Chapter 46 - Can I come with you?
Rhehan was perplexed to the core. No wonder she has become so successful in her career. She is so dedicated that she somehow reminded Rhehan of his own days, few years ago. His days of struggle were too tough, but he was adament to attain success. He could completely understand Rose"s emotions as he himself had worked very hard to achieve his status.
"Ok. I understand. But I have one request and I would be delighted if you would accept it," he said folding his hands.
"Whatever it is, it can wait till evening. I have to rush", she said removing all the leads from her body rapidly. She was moving so rapidly as if she never suffered any injury and showed no sign of pain.
"Please, I just want to accompany you to the event. I can drop you quickly and can help you in whatever way possible. That"s my only request", he pleaded with folding hands looking at Rose with hope in his eyes.
Rose thought for a second. It did not sound like a bad idea. She could use all the help , besides she was already not sure if she was in a condition to drive.
"Ok then, lets go!" she said clapping her hands excitedly.
Rhehan was fumming in anger again. The girl was least bothered about her injury and was using her hand as if nothing ever happened.
Rose quickly got off the bed in one jump and stood on the floor bare foot. As soon as she tried to take a step foreward, she felt as if the whole room was spiralling clock-wise.
Rhehan quickly held her by her waist, after watching her loose her balance.
Her face was very close to his chest and he could feel his heart thumping like a maniac. She was looking intensely in his eyes again and he could not help but blush at her reaction. His cheeks and ears were growing red which even Rose noticed clearly.
"Thank you!" she said smiling at him and straightening herself up.
Rhehan unwillingly removed his hand from her waist and nodded courteously. He turned his back towards her trying to hide his blush.
"Here! This is your stuff," he said handing over her bag and cell phone to her, still not looking at her.
Rose quickly took over her things and switched on her cell phone. She got busy texting and making calls on their way to the parking while Rhehan was holding her one hand to avoid her falling again.
Chapter 47 - Yes Mam!
The doctors tried to intervene regarding Rose being discharged but Rhehan"s team managed everything. Thus, in one car Rhehan was driving Rose to the venue of the event, followed by other vehicles consisting of doctors, nurses and security team.
Rhehan was driving at a very fast speed thus fully concentrating on the road, while his one hand was still holding Rose"s hand. Rose tried to budge her hand away twice but she finally accepted that Rhehan will not leave her hand no matter what. After trying twice, even Rose did not want to push away his hand. Maybe she just wanted to hold his hand or maybe she knew she could still loose her balance.
"Thank you for saving my life today ," he said taking a sharp right turn, with eyes still glued on the road.
Rose smiled at him and glanced at his handsome face. His jaw bone was drop-dead gorgeous and his serious face was totally drool worthy. Rhehan could feel her gaze on his face and he could not help but blush again. The redness on his cheeks was quiet visible which made Rose giggle at him.
"I won"t save your life again and again. So make sure you don"t move out without your security," she teased him.
"Yes mam," he replied grinning widely.
Rose glanced at Rhehan again. He is not such a bad guy afterall, also quiet good looking and well mannered. Thats like a cherry on top!
The 45 minutes drive turned out to be 20 minutes drive. Rose still had some time to dress up and prepare for her team"s performance.
"Thank you so much", she said happily, rus.h.i.+ng out of the car.
"Please don"t thank me. Go ahead. The hospital team will follow you to back-stage and I"ll be sitting in the audience cheering for you", he said winking at her.
Rose wanted to tell him that their was no need for the team now, but she was afraid that if she tells so, he might also leave the venue considering that she is completely fine.
"Yup. I might need them in case everything starts swirling again", she chuckled.
"Do you wan"t me to come with you," he asked seriously.
Rose smirked at his words in amus.e.m.e.nt. Was he being serious? Does he not know how famous he is? Does he want all my models to go crazy right before the show begins?
"No thanks. That will be too much to ask. But I am glad you are staying back in the audience", she replied cheerfully.
Rhehan"s heart skipped a beat looking at her beautiful smile. This girl will give him a heart attack one day!
Rose quickly changed the topic seeing his red cheeks again. "See you then," she said and rushed towards the back stage.
Chapter 48 - Evil Blonde!
Meanwhile at the back stage....
Why isn"t she here yet? Is she even coming? I have everything planned to finish her career. What if she doesn"t come? I will not find a better platform to do this! I need the money as soon as possible!
A pretty blonde dressed in a sequin dress was sitting backstage contemplating on her evil plans.
"Hey Cheryl! The boss is calling you," came a voice from afar.
"Coming right away," she said excitedly and rushed towards the voice.
Finally the boss has arrived and in no time I will be holding millions! CEO Rhehan will be so happy to see the boss crying and getting humilated in front of everybody!
