The Fame Changed You - A Narbhi Story - Complete

~5~

Guys, I'm really sorry for not updating earlier, I'm really busy because I have my exams coming, I'll try to update ASAP.

Towards the end of the afternoon, Nakuul knocked on the door of their room. She let him in after debating with her inner self. He slowly walked to her and engulfed her into a warm hug.

"I'm so sorry Surbhi, please forgive me. I know that I'm hurting you but I'm so close to my dreams, I cannot find such an opportunity anywhere else. I would never find someone ready to accept me as a lead actor with such a little experience. I need you to understand me, please. We can go through it together, I know that, but I definitely can't go through it without you." He spoke softly.

"Okay," She trailed off.

"Okay?" He asked, unsure. She nodded her head.

"I don't see the necessity of arguing with you. You've already taken your decision. There is no need to argue right?" And he took her hand between his.

"I don't want you to feel like I'm forcing you to do this. I don't want you to feel like you have no say in this because you have the priority to say whether you're okay or not." He said and kissed her hands. She closed her eyes and breathed. She had thought about the idea for a while and understood that she would definitely lose him if she was against his dream. Accepting the fake drama thing wasn't the best idea she had thought of, but losing her husband was her worst nightmare.

"Just promise me that we'll forever be together no matter what, promise me that you'll never let this fake girlfriend of yours come in between us," Surbhi said. Nakuul put his hands on her waist and kissed her forehead.

"Just like there is no life without oxygen, there is no Nakuul without Surbhi. I would never be able to survive without you." He cupped her cheek and kissed her plump lips slowly. He tried to put all his love in the kiss and they parted when they were out of breath.

"Let's order food, shall we? I'm starving and I'm too lazy to cook!" He said and she chuckled.

"Okay, but I want to eat Chinese food!" Surbhi exclaimed and he smiled at her.

"Can we watch a movie while waiting for the delivery person?" He asked as he traced some circles on her forearm.

"Yeah! I wanna watch one good horror movie... like 'IT'!" She smirked, being aware of his fear of clowns. He just despised those horrible creatures from hell.

"Are you serious Sur? You know very well that I hate clowns, those horrible creatures from hell, yuck!" Nakuul answered while wrapping his arms around her waist. "I have another movie in mind..." He said and leaned against her figure before whispering in her ear "Fifty Shades of Grey!" He said and she turned into a tomato with her cheeks reddening like never before.

"Okay.." She answered while biting on her lower lip. She had always wanted to watch the movie out of curiosity, she just didn't know if watching it, with him, her loving husband would be a great idea. Anyways, they went to the living room and she sat on the couch while he went to put the movie on. She was openly checking him out and for a while, she thought about the fake dating drama... would this woman be allowed to touch him, like touching his abs, putting her hand on his lower back, or touching his hair?

'Hell no! She ain't touch my man like this! He's only mine! My Nakuul, the love of my life. I'm his and he's mine. He knows how to fix her limits... damn, he better fixes limits for her, else I will strangle them both to death!... Wait... will I allow her to die with my man? No, no, no, no! No one can die with him but me! We were bound together for seven lives... oh God, why did I let him do that shit?!' Surbhi thought while Nakuul was watching her intensely. He had been calling her for the past two minutes and she was deep in thought.

"Surbhi!" He called once again and she finally answered.

"Yeah what?" She asked.

"Where are you lost? I've been calling you for the past two minutes to say that the movie didn't work so I put Rapunzel instead." He said and she just hummed.

"I was just thinking about my next assessment with Mansi, I didn't hear you, sorry." She said and snuggled into his chest. She wrapped her arms around his torso while he put one of his hand over her back, while the other was toying with her fingers. He just hoped that no matter the outcome of this fake dating drama, their relationship would remain the same.

They were both engrossed in watching the movie when the doorbell rang. Nakuul went to open and it was the delivery guy with their food. While he was taking care of the food, Surbhi's phone rang. It was her mom, Shashi Chandna.

"Hello?" Surbhi answered with a high-pitched voice.

"Sur, is everything okay?" Shashi asked.

"Yes maa, why?" Surbhi wondered, her mother sounded stressed.

"I've just read an article from Redcottage, it is said that Nakuul will begin a new show, with his girlfriend opposing him... you didn't tell me that you were an actress now..." Shashi said and Surbhi sighed. Now the problem was the family and the two hundred relatives who came to their wedding three years ago. Surbhi went to their room and locked the door after mouthing to Nakuul that she was coming back.

"Well, long story short, the producer asked him to fake date the female lead," Surbhi said with her voice slightly shaking at the end.

"Are you okay with that?" Shashi asked.

"What can I really say about it, mom? It's his dream... I don't want to go against his dream."