FF: Fire and Desire note on pg. 24 - Page 6

Thank you...

You will see a strong lioness...that's what I was trying to portray in this part as well.

As for when will I update...I have a test on Friday so I will probably upload Friday night unless ofcourse I get bored of studying and I feel like writing tonight. There really is no set date of when I update...whenever I find time or feel like writing as an outlet.

WAITING😛

"Ahh...haaa," RK said as he looked at the scratch marks on his hand. "Fiesty Madhubala. It will be fun playing with her," he said and left without elaborating further and Madhu did not care about halting him.

Exasperating...that man is exasperating.

She went on about her work styling the heroine's hair when someone told her she was needed in RK's vanity. She was hesitant going there by herself because she did not know what he had in store for her this time, but she knew she had to be strong. If she avoided him then how could she ever succeed in her goal of changing him...hurting him. So she went, opened the door to his vanity, and stood still.

He was standing in the middle of his vanity with his shirt buttons open. She could see every line and muscle on his abdomen. She wanted to look away but her eyes were transfixed. He was one hot man.

She slowly looked away as heat rose on her cheeks.

"Come here...I need you to stitch this for me," he said as he pointed at the broken button on his shirt.

"What," Madhu said disbelieving what he had just said. "I am a hairdresser not a seamstress."

"You are what I say you are," RK said with narrowed eyes. "The shoot is in 10 minutes and this is the shirt I am supposed to wear. And as far as I know, you are the best person for this job."

Madhu was about to refuse again but the look in his eyes told her he would not take no for an answer and she realized she had to pick her battles. Plus, she did not want to appear weak to him. She did not want to give him the pleasure of seeing her break down.

He handed her the sewing kit and she fixed the thread and the needle. Then she moved towards him feeling more and more uncomfortable with every step she took towards him, but not wanting to admit defeat.

She started sewing the button. Madhu could feel her heart rate increase against her wish. She did not want to feel this way, but being so close to him brought back memories she did not want to remember. Sewing his shirt buttons for him made her feel like she was his wife again, and everything was still fine and that he had never betrayed her. But she did not want to delude herself so she looked up into his eyes to see the hatred in them, but when she looked up into his eyes...she did not see hatred. She was something else all together. She saw need.

"Ahhh," she screamed as she pricked herself. She looked down at the droplet of blood on her fingertips. It served as a reminder to stay away from his man because he would only cause her pain.

Before she knew it though, RK had taken her finger and placed it into his mouth. She was too shocked to do anything but remain still. She looked up into his eyes, saw the concern for her on his face, but a moment later he removed her finger from his mouth and snickered.

"Nothing else or no one else is allowed to give you any pain except me. That is my and my right alone."

She did not understand him at all. Kind, gentle one moment, and hateful the next. One moment she could look into his eyes and believe that he actually felt something for her, and the next moment she would see the hate in his eyes and start doubting everything she thought and felt.

"Your right!" Madhu said unbelieving. "You have no right over me. Ex husbands do not have any right over their ex wives. That is the point of a divorce."

"Hmmm," RK hummed. "We may not be husband and wife anymore, but there is still one relationship left between us...that of hatred. And I intend to bring justice to that relationship. Why are you even here Madhu? Go home, you wont be able to handle what I will give you."

"If I can handle your fake love, your betrayal. Then I can handle everything you give me," Madhu said. "And I am here because I want to be."

"So you like being insulted. Day in, day out. A masochist...a little secret about my dear ex wife I didn't know," he said with a raised eyebrow.

"Masochist...no RK. Why I am here is none of your business. My life is none of your concern and I do not owe you any explanations for any decisions I make since my life is my own now," she said and left before her anger had a chance of completely taking over. She did not want him to know that he affected her in any way.

An hour later when she was with the heroine, fixing her hair again before the next shoot when the heroine got a phone call from someone and told Madhu that she had to leave immediately. She told Madhu to pass on the message to the director that she had an immergency.

And Madhu did exactly that, but the director did not seem happy because he would have to waste money and a whole day on top of that.

