THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 51 – 60
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 57
Director Mathew is one of the best directors in the movie industry. None of his movies have ever flopped. He has become so big that he only works on movies once a year, and the movies he directs take months to be released with lots of anticipation from fans.
Despite being a sought-after director, the middle-aged man only ever cares about a few artists in the industry. People like Brian and Oliver Feng Long are his number one picks for his Male lead and Second Male lead characters.
The man once said in an interview when asked the reason for bypassing other talented artists for those two and he had replied: “Wherever your heart finds peace should be where you are. Those two brats give me peace and never stress me. They have a certain amount of consideration for my age, so they do their parts with one take only, making work easier for me. They are also very handsome and are the top dogs in the industry, so why shouldn’t I use them again and again?”
Aside from the Male lead and Second Male lead roles, the man doesn’t care about what artist takes the other roles, provided they passed the audition, have great skills that rival their counterparts, are beautiful, and are well-behaved in the set.
He is a very stubborn man but every man has a weakness. Just as no one wants to offend Alpha Chaos, Director Mathew also doesn’t want to have anything to do with Chaos and his family in a bad way… Also, it wouldn’t be nice to be on Oliver’s bad side because he refused to cater to his needs.
After the problematic Piper passed the audition, Director Mathew wanted to change her role but Feng Long wanted her to be the Female lead that would accompany him, so he couldn’t do anything about it. He just hopes that Piper wouldn’t cause trouble like the last time, where an intimate scene took more time to shoot than a fight scene.
Piper could be seen sitting under the tree in an open field with her script in hand. She was wearing a white shirt over a medium-sized pleated pink skirt and a light gray jacket.
Her tie was a striped pink and gray, knotted beautifully around her neck. Her black hair was let down with a few silver accessories worn on her head to adorn her hair.
She looked cute and very pretty, with a carefree attitude, until she opened her mouth.
“Who are we still waiting for? If the Second Male lead is not here yet, then it means he’s not coming. Let’s just start my scene already. I have other places to be at.” Piper grumbled from her seat.
“Shooting your scene first is not a problem but even so, you can’t leave the set because you have three scenes today. Two with the Second Male lead and one with the Male lead–” Her Assistant said.
“Then just ask them to postpone it! I have a blind date arranged by my brother.” She frowned.
Thinking about the date she has with Inspector Fin tonight was already causing her anxiety. For some reason, she was thinking that her older brother would also be there.
Ever since she confirmed their relationship in public, she had been sleeping with one eye closed. She wasn’t the one who announced it, she only admitted it when she was interviewed but why was she scared?
“You’ll be fine. I’m sure the shooting won’t take a long time because your scenes are with the best actors in the industry.” Her Assistant tried to show her the bright side.
Almost an hour had passed and Brian still wasn’t out of the dressing room. Even the patient Oliver couldn’t sit still anymore. Just as he was about to complain, he spotted Brian from the corner of his eyes, walking over in a lazy and relaxed manner.
The handsome-looking Oliver in a three-piece black suit, dressed as the wealthy CEO in the movie, wanted to show his annoyance but couldn’t bring himself to say anything because he was naturally a level-headed person who has control over his emotions.
“Oh, Brian, you’re finally here. We’ve been waiting for you.” The Assistant director smiled.
“Who called the reporters over?” He ignored the Assistant director and fixed his gaze on Piper.
“Why are you staring at me like that?” Piper threw the question at him and rolled her eyes. Even though she didn’t want to admit it, she prefers Brian to Oliver. If not that her heart has been stolen by her brother, she would have chased Brian until he loved her again, but still, she likes for him to be her friend, but he detests her as much as her brothers do… Thanks to her stupidity and her mother’s involvement.
Lost in her admiration for the guy who was wearing a white shirt over black trousers, accompanied by a black tie, loosely knotted around his neck, she couldn’t help but swallow. His short hair was dyed black with lots of red stripes, forming a beautiful contrast on his head, making him look like a delinquent student.
“It was you, wasn’t it?” Brian asked as he towered over her.
“What are you talking about?” She asked but didn’t dare to meet his eyes.
Piper might be a wicked person but Brian was soulless. He is known for not caring about what people or the media would say.
Even though he’s like that, there’s hardly any negative news about him, but ever since Piper joined this crew, the reporters and paparazzi have been harassing and hunting him because of the fake news and pictures that were being circulated from Piper’s end.
“If you know what’s good for you, tell your company to stop creating hype for you with my name. I won’t warn you twice, Piper.” He squatted in front of her and stared at her pretty face, then said slowly: “I will never be interested in yo–”
“What are you doing?!” Oliver strode over and snatched Piper away from Brian. “Are you ok?” He asked her before he glared at Brian.
“Only a scum like him suits you,” Brian eyed them both before walking away languidly.
Everyone got into position to begin their acting in the sensational concluding episodes of LOVE IS TIMELESS.
