So I don't know from where should I start but thankyou guys for making this book such a success! I had never contemplated that it would reach till here, let alone get 40k+ votes on it! But I'm overwhelmed seeing the amount of love you've showered on this story! So here, I couldn't think of any other way than this, to thank y'all! I love you'll!💕

This is just one of the phase of Nandini's pregnancy, so don't get confused!

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Nandini's POV

I always wondered why would women want such weird things during their pregnancy. But now, here in the sixth month, sitting with a bulging belly when I craved for pickle ice-cream, I understood what it was like. You had absolutely no control over your hormones and it was like the weird things attract you.

"Manik!" I turned towards him and poked his shoulder as he was busy snoring beside me. He didn't reply so I poked him again.

"Hmm!" He hummed and then turned to adjust himself. It irritated me and the next thing I know is I pushed him hard which resulted in nothing but of him moving just an inch. Huh! Fat Monster! It's 9 in the morning and he's still sleeping!

"Manikkk!" I screamed in frustration and this time he sprang up looking around frantically.

"Huh? Rose what happened? Are you hurt? Is it paining? Whom do I have to kill?" I made a pissed off face but it immediately melted when I saw him rubbing his sleepy, drowsy eyes.

"Manik I want an ice-cream!" I pouted putting a hand on my belly and his gaze travelled down. Sighing he shifted closer and bent down to kiss my stomach.

"You are troubling your Mommy and Daddy a lot princess! But I promise that we'll fulfill every wish of yours! I love you already! You are going to be beautiful!" He whispered softly dropping yet another kiss and I felt warmth seeping in me. I kept staring at him lovingly until he raised his head and looked at me.

"Which flavour do you want Rose?" He asked despite the tired look on his face and suddenly I felt guilty. He was doing so much for us and I keep troubling him every now and then. A tear slipped down from my eye as I sniffed which alerted him.

"Rose why are you crying? I said right I'll bring the ice-cream! Wait I'll bring all the flavours and you can have any of them!" He said in a panicked voice and moved to get down the bed but I pulled him back instantly.

"I'm sorry Manik!" I sniffed resting my head on his chest as he held me close to him. I heard him sigh before he rested his chin on top of my head.

"You don't have to apologise Rose! This isn't your fault. It's the pregnancy hormones and you have nothing to be guilty about okay? I'm more than happy to do anything for both of you!" He confessed kissing the top of my head and I tilted my head to look at him.

"Did I ever tell you how lucky I am to have you in my life?" I asked and he smiled in return.

"I'm the one who's lucky to have you Rose! I wouldn't have been able to live a normal life if it wasn't for you!" Without another I leaned close to him and kissed him softly. He kissed me back and I could feel his hands slowly travel down as it rested on my protruding belly.

"I love you!" He whispered and I snuggled close to him smiling all the while.

"I love ice-cream!" I whispered back breaking the hug and his smile dropped as he narrowed his eyes at me.

"Huh! Fine! I'll bring your love to you! Then you can stay with it for your entire life!" Huffing he stormed out of the room leaving me laughing behind. I stared amused as he walked back in and stood infront of me.

"Which flavour?" He grumbled and I pressed my lips to stop laughing.

"Pickle!" I shrugged and his eyes widened.

"What? Pickle ice-cream? Where will I find that? And how can you eat something like that! Eww!" He said in a disgusted tone and I glared at him.

"Manik!" I gritted and he sighed bending down and kissing my forehead before walking towards the door. Before he could leave I called him and he turned back confused.

"I love you!" At this he grinned and blew me a kiss making me laugh. I waited excitedly for my ice-cream and when at 10 he returned I was in the living room sitting in the couch.

But my smile dropped when I saw nothing in his hands. Unknowingly my eyes teared up as I stared at him.

"You--You don't love me anymore! That's why you didn't bring my ice-cream! You monster!" I sniffed looking away and he sighed coming close and kneeling before me.

"Rose I'm sorry! I tried! I searched for it in every single ice-cream parlour but they didn't have the flavour!" He tried to make me understand but I wiped my tears and stood up ignoring him.

"Rose!" He called out but I didn't stop and kept moving towards the exit. Soon enough a hand wrapped around my arm stopping me.

"Rose where are you going?" He asked harshly and I glared at him. I slowly detached my arm from his hold and took a step back.

"Well if you're not going to get me the ice-cream, I'll get it myself Mr. Malhotra!" I scowled and as much as I hated for doing this to him I couldn't help it. My cravings just got the worst out of me.

"Listen this is ridiculous okay! I'm not letting you step out of here!" He warned sternly and I gritted my teeth in annoyance.

"Manik your this mini monster wants to have it and I can't ignore it! So I will go!" I said stubbornly and he sighed frustrated.

