Sorry for the late update people. My mom said she will break my legs if I touch my cellphone during vacation so I took time writing the chapter hiding it from her!!
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Recap:
Nandini comes to know that her younger sister Navya is in love with Kabir, Nandini's fiancé. Hence she proposes Manik, Kabir's younger brother and Navya's fiancé a plan where they both act that they are in love with each other and want to marry. After loads of persuasion and threats Manik finally accepts Nandini's plan. The duo's parents get to know about their idea of marrying each other and they agree to their marriage even though they were reluctant about the idea of Nandini marrying someone younger than her by four years. Manik and Nandini spend a night talking to each other and getting to know themselves on the terrace of Dhruv's beach café which brings them closer to eachother and beginning to their newly found relationship which can't be named yet.

Present story:

Manik's POV:

The tender sun rays of the early morning hit my face as I adjust my head comfortably on the pillow I am sleeping. I snuggle to the other side of the pillow trying to hide my face from the sun rays. A small smile buds on my face as I get successful in my attempt of hiding myself from the sun rays. I snuggle more into the pillow absorbing it's warmth and cushiony feel.

"Manik ghar jaane ke baad aisi hi waali same to same pillow na tu online mein order karle. Dhruv se puch ki ye pillow kis brand ka hein aur Amazon mein ek order karle. I remember seeing a discount offer in Amazon also" my inner monkey suggests me in it's sleepy voice and I give a small nod to it snuggling more into the pillow.

But after few minutes I find someone pushing me away from the cushiony pillow trying to wake me up. Not really wanting to wake up I snuggle more into the pillow wrapping my arms around it.

"Manik utho " I hear a familiar voice trying to wake me up. Not really paying attention towards that voice I just tighten my hold against the pillow . "So comfortable and soft" I think to myself. I hear grunts and groans from the voice again.

I open my eyes frowning as someone pinched my arm which was holding the pillow.

And then only I see Chipmunk staring at me, I would actually say glaring and my arms wrapped around her waist and my head against her tummy. I let out a shreik and immediately get up from her lap.

Wait,
All the while before the pillow my inner monkey was speaking about was her tummy. And I comfortably
slept in her lap the whole night??!!
No way!!!
Oh my god please someone kill me. This is so embarrassing.

Chipmunk arranges her T-SHIRT properly which went above her waist level because of my previous activites. A red tint paints across her cheeks as she finds me staring at her.

"We need to go down" saying so she leaves the place.

As she leaves the place I find myself smiling like a creep remembering what all happened just before few minutes and our yesterday's conversation. I really had fun speaking to her yesterday night.

"Her tummy was so soft like a pillow" my inner monkey says with a dazed look on his face. I let out a small laugh and then say "It indeed was".

I go to the living room only to find Dhruv, Cabir bhai, Arya sitting on the sofa and chatting with each other.

"Someone had a great night yesterday" Arya comments looking at me . I ignore his words and let my eyes wander around the room searching for Chipmunk. Not finding her I move towards the washroom in my room to complete my morning chores.

"Manik yeh le tera doodh with loads of chocolate Horlicks in it" Daadi says to me handing over the cup as I come to the living room. I smile at her and move towards the sofa. As I settle myself comfortably on the sofa, Aryaman comes and sits beside me. He stares at the cup in my hand with an amused look and then says " You are 22 years now and still drink Horlicks". I show my tongue to him and say " There's nothing wrong in drinking Horlicks at this age too".

"Where is Alex?" I ask Dhruv who was busy playing PUBG in his phone. "Paridhi took him for a morning back and came back long ago he might be roaming somewhere here itself " he answers without shifting his attention from his phone. I roll my eyes at him and get up from the sofa searching for Alex. I don't know why people are so addicted to PUBG nowadays.

Ohh and by the way I forgot to tell you guys about Alex. Alex is my cute sa pet dog and my little bundle of joy. Dad didn't exactly like Alex being with us in the Mansion so I gave the responsibility of Alex to Paridhi who equally is a big fan of pet dogs like me. I visit him thrice a week and play with him.

(Parth and Alex are the best together 😍😍)

"Alex where are you baccha" I shout his name moving from room to room.

"Aah move away from me, you stupid creature more away" I hear Chipmunk's voice yelling at someone which was followed by barking of a dog.

