"Ramesh...yeh samaan andar rakhva do"raj orders one of the servant while others were just busy in adoring the haveli....

"Neyo..mere kamre mein juice bhej dena..mein sidha sone jaa rahi hu..dinner nahi karungi"daadi says ..

"Kaisi hai aap nanand ji.."nandini asks mukti who was standing with alya...

"Call me mukti yaar..nanand is so oldfashioned..anyways..mein keh bhi kise rahi hu..joh khud oldfashion hai..behenji"mukti remarks making nandini chuckle silently..poor her has no idea that with whom she is talking...well its mukti's luck that manik was standing far away from them and was talking with cabir..otherwise she may have to face the monster..but how can our nandini leave mukti so easily

"Kya kaha aapne..behenji..agar meine traditional pehen liya toh mein behenji ho gayi..agar meine hindi mein baat karli toh mein behenji ho gayi..toh kya phir daadi bhi behenji hai..neyo maa aur mumma bhi behenji hai..daadi..aap bataiye.."nandini spoke little loudly to stop daadi who in return glares at mukti making her scared..

"Mukti..tumhe laaj sharam hai yaa nahi..yeh kya tarika hai apni bhabhi se baat karne ka..maafi mango abhi ke abhi"daadi says in stern tone while mukti's eyes welled up..

"I m sorry bhabhi"she says unwillingly..

"Koi baat nahi nanand ji..bas aap aage se aise kisi ka apmaan mat kariye gaa"nandini says sweetly while mukti just clench her fist to control her anger..

Alya holds her hand to calm her down..

"Nandini..tum jao aur aaram karo..kal se saare functions shuru ho jayenge..uske baad aaram karne ka vakt nahi milega tumhe"daadi says to which nandini nods and leaves not before giving a look to mukti..

"What the hell..yeh ladki samajhti kya hai khudko..how dare she to involve daadi in this..mein isse chodungi nahi"mukti says frustratedly when she sees daadi leaving..

"Mukti..calm down..vaise bhi it was ur fault..tumhe aise uski insult nahi karni chahiye thi.."alya says

"No alya..iss nandini mein kuch toh gadbad hai..voh jaisi dikhti hai vaisi hai nahi..tumhe dekha nahi kaise voh mujhe look deke gayi jaane se pehle..something is fishy"mukti says while alya just sighs..

"Guys..chalo andar..yaha kya khade ho"soha drags them inside...

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After dinner

"Taara..yeh tumhara room hai..mere room ke theek saamne..so no shaitaani ok"he says caressing her cheeks to which she pouts cutely hearing his last line..

"Mani..maine aajtak kabhi shaitaani ki hai bhala..i m ur good girl naa"she says trying to butter him but naah!..he too is manik malhotra...

"Accha..u are a good girl..theeke hai phir..i will believe once u behave like a one..now no more discussion and go back to bed..u should have a good sleep..see..9 baje hai abhi..aur kal tumhe subah 6 baje uthna hai..kisi puja ke liye..so atleast tumhari 8 ghante ki neend puri honi chahiye..so sleep"he makes her lay down on bed and covers her with duvet..

"Mani..tum bhi yahi so ge na..mere saath"she asks holding his hand when he was about to leave..

"Yes baby..lekin pehle door lock karle..varna agar kisi ne dekh liya toh hungama ho jayega"he says and locks the door..

Next second he was beside her holding her close to himself..

"Good night mani"she whispers before going into deep slumber..

"Good night taara"he pecks her forehead softly and soon he too slept..

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"Hey bhagvaan..yeh manik kaha chala gaya.."neyonika rants walking out of his room and saw raj harish avantika and cabir walking towards her..

"Ishu...jaldi manik ko utha..mein nandu ko uthati hu..pata nahi ab tak uthe kyun nahi yeh log..puja ke liye bas 1 ghanta reh gaya hai"avantika says worriedly..

(I hope u remember that avantika calls neyonika ishita from childhood so whenever ishita name comes..u should know that its neyonika)

"Avantu..mein vahi batane tum logo ke paas aa rahi thi..manik apne room mein nhi hai"neyonika says all tensed making others worried except cabir who just rolls his eyes at them..

Surely he knows manik's whereabouts.

"Aap log bhi na..bin kaam ka tension lete rehte hai..manik kahi gayab nahi hua hai..chaliye mere saath..follow me guys"he says in duh tone and walks towards nandini's room...

He pushes the door but alas it was locked..

He knocks but no response..

"Shit..kahi raat bhar inki rasleele toh chal nahi rahi thi.."cabir thought biting his nails in tension..

He looks through the hole and saw them sleeping hugging each other with clothes on*cabir's naughty mind it is*

He sighs and asks one butler to get the key for this room..

"Cabir..dono sahi salamat hai na..mera matlab dekhne layak hai na"raj whispers making cabir a little shock..

"Haa uncle..isliye toh pehle hole se dekhkar check kar liya.."cabir too whispers back after coming out of his little shock zone..

He opens the door and others enter inside..

But the scene which they saw made them awww...

Both were in so much peace...

But how can our cabir be quite after seeing manik sleeping so peacefully..

Suddenly an idea struck his mind and he smirks naughtily..

He gestures others to be quite and slowly walks towards their bed..