She rushed to where the entire team was heading to. They all were aghast to see their boss in a dress covered with blood stains. She had messed up hair and her face looked like she had forgotten to remove her previous day"s makeup.
Cheryl was the first one to reach out to Rose, pretending to look worried.
"Miss Rose! What happened to you. Your arm seem injured"! she said holding Rose"s hands.
"Oh! Don"t worry about that. Met with a small accident on the way. I hope everything is ready at your end?" she asked pleasantly adjusting Cheryl"s dress.
"Offcourse. You don"t worry about anything. This is going to be your best show ever", replied Cheryl with a wide grin.
Rose was too busy scrutinizing other models, in order to notice a sarcasm in Cheryl"s voice. She was busy instructing the ch.o.r.eographers and all her a.s.sistants. After few minutes when Rose settled everything and the show was about to begin, she rushed to her vanity room to get dressed followed by her stylist and makeup artist.
"Ok everybody! We are now ready to rock the show! All the best!" She said excitedly and left for her vanity. Everybody applauded at her words and took their positions happily.
This show was the most important shows in the careers of all the members of "Fabiosa" team.
Chapter 49 - The dress!
The doctors and nurses were scrutinizing every action of Rose. She seemed to be quiet at ease now.
Rose hurriedly changed into a halter-neck wine shade, backless dress. The dress had generous amount of sequins and crystals on it going along with the "bling" theme of the evening. Her hair were quickly wrapped in a cla.s.sy bun and her make-up was minimal, highlighting her perfect features. Her bandaged arm was covered with a matching scarf, giving her a chic look.
Rose immediately rushed to the backstage taking a final glance at her models, standing in a line.The first one in the line was Cheryl who was the show-stopper for the evening. Rose peeked at the audience and spotted Rhehan sitting right in the first row.
Just as Fabiosa"s name was announced, Cheryl headed towards the stage, soon followed by other models. Her grace and charm was the evident reason for her be a show-stopper. A huge round of applause filled the stage as soon as she entered the stage.
Rhehan who was sitting in the audience suddenly remembered the phone conversation between him and Cheryl. Him getting attacked by the masked men and Rose getting hit by a bullet had made him completely forget about his deal with Cheryl.
I will tell her to cancel the contract today itself before she does anything harmful to Rose, thought Rhehan and immediately took out his phone and sent a text message to Cheryl regarding the cancellation of contract.
As soon as Cheryl rushed backstage for a change, she saw her phone vibrating. There were seven watsapp messages from Rhehan telling her to cancel the contract. Cheryl was fuming in anger after reading the messages. Her chance to earn an insane amount money had went down the drain. Since she had opened her inbox she could not even pretend to have not read the messages.
Cheryl took this opportunity and waited for Rose to enter the stage as soon as the designer"s name was announced.
The moment Rose entered the stage, Cheryl wrote a message to Rhehan-
"But the damage has already been done. Her dress is about to fall any minute..."
Rhehan, who was busy admiring Rose on the stage, felt his phone vibrate and unwillingly looked down to check the message.
Chapter 50 - Wardrobe Malfunction!!
As soon as Rhehan read the message, his face grew pale. He looked up at Rose in antic.i.p.ation. She had already walked till the centre of the ramp and the whole crowd was now cheering for her. All the spotlights and cameras were capturing her smiling image.
Rhehan quickly jumped on the stage and rushed towards Rose, without thinking for even a second. Rose, who was busy waving at the applauding crowd did not see Rhehan approaching her. Rhehan was running towards her like a mad man and suddenly he saw Rose"s dress snap off from the neck, falling inch by inch. Rose, whose hands were busy waving at the audience quickly tried to catch hold of her falling dress .In an instant , Rhehan quickly jumped over in Rose"s direction and hugged her tightly. He was then holding her dress tightly from the back of her waist, thus preventing it from falling further.
He held Rose closely and could feel her s.h.i.+vering body from head to toe. Rhehan could feel her upper bare body against his chest and all he could feel was remorse and guilt. He shuddered to think, what would have happened if he did not text Cheryl in time.
Rhehan was sure that inspite of everybody noticing her dress falling, the dress was still above her b.o.o.bs when he hugged her. Rose, who was shuddering from head to toe was not aware of this fact. All she could think was that for a few seconds, she was standing naked in front of the audience and the cameras.
The flashes of the camera increased on the two and the applause and cheering amongst the crowd had ceased abruptly. Rhean, who was still hugging the s.h.i.+vering girl signaled his secreatery to come over to them. He ordered something to his secreatery, while still hugging Rose tightly.
After a few seconds, all the lights of the stage were turned off and their was pitch darkness on the stage. Only a few spotlights could be seen on the audience, making the stage look even more dark.
Rhehan quickly took off his blazer and covered Rose with it, securing the b.u.t.tons hurriedly. Rose, who was still shocked, was standing like a statue not moving an inch.