Dog??
That means Alex is in Chipmunk's room. I immediately walk towards her room and open the door a little bit. The scene in front of my eyes is enough for me to laugh my guts out.

Chipmunk was hiding behind a curtain with only her head peeking out and was yelling at Alex, who in turn was barking at her. Alex is very much protective of it's owners and starts barking at strangers. Chuckling to myself I get inside, Chipmunk who sees me coming inside the room shouts my name and runs towards me , followed by Alex. She notices Alex standing beside her staring at me . Alex again starts barking at Chipmunk. Fright is all that I see
on her face as she moves closer to me clutching my shoulder tightly. Hiding behind me she murmurs "Manik please isse kahi dur bech dho" .

I start laughing loudly holding my stomach seeing Chipmunk's state right now. I didn't know that she was this much scared of dogs. Alex starts barking again and moves around my legs. I take him into my hands and start running my fingers through its thick fur. I couldn't visit him in the past few days and let me say I missed him a lot. I raise my head to see Chipmunk staring at me with a confused frown etched on her face.

"Chipmunk meet my pet dog the cutest Alex and Alex meet your future mistress Chipmunk aka Nandini" I say to both Alex and Chipmunk. Chipmunk nods her head and Alex acknowledges her by letting out a soft bark.

I let my eyes stay at her cleanly scrubbed make up free face for some more time and then my vision wanders to her long hair which flows until her waist length. Her wet hair suggest that she showered some time ago and then I notice that she is still
wearing a bathrobe. My eyes wander a little down and stop at her legs.

I hear Chipmunk clearing her throat which brings me out of the trance.
"Done checking me out Mister" she asks with an amused expression on her face.

"Well I wasn't checking you out" I say trying to be serious and looking for something in the room to act as a valid reason. Then my eyes land on her Mickey mouse printed lingerie.

"I definitely wasn't staring at you" I say again my voice firm with confidence now. "Accha then what were you looking Mr. Malhotra " she asks folding her arms against chest.

"I was actually staring at the Mickey mouse printed lingerie Mrs soon to be Malhotra" I answer smirking.

"What!!??" she exclaims and runs towards the bed to hide her lingerie. "Get out of my room you corrupted being" she yells at me. "Well I prefer something red and lacy for your information" I say so and get out of the room laughing loudly. Chipmunk is really one of a kind.

Hearing to my stomach rumbling I move towards the kitchen to get something to eat. I find Daadi, Paridhi ,Alya already working in the kitchen preparing something for us to eat. Navya also joins them after some time. The ladies order me to move out of the saying that breakfast would be ready in some time. On moving out of the kitchen I find Chipmunk dressed in a white cotton shirt and jeans speaking to Cabir bhai. I stand in front of her and give her a teasing smile which she pins down with her signature 'angry bird wali' glare.

"Manik jyada tease mat kar usein nahi toh tujhe bhi pata nahi chalega ki woh jab Marycom banke apni signature punches degi tujhe" my inner monkey warns me and I meekly nod at him remembering the punches she gave me during our first meeting.

Chipmunk also goes inside the kitchen to help the ladies leaving all the men in the living room.

We settle down on the sofas and start speaking about random topics which included teasing me Cabir bhai and the three teasing me by asking about mine and Chipmunk's honeymoon plans and so on.

"Manik jijaji" I hear Navya calling out my name as she comes into the living in her sweet tone ( please note the sarcasm). "Ji kahiye Navya bhabhiji aapko kya chahiye??" on the mention of the word 'bhabhiji' Cabir Bhai coughs a little and Navya's cheeks get a rosy glow. I don't know why couples are so cheesy I mean they are going to get married in few days so what's deal with this excess blushing and embarrassment.

" Manik Jijaji I need your help woh actually na Nandu di ka cellphone room mein hi rah gaya can you go and get it, I am busy in the kitchen or else I myself would have gone to get the phone." Navya answers I nod at affirmatively and go to the room to get Chipmunk's cellphone.

I find her cellphone lying on the table beside the bed. Turning on the screen I find her and Navya photo during Holi as the wallpaper.

Cute!
I thought seeing the duo. And then an idea clicks my mind and my smile immediately curves into a smirk.

"Manik nahi don't do that ok you have been teasing her enough from morning itself and now this idea would really mean crossing limits" my inner monkey warns me.

