The media is all over the place trying to figure out who Manik's fiancé is. His PR team must be insanely busy trying to get everything under control.

It's been a few days since I last saw Manik. He's been busy with his work and I've been busy with mine.

I miss him. Maybe I should go see him in his office. His mother had called me to complain about him overworking himself these past few days. When I had called him to ask him about it, he had laughed about his mother behaving like a child and complaining to me which distracted me from the topic.

I walk in his company and I see people everywhere. They are all dressed in formal clothes. Everyone here looks so good. Is it a requirement to be pretty in order to work in MEH?

I walk towards the receptionist to ask about Manik's whereabouts. She scans me from top to bottom. For once I'm grateful that I decided on wearing my red knee-length dress that makes me look professional yet so tempting as it hugs my curves perfectly.

"Hi. I'm here to see Mr. Malhotra. Could you tell me if he's in a meeting or in his office?"

"May I ask what time is your appointment with Mr. Malhotra?"

"I don't have one."

She looks at me amused.

"Ma'am I can't give you any information or let you meet Mr. Malhotra without an appointment." Her amusement covered up with her professional expression.

I take a deep breath. This is not going as planned. How did I forget that he owns a million-dollar company and not everyone can meet him at any time?

"Can you call him to let him know I'm here?"

"May I know your name ma'am?"

"Nandini. Nandini Murty."

She looks away briefly. I see her scanning through her iPad.

"Unfortunately I don't have your name on the list of people that can meet Mr. Malhotra without an appointment. Therefore, I won't be able to let you in or call Mr. Malhotra for you."

I close my eyes, trying to think of something. I'm so stupid. I should just call him directly.

I unlock my phone and call Manik. He picks it up immediately.

"Hi." I hear his gentle voice.

"Your employees are well trained Mr. Malhotra." I see the receptionist's eyes widen as she hears Manik's name.

Manik chuckles before answering.

"Of course they are Miss Murty but what made you think that suddenly?"

"I'm near the entrance of your company and the receptionist is not letting me in as I happen to not have an appointment with you. Can you tell me the number of your pa Mr. Malhotra? I'd like to make an appointment to meet the busy man who happens to be my fiancé." I hear the receptionist gasp as she hears me call myself his fiancé. She can't tell the media about it right? She most likely has signed a NDA.

I hear sounds through the phone before Manik tells me to wait where I am.

I stare at my phone in disbelief. He hanged up the call before I could ask him anything.

I look around awkwardly while the receptionist keeps staring at my face.

I hear people greeting Manik as he walks towards me. He pauses as he sees me. His eyes scan me from top to bottom. I see his facial expressions change briefly. He recovers quickly and starts walking again with a neutral expression.

He turns to the receptionist who immediately stands up.

"Next time you or anyone, for that matter, stops her from meeting me, then just know that you will be fired instantly." His authoritative yet stern voice makes the receptionist shiver in fear. She nods her head in fear. Poor girl.

"Manik, it's okay. She was just doing her job. I should have informed before coming here."

He exhales deeply and grabbing my hand, he starts walking towards the elevator. I see people staring at us.

"Get back to work!" Manik's yell makes everyone look away and start doing whatever they were doing before.

Once in the elevator, he presses a button probably that would take us to his floor.

His hands cup my face and he places a kiss on my forehead. His lips linger on my forehead for a few seconds.

"I missed you." He whispers.

"Me too. That's why I came to see you."

"You look so tempting babygirl. I think red is my new favorite color." His husky voice is doing things to me that no other voice has done before. So seductive and sexy.

I blush and my hand moves to his face. I caress his cheek softly. His stubble feels rough on my fingers.

My eyes wander on the dark circles that are visible on his eyes. He probably hasn't slept properly in a while.

"You haven't been sleeping Mr. Malhotra, have you?" I voice it out disappointed.

"I've been busy." He dismisses it. I hear the elevator make a sound and in a second it opens.

We walk towards his office. I see a desk outside his office. A beautiful girl stands up as she sees us. She smiles at me and I respond with a warm smile. She is most likely his pa.

"Cancel my meeting." Manik orders her and she picks up the phone immediately to cancel it. Wow she's fast.

Once in Manik's office, he makes me sit on the couch that is placed in a corner. A big beautiful plant is placed right next to it. Is that plant peace lily? I make a mental note to buy one on my way back home.

"Manik you don't have to cancel your meeting. I just came to say hi."

He sits next to me and wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me closer. I rest my head on his chest.

"I want to spend more time with you."

"Why are you working so much? You need to rest Manik. You have so many people, I'm sure they can take care of some of the things for you."

"I'm working on the Dubai branch. Everything is almost done. I wanted to make sure everything was perfect. Dubai is going to be really profitable for us."

