Sorry to keep you waiting guys... this update took longer than expected. I'll mostly crash after this. Will continue tomorrow. Sweet dreams ;)
~ CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT ~
"Awooofffarrrghhh! Dammit!" Manik stumbled back as the sizzling coffee swooshed down the front of his shirt, singeing his chest and stomach in the process.
Nandini struggled to push out the words "I'm sorry," but she had her breath stuck in her throat.
The commotion brought Dhruv bolting out of the filing room. "What happened Nandi...shit..."
Manik heaved furiously in tremendous anger and pain. He was putting up a big fight to keep his growing rage at bay but it didn't seem to be working. "What is wrong with you?" he growled at Nandini like an angry dog.
"I'm sorry," she whimpered feebly and bit her lip.
"Are you blind?" he snarled in a deep voice.
"No..." Nandini cringed at his mounting fury. His face was distorted into an ugly scowl. It almost looked as if he could swallow her up.
"Then? Are you deaf?" His jaw throbbed dangerously, threatening to pop if he failed to unclench his teeth.
"No... I'm sorry... I didn't..."
"SHUT UP! Just shut up!" Manik's pent up fury hit and withdrew like a devastating wave. Nandini flinched at the threatening finger which he had right in her face.
Dhruv was stuck like a lamp post. He so badly wanted to intervene and pull her away from the wrath of "The Manik Malhotra" but he couldn't move a muscle.
"You did it on purpose! I know!" Manik hissed through clenched teeth.
"What?" It was shock after shock for the shaken girl. She couldn't believe that she was being accused for plotting against him! "I didn't... why would I do som..."
"You're not getting away that easily! You! Are going to be. Royally. F****d!"
Nandini's jaw was as wide open as her eyes were. "What? For the?"
"And I mean literally!!!" Manik was senseless now. From the stuff that he was spitting out, it was obvious that the censor board of his brains had malfunctioned.
"If that's what you want to do then hear this!!" She couldn't handle her flaring temper any longer. She didn't want to either! "I did it on purpose! Hear me? On purpose! Happy now?"
"What?!?" He wasn't expecting this. Her guts to retaliate almost instantly doused out his raging fire.
"What's the matter? Didn't you hear me well? I said that I did it on purpose! All this while, I had been waiting for you in that corner. In that corner! Just waiting for you to show up so that I can pounce on you and BAKE up your teeny-weeny thingy! So there! Do what you must!"
This was an unbelievable shocker for Manik. He waved his finger at her, determined to unleash hell, but the words got jammed in his throat and there was nothing he could do or say other than clench his lips in utter failure. It was tough for him, but he finally admitted the fact at least to himself. He didn't have anything to say! Her virtual slap had simply rendered him speechless. Too proud to accept his defeat, he simply tore off to his cabin without another word.
Convinced that the coast was clear, Dhruv finally uprooted himself and moved towards Nandini. He had a huge grin plastered on his face as he began in a low, hushed voice. "Wah Ustaad ! Wah!" He couldn't believe what he just saw and heard. For the first time in his tenure, someone actually dared to stand up to the monster. "What a shot yaar! Did you see the look on his face? He didn't have anything to say! You just made my wildest fantasy come trueee! I love youuu yaar!"
Dhruv gave Nandini's cheeks a quick, gentle pull. He was bubbling with excitement.
"What an idiot!" Nandini hissed irritably, "did you even hear the kind of words he was using? Royally fu..." The very thought of those words made Nandini furious! "I seriously hate him now!!"
"Whatever!" Dhruv was too happy to think straight. He felt like all the slaps and punches he had deposited for Manik in his grudge bank had just been withdrawn with interest! "But today we're going to have a party! My treat!"
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With each passing minute, the meat on his chest and stomach was getting broiled from the steaming coffee on his shirt. He was literally blind in pain as he carelessly latched up his cabin door and pulled his shirt off to reveal a snugly fitting dark vest. (Oops. Look carefully Manik. You haven't locked the door! You only thought you did.)
He hissed in agony, yanked the vest off his body and threw it aside. "Dammit... damn! Damn! Shit! Shit!" Censorship no longer existed. He didn't care either. All what he wanted was a cup of coffee... without paying a heavy price!
He tugged out a large ply of tissues from the box, dampened it with a little cold water from his bottle and dabbed at his torso. The relief was instant. And soothing! The relentless burning which was eating him away a while ago began to subside.
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Nandini was in a fix as she held a couple of documents in her hands. The files in which they had to go were in Manik's cabin! She didn't think that she had to face him again that soon! I shouldn't have said all that stuff before! Now this guy will be after my blood! Eesh!
She moved out of the filing room and found Dhruv at his seat, engaged on an important phone call. Wish he was free, he could have helped me out. But looks like I'll have to do it myself. Can't believe that I have to see his disgusting face again! Argghh!
She took a long and deep breath before gathering her courage and marching off to his cabin. Whether he likes it or not, I have to get those files and finish my job.
Finding the door to his cabin closed didn't perturb her. She had noticed him do that several times before, sometimes for no particular reason at all. Usually people close the door to do or say something confidential. But this guy is weird. He shuts it almost every time. I wonder what he does behind that closed door. Play with himself?
Following basic etiquettes which she had picked up from childhood, Nandini knocked on the door twice before quietly opening it. The sight which met her eyes made her guts clench tightly. Lost in ecstasy, Manik was standing half bare in his trousers with his back towards her. And he seemed to be playing with his nipples!
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