"Tu chup kar yaar you don't know how to have fun at all and also my plan will work only if I am able to unlock her phone or else mein silently Navya ko phone vaapas dedunga" I counter back.

"Tera kuch nahi ho sakta ab tu already soch liya hein toh mein kaun hun rokne waala but you know Manik I will really celebrate with an ice-cream if after this Chipmunk punches you some where" my inner monkey replies back.

I ignore his words and continue to unlock her phone. As expected her phone was password protected and I had 5 chances to unlock it.

I type the basic password which everyone uses -"12345"

And it was wrong. Only 4 chances left.

I type my next guess- "nandu123"

Wrong password again😑😑. Only 3 chances left.

Next guess- "navni" (Navya+Nandini)

Wrong password again 😑. Only 2 chances.

Next guess- "nandu26" (her name and age)

Wrong password again 😑😑😑.

I sigh loudly as I have only one chance left and I didn't get the password yet.

"If you did this much thinking and worried this much about your entrance exams na you would top the state" my inner monkey comments looking at my plight.

I type my next guess-"navni26".
I close my eyes immediately as I know that the next one will also be wrong.

But to my surprise it turned to be the right and my inner monkey does gangnam dance happily.

Grinning to myself I open her Google history. And that history was enough to embarrass her for next 100 years!

I go to the dining room where all the men were already having their breakfast whereas the ladies were serving them. I stand beside Chipmunk who was busy applying peanut butter to the bread toast and start humming the song "mujhe haq hai" from the movie 'Vivah' .

Chipmunk just frowns looking at me and Alya hits on back of my head saying " Stop flirting with her by singing this cheesy movie songs". Chipmunk giggles at this and says to Alya "He lost it finally" and then the both ladies laugh at me.

"Oh come on don't laugh at me people and Chipmunk how can you forget the memories you have with the movie 'Vivah' and it's characters" I reply by waving her phone in my hands. She understands what I actually meant and her eyes widen at the realisation.

"Oh my god!No! Manik give me my phone back" she yells at me and the attention of all the other people in the dining hall is diverted towards us. "Come and get it Chipmunk" I exclaim back to her and run away from there.

"Manik wait" she shouts again and runs behind me. "Arey inhe kya hua" Daadi exclaims and Cabir Bhai calms her down by saying "Daadi inke beech na kuch bhi chalti rahti so you just ignore them and have your breakfast"

And then starts the game of out-out between us where Chipmunk chases me and I run away from her.

Atlast we end at the terrace panting heavily.

"Manik give me" *pants*"my phone back" Chipmunk says and pants again.

I start laughing loudly again thinking about her Google history. "I never knew that Chipmunk aka Nandini Murthy, the Asst. Managing director of Murthy Departmental Stores would want to be like Poonam, the ideal daughter from Vivah movie"

Chipmunk was literally searching in Google for question "how to be an ideal daughter like Poonam from the movie Vivah"

Her face flushes to beet red at this "Please give me my phone back" she says walking towards me I take few steps back and she takes few steps ahead and like this I am trapped between the wall and her.

She was standing very much closer to me and I could see all the minute details on her face. She forwarded her palm indicating that she needs her phone. I immediately held her phone above my head so that she can't grab it. She tries multiple times to grab her phone from my hold but fails miserably at each trial. Perks of being tall.

She jumps a little higher now to grab her phone but ends up loosing her balance. She could have fallen down if I didn't wrap my arms around her waist at the right moment.

I still hold her by waist and lift her up a little so that her face is facing mine and then I say staring at her eyes "There's nothing like a criterion for being an ideal daughter Chipmunk. An ideal daughter is the one who makes her parents proud and happy. With the way you are now everyone is proud of you and happy for your achievements. So don't change your self ok"

She nods her head and mumbles an okay almost as if she is hypnotized by my words. And then I notice our proximity which is enough to melt my heart. I loosen my hold and make her stand on her feet.

"Waise every daughter should definitely know self defense techniques" I say to distract her so that I can leave the place with still having her phone with me but my plan is ruined as she regains her composure and tackles me to ground by saying "I know self defense " she twists my arm behind my back and grabs her phone thus leaving from there.

I stand up from the ground groaning, my wrist is really paining due to her tight hold. She definitely has lots of strength hidden in that tiny body.

"I warned you to not take a panga with Chipmunk but tu toh suna hi nahi ab jhel pain ko aur waise bhi thanks to you I get to an eat ice-cream" my inner monkey says and eats the ice-cream.