It wasn’t an overly complicated drama, it was a light drama where the wealthy male lead had a crush on the girl child living in his neighborhood but couldn’t live his dream of pursuing her because he was sent abroad at the age of sixteen.
She was younger than him by a whole lot, half his age. That was why he didn’t bother to make a move, thinking there would be lots of time in the future when he gets back from his ten years of study abroad. Besides, she would be eighteen by then.
However, ten years later when he came back from abroad, he found that she was already in her final year, which wasn’t surprising, but the bad boy of the school, every teenage lady’s dream man was already chasing her around and she was starting to react positively to the bad boy’s courtship.
Now, being the powerful CEO of his family’s multinational company, he suppressed the Second Male lead with wits and started his chase, and finally won the Female lead’s heart. However, the stubborn Second Male lead wasn’t there to make it easy for the two love birds.
In the drama, Brian (Tangyu) was supposed to love the Female lead and even die for her in the last few episodes and today, they’ll be shooting that episode where the Second Male lead would collect a bullet for the Female lead from the Second Female lead who was madly in love with the Male lead, and fall from a height.
According to the original storyline, the Second Male lead was a very annoying and disliked character but his death was supposed to be very emotional and would redeem his image in the eyes of the viewers.
However, Brian would rather not act than become a hated character, so he tweaked the plotline and acted the role so well that he became more loved than the Male lead.
More than half of LOVE IS TIMELESS’ fans wanted him to end up with the Female lead, but because Brian honestly hated Piper, he didn’t bother to steal the Male lead’s thunder (Spotlight).
The director watched with a satisfying smile on his face. They’ve concluded two takes without any bad takes and this was Piper’s last scene for today.
“Action!” the director yelled.
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THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 51 – 60
Standing beside the basketball court, under the cool evening sky, Tangyu (Brian) smiled bitterly, sorrow and acceptance laced his hazel eyes as he stared at Piper who was a little uncomfortable in his presence.
He lowered his eyes to the basketball in his hands and then looked back up, then tried to smile, however, he could only smile bitterly. “Xi’er, I’m going abroad and won’t be coming back. Can’t you… at least send me off with a hug?”
His voice was so calm and hurtful that Piper felt a sting in her heart.
Dazed, she stared foolishly at him, totally forgetting her lines.
“Cut!”
Piper blinked to see the malicious glare Brian was giving her. It sent a chill down her spine.
“Are you alright?” Seeing Piper nod, the director yelled, “Action!”
“Xi’er, I’m going abroad and won’t be coming back. Can’t you… at least send me off with a hug?”
“I– I…”
“Cut!… What is going on, Piper?!” The director yelled.
“I think I’m unwell. Director, can we shoot this scene some other time?” She asked. She didn’t know why she was feeling this way but she needed to leave as soon as possible.
“Director, it’s either this scene is shot today or in three months. I’m a busy person and don’t have the time to waste with a brat.” Brian sneered at her.
“How dare you call me that?!” Piper yelled.
“What?” He took an arrogant step towards her and looked at her defiantly, Piper took a step back as her heart thumped against her chest. “…You want to fight me? Aren’t you a bitch?”
“You two, calm down, please. You’re at the set and it wouldn’t be nice to get photographed by those reporters and paparazzi lurking around. Keep it in!” Director Mathew intervened. They’d been at loggerheads since the shooting started, so the crew was already used to it.
Nobody knows why Brian hates Piper this much. She isn’t the only one who has ever ridden on his coattail, countless Celebrities did and are still doing it, yet he had never gotten angry at them like he does to Piper.
“Director, if she does another bad take, I’m leaving here.” With that said, he returned to his position and got into character like he was switching clothes.
Feng Long, who was standing with the crew, balled his hands in a tight fists. He couldn’t get involved just yet, and would only have to wait until they are done shooting.
“Action!”
Without blinking, Brian’s eyes changed and he became emotional. Repeating the lines, he said: “Xi’er, I’m going abroad and won’t be coming back. Can’t you… at least send me off with a hug?”
Piper swallowed and held his hand, “Tangyu, wh– why are you leaving? Is it, is it because of me?” She bit her lips as she tried to hold back her tears. “I’m so sorry, Tangyu, I never meant to hurt you, I promise…”
Brian pulled his hand away, “I did all I could, I sacrificed everything I had, including my soul, just to be with you, but I guess I’m still not good enough…”
“No, no, you are,” she panicked and held his face. “Tangtang, you are good enough, it’s my fault. I’m the one you should blame. I couldn’t, couldn’t…” fat tears rolled down her eyes as she stared into those hazel eyes that were in pain.
Brian clenched his jaw and snaked his hand around her waist. He tightened the hand around her waist, causing her to grit her teeth to not whimper. She didn’t want to do another bad take, so she endured.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 51 – 60
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