the other side of city people were mourning over the loss of their leader. And as per tradition fights started between the opposition parties and soon they turned ugly and people started hitting each other bruitely and taking the advantage of situation Abhimanyu's men pushed those two bodies out of ambulance under others feet to get smashed.

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"Hey girl ..... Stop creating a scene" one of the officer shouted on Nandini when she stood up on the desk with her handcuffs on her both wrist. 

"Sir ..... She is drunk " one constable whispered it and she heard it.

"Exactly I am drunk ..... And in desperate need of killing Manik Malhotra ..... That fucker sent me here to rot ..... I want lawyer ..... I want lawyer " she sat on desk and started banging it , all were silent because she was Manik's driver. She was sober but she put this act of stubbornness because when she was calmly trying to convince them to free her because Manik is doing this deliberately they didn't listened .

"Okay okay. ..... Stop dancing on our heads. .... I will grant you permission to call only one person who will arrange lawyer for ur bail " officer permitted for this.

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"Sir ...... Ur work is done ..... They are dead " Abhimanyu said this over a call to Manik.

"Send me proof " he asked impatiently.

"Done ..... Check ur what's app " he sent pictures of their dead bodies crushed under feet of others.

"Bye ..... I'm getting call from private number" Abhimanyu said when he saw the notification of upcoming call .

"It must be Nandini ....... Please make sure she stays in jail ..... Good bye " indeed his good bye sounded so unreal to Abhimanyu's ears as if he also heard meaning behind those two words.

"Hello " he received that call after cutting Manik's.

"Abhimanyu ...... I want u here in police station ..... Asap " she ordered him in meek tone.

"I will " he huffed. It's been so exhausting for him, from yesterday the only thing he is doing is covering the mess created by his boss or his friend . But it's his job so he is ready for more adventures.

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"Done with ur deed ?" After keeping phone inside his jeans pocket Manik turned back to see the amusing face of Sattya.

"I never knew ...... You would be so much desperate to celebrate ur winning with me" obviously Manik got the news of him becoming MLA again and his arrival confirmed it. 

"Well I am here to hear the result of my winning which is entirely dependent on ur success and failure in ur work " he said with smirk. 

"Besides I am aware of little stunt u did to save ur girl ..... And she is safe in jail " when he didn't got any answer from Manik so he whispered this evily in his ears.

"U know I always win ....... Losing is not option for me " Manik said confidently.

"Ur words used to hold control on me but not anymore ..... I need proof " he said with bitter sweet memories. 

"Check it urself ..... Free me and people around me from ur clutches ...... And one more thing don't ever think that I bend down in front of you ...... I did this not because I was afraid of you but because Aadira deserved this ...... She was my one true friend " placing ph on his palm Manik said this and Sattya nodded being overwhelmed .

"And u done right to her ...... Unfortunately after her death but the point is u did " he said in gratitude.

"U have my words ...... U won't even see my shadow in ur life ..... Don't worry I will clear this mess for u " he continued further.

"Off course u will have to " Manik winked at him making him frawned then Manik pointed towards the car standing behind Sattya.

"U called him ?" He asked him unbelievably . Once again he broke his trust , Manik Malhotra can never change.

" I just ensured my safety " he said innocently yet devilishly.

Manik is not ready to leave everything behind , he is not ready to get free from Nandini's spell , this time he is selfish for his life.

"Ur time is over new MLA " old man , father of those two bastards came out his car and pointed gun towards Sattya . Sattya's men also raised their guns in defence of Sattya but old man's men attacked them from behind nd caught them. He was fully prepared as per Manik's instructions.

"May u make peace with my sons in hell " he screamed at the top of his voice before pulling the trigger and firing the bullet in to Sattya's direction . But his reflexes were fast in saving himself .

"Sorry Manik ..... But I have promised  dinner to my daughter " he said when bullet passed through right side of Manik's back .

"And I had promised a life to my girl" Manik's body collapsed on Sattya's front body as blood started oozing out from his back.

"I won't mind killing a killer of my son " that man smirked when his aimed bullet passed through Manik but nonetheless he is less bothered because Manik is also the cause that his sons are dead today . He again pointed gun at the left side of Manik to make sure that he will die.

"Aaaah " a loud sound echoed in the atmosphere.

"My sharp-witted minion " Manik mumbled before slipping into darkness and his body fell on the floor.

Her face was the only memory he remembered before slipping into oblivion.

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........... Aish ❣️.............