Manik was waiting in his room when there was a knock. He looked through the eyehole and saw his driver with a bag. Quickly putting on the robe thats in every hotel room, Manik opened the door.

"Kya yaar Vishnu...itna time lagta hai kapre laane mein?" Manik scolded.

"Sorry sir...actually woh bahar bohot saare reporters hai. Wahi pe atak gaya tha." Vishnu explained.

"Shit....thik hai tum ghar jao. Main abhi ke liye yahi hotel mein rukhne wala hoon, until the reporters leave. Haan aur niche jaake hotel staff ko bata dena to make sure to tell the media Im NOT here, samjhe?"

"Yes sir." Vishnu nodded and left after giving Manik his clothes.

"Wait...agar bahar itna media hai toh shayad woh ladki bhi hotel mein hi hai. I mean she is wearing my clothes...koi bhi ladki iss halat mein media ke samne nahi ayenge. Yeah Ill go check with reception. Chodungi nahi main isse...mere kapre leke chali gayi." Manik thought to himself. After changing into his clothes he went down to the lobby.

"Oh good morning Manik sir." The lady at the reception grinned widely seeing Manik.

"Its not good at all...yeh batao, main kal ek ladki ke saath aayi thi, is she still in the hotel? Woh, this morning she was wearing mens clothing." Manik described her the best he could.

"Ji sir...mujhe yaad hai. Woh ladki abhi bhi humare hotel mien hi hai." The lady replied.

"Which room?"

"Uh..sir I cant-" The lady hesitated.

Manik slammed his hands on the counter. "Which...Room?"

"Room 407."

"Thank you." Manik went to the elevators and pressed the button to the 4th floor. Meanwhile Navya had also sent some clothes for Nandini so she was now wearing a cute summer dress with faded jean jacket over it.

"Yeh Navya bhi na...saath mein driver aur gadi nahi bhej sakti thi? Ab main ghar kaise jaungi?" Nandini mumbled.

Knock Knock!

"Oh...driver hoga...mujhe paata tha Navya would have my back!" Nandini happily opened the door without checking through the eyehole and came face to face with Manik. The moment they looked into each other's eyes, fragments of the night before started coming back and they both sort of remembered each other. Manik entered her room, shutting the door behind him.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Nandini protested.

"So...it looks like you have other clothes." Manik commented looking her up and down. "Phir mere kyun churayi?"

"Kapre toh tumhare paas bhi hai na, tum kaunsa mere kamre tak bina kapron ke aa gaye?"

"I had to get my brother to bring me this."

"Haan toh mere bhi dost ne bheji hai yeh kapre...pehle nahi they." Nandini argued.

"Did you even look around? Wahi pe they...anyways kapron ko chodo, tum yeh batao tumne kal mere drink mein kya milaya?" Manik asked.

"Kya? Excuse me Mr...Rockstar par mera dimaag kharab nahi hai jo main kisi ki drink spike karungi."

"Well kuch toh kiya hi hoga varna there is no way I would cheat on my girlfriend! Im not like that." Manik insisted.

"Oh wow! You have girlfriend?!"Nandini laughed. "Thats bad...so bad. But seriously, maine kuch nahi kiya. From what I remember I was already completely drunk when I bumped into you aur uske baad...well you know."

"You-"

"MANIK! MANIK! MANIK!"

Nandini & Manik were startled by the chanting that they could here from the halls.

"Yeh kya hai?" Nandini asked. Manik went to the door and peeped out the eyehole, he saw many reporters and some fans as well.

"Shit....Shit!" Manik cursed. "Ab kya karun main? If the media catches us together then my career is finished upar se what will my girlfriend think."

"Just tell her honestly." Nandini adviced. "I mean, it was a mistake....we were drunk aur media ka toh kuch nahi ho sakta par at least agar tum apni girlfriend ko sab kuch bata doge then it will be better."

Manik thought for a second about what Nandini said and decided to tell Kritika everything. So he put his airpods on and moving to one side of the room, he video called her while Nandini just turned on the TV and started watching the news.

"Manik...are you in a hotel room with a girl?" Kritika asked as soon as she picked up. At first Manik wondered how she knew then he noticed the news Nandini was watching and realised. So Manik told her everything that happened.

