Chapter One
As the bell rang, the students gathered in their assigned benches looking forward to the upcoming class. It was a dull morning for her for she yawned and waited for a teacher to arrive at the earliest.
“I heard, Batla sir ain’t coming anymore” Some gossiped at a very high pitch helping her to hear.
“No, he’s just on a vacation and in place of him, the sturdy son of Head will come” Any one of the girls spoke and she could actually apprehend the situation. Head's son. Ma-
“Good Morning, class” His gravelly voice ended the discussions and some whisper played out behind. For he was a shouldered, 6ft man who could make anyone fall weak in his knees.
“Good Morning, sir” The wish sounded different to Nandini, for she knew why. It was an unusual excitement that played in her classmate’s voices which made her sigh.
“This is Manik Malhotra, your teacher for just a day!” With that, as soon as he chuckled, all the eyes attached to him started smiling, drawing out hypothetical dreams in their heart.
“So, shall we start with some introduction part?” The whole class nodded with so much of excitement that Nandini had to chuckle real bad.
“Who’s the topper, if I see?” The annoyance in some voices which whispered Nandini Murthy made him chuckle too.
“So, Miss Murthy?” She slowly stood up and smiled a little while he blinked his eyes for no one to see “Tell us about you!”
“Nandini Murthy, a second year BBA student with two national championship in Elite Swimming Contest and one from Bharatiya Bharatanatyam Parishad. That’s about it!” She could feel the smile growing bigger with every word she spoke and this made her smile, for they both knew why.
“Okay, that’s impressive. Can we move forward with you?” He moved to the next bench who apparently was making snobbish faces at her “Soha Khuranna” She didn’t wear something very appealing and her posture didn’t give him good vibes either.
“A second year BBA student and the daughter of Mr. Rakesh Khuranna!” She held a different arrogance and pride in every word she spoke. Her words didn’t prove to be appealing to him either. “And what are your achievements, if I ask?”
“The daughter of Mr. Rakesh Khurana makes me the most appealing and it’s much better than what she holds” Her eyes growled at Nandini who sighed and looked further. The former's eyes turned to him and said “You might be knowing my dad, don’t you? So, he can buy anything..” Her eyes rather proved to be of lust as soon as they turned to him “or rather, anyone” Her eyes didn’t wait further and were soon on his tie.
Nandini had her mouth open and eyes widened. Manik smiled slowly and pushed the hand which was holding his tie “Malhotras’ turnover is 100 crores more than Khurana” With a single statement, Nandini's face filled with pride while Soha's shrunken face didn’t hold the courage to face anyone and she slowly sat down. Series of interaction continued when the bell rang and one by one, everyone went out while Nandini was packing all her essentials.
Moving to the door without disturbing her a bit, he locked it for the class had no further classes assigned.
Nandini's eyes went to the door and she glared at the puppy eyes the tycoon was making. She took her bag and was walking past him to the door when he held her right wrist and pulled her “Manik” This was all she could whisper. This was all that mattered.
“Still angry?” He slowly nibbled her left earlobe while she took her palm and placed a kiss on it “I keep worrying till you land, you know right?”
“I am really sorry! I just forgot last night and it was so late. All the jet lag-“ She turned over and snaked her arms around his waist while he smiled and it turned wider when she whispered against his chest “I miss ed you so bad"
