CHAPTER 4

Manik's POV

I was sitting in the balcony, talking to someone on the phone, when Abhimanyu came running to the room. He looked troubled.

"Abhi, is everything fine?", I asked him, because I have never seen him worried.

"Manik, Cabir is injured. One of the members of the Street Mobster has shot him on his arm," he informed.

"Is he okay? I want to meet him where is he?" I asked worriedly.

Cabir is like a brother to me. He is my shadow, he knows my strengths as well as my weakness'

"He is in the living room," Abhimanyu informed and I ran downstairs hurriedly.

I saw a girl beating Cabir. She looked so small, just like a mouse, and Cabir was getting beaten by that girl. I was shocked.

"What is going on?" I asked angrily and the girl turned behind. She had long brown curly hair and a well-sculpted face. No doubt she was looking incredibly beautiful, in the white dress, she was wearing.

Cabir came rushing towards me and hid behind me.

"Oh brother, save me from this devil", he said panting heavily.

"You bloody motherfucker...let me go. I am going to dig your grave right here," that girl shouted angrily.

"Who is she and why the hell is she here?" I asked furiously.

"Manik she witnessed us killing that traitor Terence Machado", Cabir replied.

"So why did you get her here? You would have shot her over there itself and threw her dead body in the sea."

"You bloody son of bitch, killing someone is not a game. It's a bloody crime, you all are criminals. Let me go or else I will call the cops," she yelled angrily. I was furious at her. She had that audacity to insult me and abuse me? I removed the gun from Cabir's pocket and went to her.

I grabbed her neck and put the gun on her head and yelled furiously, "Mind your language, you little girl, or else I will give you such a torturous death that you would die a hundred times before your actual death."

She was breathless. She tried to come out from my grip, but I held her more firmly.

"Apologize. Right now"

"Never", She spat back.

"Do you know who am I?" I asked coming dangerously closer to her face. She shut her eyes in fear.

"Oh, the lioness has become a scared kitten, suddenly!" I chuckled and moved the gun on her jawline. She quivered.

"Apologize," I whispered dangerously in her ears.

She opened her brown eyes and I got lost in it.

"I am not going to ask for forgiveness, do you get that nor am I interested to know who you are. You want to kill me then shoot me but I am not going to apologize," she said sternly, and unknowingly a smile crept on my face.

She was the first person who was talking to me in that tone and was not even afraid of me. I was impressed. I was in love with this stubbornness of hers.

"What's your name?", I asked looking right into her eyes but she turned her face away and ignored my question. I grabbed her waist and dipped my face in the crook of her neck, inhaling her sweet feminine scent. She squirmed in my arms.

"I am not going to kill you so soon darling. Let me have some fun with you," I replied looking at her angelic face. This time I could see the fear in her eyes and believe me I felt happy to see her scared of me.

"Will you apologize?" I asked again, holding her waist tightly.

"Never. Even if you kill me I am not going to apologize," she replied.

"You are like a tiny mouse but darling, you have so much attitude. Listen to me, little girl, I am not going to kill you until you apologize because you have messed up with the wrong person. I am a bloody gangster and a drug lord Manik Malhotra and for you, I am a death angel."

She looked at me with fear.

"Mukti, throw her in the torture chamber and lock it till tomorrow. Let me see how does she not apologizes."

Mukti followed my orders. The girl started banging the door and screaming.

"Please open the door, I am claustrophobic. I am having fear of darkness. Open the door," she cried.

Navya came rushing and asked Cabir.

"What is going on Cabir? Who is the girl screaming and why have you put her in the torture chamber?"

Alya told her everything and Navya yelled at me angrily. "Manik, are you insane? What has she done to you? What is her crime? Open this door and get her out!"

"No one is going to open the door until I give you the orders", I told looking at Navya and went to my room ignoring her, pleads and cries.

I could hear the girl screaming and crying. I should have felt happy, she had accepted her defeat in front of me but I was feeling guilty, looking at her condition.

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Navya started to request Cabir.

"Cabir what is that girl's fault, please get her out. Can't you hear her screams? She is claustrophobic, please get her out," Navya requested.

"Navya baby, please go to your room," Cabir said lovingly.

"No, I am not going to my room. I don't want any innocent girl's life to get spoiled just like my life got spoilt. At least Cabir you were better you did not force me, you did not rape me, but this friend of yours, Manik, he is a bastard," Navya yelled furiously.

"Navya, Manik never forces any girl. You don't know him but I know him through in and out," Cabir said softly.

"You very well know Cabir, your friend can stoop down to any extent once his so-called 'manly ego' gets hurts," Navya said bitterly.

"I promise you, baby, nothing will happen to this girl," Cabir assured.

Nandani was still banging the door and pleading with them to get her out.

"It's just a matter of a day, she will be out of this room", Mukti said.

"Yes Navya, you please calm down Cabir please take her to the room.", Abhimanyu said and Cabir took Navya to their room.