I throw the ice-cream tub down and say to him "Woh kaale".

After some time,

I complete my breakfast and Cabir Bhai tells me that we need to leave for home so, I go to the room and collect my cellphone kept for charge. I find pain relief gel lying beside my phone with note wrapped on it.

"Apply it so that your wrist won't pain much"

I chuckled seeing the clumsily written note. Chipmunk might seem like ' I don't care' type but she's actually different from what she shows herself to be. I apply the gel to my wrist and leave the room collecting my phone and bike keys.

Chipmunk actually acts weird most of the time.
I mean who would want to impress their own parents and trying something out of their character. And what was need to even impress them she is already perfect. If my dad had her in my place he would be in seventh heaven.

The ride back to Chipmunk's house was silent. Both of us neither try to say something to start a conversation. And it was okay with me.

We reach her house finally and she gets down from my bike. We both avoid eye contact look here and there. This is so damn awkward!

She finally smiles at me and speaks "Well I had fun last night thanks to you. And I hope you applied the gel"

I nod at her in a yes smiling and then I leave from their.

Two weeks later,

Nandini's POV:

I stare at the diamond studded Tiffany and Co. ring on my left hand middle finger. I am engaged to Ostrich finally. I don't love him, he doesn't love me either.

*Sigh*

Ostrich told me that I am perfect the way I am and my parents are proud of me and they love me a lot. But do they really do??

I know that the relationship I share with my parents is not normal. But somewhere a tiny part of me hoped that one day they would speak to me like all the other parents do their children. I think I am just expecting more when all I should be is thankful for the support they have provided me until now.

Expectations and hopes are like slow poison. At start nothing hurts but as time passes all you feel is pain.

And all I feel now is pain.
Pain which numbs me.
Pain which doesn't let me sleep.
Pain which burns me to ashes.
Pain which silences my soul.

All I want is someone who makes me feel wanted, someone who can hold me when I am falling down.

I toss and turn around the bed trying to sleep. But I can't. Thoughts are powerful than sleep which occupies people at the mid of night. Once they make a way to your mind sleep stays at the distance of eternity. A small part of me suggests me to take sleeping pills since from tomorrow the wedding preparations begin and we will be leaving to farmhouse where the wedding takes place tomorrow after the brunch at Malhotra Mansion.

After rolling on my bed for infinite times sleep makes a to my eyes as the dawn breaks.

I try making a perfect rangoli but every time I do it I end up messing it somewhere. My younger brother who has been observing standing by the door says " let it be di you can't complete the rangoli today so let's go and burst the crackers. The actual fun of Diwali lies in bursting them so come with me".

I nod my head negatively and say "I am not coming down until I complete this rangoli. I have decorated the entire house myself so this rangoli is a cakewalk for me" he looks amused and says "okay little sis try your level best". I snap my head at him and say " Oye I am not your little sis okay I am elder to you by 7 years " he rolls his eyes at this and says "yet you are 2 inches shorter than me" I eye him angrily and shout " mom Adi is not letting me complete the rangoli".

My mom clad in her kanjeevaram silk saree comes out of the pooja room hearing to my yell. Her eyes widen at surprise and then she says "Beta you are spoiling your new dress trying to do that rangoli again and again. Just getup from their". I pout at her and say "Mom but it didn't turn out to be perfect" . She smiles at this and answers "Beta sometimes it's ok that things are not perfect what matters is you tried atleast" and listening to her I get up from their. "Who said it's not perfect my daughter did the rangoli with her beautiful palms so obviously it will be best in the world" my dad says coming out of his room buttoning his Sherwani.

I smile at him brightly and speak "Dad you are the best too I love you loads". My dad returns the favour by hugging me and says "Aww I love you too baccha". "What about me than?" my younger brother asks "I love you three beta" dad answers and extends his arm for Adi to hug him. Aditya hugs him. "And I love you four" mom says and completes our family hug.

My happy face changes into a frown as I see my surroundings turning dark. I look around to find my family but I find myself alone in this pitch darkness.

"You were the one who did this. You were wrong" I listen to my uncle's accusatory voice. I move around to find him and he comes out of a bush looking at me devilishly "You were wrong so you should be sent to jail" . I nod my head in a no to him but he nears me holding handcuffs in his hands.

