The room looked nothing short of a hospitals VIP ward.Even some wouldn't be as equipped as the one in the old man's mansion.The annoying beeping sounds of medical equipments was a bore.Especially for someone who is used to listening to tunes and lyrics.
Vernon pulled out a cigarette,the silver dragon ring on his thumb glinted with a beautiful sparkle under the flourescents.The only ring that never left his finger.
Soon,a cloud of grey smoke spiralled like curl rings around him.He walked to the window that had blinds pulled over them and continued his smoke session with two more cigarettes.His mind was once again full with thoughts.Most of them brimming over the edges.Soon he would leave the entertainment world and delve into the massive establishment that was Qult empire.
And when that time comes,his life would be anything but smooth.He would spill blood.That was without a doubt.The question was how many? A muffled sound slowly pulled him out of his thoughts.He looked behind him to see the old man awake.He must have been trying to talk with the oxygen mask on.Vernon walked slowly towards the old man and pulled off the oxygen's mask and stared straight into his devious, calculating eyes.
"Did you like my present,Dad?" Vernon gave out a cheeky smile that was creepy to old master Qult.
He did not see the young helpless and desperate little boy.He was gone.Buried beneath countless layers of new evil personas.All he saw was a king Cobra baring it's fangs ready to strike.
"Reverse what you have done to the stocks! Please!" Old master Qult spoke out with difficulty but the seriousness could be heard clearly in his feeble voice.He had suffered a serious heart attack.Something as simple as talking was a chore for him.
"Of course,I would DAD.I wouldn't want to take on a company that is water logged by plummeting stocks." He pressed a finger against the burning end of the cigarette.One of his ways to feel pain and torment himself which no longer worked as he had grown numb to most of them. "You didn't answer me DAD,I said how was the present?"
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"Well...It would be insincere to my fans if I use a stand in.So.....I'II just do them myself." Casper replied when asked by Liam and the crew. "You wouldn't use a mouth cover?" Liam probed further. "That's childish." Casper snorted like he was being accused wrongly.
" Childish? but you always did it in the past." Casper was now acting different all of a sudden of course it would surprise Liam and some of the others who had worked with him on acting projects in the past.If he liked Raina and was comfortable with her enough to do romantic scenes then it was all good,Perfecto.
"Did i? I don't remember." Casper said feigning ignorance.What is wrong with an actor agreeing to do a kiss scene himself? What with their surprised faces? He could not get it at all.
Casper's heart raced.His nerves were all over the place like a teenage boy about to have his first kiss.The situation now is not so different as it was his first real on-screen kiss.Gosh! he was going crazy waiting for it to happen.He imagined what it would be like.
How did he end up like this? Losing his mind over a random girl that was way below his status.Girls chase after him and he gleans the ones he deemed suitable amongst them,picking the ones that were from high circle like himself.He never had feelings for women other than immediate lust and he discarded them like used wipes after he was done with them.
Having your heart race and having thoughts you can't control about someone were all new to him.
"I...2.....3 Action!" Marco yelled.
"Give me a kiss." Yun Xia demanded from Xu Yan.They were both taking a stroll within her palace.Xu Yan,the Greek god whom fate had thrown her to.The heavens had taken pity on her for her pathetic past life and brought her way back to time and history to meet the georgeous heavens masterpiece.For that reason alone,the transmigration was so not bad at all.She would have not a single regret if her soul was to completely die after this,but before then,she planned to use it to her advantage.
Xu Yan's was momentarily taken aback by her boldness which is considered very proactive for a woman in that age and time not just him,their entourage of court ladies and eunuchs coughed lightly. But
ArXu Yan loved it.He did not know what was responsible for her change of attitude and personality but he loved it.
Casper zoned out and was again out of character.He was lost in his co-star's pouty lips and allure.Raina looked so cute in her portrayal of Yun Xia.He was mesmerized in every sense.At that moment,he admitted it to himself.He had fallen for her.Casper did not know when or how it started,it took him by surprise too. Casper cupped Raina's face and leaned his face close to hers.
Raina braced herself for the incoming lip bump.Yeah she thought of it as that to make it less awkward and uncomfortable.She had thought he would use a stand in and not do it himself.And there was no way that she could demand for a stand in now without being seen as rude.
She had never done kisses for a scene before and she was extremely jittery and uncomfortable doing it with Casper firsthand.
Raina forced herself to act cool and in character so they wouldn't need to do another take.She would flip if they were to film a second and maybe a third take.His soft lips came in contact with hers and she froze still and wanted to remain so but he was devouring her lips.She felt a certain undeniable sweet feeling from the kiss.She had never kissed anyone else apart from her ex and she became like a nun when they broke up.She was too busy with steering her life course and could not add dating to her plate.
But more than that,she feared getting heartbroken again.Raina forgot all of her awkwardness and reluctance and began kissing him back.Searching for more and more of the sweet, incredible feeling.
Casper in turn froze for a second before continuing.He felt her reluctance and was cautious with the kiss.Keeping it gentle and light.But now,that she.....was kissing him back,he threw away that caution.Casper could not think of anything to describe the euphoric sensation that coursed through him.Or perhaps there was nothing that could be compared to it.Can one feel this much pleasure from a kiss? He didn't know it was possible.
His arms snaked around her waist and pulled her even more closer to himself.Raina reacted by standing on her toes and wounded her arms around his neck.It was now a full on french kiss.The way their tongues mingled sent shockwaves to Raina's brain.The feeling was too good to let go of.
The kiss meant to last a few seconds went on for more than two minutes before Raina broke apart panting.What the hell was that? Raina began feeling a sense of shame and normalcy when the pleasure dissipated.Casper's gaze lingered on Raina's flushed face and swollen pink cherry lips.He held himself back from going for another knowing how it would look to the others who were already staring wide-eyed at them.
Raina tapped on his arm on her waist.A signal for him to loosen.
"That was....." Honey trailed off,unable to find a fitting phrase to describe what they just did on set.
"Electrifying..." Marco completed.Liam started applauding and some of the others joined in. "WOW! In all my years as a script writer and director I have never seen such a hot scene." Honey remarked, clapping harder than necessary.
"It was so steamy.A little too steamy but perfect!" Liam complimented with his thumbs up.Behind all the happiness Liam felt for the movie and the filming progress,was a deep worry for Casper.The boy was getting into Raina which isn't good.