Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 350: Getting clicked.

Chapter 350: Getting clicked.

Finally the shooting of Ashley’s debut movie The Revenge started. Everyone involved with the project was looking forward to this day. The directors, producers, actors, and actresses have worked hard in preparing their characters.

It was a big-budget movie with investors like businessman Tristan Knight and the well-known producer of the entertainment industry Nicklaus Benjamin investing their money into it.

A huge set was built for indoor shooting while a few locations were picked for outdoor ones.

Today was an indoor shoot where they’re going to shoot the opening scene with Ashley’s character Lisa being introduced to the male lead’s family played by actor Sebastian Spark by his brother played by debutant actor Riel Emerson.

Ashley stepped out of her changing room dressed up according to the character’s requirements and walked towards the shooting spot. She had memorized her dialogues beforehand as she didn’t want to fumble them during delivery.

Bernard the director of the film had huge expectations from her and she didn’t want to disappoint him.

The moment she reached the spot she first greeted the people around including the director who discussed the scene with her and she then positioned herself.

She looked for Riel who hadn’t shown up and when she was about to avert her eyes, the man appeared out of nowhere and stood next to her. " Looking for me" his playful voice made her roll her eyes skyward.

After learning about Gabriel and Tristan’s past, Ashley started to hate him even more. If she was committed to this project, she would’ve backed out.

"You think too highly of yourself Mr. Emerson" Ignoring his self-obsessed words, Ashley adjusted her make-up and looked at Bernard who screamed through the mic in his hand asking them whether they were ready.

Giving him a sign, Riel turned to face Ashley with his hands resting on her shoulder. " I should be after all the woman I like had a high standard" he mumbled winking at Ashley and heard Bernard yell. "Roll.. camera.. and action!"

*****

Inside the spacious room, Sandra settles on the couch with Patrick facing her. His eye sharply glared at her, waiting for her to speak up, and when she didn’t, he lost his patience and broke the silence.

"How many days will it take you to tell me about Tori," Patrick asked staring keenly at his daughter who in return smirked.

"Why so hurry Dad... Didn’t I tell you once I achieve my goals you will get to meet your daughter"

Sandra wasn’t a fool to entirely trust Patrick. What if he was playing with her,’ she thought which was why she didn’t disclose Tori’s whereabouts to him yet.

She could see Patrick was trying to play smart but she was way more smarter and cunning than he was. All she wanted was a smooth execution of her perfect plan and once it was fulfilled, she would eventually let him know about her sister.

’Even she wanted to meet her’

Tori’s thought made her heart swell with yearning. That day in the hospital when she stumbled over her, she couldn’t even wait and see her properly. Her younger sister whom she loved like a child, was so close to her yet she couldn’t embrace her.

Balling her palm into a tight fist, Sandra’s eyes turned dark. She had to eliminate Ashley as soon as possible, her mind repeated.

Patrick watched Sandra’s blank emotionless face and fell into a deep thought wondering what she was thinking. He thought agreeing with her would make her spill about Tori’s whereabouts, but turned out to be more wicked than he had imagined.

Heaving out a sigh, Patrick stood up. "If that’s what you want then let it be... but after all this is over I won’t spare you a day to keep me hanging"

"Rest assured" Sandra smiled and watched Patrick walk away.

The moment he was out of her sight, Sandra pulled out her phone and made a call. "Are you keeping an eye on them?" she asked.

"Yes ma’am" came the reply from the other end.

"Okay now listen to me carefully. I don’t want any mistakes" Sandra came straight to the point and discussed something with the person on the call.

"Am I clear?" she asked when she was done.

"Yes ma’am. I will do as you say and no one will ever get suspicious about it" The person on the other end answered and hung up the call.

A corner of Sandra’s lips curled up into a vicious smirk as she was looking forward to the results. It was high time now and she couldn’t wait to see her target getting eliminated making a hurdle-free path toward her destination.

*****

Back on the set, the scene ended perfectly with Bernard giving a thumbs-up to the actors.

Ashley walked away to change her costume as she had to shoot another scene with the male lead’s family and entered her changing room. The moment she closed the door a strong pair of arms hugged her from behind.

Instead of getting scared, Ashley let out a chuckle. "I didn’t think the mighty Tristan Knight will have so much spare time that he didn’t bother to work and rather follow his wife for the shoot"

Turning around, she watched Tristan smile as he leaned forward to kiss her. It was short of all time before he pulled back and answered," As one of the producers it’s my responsibility to check the shoot is going smoothly" Tapping the tip of her nose, he pulled back and dragged her by her wrist and made her sit on the couch.

"Here drink this," he said passing her a glass of orange juice.

Ashley looked at the glass and then at Tristan. "Have you changed your profession, my dear husband? Why are you acting like my spot-boy" she asked before taking the glass from him.

Tristan could tell that Ashley was pulling his leg and he didn’t mind being teased by her.

"If you want me to stick by your side the entire time, then I don’t mind changing my profession" Tristan answered her playfully before he sat next to her and watch her finish the drink.

Placing back the glass on the table Ashley turned to face Tristan who habitually reached his hand and tucked the piece of hair behind her ear and asked," I thought we agreed on not grabbing much attention on the sets but here you are hiding inside my room"

Ashley twitched her brow in question only to see Tristan grin at her. "I was planning on following your orders my dear wife, but as I said before being the producer I have to keep on showing up on the set to check how the filming is going on but rest assured no one knows I am here with you" he winked before he placed his palm on her stomach.

"How is my baby doing? Did you miss Daddy" Tristan asked his unborn as he carefully caressed her belly.

"Haven’t you talked with him in the morning? It’s only been three hours Tristan" Ashley asked with disbelief. This man was getting too much every day.

"So what if I did? I still miss him" Tristan looked at Ashley while answering as he pulled back his hand after a much soothing and stared at Ashley. She had been glowing more than ever before and he couldn’t stop himself from staring at her.

Ashley sensed that this was going to be a long stare game so she bought up a topic to ease the air around. "And how do you know it’s him? It’s still a bean we don’t even know the gender yet" she asked randomly but now she wanted to know how he was so sure that the baby was a boy.

"It came out of instinct maybe father’s instinct" came Tristan’s reply.

He always wanted a girl because they were Daddy’s little princess but now when he thought about it a little thoroughly, he changed his mind.

Now, he wanted a boy, so if Ashley gave birth to their daughter later, their son will protect her like the elder brother, pampering her just like him.

Ashley bobbed her head while pursing her lips. She didn’t know why but had faith in Tristan’s words. Just like him even she felt like the baby in her womb was a baby boy but what if their guess were wrong, anything is possible as long the baby is healthy.

While the couple was busy having their conversation, the person who was standing outside Ashley’s room fumed.

"So he is here" Gabriel who came to discuss some scenes with Ashley stopped right in front of her door when he heard the manly voice from the inside of the room.

It didn’t take him long to understand who the person was and that was enough to irk him.

Gabriel had been trying his best to get closer to Ashley, but with Tristan’s interruption, he didn’t seem to find any way. He stood like a huge rock in front of him, blocking his way toward Ashley.

Eyeing the closed door furiously, Gabriel turned around and walked away furiously but unknown to him there was someone else who was also monitoring the couple, and just when Tristan stepped out of the room, he was clicked and soon that picture started to circulate over the social media.