"You're career will be finish Manik if they find out you had a one niht stand with a random girl!" Kritika said. Manik felt a bit weird that out of everything, Kritika's concern was his career and not the fact that he spent the night with someone else. "We need to do damage control."

"I know...par kya karun?"

We could...wait, Manik vapas ghumo." Kritika looked into the screen intently.

"Kya?"

"Just vapas ghumo Manik!" So Manik turned back and Kritika looked behind him in shock. "yahi ladki hai kya?"

"Haan...thats her. I dont know her name...pucha nahi maine."

Kritika smirked as she thought of something. "Ask her to be your girlfriend."

"KYA!?" Manik yelled out, startling Nandini who looked at him. She couldnt see who he was talking with as he had turned the phone again so she shrugged and went back to the TV.

"Relax Manik..just a fake girlfriend kyunki asli wali toh main hoon na? See...nobody knows we are dating toh duniya ke liye tum single ho. Agar unko paata chala that you had a one night stand phir that will be bad lekin agar tum yeh announce karo ki that girl is your girlfriend and you plan on marrying her then koi kya kahega?"

"But my parents...meri family."

"Yeah thats too...tumhari family tumhare pich paare hai right, shaadi ke liye? Well now that you have a girlfriend they will back off...Two birds with one stone."

"Actually...thats a brilliant idea baby." Manik smiled.

"I know...afterall idea kiska hai?" Kritika said with attitude. After that they ended the video call and Manik took his earpods off before walking over to Nandini.

"Be my girlfriend." Manik said.

"Hein?" Nandini looked at him like he was crazy. "Dude....we literally just met yesterday."

"Haan toh main sach much ka girlfriend banne ke liye nahi keh raha hoon. Be my fake girlfriend." Manik replied.

"....Aur main aisa kyun karunga?"

"Hotel ke bahar itne saare reporters hai...agar meri iss one night stand ki khabhar mere family tak pauch gaya toh they will get me married off. Aur agar mera shaadi ho gaya toh mera life khatam." Manik explained.

"What? Shaadi matlab life khatam? Kaise?"

"Thats none of your business...tumhe main paise dunga. Jitna tum chaho utna dunga just be my fake girlfriend."

Nandini thought about if for a bit then smiled and held her hand out. "Ok...deal."

Manik shook her hand. "Deal."

As Manik wanted to take his hand back, Nandini pulled him slightly closer. "Lekin mujhse pyar mat kar baitna."

Manik just scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Yeah right....like that will ever happen."

"Whatever...par bahar jaane se pehle we should get our story straight. I mean reporters sawal puchenge and then humare gharwale bhi...we should plan what we will tell them." Nandini said.

"We can just say hum kuch saal pehle mile and we started dating aur tumhe media attention pasand nahi toh we kept it on the down low. Vaise jhoot sirf reporters aur mere parents ke samne bolna hai....and I guess your family par mere bhaiyyon ko already paata hai that I dont have a girlfriend so unse jhoot bolne ka koi faida nahi hai." Manik replied.

"Hmm actually meri best friend ko bhi paata hai ki Im not dating toh jhoot sirf mera Mom aur Di ko bolna hai."

Finally Manik & Nandini opened the door and faced the reporters.

Meanwhile in Goa....

Kritika sat in her hotel room watching the news as the reporters bombarded Manik & Nandini with questions. She smiled proudly at her idea and leaned back in the couch.

"This is perfect....jab tak maine apne career pe uss maukam pe nah pauch jaati jo main chahti hoon tab tak Manik can play boyfriend and girlfriend with her. manik bechara bhi kab tak apne family ki pressures handle karega....at least this way they will leave him alone and I also have nothing to worry about. Afterall, meri pyaari si choti behen apni Di ki boyfriend ko thod na churayegi." Kritika thought to her self. "Thank you god! Of all the girls in the world, Manik ne raat meri behen Nandini Khanna ke saath bitayi. Things just couldnt work out better for me!"

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Note: Thoughts on this chapter? Kritika & Nandini turned out to be sisters but Manik doesnt know that yet and Nandini doesnt know Manik is Kritika's BF yet...so what do you think will happen next?