"Fine I'll bring it! You go inside and take rest!" But how could I listen to him? Ignoring what he said I walked outside and settled myself in the car.

"What the fuck Nandini!" He bellowed and I rolled my eyes.

Once a monster always a monster!

"Come out!" He hissed glaring at me with his hard eyes but I looked away.

"I'm coming with you!" I declared still not looking at him. I heard the door open and not a moment later I felt myself floating in the air.

"The hell you are!" He said with his jaw clenched while walking inside and hot angry tears cascaded down my eyes as I looked away from him and tried not to slap him.

Once he reached our bedroom, he placed me on the bed gently and I scooted away. A hand landed on my knee and I swatted it away harshly.

"Don't touch me!" I snarled and he stood up abruptly with his jaw clenched.

"Fine! Just stay here till I bring your ice-cream!" And then he dashed out of the house without sparing me a single glance.

I sobbed loudly clutching the bedsheets and the feeling of being neglected arose. After a while Manik had still not returned and I was still sniffing. Getting up I moved out of the room and walked towards the guest room to spend the rest of the day there.

Not even ten minutes had passed as I laid in the guest room I heard his angry voice boom in the mansion.

"Nandini!" But what I didn't notice was it had fear laced through it as well.

Just as I was adjusting myself to get up the door slammed open making me flinch and only to reveal a scared Manik. He dropped the bag in his hand and rushed to me securing me in his arms. He kept safe distance from my belly but his grip on my arms was tight. And only then I realised he was shaking.

"God Rose never scare me like that! Please just don't disappear like this again! I can't imagine what I'd do if I lost you again!" He said choking at the last part and my hands immediately wrapped around his torso.

"Manik! Manik calm down! I'm here only! I'm not going anywhere!" I rubbed his back trying to soothe him while he just kept clinging to me.

It was then I felt something which forced me to gasp. Manik quickly broke the hug and before he could ask anything I placed his hand on my stomach. He looked at me confused but then his eyes widened when he felt it.

"She--She kicked!" He whispered excitedly and I nodded smiling. He lifted my top and pressed a kiss there yet again.

"Come soon princess I can't wait anymore!" He confessed and again hid his face in my neck. We stayed in that position for a few minutes before I realised about my ice-cream.

"Manik! My ice-cream!" I whined and he chuckled causing me to vibrate along with him. Moving back his eyes ran all over my face and I could still see the traces of fear in his eyes.

"Manik you need to stop worrying so much! I'm not going anywhere! Rose is never going to leave her Monster!" I said lovingly cupping his face and he sighed not before pecking my lips.

"I know and I'm sorry for being so harsh on you! I just don't want anything to happen to both of you!" He said and I kept staring at him. He stood up and brought the bag which had been lying on the floor. Giving me sheepish look he forwarded the box towards me.

"I'm sorry it must've melted!" I chuckled taking it from him and it surely did.

"I guess then I'll have to drink the ice-cream!" I shrugged and glanced at him before we burst out laughing.

Later that evening Cabir, Navya and Nandini decided to visit us of course along with Alex. It was all surreal but I missed Rishabh, because he had to leave for London in respect to a medical case that had arrived.

"Nan-nini why is your stomach soooo big? Are you hiding a ball in there?" She had asked making everyone laugh whereas she pouted cutely. Even though she could pronounce my name clearly sometimes it was adorable to hear Nan-nini from her.

"Baby you're going to be a big sister now! Are you excited?" Navya explained and her eyes twinkled as she gazed at my stomach for a few minutes.

"Will the baby play with me?" She asked with expectant eyes and I smiled warmly.

"Of course princess! The baby is going to love you and give you company with your toys!" Manik said lovingly and she clapped her hands in excitement.

"Yay! I can't wait for the baby to come!" She jumped excitedly and pressed a kiss on my stomach muttering an I love you surprising us. She surely was more mature compared to her age.

"Have you thought of a name yet?" Cabir asked us and we looked at each other. Manik was always sure from the first that it would a girl and I never denied it because the shine on his face was something I could never forget.

"I haven't but Manik has! He isn't telling me!" I informed and we all looked at him to see him grinning widely.

"Buddy you're killing us here with the suspense!" Cabir chuckled but I was impatiently waiting for him to reveal it. I had lost the count of times I had asked him to share it with but he refused saying that he'll share only when all of us were present.

"Manik enough! Please tell me!" I whined and he chuckled before uttering my baby's name.

"Ria!"

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Once again thankyou to every reader of Mafia's Obsession for being a part of it whether during that time or after it! I'll be always grateful to you'll for loving this story so much!❤️

Also thankyou so much Heer StarsAndFireflies_ for this beautiful cover!💕