Fake Fiancée - Season 1 - Episode 34

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Fake Fiancée - Season 1 - Episode 34

“Henry, be a little friendlier towards Hudson! You’re his investigation partner so you two should be easy in each other’s company. But not too easy … a bit business like, you know what I mean?”

I bit my lip and watched in the background as Peter instructed what Henry was doing wrong in the shot. Keith seemed perfectly at ease and I knew he was secretly revelling in the fact Henry loathed him. He seemed to be the type who liked being entertained by other’s anger towards him, which I found amusing. I still had no idea why Henry sent Keith glares but my guess was that Keith and I being close made him look like a fool. And I knew everyone didn’t like being seen as a fool.

The scene they were filming now was Henry and Keith getting past the bouncer at the club, trying to find an important person who supposedly would be hanging inside. At this club, Henry would meet Veronica, who is a temptress to him. I really didn’t want to witness their meeting since they would be flirting and apparently, they would dance together.

I know right? How absolutely wonderful.
When it was Veronica’s time to shine, I couldn’t help but feel a stab of sadness run through me. Why did stuck up girls have to be so pretty?

She was dressed in bold red mini dress, to emphasize her seductive nature. Her hair was in messy curls, her eyes smoky and her lips painted a bloody red. She seemed satisfied that the young men who worked on set were ogling her. Keith wasn’t though, he was rolling his eyes.

When I turned to see Henry’s reaction, I was a teeny bit glad. He was looking at her, but his expression showed he was not interested in anything. His eyes then flickered to mine and I nearly jumped out of my seat. I had been caught staring! God, how embarrassing!

“Veronica, you look perfect!” Peter exclaimed, beaming proudly. “Alexia is a bold, seductive goddess and you look just like that.”
I snorted. More like a wanton woman.
“Why thank you Peter,” Veronica replied sweetly, her lips pulling to a smile to show her dazzling white teeth.

“Alright Henry, you’ll be standing here,” Peter explained, pointing to a spot a few feet away from the set up bar. “When you stand there scanning the room, you’ll see Veronica who will be here …”

Peter gestured to where they were going to stand and what was going on. When he finished, the extras started filing in and stood there, ready for when the music would start playing so they could dance in the background.

“Hey Lainie, want to be in a movie?” Keith called from the other side of the room.
I blinked. Me, be in a movie? “What do you mean?”

Keith pointed to the group of extras. “Just dance in the background. Or you can dance with me if you want, since I’m not in this scene anymore.”

To this, I saw Henry snap his head towards us. “You can’t dance,Hudson,” he said. “What if the camera passes by you? The audience will wonder why your character is dancing with a random girl instead of doing his job.”

Ouch. He had called me a random girl!
“The man has a point. Although, I can just wear a wig and blend in the crowd,” Keith said, giving Henry an amused look. He then turned to Peter and asked loudly, “If it’s ok?”

Peter’s head snapped to Keith confusedly. “What?”

Both Keith and I laughed. Peter obviously had been preoccupied. “Never mind!” Keith called. “So you’re not going to dance?” Henry clarified. My eyebrows drew together at Henry’s hopeful expression. Or was it just me?
“No I am,” Keith replied. “Can’t miss the chance to dance with Lainie right?”

He sent me a wink and I laughed again. I saw Henry clenching his fist out of the corner of my eye. He was going to piss me off with Veronica so I was going to do the same to him, but with Keith.
After another ten minutes, everyone was finally ready for the scene. Henry was stationed at his place a few feet by the bar and Veronica was across the room, surrounded by a few guys and loftily holding a drink in her hand. Keith, in his ridiculous afro wig, had led me near the disco ball, which was near Veronica. I was secretly thankful for that. Then I could see them acting. Suddenly, ‘DJ Got Us Falling in Love Again’ by Usher then came on the speakers and the extras immediately started dancing. Those were the orders – start dancing when the music starts and don’t stop. I faintly heard Peter count three to one and I watched as Henry started his acting.

I had to admit, he was a good actor, surveying the room with a bored expression. But his eyes met mine and I quickly looked away.

“Lainie, other than watching your handsome fiancé, you are supposed to be dancing too,” Keith whispered.

I blushed, as I realised I had just been standing there, which made Keith chuckle. Making my body move to the beat was easy for me. Dancing had always come easy for me, but it wasn’t really a hobby. Keith and I started doing funny moves, but I still kept an eye on Henry. I watched as he saw Veronica and his eyes lit up. He looked entranced. I suddenly felt like punching him.

Keith saw my eyes on him and reminded me that it was an act, and that he loved me. I rolled my eyes at him and watched as he slowly made his way through the crowd towards Veronica.

She looked up at him and let a slow, sultry smile spread over her face. She shooed the guys with her away, tilted her head to the side and assessed Henry.

“Why hello there,” she purred, her eyes sparkling with what seemed like satisfaction. “And what might your name be?”
I felt anger bubble inside me as another song came on and Keith took my hands so we could dance together. I felt as if I was really watching this in real life – that Henry was interested in Veronica and they were just first meeting in a club.

“Cade,” Henry said in a husky voice which made me jump a bit. God, that sounded so hot, and he wasn’t even talking to me. “How about you, beautiful?”
“Alexia.”

They then started chatting and Keith spun me around to face him. “What are you doing?!” I asked, bewildered.

“You should calm down a bit Lainie,” Keith advised.

I rolled my eyes. How could I be calm when Veronica was around?
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