I run away from their and collide with a tall figure. He turns towards me and smirks " You are not worth of love, you are just a dirty mess people would be disgusted to be with you" he says coming near to me. "No no Shravan please don't say that" I beg him he just laughs at my plight and moves towards me. I turn around to run away. One side I find my uncle walking towards me with handcuffs in his hands and on the other Shravan is also moving towards me shouting loudly how disgusting I am. Not able to handle them I run towards a cliff to jump from their but a pair of strong arms wrap around my waist and pulls me into light. "I will be their to hold you from falling" the person holding me whispers.

I try to look at his face.

"Tring Tring Tring Tring " my alarm blasts loudly and I am awaken from the dream.

"What was the dream about" I mutter to myself and get up from my bed. I check the time in my phone. It was 9:00 already. Scolding myself for waking up late I rush towards the washroom to complete my morning chores.

I come out of the washroom wearing a floral print sundress. Cringing at the image of dark circles under my eyes I apply concealer to hide them. I brush my hair to remove all the tangles and leave it open against my usual way of plaiting it. I grab my goggles and make my way down.

Our family reached the Malhotra Mansion after sometime. We enter the living room to find all the family members except Ostrich seated and chit chatting with each other.

"Where is he?" I mutter under my breath. I wish all the members and make a confused face on seeing few new faces. I see Neyonika mom waving at me so I go and sit beside her.

"Nandini meet my younger brother Mr Prakash Ahuja and his wife Mrs. Jyoti Ahuja" Neyonika Mom introduced me to the new faces.

I nod at her wishing them. I bend to touch their feet but they deny it by saying that hugging is a better way of inviting new members into the family. I happily agree with them and hug them.

Mom also introduces Navya to them as Cabir's wife and they hug her too.

I go and sit beside Cabir when I hear few chuckles from upstairs.

"Get ready to burn in jealousy Nandu" Cabir speaks in a humorous tone. I arch an eyebrow at him and before I could ask what he meant I see Ostrich coming down dressed in a black T-SHIRT and blue faded jeans followed by a girl in teenage who is dressed in a red crop top and jean shorts. Their laughter session comes to an end when they see people seated in the living room.

The teenager goes and sits beside Jyoti aunty. They both look strikingly similar. I guessed the teenager to be Jyoti aunty's daughter.

"Nandini and Navya meet my daughter Ananya" aunty introduces her to us and we smile at her.

"Are you Manik's soon to be wife?" Ananya asks directly without wishing me or Navya.

I nod at her and then say "Yes I am".

"Manik could get someone preetier than you or else he could have married me" Ananya speaks her tone ice cold. I hear gasps from the family members.

"Rude much" DJ Nandini comments.

Oh she's also attending my wedding. I thought she went for a vacation.

"It's ok she's a kid yet" I reply back to it.

"Well Ananya Manik is not that lucky to get someone as pretty as you so he settled for me" I answer back to her and everyone else in the room including Ostrich laugh at this.

I even see Ananya smiling at this but it seemed sarcastic to me. I ignore it.

We all move towards the garden area where arrangements for the brunch have been made. Soon Ostrich's friends and Daadi, Paridhi also join us for brunch.

"Nandu come here" Cabir gestures me to sit beside Ostrich during the brunch I smile at him and walk towards their table but before I can go and sit their the place is occupied by none other than Ananya.

"Oh sorry I didn't see you coming here since I am already sitting beside Manik can you go and sit beside Aryaman or Dhruv Bhai?" she speaks in a sweet tone.

"Kuch toh gadbad" Dj Nandini speaks wearing her detective glasses.

I palm my face at it and say "Nothing is wrong just get back to your work"

She pouts at me and get's back to work of searching song tracks to annoy me.

I join Aryaman and Dhruv who were sitting in the other table little far away from Cabir's table. Alya smiles at me and continues eating her food.

"So are you jealous Nandini?" Aryaman asks me while the waiter gets food for me.

I roll my eyes at him. I know that Ostrich is not talking to me since Morning that doesn't mean I need to spoil my mood.

"I don't know why is everyone asking the same question today" I reply him back. Alya and Dhruv chuckle at this and Arya answers eyeing Ananya who is presently feeding Ostrich "Coz that teenager there has a huge huge crush on your husband to be". I laugh at his statement and say "Teenager hai so crush toh hogi na and comeon people don't be so silly these things are common these days".

