Mine! No Objections Allowed (Mikhaiah Adaptation)

Chapter 4 : Female Seductress

There were only two judges for this round of audition.

One was the scriptwriter. It was rumored that this script took him three years to finish, so he was rather attached to it and viewed the movie very seriously.

The other was the director, Jhoanna Robles, who took the most well-known prize in the director circles and was the only female director to have been awarded the 'Best Director' Award in the past ten years.

She was also the one who took notice of Aiah and her talent. She really was able to discover a good talent among many. It's now used to show a person who's good at discovering, recommending and training a new talent, particularly a person who had chosen one from among the masses.

The first TV show Aiah had been part of was a big production, her role as the second female lead was thanks to Irene's decision to have her regardless of the disagreements from other parties.

When Jhoanna saw her, she smiled and nodded imperceptibly.

Aiah curved her lips upwards slightly in response. To the left of the stage, there was a Filipiniana on the chair. It was a pale red terno, one of the common outfits worn by the second female lead in the story. Her role was that of a famous prostitute in that Spanish era, a beautiful seductress who died helping the male lead's cause. Aiah put on the outfit, took her hairband off and tied her black hair loosely behind her neck.

"I'm ready."

Jhoanna said, "Then let's begin with... the third act, opening scene.. ."

"Wait," said the scriptwriter sitting to the side, interrupting her. He was frowning as he flipped through the script, only finding the scene he wished to see after a long while. Looking up at Aiah, he asked, "Have you seen the whole script?"

Aiah said, "Yes, I've read the whole thing."

"Okay, then can you perform that scene where you present a dance and offer a toast? You remember which one that is right?"

Faced with the sudden request, Aiah was not flustered. Instead, she smiled.

Jhoanna smiled too. The few actresses who came before had performed the third act as was prescribed, Aiah was the only exception the scriptwriter made.

Which meant that Aiah was also an exception.

Aiah didn't reply. Instead, she raised her right hand, her fingers curled into beautiful curves as if she was holding a wine vessel.

She hadn't actually been in a dance class before, but because of the requirement of one of the roles she'd acted as before, she'd self-studied pole-dancing.

With the backdrop being the early years of the Philippines, pole-dancing wasn't of much use, but it could make someone appear to be extraordinarily limber -in short, twisting her waist, lifting her leg and bending over weren't much of an issue.

She improvised a section, emphasizing her hand and offering up a nonexistent wine vessel a few times. There was a challenge in her eyes as she blew kisses at the judges' table. Her outfit was loose yet she made people unconsciously feel that she was extremely seductive.

At the end of her slow dance performance, she stepped forward and with a slight bow, offered up the wine to air, saying demurely, "Felicia del Rosario, at your service."

The scriptwriter was a man who was forty-something, with black-rimmed glasses and an obvious beer belly. He looked at Aiah, satisfaction filling his eyes. "Good, good, what a beauty huh? Slender hands, expressive eyes and a flexible waist. As expected of someone Director Jho finds exceptional."