"Manik, I won't say this again so listen to me carefully. Nothing is more important than your health. Go home on time please and sleep well. Everything will be okay. Don't overwork yourself." My voice is stern, I'm almost sounding like my mother when she is lecturing me on something I've done wrong. Jeez never thought this day will come.

He places a kiss on my head and when I look up at his face, I see him grinning. I raise my eyebrow at him.

"It feels nice to have someone to scold me. It's been a while since that happened. In fact, last time I was scolded, I was in high school. My dad was mad at me for getting into a fight."

"Your mother doesn't scold you?"

"Nope. I'm not a kid anymore." Must be nice. My mother can still find reasons to give me a whole lecture. I'll never grow old enough for her to ever stop.

"Maybe that's why you're being like this. Someone needs to discipline you Malhotra. I'll be more than glad to be that person. It gives me immense pleasure to scold you."

He raises his eyebrow and stares at me amused.

"I'm hungry. Should we go out to eat?" I change the topic before he says anything.

"Yes. Let me just tell John to get the car ready."

He calls John while we are walking towards the elevator.

I smile at the pa who stands up once again seeing us.

"Call East and let them know we are going to be there soon." Manik orders his pa without even pausing or looking at her. It seems like she knew he was talking to her as she quickly makes a note.

"We're going to East?" I ask him as we step in the elevator.

East is a Japanese and Thai restaurant with a little bit of Chinese mixed. They are slowly adding Asian cuisines in their menu and mix them to make those wonderfully finger licking dishes.

Apart from Asian cuisines, East is popular among business people and celebrities. Many deals and contracts are signed there.

Although a lot of people go there just for the food and I'm one of those.

He nods his head and asks me if it is okay and if I liked it to which I replied yes.

I walk in East and a woman in her late 20s immediately comes and guides us to a corner which gives us privacy from the rest of the people in the restaurant.

Manik removes his phone and wallet and places them on the table. Following him I let my phone and wallet down.

"I have to go to Dubai for the opening. I might stay for a week or two to see how everything is going."

"Oh." I stare down at my fingers that are rested on the table.

"I understand. It's important. You should be there." I look up and smile at him.

"Can we talk about the wedding when you come back?"

"I was hoping to discuss that before leaving. We should finalize everything. I'm sorry, I was so busy that I forgot."

"It's okay. It's not your fault."

"What kind of wedding would you like Nandini? We'll do whatever you want."

"It's not just me getting married Manik. We should decide together."

"I'm fine with whatever you say." I roll my eyes at him and he looks at me with a raised eyebrow.

"Did you just roll your eyes at me Miss Murty?"

"Maybe."

"Nobody has rolled their eyes at me before."

"There are firsts for everything Mr. Malhotra." He looks at me amused and whispers what I assume was the word true.

The same lady that brought us to the table, brings our food. We start to eat.

While we're eating, I tell Manik that I don't want a big fat indian wedding. I'm pretty sure our parents have other plans though.

I know my dad would want to spend half of our fortune on my wedding. It will be tough to convince him to not go overboard with it.

We could meet in the middle and have a small wedding with just relatives and close friends and then have a reception party with all the people that are not so important.

Although I'm sure I'll leave the party after a hour or so because it's totally not my scene. Manik can have fun with all those people alone.

"What are you thinking?" Manik's voice pulls me out of my thoughts.

"I was just wondering if we should have a small wedding with a big reception so that our parents are not left unsatisfied."

"I like that. We should go ahead with that plan. It will make it easier for our parents to agree."

I nod my head in agreement.

"When are you leaving for Dubai?" I ask him suddenly remembering that he has to go.

"Soon. Probably tomorrow. I'm not sure yet." It's not like he has to book a flight or something. The guy owns a private jet. He can fly anytime he wants. Boys and their toys.

We get up to leave and I notice that we didn't pay. When i point it out, Manik tells me that he is a 45% owner of East. I'm left astonished.

"I didn't know you owned restaurants too."

"East is slowly opening a lot of locations all over the country. The owner has plans for taking East internationally. It's a profitable business. I liked the food and when I got to know about the owner's plans, I offered him a deal that he accepted." He shrugs his shoulders and opens the car door for me to get in.

"Have you invested in a lot of businesses?" I'm suddenly curious. I'm interested in investing in businesses and help them grow. Until now I've made few businesses profitable but nothing close to Manik's level.

"I'm trying to get into it. You make a lot of money if you invest in the right businesses Nandini. I'm all about making more dollars. Besides I'm going to have a beautiful wife who likes to spend a lot of money so I have to earn more."

His words make me laugh. I shake my head at him and rest my head on his shoulder.