"Director saab, why bother wasting a perfectly fine day when we have a potential replacement for the day right here in front of us. Madhubala. Ofcourse she could never be as good as Roma (the heroine) but she will have to do for the day, as a replacement. Go get her some classy clothes, she looks downmarket in these. Normally I would not look twice at her, but desperate times call for desperate measures," he said in his attempt to insult her.

"Yet you lived with his so called downmarket girl for months," Madhu said loud enough for RK to hear him, but no one else and then she left with the make-up artist before he had a chance to say anything.

The designer put her in a pretty black sari with a sleeveless blouse and a low neckline. It was not obscene, but she would have chosen something else to wear. She pulled her chin high and told herself he just wants to hurt you. Do not let her win Madhu, she told herself in her head.

She walked out of the vanity and walked towards the shooting site. RK turned around the moment she walked in seeming lost.

She stared at him and he looked her up and down, as if devouring her with his eyes. Rather than feeling uncomfortable though, she somehow felt excited. Her skin heated over as she tried to replace the excitement with disgust. But it did not work. The way he looked at her with lust filled eyes made her feel so wanted that she forgot everything else for these few moments.

He looked away then and annoyingly told the director, "finally. Madam's here. I swear the heroine doesn't take as long as this replacement just took."

And just like that she was brought back into reality. Had he been acting just a moment ago?

She heard the director say take 1. And they started with the charade.

"Keh doon...keh doon ki tumhe mujhse pyaar nahi," Madhu read recited the script she had studied while they were dressing her up.

"Nahin hain," RK said.

"Toh kyun. Kyun mujhse aise dekhte hoon jaise mujhse kabhi door hi nahi jaana chahte. Mujhe kyun aise dekthe hoon, ki mujh mein sama jaoge. Kyun mere paas aaneke bahane dhundte hoon? Kyun mere kareeb aate hoon? Kyun mujhe aise dekhte hoon R...Rohan." She had almost said RK because he script rang so close to the questions she had been wondering.

"Kyun batao na. Mujhe dekthe tumhe kya hoon jata hain. Jab tumhare paas aati hoon toh kya hoon jata hai tumhe?" She said as she stepped closer to him.

"Kuch nahin. Tumhara braham hai."

"Braham...nahi mujhse dekthe tum sab bhool jate hoon. Batao kyun bhul jate hoon. Batao kyun. Kyun," she screamed towards the end.

"Nahin," RK screamed in anger. "I hate you. Yeh baat apne zehen mein utar doon. Nafrat hain mujhe tumse Madhubala."

Director said cut it. "RK you said the dialogue wrong. You were supposed to say because I love you Ria."

"Pack up," RK screamed as the anger emanated off his face.

Well Madhu had her answer atleast. He did hate her. She didn't know whether to feel relief about that or '

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Guys for the PM Rule please look at the first page...its below the prologue. Some of you are adding me on this account and I told you guys, you wont get any pm's if you do.

Now that that's out of the way I wanted to apologize for not updating sooner. Friday I was out of it because I slept 2 hours on thursday night cramming for my exam. 😆 Yep you arent supposed to do that and others shouldnt, but it works for me. And I didnt update yesterday because I was going to go out for my birthday celebration (My brithday is actually on the 25th but we were going to celebrate sooner), but my car broke down and then I was upset all day. Now I am fine though 😊...

That's the reason for this extra long update...its like two and a half pages so you better appreciate it. So hit the like/ leave comments. Plus its not a bad b-day present. 😉

And let me know if you have any title suggestions...like I said before I am not loving the current one. Oh, and the pregnancy track will come in the future. They only slept together like a week or 2 weeks ago. She would not know yet. So right now I just want to explore their relationship and show you a strong Madhu...or atleast try to. Let me know if I succeed or if there is some place you would like me to improve, or if you have any suggestions. Dont worry pregnancy track will come soon.

P.S. I didn't copy the show when I wrote this scene...I had planned on writing something where they both have to act together since I wrote the prologue.

Will edit when I'm free <3

Belated happy birthday dear🥳..( keeping in mind the time zones) enjoy ur day❤️