I kicked my legs trying to break free but he set me on the dining table.
“Stay!” He ordered and left to the kitchen again. I could just run out but what was the use, he could barge into the studio and it wouldn’t be so good.
I reread the email, it didn’t give a specific time but the chief executive producer didn’t like when people were late.
I dialled Larissa, it rang but there was no answer. I dialled her again and she declined the call.
*****
“Do you think they would wonder whose clothes I’m wearing?” I asked Christian, we were parked in the gate of the studio.
“We could find a mall and get you something else, there’s a Dior merchandise store around here” he said staring at the screen of his phone checking out the location on the map.
I thought about it but I felt it would be too much a waste of time, if they were waiting for me to arrive, I better be quick about it.
“I’ll just go like this… ” I pushing open the door and I climbed down from the car.
“No goodbye kisses?” He asked me.
I giggled.
“See you when I see you” I said doing a salute with my hand.
“What does that mean, I thought I was supposed to wait here for you” he said.
I couldn’t keep him waiting out here for me when I didn’t even know the time the meeting was going to end.
“Don’t worry about me, you don’t have wait. I’ll take a cab and go home, I have to apologize to my mum for cussing at her” I told him.
“I’ll Miss you ” I told him and I shut the door before he could say anything else. I turned away from the car and started walking in, I stopped when I didn’t hear the engines start, I turned to the car and walked back to the car.
I opened the door and stared at him.
“What?” I asked him.
“I’m not leaving here without that kiss” he said.
I groaned and climbed into the car, I wanted a light kiss but he pulled me I to him and practically devoured my mouth.
“I love you too” I said climbing down from the car, my head felt light, I never knew that a single kiss could do this to me.
He gave me a sweet smile and I shut the door, he didn’t drive off because he wanted to see me walk through the gate, when I was inside I heard the car drive off.
“Jenna.. you’re here” the chief executive officer said, everybody’s eyes turned to me. Everybody except Larissa.
I looked around, Sean was missing, he was the male lead, it was obvious why they had called the meeting, they were going to put the shooting on hold while they look for a male lead.
“We called this meeting because we’re dropping you for misconduct” the producer said, my mouth and eyes flew open in shock, they are dropping me… That’s why they called the meeting because I’m getting fired.
“No, please you can’t do this, why.. I did nothing wrong” I said pleadingly.
My biggest nightmare was unfolding before my eyes.
“Larissa had told us what happened, we can’t accept that kind of behaviour in this community Jenna, I don’t know what had gotten into you, why would you do something like that?” The man asked in disgust and disbelief.
Everybody was staring at me in disgust, all the adoration they used to look at me with was now vanished from their eyes.
I felt shame crawl into me and rest in the pit of my stomach. I felt sick to the core.
“Please, I can explain” I said.
“Save it.. we would appreciate it if you leave now” the director spat acidly.
I looked at Larissa, she was staring at me but immediately my eyes met hers, she looked down quickly.
I moved backwards. Something was fishy, they would fire me if Sean was hospitalised because of me but what did Larissa actually tell them, because CO-stars can’t have sex with each other while shooting the same movie, if she told them the real story then she was supposed to be fired with Sean job, too”
“At least tell me what I had done warrant this” I said crossing my hand over my chest.
“You had a secret crush on Sean and you saw him with another girl.. you get jealous and the best think you thought to do was sneak into his hotel and beat him while he was sleeping, you left him there, battered and injured to die and he managed to call a colleague to get him to the hospital, because of that person he’s alive and well. His condition is critical.. you’re lucky he’s alive you would have been rotting in jail by now, he might press charges but he would have to decide for himself what he would do, if I were you I would get a lawyer because you might be going to jail”
It was unbelievable, they had believed that crap, how the hell could Larissa do something like that to me, nothing made sense, I turned to her for answers and she was glaring at me.
Behind all the gate, I could see fear.
I could open my mouth and tell the truth, the would fire her and her career would be out on hold for a specific amount of time but I didn’t have a heart of stone, regardless of what she did, I could not bring myself to stoop so low.
My shoulders fell and I turned around to leave.
I felt tears slipping from my eyes but I didn’t want to clean it off so that they wouldn’t see that I was crying.
I walked as quickly as I could, when I left the building, my whole body started shakio, the tears came down like a fountain and poured down my cheeks.
I ran through the gate and I didn’t stop running until I heard a familiar voice call my name.
My vision was blurred so I couldn’t properly see, with the back of my hand, I wiped my eyes and saw Christian walking towards me. I felt my heart cut, if he saw me crying he would be furious and certainly raise hell.
He had been running, his breath was sharp. He held my shoulders and I tried to hide the tears but it was impossible.
“What happened?” He demanded angrily when he saw the tears.