The Unwilling series the unwilling wife#Thread 1 - Page 71

AUTHOR NOTE: Another chapter for all you sweet people.

Love you guys.

Chapter 6

Manik woke up and looked out of his window.

He had to get rid of her.

Nandani had to be gone.

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"This was your mothers" Suyash mummered handing Nandani a pendent. Nandani really did not want to be near him.

But she took it from his hands and closed her eyes.

"I want to be alone" She said softly. He nodded but did not leave, her infuriatingly pink room.

"Nandani can I tell you something" He said sitting down on the edge of her bed and raising his hand and touching his chin.

"I know Manik tries to talk to you. He may try to be your friend. He will speak to you sweetly. He will do anything he can to get at me. But I want you to stay away from him." Nandani's eyes widened but she tried to remain impassive.

"You can't do this" Nandani said so softly he barely heard her.

"What?"

"You cannot just walk back into my life and try to be my father. I have no idea what is between you and Manik. I don't want to be a part of it. I am not Rishab. I cannot forgive you for betraying my mother so easily. I cannot forget the hell I went through coming to a place like this. I cannot forget what I was put through because of your lies"

"N-Nandani listen. I may be the worst man in the world but I have always loved you. I don't want anything to hurt you." He said.

"At this moment in time. I can't forgive you"

Nandani looked at her mother's chain and gulped. Trying to hide the tears that threatened to break. She looked away.

"Please leave" She repeated.

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"Nandani" Mr Mathur called out her name.

Nandani heard it and went to the front. There was a new student in school. Unlike most girls in Klairmint. This one was the free type. She wore a little dress. Nandani wondered if she did not feel cold for a second.

"Okay Nandani will help you catch up with classes" Mr Mathur said. Nida got a lot of whistles when she sat down. Nandani sat down next to her.

"Hi I am Nandani" Nandani asked politely.

"Sorry I don't speak to people like you" Nandani frowned taken aback at her hostility.

Madhyam came in slowly and sat next to Nandani. He looked so tired.

"Are you ok?" Nandani asked him. Before he could answer Manik walked into the class.

He began greeting everyone as usual.

Nandani kept her head down.

Nandani felt him walk towards her and her heart felt like it would come out of her chest.

He walked past her.

"Now this pretty face I know" He said to Nida. He bent down and hugged her.

"Manik Malothra. I thought you had died where you have been?" She asked him.

"Busy babe" He said with a shrug.

"Manik please sit down" Mr Mathur said rolling his eyes.

"Ragav please Chill man" He said to him and slowly went and sat behind them.

Nandani tried to do her work. But she could barely concentrate. With all of her attention drawn in Manik's conversation to Nida.

"So I missed some of the finals big deal. I will come next year and re write them" Nida said casually.

"You have the most beautiful eyes"

"So do you handsome"

"And when you smile I forget whatever I am doing"

Nandani exhaled in frustration.

Nida noticed her and raised a brow.

"Looks like something is burning"

"Oh that it's been burning for a while. Weak isn't it" He said to Nida.

Soon as she heard the bell she sprang out of her chair and left.

Manik smirked and leaned back on his chair as he watched her leave.

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"Nandani ji" She felt a hand grab her arm and long nails dig into it painfully.

"Ragav said you have to lend me your notes" Nida said. Nandani felt her pull her book from her hands and stared at her.

"I will give them back don't worry sweetie" She said.

"Let go of my hand"
"Or what? You know I have heard about your relationship with Manik." She laughed. It sounded more like the cackle of a witch rather than a laugh or like one of those demoness in the Ramayan shows they would show on TV.

"I have no relationship with him"

"Well I want to clear one thing with you love. My relationship with Manik is older and much stronger than the little games he was playing with you to get into your pants. You are just like a toy to a child. He picked you up played with you and now you are being discarded"

"I don't know who you are but I will tell you one thing. You want him, you can have him. I want nothing to do with a man like that"

"Good you understand" She told her. Nandani pulled away and pulled her book back.

"Borrow someone else's notes" She said.

"But I want yours" Nida said with a smirk.

"I thought you did not talk to people like me. Why would you want to lower yourself by touching my books" Nandani said sarcastically.

She grabbed the book from her hands so forcefully. The chain around Nandani's neck fell down. She immediately let go and bent down to look for it. She regretted wearing her mother's chain. Tears involuntarily began to trail down her cheeks as she could not find it.

"Nandani what is wrong" Rose asked her finding her on the floor. A group of people had gathered around her looking at her as if she were an alien.

"I lost my chain"

"You can get a new..."

"I can't it's my mom's"

Nandani stood up and stared at Nida.

She wanted to break her face. But she maintained her distance and just glared at her. This was all Manik's game. He wanted her out of this school if she touched Nida she would get expelled.

She controlled herself and walked away.

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"Nandani don't cry" Rose told her in the bathroom when she crumpled to floor and wept.

"What must I do? He keeps attacking me I can't take it anymore"

"Be strong"

"My chain..."

"Touch your heart" Nandani held a hand over her chest.

"Your mother is there. He can't take her away from in there. Fight Nandani."

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The next day Manik waited at the gates. He had not seen Nandani the entire morning.

"I don't think she will come back" Cabir said to him shaking his head.

"She will not come back" He smirked.

He would not feel anything anymore. Now he would not have to constantly see her face.

The main gates closed.

There was no way she could come now.

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"What is this?"

"I don't know someone gave it to me for you" Cabir said holding out the gift bag to Manik.

"It's not my birthday" Manik muttered.

Inside was some items he pulled out the first one it was a chocolate.

It had a note stuck on it.

"Something to sweeten that karvi mouth of yours, though no amount of sugar in the world would be enough" He read. Cabir looked like he was holding back a laugh.

"What is something funny?" He asked him throwing the chocolate onto the floor.

He pulled out the next item.

"Hormone tablets to control your mood swings" Cabir laughed unable to control it.

Manik looked at him and he kept quiet.

He pulled out the next item.

"Bandages for when you act like you have gone mad when you drink and break things and hurt yourself"

He threw the bag onto the floor.

"Wait there is this too" Cabir said holding out what looked like a card.

It had the words get well soon on it.

"I hope you soon get better from this sickness of this hatred you have inside you. I was going to send you more things but it would have not fitted in the bag so this is all for now. Get well soon..."
"From Nandani" Nandani said from behind he turned and looked at her. She stood behind him looking as beautiful as ever. Her hair was open.

Her eyes spat fire as she looked at him.

"I think you are still scared of me. You did not have the guts to give this to me in my hand" He said arrogantly.

"I once thought you were clever Manik Malothra it seems like your mind has become somewhat slow these days. If I gave you this gift you would have never taken it from me. I am sorry today I am little late for school. I went out and bought all these things for you" Nandani said.

"I really think you need help and treatment Manik"

"And who appointed you as my nurse"

"Please this is a service to society. Also I am not you seeing someone in pain and hurt. I don't get any fun out of that. Today is the third day Manik. You have not being playing fair with me. I don't even think you can play fair. Now I will give you the same treatment. Dirtiness for dirtiness, lowness for lowness and cunning for cunning I will play this game in your language. Correction wait no one can go any lower than you. But still I will try my best to get to your level. Nida better stay away from me or she won't be pretty anymore" Nandani said and walked away.

TO BE CONTINUED...