CHAPTER 10

Manik's POV

I was sitting in the living room and was talking to my gang members, when I saw Navya and tigress, I mean Nandani coming downstairs. She wore a pair of ripped jeans and a crop top, her hair tied in a messy bun and some hair strands were falling her face. She was looking damn hot in that outfit.

"Manik, back to Earth," Cabir said snapping his finger and I came out of my trance. I felt embarrassed being caught drooling over a girl. Because I am Manik Malhotra, girls swoon over me and I don't even look at them. What will my gang members think, that I have fallen for that tigress?

I noticed Navya was taking the tigress out of the mansion. I cleared my throat and called them out.

"Oh hello, where are you both going?" I asked arrogantly.

"Out of the mansion, can't you see?" the Tigress replied.

My gang members looked towards her and then they looked at me with their eyes wide open. No one has ever spoken to me in this way. This tigress was getting on my nerves since the day she had come. She was insulting me continuously.

I stood from the couch and walked towards her dangerously. And suddenly she became a scared kitten. She hid behind Navya.

"Oh, the tigress has become a scared kitten," I chuckled. She came in front of me, folded her arms on her chest, and told angrily, "Don't even think that I am scared of you."

"You aren't scared of me?" I asked walking towards her dangerously and she moved backward.

"Don't you dare come closer to me,"

I smirked and kept on walking towards her dangerously. She kept on moving backward.

"You...Pervert...I am telling you to stay away...or else," she warned me.

"Or else?" I asked. Nandani moved backward. Her back was about to hit the pillar, but I grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to me.

She wriggled in my arms and told angrily, "You Pervert, leave me or else---"

That little mouse was warning me, the deadly, ruthless gangster Manik Malhotra? She thinks that I will be scared of her warning.

"What will you do if I don't leave you? You can't do anything, but I can do many things," I told coming dangerously closer to her face.

Navya came in between and she pulled Nandani from my arms. I looked at her dangerously. Before I could say anything to her, her savior, her husband who was my best friend came in between.

"Manik, I am sorry on her behalf," Cabir apologized.

"Why are you apologizing? It's he, who will apologize to me," Nandani said angrily.

I chuckled listening to her.

"I am Manik Malhotra, I have never apologized to anyone," I told haughtily.

She gave me a disgusting look. I raised my 'brows and she looked away. I need to do something so that she never shows her attitude to me.

"Where the hell were you both going? Trying to escape from me?" I asked.

"No Manik, I was just showing the mansion, to her. We were going to the garden to take a stroll," Navya replied.

"Don't you even dare to escape from here," I warned them, especially that tigress?

"No one can stop me to do so, okay? I am Nandani Singhania, daughter of famous business tycoon Vikram Singhania. I am sure the entire police force will be searching for me, and they will succeed in finding me. Then you Mr. Gangster, you will be behind the bars with your gang members," Nandani said smirking.

I pulled her and she banged to my chest again. I twisted her hands behind her back and she winced in pain.

"Nandani Singhania, get one thing in your pea-sized head. Never talk to me in this tone, do you fucking get that? The second thing is your bloody misconception to think that your father is going to save you. No, he can't, no one can save you from me, not even God. I am a Satan, and I will be your death if you speak to me again in this tone. Police can't even enter my territory. This is my world Nandani and you cannot run from here, you can never run away from me," I yelled angrily and she wriggled in my arms.

Her eyes were filled with tears. My gang members came running towards us. Navya tried to pull Nandani from my arms, but my one glare was enough to stop her.

"If you want to stay alive, then stop disrespecting me. Because I don't mind killing you," I said dangerously.

"Manik relax, I will talk to her. I am sure she will never disrespect you again," Cabir told, keeping his hand on my shoulder and trying to calm me down.

I left Nandani and went to the bar to get a drink. Damn, she has got on my nerves. Why have I kept her alive till yet? I am a monster, Manik Malhotra, my hands never shiver in pulling the trigger but why the hell am I unable to kill her? She is so tiny, just like a mouse but acts like a tigress. She keeps on back-answering me and disrespecting me.

Rather than pouring some beer in the glass, I drank the entire bottle. I started to feel a bit uneasy, my head started spinning. I opened a few buttons of my shirt and sat on the floor with another bottle of beer.

All the memories of the past event started to flash in front of my eyes.

"Search for Sarah everywhere," I yelled angrily to my gang members.

"Manik..." Cabir came with tears in his eyes.

"What happened Cabir? Did you find where is Sarah?" I asked him but he didn't reply "Cabir I am asking you something," I told angrily.

He kept mum. Tears were rolling down his cheeks.

"Cabir Dhawan, answer my questions damn it," I yelled angrily.

"We have found her dead body," Cabir replied and I was broken listening to him.

"Manik, this Vikram Singhaniya he is a businessman, but he has a touch with several local gangsters," Ritvik said coming to the bar with a file in his hand.

I was sitting on the floor lifeless, drinking beer and smoking.

"Manik, are you okay?" Ritvik asked coming towards me hurriedly.

"Sarah died Ritvik, she died because of me," I cried. Yes, a heartless, ruthless gangster cried.

"Manik why are you accusing yourself, for her death? She didn't die because of you," Ritvik said with tears in his eyes.

"I couldn't save her Ritvik, I couldn't find her killers and rapists too," I cried.

"Manik, we will find her killers. Don't worry," Ritvik said.

"What is the use of that, Ritvik? Sarah has gone so far, that she is never going to come back," I told drinking beer.

Ritvik ran outside the bar and I was sitting there lifeless.

"I am sorry Sarah, I could not save you. I could not find your killers," I muttered and drank another bottle of beer.

Ritvik came running to the bar again along with Cabir.

"Hey Manik, what is wrong?" Cabir asked.

"Cabir...Sarah," I cried. He hugged me tightly and cried like a kid hugging him back.

"Don't worry Manik, we will find her killers and we will punish them severely," he said crying.

Ritvik and Cabir helped me to stand on my feet. I was so drunk that I could not walk by myself. Ritvik and Cabir took me to my room and they lay me on the bed.

"Sleep, everything is going to be fine," Cabir said patting my head. I was tired. After eight sleepless nights, I went into a deep slumber.