alone, Cabir promises to give the baby his name and raise it like his own. Amid FAB5's plan to expose Harshad, Nandini begins to doubt Manik's reasons for breaking up with her as his behaviour starts contradicting his words. She confronts him, and in a moment of weakness, he admits that he would never have broken up with her if it was not for Dhruv. This angers Nandini, and she accuses Manik of being selfish for not considering her feelings and tells him that she wants nothing more to do with him whilst he apologises and begs for her forgiveness after realising what he did her was wrong. Nandini, along with FAB5, succeeds in their plan to oust Harshad. They trap him into confessing his wrongdoings on camera and are later arrested for attacking Cabir and Raghav on the night of Musicana. At a celebration for ousting Harshad, FAB5 and Nandini play a game that allows Manik to confirm that Dhruv has moved on from Nandini. The love triangle soon ends as Alya and Dhruv start to get closer when Nandini tells Dhruv that she only sees him as a friend and always will. While Nandini is unwilling to forgive Manik because she feels he will always choose his friends over her, Manik goes to extreme lengths to prove himself. When Soha Khurana enters as the obsessed fan of Manik, Nandini becomes close to Manik again, as she couldn't stand the thought of anyone else being with him. They decide to be friends and get to know one another. Soon they become more than friends, and on their first date, the fireflies light up, indicating to Nandini that Manik is indeed her true love. Due to a misunderstanding led by Soha's father, Nandini believes that Manik will be better off without her and will focus on his dreams of becoming a singer. Soha's obsession with Manik reaches a dangerous level, and she attempts to kill Nandini in a fire, but Manik saves her. However, when Nandini finds out that Soha has died in the fire (a ploy set up by Nyonika and Soha's father), and that too perhaps because of Manik, she remains silent in court when she is asked if Manik had anything to do with Soha's death. A shocked Manik stops talking to her. Although it is proved that Manik is innocent, and despite Nandini's efforts to get