Mine! No Objections Allowed (Mikhaiah Adaptation)

Chapter 24 : Be Good

Mikha's hands were really big, almost covering more than half her face. There were some calluses on it, and a soapy smell that lingered.

Aiah followed it up, and put her hands on Mikha's arms, treating her body as the back of a chair. Mikha could feel her closing her eyes, her eyelashes tickling the palm of her hands; it felt a little itchy.

The people beside them were all staring blankly at them.

Maloi had an expression that clearly said 'you young people sure have your ways of showing off'.

Mikha allowed Aiah to hold her. "How did you know it was me?"

Aiah opened her eyes, her eyelashes brushed Mikha's palm once more, then she cracked her lips open and said, "Next time, I'll send you a bottle of the shower wash I use."

Mikha lost it. She slowly shifted her hand away, Aiah reclined on her chair's backrest, still looking at Mikha. Her eyes were filled with mirth. "Why are you here?"

"Checking up on you," Mikha said simply, sitting beside her.

The actors and the main crew met Mikha yesterday. So when they saw her, they all came up to greet her.

The Assistant Director came up, a smile on his face. "Why, it's Director Lim! If you'd said earlier, I would have picked you up myself ma'am! We just finished shooting the first scene, it's still a little messy ...."

"I'm just dropping by," Mikha said. "It's quite good."

It's unclear whether she was talking about the set or the scene.

The Assistant Director saw how close the two were sitting, and barely refrained from asking. The relationship between celebrities and bosses was a real minefield and he was afraid of saying something he shouldn't.

But there were clearly people who were not afraid. After thinking about it, Denise gritted her teeth, adjusted the slit of her Filipiniana, and made sure to sway her hips while walking over to the Director, pretending that she wanted to see the replay before exclaiming in surprise. "Director Lim? You're here to visit Aiah?"

She really wanted to know if Aiah was with Mikha. She believes that not many men could reject a woman who was offering herself to them. Someone like Mikha, who refused to even give out his phone number, was either someone with a girlfriend, or a wife.

She did not expect Mikha to merely glance at her coldly, not even making a sound. She kept the curve on her lips for almost a minute before she awkwardly stopped smiling.

Aiah ignored her too, turning to ask, "Didn't you say you were exercising?"

"Yeah," Mikha said. "When I sent you that photo, I had just finished."

The next scene was for the two main characters; the next time Aiah was needed was a few scenes away. As if she'd remembered something, she asked, "You saw the first scene?"

Mikha answered, "I saw it."

"How was it?" Aiah tilted her head to the side and got closer. Her smile was sweet and silly, without a trace of the seductiveness she'd just portrayed. "Was I pretty?"

While the two of them whispered, Denise's face was green for a while, and then white for another while. As if remembering something, she blurted out. "Aiah, Gelo came to find me earlier and asked for our filming location. Is he coming to see you?"

"Denise Chu!" Toni's voice sounded, halting this topic in time. "You're going to be up soon, hurry up and go touch up your make-up."

The two quickly left the couple and ran.