Chapter 12 - CHAPTER ELEVEN

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚢𝚗𝚡

𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐏.𝐎.𝐕.

After having the assurance that the other will talk to her after their project together, Leandrea went back to her waiting room to rest while waiting for their next shoot. There are different types of food on the table and a few different kinds of beverages too. Not really feeling hungry, Leandrea just chooses to eat something light like biscuits and juice.

It did not take too long to proceed with the day's shoot. The next background set looks like the peak of when lavender flowers bloom. The aura it gives is so calming and serene. This time when Leandrea got out from her waiting room, Ashe was already by the set talking to their photographer. The other was wearing a simple pastel lavender turtleneck shirt paired with black ripped jeans and dress shoes. The shirt hugs his upper body amazingly, highlighting the defined muscles he has. He looks hot and classy yet casual and friendly in his outfit for this set.

Leandrea, on the other hand, is wearing a spaghetti strap white cropped top over pastel lavender coloured high waisted ribbon tie shorts, topped with a blazer matching the colour of the shorts. She is wearing white platform shoes with lavender-coloured petals for decoration. Her long brown wavy hair was given silverish highlights to match the highlights on Ashe's hair. A lavender shade eyeshadow was added to her simple makeup from earlier. This look makes her look smart and sexy yet adventurous and extreme.

Their outfits complement each other like they tried their best to match each other while keeping their own personalities. Ashe was given a black suitcase as a prop while Leandrea was given an iPad as a prop.

"𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁." the photographer said while looking at them. "𝗦𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻." the photographer started. "𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗣𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻." the photographer explained. "𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵é 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁." the photographer added and went to his position right after.

They both settled themselves and started posing for the camera. This is already their third shoot of the day and it is quite clear that every one of the staff enjoys the chemistry the both of them have in the photos. There are several hushed compliments floating around. Leandrea even heard from the staff assigned to her that the grouchy photographer is in a good mood after the first set while he was just scolding everyone that breathed before the shoot started.

This is not the first time she had to work with the photographer. She had several shoots with him already that she knew the photographer is really grouchy but changes mood quickly when he is oddly satisfied with the outcomes of his photos. The photographer is really creative and quite idealistic. When his mind was already set on a particular concept for each shoot, he wanted it to be perfect and go smoothly. If not, all hell breaks loose.

They are already halfway through the day's shoot, only three more background setups are left untouched. They are already done with the winter, summer, and spring backgrounds. They are already in preparation for the fall background shoot. She is now wearing an off shoulder frilled cropped top in pastel pink and denim high waisted shorts. She has a shades on top of her wavy brown hair bohemian styled with a crown of two chunky braids, the highlights now gone, her simple natural look makeup is back less the pastel lavender eyeshadow she had previously. Gold knee high Roman style gladiator sandals on matching the gold watch on her right wrist and the gold set of necklace and earrings she is wearing.

She arrived at the set with Ashe already sitting below a tree prop with its brown leaves barely hanging, a few more below where Ashe is sitting. He is now wearing a black turtleneck shirt underneath a camel overcoat paired with black trousers and white sneakers. He is leaning on the tree trunk like he is sleeping. He stood up when she approached him. "𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗼. 𝗛𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰." Ashe informed her. She nodded at him and stood near the tree prop leaning on it.

It did not take long for the photographer to come back. They started the shoot right away when he came back. The both of them doing their best to keep the satisfied reaction from the photographer. They are only two shoots away from finishing the day's shoot. They are given an hour break for lunch. By the looks of it, the shoot will finish earlier than scheduled. They are already done with two-thirds of the shoot and it is only about lunch time.

She told Leif that she will just be having a salad and an orange juice for lunch. When she got back to her waiting room after coming from the restrooms, her lunch was already on the coffee table placed in front of the long sofa of her waiting room. She opened her bottle of juice and drank out of it before opening the container with the salad. She is taking her time in eating the salad while scrolling on her handphone. She was in the midst of eating when she heard a series of knocks on the door.

She responded with a soft "𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻." She wiped her mouth after drinking, not wanting to face anyone with a mouth full of vegetables. The door creaked open and in came Ashe. "𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻?" he asked, confirming if it was still okay to go in. Leandrea nodded at him. Ashe went in, walking with confidence enough for at least five people. "𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?" Leandrea asked when Ashe stopped in front of her. "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘁." she added.

Ashe gave the room an overall scan before sitting on the single sofa on the lass' right. "𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗳. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝘅 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹."

She nodded at him. "𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲. 𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴." she assured Ashe. He nodded slowly and then stood up. "𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻. 𝗘𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵." the lad said before exiting the waiting room.