The Mask of Deception

Manipulated Schemes

Faye was sitting on the couch on her dressing room when she heard a knock so her manager opened it for her and it was Jack, Jack was smiling holding a lunch box and entered the room, the manager exited ang gave time for the couple.

"I know you're tired, so here's a lunch box for you i made them by myself, and it's healthy and calorie free." He said while smiling at her "Oh wait, I'll arrange it in the table..." he said and arranged the food in the table and he went back to where Faye sat and escorted her towards the table.

"I missed you so much, my love." He said and hugged her. "I miss you too." Faye simply responded due to her current filming she was tired and hungry so she was timid in responding "How about you eat first? You haven't gone home since your shooting started."

He said which made Faye smile and she embrace him on her arms. Faye sat down and ate first "Are you not gonna eat too?" She asked jack and Jack simple nodded, "Dear i am already full when i see you eating" She smiled at him and offers him food and fed him and he gladly ate what she fed him.

"Love can you stay for an hour? I really want to rest, and i want you beside me.." Faye said in a soft sweet voice and so he did stay, Faye fall asleep in Jack's embrace and suddenly there was a knock on the door, "Faye, Amelia's part is almost done, you'll have 10 minutes to prepare.." The voice outside the door said and Jack wake Faye up "Love, wake up, You'll have to prepare now.." he gently tap faye's cheeks which made her wake up. "Really?" She asked. "Hmm. It's time for me to go too.." He nodded.

Faye stood up and open the door to see her manager, make up artist and stylist waiting for her opening the door for them "Sorry, i fell asleep.." She said which made the 3 person nod "It's fine, but did you memorize your line?" They asked. Faye nodded."yeah"

Jack went closer to faye and kissed her on her cheek then gave her a peck on her lips then he bid goodby "I'll go now." He said and Faye nodded "Bye, take care." Faye sat on her vanity table and her make up artist retouched her make up then she changed into a new clothes. "Time to go." Her manager said.

FAYE's POV

We arrived at the shooting place and they have been arranging the backdrop for a new setting for the film, This time i will be facing Yohan Guo's Lover, Kelliana Faahl the nobody or should we say a person with no background.

"ARE YOU READY?" The director asked using his megaphone and both of amelia and i nodded. "IN 3, 2, 1 ACTION"

we were in a coffee shop, Kelliana the character of Amelia sat infront of me. "Miss Levuelch, please don't force yohan to marry you, yohan and i are inlove! You shouldn't force someone to marry you!" She shouted, "Inlove? aren't you just a Gold Digger aiming for Yohan's money? His parent's already agreed on our marriage, so as a nobody or as a person with no parents and no house, i'll offer you 10 Million and leave yohan." I said with full of authority.

"No! You don't understand what love is! You only think of yourself! that's why no one's loving you!"She shouted again. "Why are you trying to break my relationship to yohan??" I quickly acted like im being robbed of my love ones and everyone in the room stared at us,

My tears broke down and everyone was sympathetic with me "Yohan and I found true love with each other, He said he doesn't have any lover, why are you suddenly showing up when the news of my marriage with yohan appeared??" Tears kept rolling on my face which made everyone think that i am the aggrieved.

"I-i" she was stopped for a moment and the director suddenly shouted "CUT!" I was startled and my make up artist run towards my direction to retouch my make up

"What has happened to you amelia?! Did i not told you to memorize the script?!" The director angrily said "You're delaying the shoot! or you're just good at seducing higher ups so you could enter this shooting!!" He was angry and deliberately slut shaming amelia.

Amelia looked down in embarrassment, "Im sorry, Mr. Hugh! I promise i memorized all the lines but Faye changed her lines which made me caught off guard!" She said, and shifting the blame on me and when they looked at me, I pointed myself and gave them the 'my fault' look. The director shook his head in disappointment "Don't blame others with your irresponsibility, Amelia!" Amelia was shocked with the sudden shout of the director. Amelia ran straight to her dressing room and the director rushed to me to apologize, "I am very sorry about this, we'll have to delay our shooting a little bit because of amelia's incompetence."

I went straight back to my own dressing room to take a rest afterall i had to thanks amelia for letting us rest a bit.

LILIA's POV

I am now walking in the pathway of the filming set when i heard a few voices backstabbing someone. "Director is so biased with faye, just because Faye is Jack's Wife." I hear them say, I noticed the door was left ajar so i sneek a peek and i saw Amelia and her assistant backstabbing Faye.

