Manan : Love for Eternity

chapter 37

Nandini and preeti were sitting on the bed in nandini's room talking, when preeti's question had left her speechless.

Jealousy as preeti had asked, it is a feeling that mostly accompanies love, being possessive gives rise to the feeling of jealousy.

N : why do you ask?

P : nothing specific

N : jealousy, I have never exactly been jealous you know. I have whatever anyone can ever want. So that rules out being jealous over materialistic things.

P : what about relationships

N : yeah about that I don't think I need to be because everyone I love has loved me too, or at least they haven't given my place to anyone. Like Adi or bhai or my parents to say, I am their only daughter so there is no competition. Or like you say their princess, so no.

P : and manik??

N : Manik.... Our relationship is quite different, like its like I know that he is mine, since childhood he has been at my side, even if we had any other friends, at the end it always came to us, just us two, I trust him and I know that my place in his life is certain ,or it's what I have felt till now. Although he is jealous easily.

P : why wouldn't he be, you're beautiful, the murthy princess, all the boys in the college want to date you, except adi of course.

N : aryaman too. Anyways are you jealous of someone

Preeti is lost in her thoughts, thinking about how nandini is so secure about Manik.

N : penny for your thoughts

P : nothing, I should go it's late. Night bestie

Nandini is a little confused about her sudden change in behavior but thinks it to be of not any importance.

N : good night.

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Next morning

Murthy industries

Nandini, Adi and Manik are sitting in Adi's cabin.

N : so everything set brother

Ad : yes, bhai is heading the meeting and it will start in a few minutes.

M : and anika di will be there, representing malthotra's.

N : great ,it's a start. Although you know talking with preeti yesterday

Ad : why isn't she here

N : oh she had an important assignment

Adi nods while manik's eyes are on him, amusement in his eyes.

N : as I saying, I think maybe making bhai jealous will do the work. I mean it will make him confess

M : jealous

Ad : yeah you would know

M : yeah, unlike others who have no idea of their feelings

N : right now why do I get a feeling that we are not talking about bhai anymore.

Manik and adi are in a staring match, Adi looks away first concentrating on nandini's words.

Ad : but who will play the bait.

N : aryaman's brother he is also in business with murthy's,maybe I can ask aryaman.