Mine! No Objections Allowed (Mikhaiah Adaptation)

Chapter 40 : Letting Go

There was a strange silence around. Even Denise, who was about to go help Toni remove the cream on her face, paused. After a long while she opened her mouth.

"Toni, is today your birthday?"

"No!"

Toni was even more upset now. However, she recognized Aiah's voice and daren't flare up and utter something she'll regret later. Especially with a lot of eyes here on the set.

"Hurry up and help me get rid of this!"

"It isn't?" Aiah blinked, looking very, very innocent. "Did I remember incorrectly? It can't be."

It can be said that Aiah was really born to be an actress. No question.

".... you remembered wrong!" Toni smiled but everyone could see she was fuming with anger. "Today is not my birthday!"

"Oh my God! Did I really remember wrong? Oh no!"

Aiah retrieved her hand, taking a tissue to help her wipe her face a few times, successfully catching a clump of fake eyelashes. Swallowing down her laughter she continued.

"I'm sorry about this, my sister and I wanted to give you a surprise."

Toni had finally wiped all the cream off her face, smudging her makeup in the process. By this point, she was a hideous smudgy sight. She was completely unaware though, asking confusedly, "Your sister? Since when did you have a sister?"

Aiah had used a slice of cake cut and set aside by someone else, but Sheena hadn't- she had grabbed straight from the cake itself to wipe onto Toni's face, making a mess.

Aiah smiled but didn't reply, instead changed the topic.

"My sister destroyed a lot of the cake... How about this, I'll get someone to get another cake to bring here. I heard that there's a cake shop nearby that's pretty popular for selling really good and tasty cakes."

Maloi hurriedly turned around to give the cake shop a call, dragging Sheena with her as she left.

Every artist in the set has a different schedule, and finishes on different dates and time. The main characters are usually done on the last day, and side characters with as much to do as Aiah's role would have to film until almost the end. But, Denise was different. The actors whose roles where one only had to show one's face and be physically present could leave once one was done. So, she was done with the filming even if they're only halfway through filming of the actual show.

Aiah was more curious about why Toni was here. Since if it was just a minor side character being done by her talent, Toni wouldn't normally be bothered to come all the way —she had quite a few other celebrities to manage too, and a few of them were quite popular. Usually, Toni would be going around with them. When Aiah was still with Toni, Toni as an agent would contact her about once a month. And most of the time, it was to tell her to go drink with someone.

Recalling those not-so-good memories deepened her hatred for Toni. Thus, she turned on her heels and walked away to sit beside the camera and talk to Direk Jho about the show.

"Why do you need me to talk about the show with you?" Direk Jho said. "So far, in the entire cast, you're the one who's the deepest into your role."

Aiah clearly wouldn't dare say that she went overboard last night, and couldn't get into the right frame of mind after waking up today. "Stacey is still changing anyways, please just talk to me about it."