Although i hate hearing negative statements from other people towards Faye, I can't do anything about it though. I went straight to Faye's room to give her the news. "Faye!! I've got newssss!" She gave me a glance and smiled at me, she is really as soft as pillow we feel very comfortable with her "The Director from the Lovers of Spring emailed us again and offered us another female lead!!" I excitedly told her the news.

"Really??" Faye smiled when she recieved another film project, ever since Faye became an actress recieving some film roles will make her happy by then. "Yes and the director also told us that we can start whenever this set of movie will be done! and also you'll need to help them select for your supporting actors/actresses." I said and gave her the iPad that i use to make a schedule for her and whenever we receive emails.

"Great, Tell Mrs. Fang that we're almost done with the filming of this movie, we only have a small exposure in this movie because i am only a supporting actress." She said and smiled at me, Darius and Mer where busy looking for another outfit for her to wear in her last shooting.

We were all busy when someone suddenly knock on our door, Thalia, The assistants of Faye opened the door and it was Amelia, Holding a box of pizza "Can i come in?" She asked and Faye nodded and smiled at her she even offered her a seat. "Faye, Im really sorry about earlier, i even delayed our shooting because of my incompetency, Im really sorry, Oh here!" She handed Faye the box of pizza "May this be my peace offering?" She said while offering the pizza to Faye.

"Thankyou, You don't really have to give me pizza and it is normally fine that we make mistakes im also sorry earlier i decided to do adlibs without notifying you, i really though Mr. Hugh told you already about the changes.." Faye said in a soft tone and accepted the pizza "Do you somehow want some water? It's blazing hot outside yet you still decided to visit me and give me this.." She said in a worried tone.

I smell something fishy when amelia nodded and when Faye asked Thalia to grab some water glass of water and when amelia received it she grabbed something in her pocket and she mixed it using her nails. kinda sus. but just in case i took a video of it.

Amelia drank plenty of it then she excused herself that she needs to go back to her dressing room so that she can do retouch. And so Faye bid goodbye to her. After awhile "You guys can have the pizza if you want." She said while she's busy reading her script. "Faye, I really sense something dirty with that amelia girl i just don't know what her schemes are... haust" I said and she just shrugged it "Lilia, Amelia is a nice girl, She's still an aspiring actress so it's normal to be that way, do you remember when we first started? we also made mistakes and we gave everyone a coffee for a peace offering right? Everyone was not as accepting as we did right now..." Faye said reminiscing all we had faced together

"If you say so... anyways i already sent Mrs. Fang our response! and they immediately responsed back." I said. She'll finally back at being the female lead in this movie! I don't really know why Mr. Lautner did not gave her the female lead role. Annoying as it sound but he even made sure that this aspiring actress gets the lead role.

Thalia went out to grab some distilled water for us five and when she came back she was covered in sweat "Miss Faye, We're in trouble!!" She said while catching her breath "Miss Amelia! Miss Amelia She-" She paused and catch her breath again "What happened to her?!" I asked im losing my patience she kept on making it in suspense

"Miss Amelia was sent to the hospital! They said she was having an abdominal pain and she kept on vomiting! Her assistant said that miss amelia didn't eat or drink anything before she went to us then when she came back she suddenly felt ill and she kept on vomiting so her assistants deducted that we are the ones who poisoned her!!!" She said and she went out and saw the director and other people gathered in the filming set looking at us or should we say looking at Faye with fear and disgust.

"I really thought she's a saintly woman, it was just her facade!" girl1 "Omygosh i thought she was really fine with the delayed" girl2 "She is lowkey vindictive isn't she?" girl3

Faye looked clueless but approached the Director, "Mr. Hugh" she said but Mr. Hugh sobbed her "Amelia is such a poor lady she was poisoned by her senior while she gave her a peace offering what an ungrateful senior!" Someone shouted "I did not do it.. I only offered her the water that the management gave us.." She explained in a soft voice while everyone is giving her a disgust look.

"I really didn't do i--" she was cut off from speaking when Mr. Jack suddenly arrived and shouted at her "What did you do?!!" He shouted at her which made her flinch "I dind't do anything, i only off--" She was cut off again "Because of you the shooting will be more delayed! What were you thinking?! are you out of your mind?!" He shouted again and Faye was embarrassed by it.

"I only offered her water since she gave me the box of pizza, i really dont know why she had abdominal pain.." Faye explained while Jack was only staring at her with anger "You know what, you better leave this set! Because of you the shooting will only be delayed I'll lost millions because of the delayance of the release of this shooting!! Gosh! why did i even agree to have you here!" Faye was dumbfounded with every word he said "Mr. Jack i hate to interfere but you can talk to her in private and do not embarass her here infront of her co-stars" I interfere suddenly