Lust, Love, Drama-Repeat

Heart vs Mind

"I love you Alina"

"I love you Shaurya"

As those words reached each other's ears, both Alina and Shaurya looked away for a moment. "You go first..." Alina muttered and Shaurya looked back at her face and mumbled something under his breath. He did not say anything for a few minutes just kept gulping nervously. 

"Go ahead? Or is that another one of your tactics to make me say it out loud first huh? You big buffoon." Alina muttered and sank her nails on his chest, a little frustrated at Shaurya not being the one to speak up. He gave a slight moan as her nails sank in deeper and held her hand tightly "Okay okay! I like you a lot. Ever since I met you that day at the bar, I have had a crush on you. You're amazing in bed and even though you are this 'out-of-my-league' girl, I still fell for you. On top of it, I kept fantasising about you over the past couple of days. Is that alright?"

Alina slapped his cheek lightly and got up "Can't even propose properly. You have to say I love you! You know what....it was all good, I had fun. Now you can leave." As soon as she got up and planted her feet on the floor, Shaurya pulled her back on the bed and got on top of her. "Where do you think you are going?"

Their faces were close to each other's, lips barely an inch away. Shaurya's eyes were staring directly into Alina's. As he inched forward to kiss her, Alina placed her hands on his chest and looked in his eyes, a little concerned. Shaurya noticed some conflict arising in her mind which were vivid in her eyes. "What is it? I am not kidding you or playing a prank. I am quite serious about it." 

"It's not that. There's something else. Something we should talk about first. Something you should know about first." Alina spoke in a tone which he hadn't expected her to use at that moment. Shaurya got off of her and sat next to her on the bed as she sat up. Alina's hand moved up to Shaurya's thigh and gently held onto it as her other one took his hand and wrapped around it. "Shaurya, I am a model. You are...well someone that is not known to people. I am not saying this as a demeaning thing. I am talking about it from the perspective that there are spotlights that appear wherever I go. It happens when you become famous. For me, indulging in habits without expecting cameras following me around is a luxury whereas if I were to ask you the same you might not be able to relate to that feeling because it comes naturally to you. But once you enter my world, people will start raising eyebrows and try to figure out who you are. They might dig up my past or yours, people might come up to you and ask you to walk away. I just want to know if you'd be okay with it all. I don't want to commit to you and then see you walk away from me because of all of this. Do you understand where I am coming from?" 

"I do. I thought you'd have understood this by now that I am smart enough to know all this." Shaurya responded and gave a small smile. "But was this really the reason why you stopped me right now, because I feel like there's more to it than you are letting on." 

Alina gulped and thought to herself- 'He is way smarter than I figured he was. Damn girl! Am I really falling for him because he can see through me?'. She inched forward and started speaking again "You are right there's more. As you understand that all of this is a part of the showbiz, there are things I might have to do at times for the same showbiz. Like-.....be intimate upto a certain extent on-camera, romance someone or flirt with someone off-camera for some gain. But it is not someone I am invested in. It's not like how it might come off at first, you understand? I am not a pornstar. I am not sleeping with anyone else. But you must understand that if I commit to you, I will be with you and no one else. So give this some thought before you say something to me. Because I don't want to ruin these memories and any more that we may make after, only to be ruined by the way things end between us due to misunderstandings. Do you understand Shaurya??".

Shaurya was silent for a few minutes and then looked into Alina's eyes. She was right and he was a very perceptive person, as she figured. He was gauging the ingenuity in her words and weighing them down. Shaurya looked away for a minute, looking out the glass windows at the city beneath. "You know, I met you because I had gotten out of something recently. I guess after you I might meet an actress I suppose." 

Alina smiled and pushed him down "Oh, already thinking about the next upgrade huh?! You swine!". She got on top of him and kissed him fiercely. The sounds of them making out were quite audible. Both of them were unaware that the maintenance staff had just opened the suite and were in the hall when they heard the sounds. Both the women blushed and knocked on wall adjacent to the bedroom entrance. "Alina ma'am is it fine if we continue the suite service?" 

Alina's eyes opened up and she looked at Shaurya. "Get in the shower! Go! I forgot to tell them off. Why am I so forgetful?!" she ordered him and pushed him off the bed. Shaurya went to the shower and saw Alina staring at him, noticing him. "Nothing you haven't seen before right? Or still unable to believe you are dating 'me'?" he said and stuck his tongue out then closed the door after seeing an exasperated look on her face. 

Alina quickly wore a robe and then walked out of the bedroom to notice the staff cleaning up the suite. "You both did not see anything." Alina commanded and saw them both nod. She was still not sure if the tone of her words got through to them when one of them asked her "Don't worry ma'am. Not our place to judge or comment, but who is he?"

"Just someone important~"



[To be continued....]