Off-Script

Chapter 5

"I miss you..." Helly heard her baby boyfriend saying in a babyish voice from the other side of the phone.

"I miss you too Roaan" said Helly in the same soft voice pursing her lips, "Why need to be see so cheesy?"

"When will you come back to me? Asked Roaan and Helly felt him being grumpy..........

"She is a very talented girl. Though she works here as secretary of Roaan Regel, but can handle multiple situations at once.
Very clean mind she has, can look at things and decipher is ready with her. Her certainty is about 75 percent absolute. She'll be of great help, son" Mr. Saxena's words were ringing in Rrahul's mind, while his eyes scanning the girl in the refresh room on phone for about half an hour.

..........Helly looked towards her right side from the corner of her eyes to see her Boss was watching her keenly. She  said smirking, "Very soon... baby" and then she turned around her back towards him and continued talking to Roaan.

"Was Mr. Saxena drunk when he was talking about her, or did he mistaken her to be someone else?" Rrahul's anticipation has started forming a lump in his throat.
                          The massive hard work he has put into all these years to achieve, what he wanted the most, fame, respect, adoration, the beaming pride in his parents eyes, everything seems to go down day by day.....

It's not a film, it's a show. Audience live a show, they connect to it they live it's emotion and if a show degrades just because of the co-star element, won't it be a matter of utter shame?
He doesn't want to be called as a Fame-user. The one who is only known by the name of his co-star.

He undoubtedly thanks Almighty everyday for getting job opportunities against these amazing co-stars he had worked until then and wirhout missing he grabbed out a lot of worthful element from them, but this aggravating negative response is somewhere eating his own confidence. Why does things have to be so difficult this time?

Engrossed in his own pessimistic thoughts Rrahul could smell the aroma of his favourite strong black coffee. He serenely closed his eyes, as the white mist of it entered his nostrils. Slowly but steadily his messed up nerves started calming down, "You look really off lately....." He heard a familiar female voice that snapped open his eyes, "....Hope this coffee helps, Sir" he looked down to see his petite general manager in her heels, holding coffee up for him.

"Thank you so much...." He took the coffee from her and continued, "...But you don't need to take up these duties, Siara is there for it" he said gesturing towards Siara, his secretary's, cabin.

"It's not me. Siara was bringing your coffee, but I took the charge" she said  looking up at Rrahul whose eyes were pretty unfixed. He took a sip of his coffee when a trace of the back liquid hanged out of his wildly grown moustache.

Frowning Helly can't refrain herself from asking, "Does you every role require this heavy beard and moustache?"

"Why?" Doesn't it look good on me?" He asked looking down at her.

"I didn't mean that. I meant, don't you get monotonous of this same look?" She asked questioningly raising an eyebrow.

"Not really...." He simply answered and then took a large gulp. The little trace on his moustache grew up to be a large bubble.

Helly immediately took a tissue paper and was about to hand it to him, when Rrahul bent down to ask, "So Miss-" and Helly's naily fingers suddenly attacked on his lips.
As the painted long nails touched the lower boundary of his lip, Rrahul reflexed back his head with a jerk.

Surprised by this sudden movement, Helly looked at her fingers to see a mere sight of red colours what seemed like blood peeked from the rhinestone stuck on her light pink painted nails.
"Sir I am so sorry" she said as Rrahul licked in the blood. He placed his middle finger on his lower lip to check on further flow when he spotted very faint spots on his finger tip.
"It's fine. What were you trying to do?" He asked after he was assured not further blood was spotted.

"Sir.. coffee..." She pointed her finger towards his moustache when Rrahul looked away grabbing the tissue paper off her hands. He wiped the mess and threw it in the dustbin.

"Sorry" he said timidly when Helly thought of giving a suggestion, "Sir you can't shave them off, atleast if you could just trim" she said biting her lower lip and the pressed her lip in thin line. What she didn't know was Rrahul had the same smug look on his face.
"No way" called a voice which didn't fail to grab the duo's attention, "He looks awesome with wild beard. His face screams sexiness"

"Nia!!" Exclaimed Rrahul which turned Helly's head towards Rrahul in perplex.
"This man is in huge tension because of her and look at his excitement" she rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Hey Mr. Aryan Mathur" said Nia walking towards him and then gave him a tight hug, "Oh I missed you so much Rra..." She said moaning and pulled him into her embrace.

"I missed you too" said Rrahul casually thumping her back and then got out of the hug.

"This pressure is eating you up dear..." She said tracing his small messy hairs and then lined his pinna. Rrahul pursed her lips in response, "By the way, what is your new general manager doing?" She asked turning her head to look at Helly when suddenly Nia's eyebrows rose, "Growling at us?" She nearly asked looking at her thus snapping out Helly.

It is until this moment she didn't realised that her face expressed growl. She blinked for few minutes and then took a long breath, "I did give some ideas" she said pressing her lips in thin line or smile, if you could call that a smile....

"She is asking to pretend as we are in a relationship" said Rrahul when Nia opened her mouth wide in astonishment, "Oh..Oh..Ooohhh!!! That's something interesting. Acting on-screen as well as off-screen" she said excitedly.

"Stop it Nia" said Rrahul sighing and turn around to take his throne when Nia held his arm. She pulled him aside and made herself comfortable on his throne.

"Where is that energy-filled, optimistic enthusiastic Rrahul Sudhir?" She asked smirking and he looked away smiling.

"Died under pressure" he said when Nia slapped his arm.
"Uh... Could you give us some privacy?" Nia asked Helly who sort off released a breath of relief. This third wheel feeling is even worst than unemployment, "I need to talk to Rrahul" added Nia looking at him and then put her hand on his arm.

Helly looked at Rrahul who gestured her to leave. Helly walked out of the office nodding, "When they give so much of relationship vibes, how can they expect people won't judge them?!" She rolled her eyes thinking.

Once she was out of the cabin she turned around to take a sneak at them when she realised the glass is opaque.

"Opaque glass?" She touched it realising glasses can't be opaque until made one, "Wait! Glass can't be opaque, but mirrors can. It's.. It's not a glass, It's one way mirror!!!" She exclaimed whispering to herself, "Rrahul can keep an eye on every being from inside the cabin, but no one can look past this from outside. Interesting Mr. Sudhir. I am impressed!" she added smirking.

Did you all notice? Helly tried to keep an eye on them. But why?!?!
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