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After they confessed their love for each ohter, and after RK asked her to leave the world - and his wealth - behind, after RK expressed his doubts about her love...
She had not bitten RK, the world-weary, cynical, hard-hitting superstar. She had bitten Rishu, the little boy who gazed up at his father's lifeless corpse hanging from the rafters. The Rishu who had watched from the side wings as his mother tied herself to another family. The Rishu who gave his innocent heart to this same snake and watched it break into a million tiny fragments.
Madhu looked at RK in wonderment.
I need to put a stop to this forever she thought. I don't want to spend my life proving myself over and over again. This ends today she decided.
Her chin came up in defiance, a gesture that RK would have found familiar had he been paying attention. But no, our hero was still struggling in the sea of poison that Deepali had emitted around him. He was blind to the absolute love that shone in front of him.
"RK, I love you too", Madhu said. "But I can't spend my life having you, and others, suspecting me of chasing your money. I won't have it. You said I am fire, just like you. That I am paagal, just like you. Well, you know what, I will become your equal in wealth too. Then I'll come back here and propose to you.
I'll become a superstar, just like you."
RK's head shot up. He started as he let her words wash over him.
"Till that day, RK, remember that I love you, that I've always loved you. I love the RK that you are, the Rishabh you sometimes become when we're alone, the Rishu you keep hidden from the world. I love all your personas. Keep them all safe, because they're mine. I'm going to come back someday soon, to claim them."
And she walked away, back to the car. Back to the city of dreams, where she would build a new dream, not for herself, but for him, for their love.
She would become Madhubala, the Superstar.
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