He bends down till manik's ear and whispers

"MANIK..NANDINI GIR GAYI"

"Whattttt!!!"he shouts getting up making nandini frown in sleep..

His heartbeat was fast..he looks at nandini who was sleeping with some frowns because of the disturbance cause by her dear boyfriend..

He glares at cabir hard while others just keep looking at them..

"Don' u dare cabir..agle baar se aisa ghatiya mazak mere saath kabhi mat karna..u know i don't like it"he warns making cabir chuckle..

"Toh agli baar door knock karne par uth jaaya karna..time dekha hai..puja ka time ho gaya hai..aur tum dono ab tak so rahe ho"he says

Manik looks at nandini who was frowning in the sleep..

Her facial expressions were changing time to time..

And suddenly

"Manik"she shouts loudly gaining everyone's attention present in room......

Manik got worried seeing her scared face..

She was frantically moving her head as if seeing a nightmare..

"Taara..kya hua baby"he pats her cheek worriedly

She open her eyes and looks at everyone who was tensed seeing her like this

She got up hugs manik tightly

And there she started crying loudly making everyone tensed specially manik....

"Taara..mera bachha..kya hua..batao mujhe..bura sapna dekha baby"he asks lovingly but from inside he was dying seeing her crying..

"Bura sapna tha mani"she spoke in between her sobs while others sigh hearing her..

"Kya dekha sapne mein"he asks breaking the hug while she got blank for a second..

"Pata nahi"she spoke after sometime making others shock..

"Arey..sapna dekha yaa nahi dekha"cabir asks all confused..

"Sapna dekha..bohot bura tha..lekin kya dekha pata nahi"she again spoke while cabir just looks at her

He gave a *she is mad* look to manik while manik just glares at him asking him to shut up..

"Nandu..tune sapna dekha naa...toh kya dekha beta..hum vahi toh puch rahe hai"avantika asks trying to coex her with love..

"Mujhe nahi pata"she says looking at manik with a pout..

"Mani...mujhe kuch yaad nahi hai..har baar aisa hi hota hai..mein humesha bhul jaati hu..mein kya karu..mujhe sapna aata hai..lekin uthne ke baad yaad nahi rehta.."she says

Manik and others got blank for a second

And

Then

All burst into laughter except manik who was glaring at them for laughing at his taara..

Nandini makes a sad pout seeing everyone making fun of her..

She looks at manik sadly

(Hehe..same happens with me..sapna dekhti hu lekin uthne ke baad yaad nahi rehta ki kya dekha)

"Ok..enough..ab koi taara se savaal nahi puchega aur naa hi hasega..out everybody..hum log ready hokar time pe neeche aa jayenge"he says and dismissed all of them making cabir roll his eyes but others were gaping at him..

"Baap ki koi izzat hi nahi hai"raj whispers

"Maa ki bhi kaha hai"neyonika too whispers

"Aur"harish was going to say something but cabir cuts him off..

"Uncle..i know saas sasur ki bhi nahi hai*cabir gives him i can feel u* look  "lekin voh kya hai na..jab baat uske taara ki aati hai voh khudko bhi bhul jaata hai.."cabir says and points towards manik who was talking to her like a father talks to his kid..she was blabbering all the time but not for once u will see him irritated or annoyed..

Taara..Manik ke jeene ka sahara..

(Waah..what a rhyme)

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Everyone was sitting for puja...

Nandini had wore a saree for the sake of avantika and neyo who was behind her from the morning pestering her to wear a saree..

And like finally she agreed ...

"Aapke parivaar mein kitne sadasya hai"pandit asks daadi

"Ji 9"she says but someone cuts her off sharply..

"Its 10..10 members hai humare family mein"manik says looking at daadi blankly who in return looks down...

Harish and avantika was confuse as according to them it should be 9 including dhruv and bua..

While nandini just holds his hand secretly giving him much needed assurance..

"Aur aapke parivaar mein kitne sadasya hai"pandit asks avantika who replies *5* apsentmindedly...

Harish sighs listening her and looks at nandini who was busy in looking at manik..

"Thank god nandini ka dhyaan idhar nahi tha..varna kya javaab deta mein apni bacchi ko..ki voh panchva sadasya kon hai aur kaha hai"harish thought and looks at avantika whose eyes were teary...

He held her hand and asks her to wipe her tears as others may doubt them..

"Mani..tum theek ho na"nandini asks softly and he just nods holding her hand tightly...

Pandit prays for everyone's wellbeing

"Aap sab bhagvaan se prarthana*pray* kijiye ki yeh shaadi bina kisi badha ke ho jaye"he says and gives everyone little little rice*akshada* and asks them to throw it into havan kund..

"Ab yeh puja sampanna hui..aap log bado ka aashirvaad le lijiye"pandit says looking at manan ..

Manik and nandini takes everyone's blessing...

"Manik...as per my knowledge tumhari family mein toh 9 members hai..phir yeh 10th member kon hai"avantika asks with curiosity

Nandini's pov...

After hearing mom's question i looked at manik whose eyes were blank

"I had a sister aunty..."he says with heavy voice making my heart churn in pain..

How much he suffered...

I promise mani i will heal ur pain..

I don't know why but my instincts are saying that something is fishy..

I feel like there is some loop hole..

I wish his sister could be alive now..

I just wish...

Precap:Same..