Love at First Fight

Chapter 8

I grabbed my bag and went to cabir's cabin to find him and navya sitting there

"Hello love birds" I said

"Nandini, are you okay? What is going on" navya asked

"Im okay, umm manik and I well we okay so this morning I went to his cabin and umm long story short we are gonna pretend date because the man wouldn't let me resign so here we are and oh im having dinner with his mom who things we are dating" I said in one go

Hearing this cabir walked up to me and caressed my hair smiling

"He will never cross his boundaries and I didn't wanna say this before but it is the best option especially with the shit in the media. Once everything calms down, I will organize a little conference so people can hear your side of things" he said

"Bhai I know he won't but im scared" I admitted

"Scared of manic" navya asked

"No"

"Then what" navya asked

"Im scarred ill get hurt" I said siting down and cabir smiled

"Nandini don't be scared to fall in love, even if it's with manik"

"I am afraid that love will ruin everything for me, you know it has before and it will now too. Manik is my comfort place bhai, when he argues with me, I forget my pain. I purposely put a fight so I can forget everything I am feeling. He doesn't know it but he means a lot to me, there are only three people I would take a bullet for, you, navya and manik. That's how much he means to me so im afraid that ill get attached to him, im afraid that I will fall for his charm and he will fall in love with someone else"

"Shh don't cry" he siad making me realize I was crying

"Nandini, he isn't bad at all. He just keeps himself closed sometimes and trust me he is like an open book for you, sometimes even more than he is for cabir"

"That's true, manik is an asshole but he cares" cabir siad

"I know, umm okay I have to go for this dinner with ma"

"Ohhh already calling your future mother in law ma" he teased making me giggle

"Shut up, I have to go get ready" I siad and they kissed my head like protective parents

I walked home and fell on my bed. I was replying everyhting that happened today and I had somehow forgot about harshad and Disha. This is the affect manik had on me, he makes me forget the world when he is around

Just thinking about this made me nauseous, we are fake dating, manik and I are fake dating. We are fuckng having dinner at his mom, I can't believe this, shit man I never thought I would be dong this but one mistake has led to this

I hope that I can keep my feelings in check because falling for manik isn't bad but it is horrible if he isn't gonna fall in love with me which is not gonna happen I know that. I still remember when I was told I cannot be loved, that I cannot satisfy a man because I didn't wanna have sex.

I took a deep breath and got up to pick an outfit for this dinner. I picked a simple flowly top and black jeans because I didn't wanna be too dressed up or not put together at all. I was showering when I heard my door bell ring

I quickly got out and put on a bathrobe running to the door. I opened it and found manik standing there in a black tee and some ripped black jeans. I am not gonna lie at all, he looks so handsome, the man is walking smokeshow

"I cant't believe you aren't ready yet" he said walking past me

"I was showering" I said

"Ya I can tell but it's 7 and I specifically"

"I know, im sorry, just give ma 5 minutes. I will get ready" I said inturupting him

"Go" he said and I ran in my room

I quickly got ready and came out to see manik laying down on the couch in the living room

"How do I look" I asked twirling around

"Ya lets go" he said getting up

"Oh my gosh nandini you look beautiful, I love how well these jeans fit you oh and your hair tho it's wet I like it" I said and he shook his head

"Lets go, we are late" he said making me glare at him but it didn't affect him at all

We reached downstairs and manik opened the door for me, I smiled sitting on the passenger seat, he closed my door and got in the drivers seat.

"Manik" he hummed as he started driving

"Bhai said he is gonna have a conference so we can tell our side of the story"

"And" he asked

"Umm I don't think I can talk to the media" I said fidgeting with my hands

"It's okay, you won't need to, ill take care of it" he said

"Pakka" I asked and he nodded

"Acha manik" he hmmed again

"Apkai pas chocolate hai" I asked and he glanced at me

"No why would I keep chocolates" he asked

"Sorry just asking" I said looking out of the window

I felt my blood sugar dropping so I asked, you know it's always good to ask but I felt like I was getting a little too comfortable with him and he didn't like it so I knew I should take a step back.