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24- Love for Show

" Maya, we planned to tell the media about our dating as a PR strategy. So what happened now?" He huffed and breathed hard while running around his room.

" But not like this. You should've asked me. Consent is important," I shouted back.

" Like you care a lot about consent. When you broke into my house, did you think of this consent at that time?" He ran towards the door and went out of his house just as I was about to catch him. Swiftly making my way out of the house, I saw him running upstairs, probably to the terrace.

I ran behind him to get a hold of him and soon we both reached the terrace. In the dark terrace with a small bulb lighting the half-end of the terrace, it was hard to even see anything. " Are you stupid? Look at this news. Do you have any idea?" I shoved the news from the far end, still trying to catch him while he was quite a bit ahead of me.

" Stop running. It wasn't me but you who agreed to the PR stunt first. Now you should cooperate, Maya."

I almost caught him when he was backing away, without noticing the stone in the middle, making me trip over it. I closed my eyes in fear. Why didn't I fall? What is this?

I opened my eyes slowly to see my hands holding the collar of Ajay who held the back of my head. My body pressed against his and I felt his warm breaths on my face. I saw my other hand clasping his sleeves.

My lips parted and my shock was too great to make me numb. I stared into his pair of black orbs which looked at my brown ones. I looked down feeling flustered all of a sudden.

I tried to look around and I was startled to see the huge wall in front of me. I turned back at Ajay to see his eyes wavering as he pulled away. He blinked and sighed. " You okay? Don't worry you are alive," he said with a deadpan face as I was checking on myself.

" See, Maya I understand you are worried but don't give them so much priority. You are still going to be the Maya you are." I gulped and soon, my eyes fell on his hand. He shook his hand that was holding my head before,  covering it with his other hand.

I pulled his hand with a jerk making him leave a cry of pain from his mouth. He was caught off guard by the sudden action. Under the dim light, I saw the red blood covering his fingers.

" How did this happen?" My voice came out high-pitched with shock after seeing his blood-soaked fingers. As I pressed them to check, he let out another cry, startling me.

"What the— it hurts."

" Come with me." I pulled his other hand, taking him down, inside my house. He tried to protest but soon followed me. After getting inside with the two pairs of eyes, glancing at us and making their own conclusions, I went inside my room and made him sit on the chair next to my bed.

" Why did you bring me here? "

" Because you shouldn't sit on a young girl's bed." I can't believe I was joking with him at this time. He looked at me suspiciously as I pulled out the first aid box from the locker.

I have no idea why I am doing this. Or why I am feeling like this. Is it because you were hurt because of me? I don't know. I still hate you, right? I am confused.

I wrapped the bandage around his fingers after washing off his wound. I didn't look up to see his face right now and didn't even want to. I am already embarrassed enough. But I felt an alien feeling inside my chest. I blinked my eyes to avoid the wrong idea. From the corner of my eyes, I could see him leaning on his other hand, pressing on the table next to him.

I got up from my seat after finishing my job. Yes, it is better to say it is my job because I can't say anything to explain why I treated the wounds of my soul enemy. 

" Maya, why did you-," he stopped suddenly, thinking for a while, before saying, " Thank you." I looked up at him, shocked that he didn't ask me the reason behind my action. But I am glad he didn't. 

" Sorry. I have been stupid." Did I just admit my stupidness in front of him? My low volume voice became silent as I pondered upon my own words.

He looked at me with wide eyes as he said, "Wow. Good that you admitted the fact, monkey." I raised my eyebrows at him as he chuckled.

" Thank you," he said once again, before making his way out of the room. He turned and said, " Don't be so flustered. It is good to admit the wrong that one commits." He roused my temper as I bit my lips, controlling myself.

" Leave right now," I yelled. I pushed him out but it somehow touched his wound, making him wince. Startled, I backed away before he showed off his heart-melting smile. " Maya, why don't we forget the past grudges. Can we?"

" Nope. I am good and I still hate you."

His smile ceased as he grimaced, " Tsk… Mutual feelings."

" Better. Don't forget we are lovey-dovey just on screen," I said as he nodded before going inside his house. As I got a notification, I looked at my phone to see it.

CONFIRMED NEWS! Ajay is secretly dating his co-star, Maya Padwal.

I scoffed before turning off my phone. I groaned with rage as I stomped inside my room.

The end question of the day:

Am I good with Ajay?

Nope, and I am still mad at him. And whatever I did was just my job. My job.

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