"Yeah these are very common nowadays and I am thinking how many proposals Manik will get even after being married" Dhruv answers funnily and I giggle at him and continue having my food.

"Who knows Manik might be even involved in Adultery, you know it's not a crime anymore in our country" Alya says and I don't know why my eyes widen at the thought of Ostrich being with other women and to distract my mind from the thought I eat a raw green chilli placed along with the samosas.

I start coughing because of the burning sensation in my throat. Alya widens her eyes and says "Not able to imagine your husband with others someone is entirely jealous now" and the others start laughing at my plight.

I glare at them funnily and get up from there to get some water. Not find any waiters near I walk further only to collide with Ostrich. I throw him an angry look.

"Why are you making a face as if you ate a chilli" he asks taking a bite from his Gulab jamun. I just glare at and continue looking around for a waiter.

"Wait did you really eat a chilli?" He asks me a bit shocked I nod at him and smile as I see a waiter holding a tray of water glasses coming towards us. I rush towards the waiter and grab a glass. I gulp the whole water at once to overcome the burning sensation.

Ostrich laughs at me. I don't understand why are everyone laughing at me do I look like a clown?

"You do with those flushed cheeks and red nose" Dj Nandini answers staring at her painted nails. "Freak off" I answer her back bitchily.

"Here take a bite of this" he offers me his gulab jamun I nod in a no.

"Oye don't be like that and just eat this I usually don't share my food but I am sharing with you so consider yourself lucky ok" he exclaimed. I listen to him and take a bite, the sweet syrup touches my tongue and the soft texture of the sweet melts in my mouth. I immediately feel better.

"It's really yummy" I say to him smiling.

"Don't ask me for one more bite" he says and gulps the entire jamun at once. "Bhukkad" I comment looking at him. He smiles opening his mouth fully.

"Eww don't do that" I speak again as I can see the food in his mouth. Then my eyes land on his left hand. He is still wearing the engagement ring like myself.

"You are still wearing the ring?" I question my gaze intent on the ring.

"I am wearing it, why are you asking like that?" He asks with a straight face.

"It's not a real one ( engagement) though so I thought...." I leave the lines in between for him to understand.

"Just because it's not a real one doesn't mean it holds no value to me" he answers looking into my eyes straight. I nod at him not having words to say.

My eyes fall on Ananya who was staring both of us and a mischievous idea sprouts in my mind.

I raise my both hands and start pulling Ostrich's cheeks by saying "Aww Manik you are so cute" to which he makes a confused face. Ananya sees me pulling his cheeks and leaves from their huffing and stomping her legs. I leave his cheeks as soon as Ananya leaves and start laughing holding my stomach.

"What's wrong with you madwomen?" Manik asks rubbing his cheeks.

"Ananya" I say pointing at her direction in between my laughs. He rolls his eyes at this and spoke " Please you also don't start teasing me Cabir bhai and my friends are enough arey I don't even see her that way she is more like a little sister to me and that girl has a crush on me". I continue laughing and say "Consequences of being handsome"

Freak!!

Why did I even say that, now he will not leave me at all.

"Wait what did you say?! I am handsome" he exclaimed in surprise. I make an innocent expression and say "When did I say I never did!".

"Accept it you said that I am handsome" he says again his stance more confident now. "Ok I accept it kiddo I said that you are handsome"I answer back raising my hands in defence.

"What you are calling me a kiddo?" He says in shock moving his hand through his body length. "Yeah I did kya karloge tum?" I say almost challenging him.

"Yeh karlunga" he says and pecks my cheek. And I am stilled for few minutes. He observes my shocked expression and leaves from their laughing.

"Hey you can't do that" I yell to his retreating back. "Don't call me a kiddo then" he yells back.

We reach the farmhouse by 4:30 pm in the evening. As decided by dad and Raj uncle a party is hosted in the evening for all the guests who couldn't attend the engagement.

After getting ready I greet all the guests present. Dad calls me to greet the Khurana's.

All my happiness changes to fright as I see the person I never wanted to see again standing beside Khurana uncle.

"Nandu meet Shravan Tiwari, a major share holder in Khurana uncle's TV channel" Dad says to me.

"The day couldn't get any better Nandini" DJ Nandini says staring at Shravan. I just nod at her fearfully.

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