A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55

At 2 PM, Cordy arrived with Vince at a location in the suburbs, where Jay and Zoe were filming the series.

Since it was a period drama, they built a castle town as a prop.

One of the film crew members led her to Jay, who was sitting behind a large video camera and directing the shooting.

He turned to Cordy and politely nodded for a moment before returning his attention to work.

Cordy did not disturb him and she simply sat nearby to watch them work-at the moment, Zoe and the male lead, Hal Abbott, were in position in preparation for the next scene.

“Scene 3, sequence 1, take 1. Action!”

Zoe was abruptly cornered by Hal against the wall, their eyes fixed upon each other.

It was Cordy’s first time watching professionals film a scene and she was impressed-especially by the expressiveness in Zoe’s eyes.

At the next instant, Hal’s lips started to close in on Zoe’s.

There was a struggling look in Zoe’s eyes before she quietly closed her eyes, giving in.

A tear trickled down the corner of her eyes, but just as their lips met, Zoe suddenly turned in avoidance, and both actors went out of character.

“Cut!” Jay barked.

“Sorry,” Zoe wiped her tears and apologized to the crew-there was supposed to be a kiss, but she ruined the scene.

“Everyone from this scene can take five,” Jay announced nonetheless. “We will start with the next scene first.

With that, Zoe left the set, and an assistant promptly came up with a glass of water, asking worriedly, “What’s wrong, Zoe?”

“It’s nothing. I was just a little out of sorts,” Zoe replied.

“Well, kissing scenes can be uncomfortable when it’s with someone you didn’t know. Should I ask Ms. Darling to talk to the director to postpone the kiss scene?”

“No,” Zoe said.

Most film projects would arrange so that the lead characters would shoot their kiss scenes first, so that they would get in character sooner.