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The sound of a massive explosion echoed through the room.

Boom!

Another sound of an explosion.

The screen turned black in an instant. Then, the logo of the production company came with another sound effect.

K I A R A

The movie started with the black, bold letters that appeared on the front screen. It was played in a mini-theatre. And in front of the screen, the majority of the cast and crew of Kiara sat next to each other with popcorn in their hands.

“Here we go,” Natalie mumbled excitedly, next to Ian.

On the right side of Ian, Raelynn sat grinning from ear to ear because of how excited she was.

The movie began shortly.

It started with Natalie talking to herself in the living room, completely in tears. Her mascara was all over the place and she had her hands clutching her head, tugging the end of her roots.

She was sobbing her eyeballs out.

“I didn’t think he would cheat on me!” she said to herself.

“Oh, don’t worry, dear,” then the camera revealed another woman who sat next to her.

She looked older. Her wrinkled face was evident of her age. It must be her mother.

“Mother, I loved him so much,” she said in between her tears.

Oh, it was—it was her mother.

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The cast started watching the movie they acted from a third person’s point of view. But at times, they couldn’t help but giggle and discuss among themselves.

It was the same when Ian’s action scenes came up.

“This must be my favourite,” Ian mumbled to himself. Raelynn heard it.

“Really? Why so?” she questioned, curious about why it was his favourite.

Kiara was an action-mixed romantic movie. Although the emphasis was on romance, there were a few action scenes here and there, considering the character of Sean Davidson.

Nevertheless, to answer the question, Ian turned in the direction of where his legs were pointed. It was an involuntary action, but it showed that Ian paid attention to Raerlynn and her question.

“Well, only I’d know how hard I tried to bring out the action scenes. This one is my favourite as I was meeting Kiara,” he said and continued to look at the screen.

Raelynn smiled and watched the movie.

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The movie continued to roll as everyone got absorbed. It was finally the climax of the movie.

At this point in the movie, both Kiara and Sean were in love with each other.

“How would you like me to explain it?” Sean questioned–his voice loud.

Sean was introduced as a character with so much depth, but anger. And to balance it, Kiara was introduced to look the opposite.

“I don’t know, Sean. You tell me. I waited for you last night. You didn’t come, what possibly could you have expected?” Kiara asked, gently.

The speciality of the characters was how Kiara was portrayed to have so much patience. She was a clean woman, but she was gentle.

And the gentleness was something that made Sean believe in love, which was a part that came by the end of the movie.

“This is the part where they kiss,” Ian whispered to Raelynn.

She looked at Ian surprisingly.

“Really-”

Not long after, Ian’s and Natalie’s mouths locked on the screen.

First, Ian’s eyes closed, and Natalie followed after. Natalie turned red at the contact. His hands grabbed her neck and pulled her in gently.

The next thing everyone saw was how their tongues entangled with each other–fighting for dominance. But none of them seemed to give him.

“Are you fucking her in this?” Rae whispered and asked.

She hadn’t thought about it before, but she had seen them kiss on set. She also had seen them having sex in real life, but she didn’t expect that they’d do it in front of millions of people.

So, she was curious.

“You will see,” Ian said with a slight smile.

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The movie ended with the couple getting engaged to one another. But contentment filled everyone’s heart as they all saw how they chose to be with each other even after many hurdles.

And in the end, the moral of the story was about how love was a choice.

They all clapped as the names started to roll in. With the director’s name, everyone else’s names followed.

Raelynn stretched on her seat, as she put her arms above her head.

“That was so good. I finally watched a romance movie after so long,” she said and stood up.

Ian smiled and stood up.

They both walked to Brad Crutchfield who stood talking to the other crew and cast mates.

“Mr Crutchfield–I mean, Brad, it was really good. I didn’t think it was this well after everything was put together. It was really something. Although I was the one who acted in the end, I had tears falling when they kissed,” Ian said and shook hands with Brad.

“Oh, Ian. Haha… You helped a lot during the shooting, I won’t forget. The main deal would be how people are going to react to this. Ah, I can’t wait for it, to be honest. It will blow up, I’m sure,” Brad said. He was hopeful.

“Mr. Crutchfield, I enjoyed watching it.”

“How did it feel watching Ian Renner love another woman?” Brad asked, trying to make a joke.

Raelynn caught up and laughed, making everyone laugh at his question.

“Oh, I must say, I almost didn’t believe he was in love with me. It felt too real. He’s a great actor, greater than I had imagined. On set, he could’ve fooled me, but watching on screen, it felt so different,” she said.

Everyone nodded.

“Thank you so much, Ian,” Natalie, who stood in the circle, said looking at Ian.

Ian smiled and nodded back. “It was a pleasure working with you. And everyone, thank you!”

“Well, if that’s over, mind if we all hit the bar tonight? Ian, I know you’re busy with work, but this is a good call!” Brad said.

The cast and crew cheered on.

“Let’s go!”

“Ah, sounds about right!”

“Can’t wait!”

They all excitedly exited the theatre hall. Everyone had an ease on their mind, as they all witnessed how great of an execution they had done.

With different discussions in the air, they left the parking lot, straight to the bar across the street.

“Kiara is going to be great,” Ian finally said.

“It sure must be,” Rae replied.