^ that's a classic

Musk's P.O.V
"Is it done yet?" He asked.

"No.." I replied. I felt bad but I couldn't lie. Not while he knew it.

"My dear Musk.. How much time do you need?! I've already given you so much. If isn't done within a week, then.."

"Yeah! I know.. Just..J-Just don't tell anyone. It will be alright. I promise." I said to him.

Karan walked away. Before he left he said: "Don't make promises you can't fulfil."

I sat down, behind my desk. What on earth was I gonna do? I didn't want to play in his dirty game but I had no choice. He had witnessed it.

Karan Johar was a very dirty man, let me tell you that. Ever since he's known it, he's been blackmailing me.

I was getting fed up. But I couldn't tell anyone.

And so there I sat, behind my desk.

Aditya's P.O.V
"I can't believe it! You're so cheap!" I said to Parineeti.

Her eyes started filling up with tears and she looked at me with guilt. "I'm sorry. I had to do it. He would've killed me, had I not done it." She whispered.

I pulled her by her shoulders. "You had a choice, god damn it! Bloody murderer!"

She shook her head and looked to the ground. "If I didn't do it.. someone else would've done it. I'm sure of it.."

"And cut!" We heard the director say. I let go of Parineeti as she whiped the tears her character had shed and grabbed her script. I grabbed mine too.

I wasn't prepared and I was trying my best to show people that I was.

"Dude! What did you just do?! These camera's are expensive man!" The assistant director shouted.

I looked into the direction of the noise and saw that someone broke one of the cameras. Great...

"Try to rehearse okay? This is gonna take us at least an hour to fix. Great work guys." He shouted again.

I nodded and went to my van. When I was absolutely sure that there was no one there, I quietly walked to Musk's desk, outside.

I found him crying at his desk.

"Hey, what happened? Are you okay?" I asked him.

He looked up to me. "Aditya.. I can't do it anymore. Please free me.." He said in a pleading voice.

"Can't do what?"

"All this..I can't.

"Do you mean the work? Take a break. Filming is already delayed anyways." I grinned.

He sighed. "You don't get it do you?"

"I'm not sure...It's not the work, is it?"

"It's not. I mean, yes it is. But in a different way. See I don't wanna do this. I love all six of them. They're amazing people with brilliant skill sets. And yet.."

Wait.. Did I hear that correctly?

"Excuse me, but what did you just say?" I nervously laughed.

"I don't wanna do this.. They're amazing Aditya.." He took a deep breath. "I was forced into this.." He looked at me, eyes dead serious and he stood up. 

He looked out of the window and I couldn't believe my own ears. Did.. Did Musk just say that he loves them?! That  he thinks they're amazing?

"What do you mean? I don't get it." I said.

Musk turned around and smiled. "Of course you won't. You're one of his muppets. As soon as the job is done, he'll leave.."

"That's not true." I said. "Karan knows exactly how to do things and he also know when to get rid of people like you. You traitor.."

Musk smiled. "Oh boy.. if this was my choice, then I never would have talked to him in the first place. He's a sneaky little rat. He forced me into doing this."

"He forced you? Ahw how sad." I said sarcastically. "There is always a way out Musk. Always."

Musk narrowed his eyes and stepped into my direction. "Not this time boy. Not this time.." He tried to put his hands in nv shoulder but I shook them off.

"Go away from me! You bloody betrayer! I-"

"Keep your voice down! Do you want people to find out? And how you do you know you're not a traitor either? Oh Aditya, you're still so young. You have a lot to learn boy."

He walked towards the window and took a deep breath. I wasn't sure whether I was allowed to leave or whether I needed to stay so I stood there a little awkwardly.

"It was in the summer of his new release. You know, his new project. And he had this great team, filled with hardworking people. One of them was Arnav. Arnav was the script writer and he was someone I knew. Arnav always had great successes."

I grabbed a chair and sat down, listening to the rest of the story while Musk continued to stare outside.

"I didn't like Arnav. I thought he was too full of himself, that he was just another one of those guys, desperately trying to prove himself. And he was damn good at his work. He was like a magnet for succes. And Karan loved him. He obeyed Karan like a little puppy and didn't do anything wrong. God, I just.. I couldn't stand the guy." His face wronged with disgust.

"And I was busy with my own project too. I saw that Arnav had wrote a beautiful story."

"Wait.. did you-"

"Remember Karan's Left vs Right? I stole the script Arnav had made and blackmailed Arnav. He couldn't tell. I knew he had an affair and I threatened to tell his wife. I just wanted to have succes as well... It was always Arnav and Arnav but never me. Never did I hear something good about me. Never did I see my name appear in the news for something good. Never did
I got the recognition I deserved. But Left vs Right changed that. Everyone loves a good love story... And finally! Finally, my name was in the news, finally I did something good and I won multiple awards. It was all so good..."

How egoistic. And then he calls me mean...

"Go on. He saw right?" I asked.

"But Karan found out. It was too late to change anything, but Karan blackmailed me. He promised to expose every little secret  if I didn't cooperate with his plan. He needed a way to take revenge. I would direct it with one of my own sloppy scripts. And I'd destroy their careers for Karan Johar..."

"So.. basically you're a thief who's getting punished." I slowly spoke.

"It's not like that.."

"Oh you damn sure it is. After all of this is done then-"

"Then I'm gonna hide. Hide from Karan, from all of you guys. I'll take my wife with me and we will start somewhere afresh."

"Do you really think you can escape Karan that easily? He's gonna kill you. He's crazy!" I whispered.

"I know he is. Which is why you need to be quiet. Don't to this for your director, do it for your friend. I'm involved with Karan, there's no way back for me now. But you.." He pressed his finger against my chest and looked me into the eyes. "You still have an option. Run Aditya. Run while you still can."

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