There was this absolute arrogance of victory in Liam's face .
How could nobody noticed that ?
If not for the people around us , I could have pulled his hair but we had to fight in a civil way .
" I am glad we get to work together on the set ," Liam said with a blinding smile .
" We are supposed to work together ?," I asked .
What I wanted to scream was -
WE HAD A DEAL ! WE WILL NOT WORK PROFESSIONALLY ! DID YOU THROW YOU R HEAD IN A DUSTBIN OR WHAT ?
" She certainly does not look excited ," a sweetly voice greeted us . I shifted my gaze on Mira Palmer beside him . She was in her costume of a queen , she wore a red velvet dress that matched with Liam's with pearl earrings and golden hair pin on her neat hair bun . She was holding the script in her one hand and had her other arm wrapped around my husband's arm.
So they were already acting like a couple.
" I am just.... surprised," I said through my gritted teeth ," I did not exactly expect to work with such distinguished people today ."
In reality, I was MORTIFIED. I mean, who would invite their wife to watch them cheat on a girlfriend they claimed they had no feelings ?
What was wrong with his head ?
" Aren't you funny Miss Dane ?," Palmer gave a fake laugh ," The drama shooting news have been forecasting since last two months all over the internet! Liam even did an interview on it with you few days ago ."
I knew that the drama was being hyped all over the news for putting Liam and Palmer as a couple . Internet loved them together. It was my concious effort to avoid any of their news of their events together that has made me ignorant about the drama sets .
I admitted that I might have seen the drama name on the script in the show I formally hosted -' Tea With an Idol ' , but I was too heartbroken to remember it for more than a few seconds.
But who would have thought that I would be doing a shooting with my husband and his girlfriend if not for that damn psychopath husband who somehow got me a role in it just one day before the shooting started ?
Liam Anderson was too much to handle for me.
" Maybe because she is chronically offline ," he snickered as if the situation was very funny for him ," Considering the hateful news article are being spread for Miss Dane's scandal , it is not wonder if she is not interested in surfing through the internet anymore."
Was that it ? Is that his idea of revenge on my scandal incident?
This was beyond being petty . He was taking my weakness of declinicing job opportunity to use it in a situation I could not really reject his offer .
No wonder , in such a popular drama , I suddenly got a role inspite of my current situation.
Let's act professional, I told myself, the jerk can be a jerk sometimes but that does not mean that I have to go to his level .
Even as I said that , it was awful to watch Liam and Palmer giggling all the time to themselves. Wether they were shooting or not , they were glued together.
The director was happy to shoot their ' behind-the-scenes ' cute moments.
Most like cheating moments . I could not just believe that it had not been even a week since this same man was holding me on his bed , telling about his lifetime longing to have me.
I was angrily kicking my chair by my heels as I tried to concentrate on the script . I could not ignore the fact that Anderson's eyes kept meeting mine in every minute for just a second or two .
As if he was stealing sips of my sight and enjoying how miserable I was .
This did not really matter .
I had just fifteen lines . I consoled myself that this would be over before I even knew it .
How wrong was I at that?
The sun was down by the time , they finally asked me to shoot my first line .
Seymore had already brought me a box of organically grown premium strawberries ( or whatever it meant ) to eat when they called for my name .
" Can you keep it at the car ?," I told my manager.
He barely noded . He seemed a little absent minded
I could not blame him , considering how awful this week had been , he had to suffer with us .
Seymore always had been the fifth member of our group . He had been working harder than us to make us stand out .
But we kept messing up and ruining it in every way possible.
With tthat guilt heavy on my shoulders, I walked towards the set .
Some artificial lights had been fixed all around the stage and the king and queen in costumes were still giggling among themselves in between them.
" Something about them is just perfect ," my makeup artist said ," I mean look at them ."
" Yes , Mira Palmer is like a real princess , I have never imagined she would be so beautiful in real life ," my hairstylist agreed with her ," I know that there are rumours about her plastic surgery but who cares about that if you are such a flawless woman ."
" I don't think anyone other than her could have someone like Liam Anderson crushing on her ," the make-up artist smiled as she brushed my cheeks off excess powder ," Don't you agree Miss Dane ?"
I smiled at her , it was painful how close to home she had hit .
If they had so much to gossip , they could have just served the main starts today . It was not like I did not have my own makeup team. But the director did not want them on set today , afraid that they could make me shine more than nessecary and that would take the attention away from the lead actress .
Ofcouse I knew that it was a professional descision. But it was still bitter . I did not feel the confidence as a woman myself. My husband was already stolen by someone who was wayyyy prettier and so so much perfect .
" Who would not swoon over Palmer ?," said my hairstylist," I bet that she could have our Liam wrapped around her fingers with just batting her eyelashes."
" Yeah , only a woman like that could do that."
Yeah , only a woman like that could have Anderson .
Not someone like myself.
The bitterness drowned my throat . I felt the jealousy tingle my skin .
I did not really like how Liam was looking at her. Even after I had promised myself that I would give up on him , I just hated the sight of them together.
Why couldn't it be me ?
Why couldn't he just look at me ?
The director was standing next to me now , telling me in details about the short scene that I had to shoot today .
" Do you know the script in your head?," he asked.
I noded .
I was the other woman today on the set .
" You are a noble woman named A who would try to seduce the king , you will say ' Your majesty won't you look at me ?' and try to take his attention and then the queen will interfere and kiss him and we call cut ," he still explained knowing I was a rookie on set .
Let's just focus on the job , I tried to hold reign off my thoughts.
" Now , light camera action !"
I realised that even after the director had shouted , they were still looking at each other - my husband and the woman who was wayyy better than myself.
Something broke in me .
I half ran in my heavy skirt ," Your majesty!," I called to Liam in the deepest voice I could summon ," Won't you look at me ?"
Something in me told to , so that was why I caressed his face with my index finger and felt him shudder slightly under my touch .
" Look at here for a moment ," I was really looking at his lips . But I could see the colour rise on his neck .
There was a satisfaction in that . All these years , he has treated me as a room mate .
But now I could see it in his eyes as I felt his heart beat under my palm - that he could see that I was a woman ..