The Rare Gem- ONE Part-L uploaded - Page 6

Part-J

"They call you Nandini? No nickname?"

M's deep voice cut short Nandini's musing.

"Uh, yes. No. I mean no nickname; just Nandini." She stared at him blankly, trying to think of some innocuous chitchat but utterly failing to do so. Normally social repartee was her forte. In fact, sometimes Navya teased that Nandini was too quick on uptake, too pat with her responses, making "mere mortals," as Navya put it, feel decidedly at a disadvantage. Now it was Nandini who felt at a disadvantage.

The line moved forward by a foot, thereby saving her from the immediate necessity of saying anything at all putting her into action. However, as soon as she took one step forward, she found herself once again standing silent, with nary a word to say to the man directly behind her.

"Its so restful to be around a woman who can keep her mouth shut." M observed mildly, and startled black eyes swept up to be amused chocolate brown ones. The designated mouth opened, found it had no rebuttal, and closed, thereby causing a rich, deep chuckle to rumble up from M's chest.

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Part-K

Nandini's mouth twitched. Actually, it was quite funny, this abnormal reticence on her part. "I was deciding whether to succumb to my natural urges and order rum chocolate and thereby incur your mother's wrath, or play it safe and have mocha," she lied smoothly.

"I personally have always felt it is a crime against nature not to succumb to one's urges," M said, moving up close behind her.

Standing slightly sideways, Nandini slanted a look up at him and caught a sober expression in his eyes. Upon noting her surveillance, he replaced it with his previous crinkly-eyed one.

"And as for my mother, don't let her autocratic veneer frighten you. Her bark is definitely worse than her bite."

"Oh, I'm not afraid of your mother," Nandini protested.

"No, I'll bet you aren't. Tell me, are you afraid of anything?" He looked suddenly serious again, making Nandini wonder if he had some special interest in her answer.

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