Sayna's Pov:
It was Tian's manager who opened tha green room door with a bang sound.
Tian grabbed his phone immediately like it puts his life in the line.
Tian's manager-"they caught them. The one who was stalking you. You are finally free Tian."
I was shocked to hear about someone was following Tian. That's when it hit me. Why he was calling me'stalker'.
Suddenly Tian got out of his chair and hugged his manager. All I could see was his back of the head and how his broad back bent to hug his manager, fully consuming the managers whole body. I stood there with a lil smile and said , "congratulations."
And at that exact moment I felt a large pair of arms was holding me. Ti——Tian is hugging me. I froze. He instantly let go and i saw his face blooming with a bright smile. Like he is the happiest person in the world.
It's reasonable even someone who chased or stalked me got found out , right now I'll be throwing party to the whole Beijing.
Even thought it's just a small hug from the all excitement and happiness, my brain stopped working . A merely 2 sec hug made my heart pounding so much that felt my heart will come out of my chest. I felt his warmth from his palm on my shoulder, the was his cologne smelled, the way he find his way to put his head on my shoulder.
Last year I was just dreaming about a handshake or even a glance of him and now he's hugging me.
Oooohhhhmyyyyygooodddd...
My thoughts were interrupted when a staff come running from the door and said, "what happened to Tian ? He is hugging director and other staff member." She chuckled.
My heart dropped. Even though I know he hugged me out of his….his excitement but still... I sighed.
Director-" And cut. Perfect Tian, it's all done. Tomorrow we will have a photoshoot with the actress and it'll be a wrap."
Tian-"yeah." Said Smiling brightly.
"So I wanted to say I want to treat you all dinner tonight. You can order as much as you want." Tian said loudly with a bright face
All staff's screamed in excitement and cheered him. He spoke in mandarin.
From his eyes I could see his happiness, but I couldn't understood a single word. I turned to Yueyue with a 'I didn't understood' face and she explained me in English .
I was sitting beside Yueyue and 4 other staffs on 6 person table. The smell of steaks, fried food, alcohol was roaming in the restaurant. People were speaking and laughing loudly. Even our director started to sing . I can't understand mandarin but I was sure he was not singing right. The tone was off.
We all laughed, played and enjoyed.
I tried to grab a piece of vegetable with my chopsticks. I practiced very hard at home in India. But somehow my all hard work went to vain. Watching me struggling Yueyue picked the piece of vegetable that I was lining my life to pick and put it on my bowl. I thanked her and looked at her way like I was admiring an angel . Yueyue chuckled. Suddenly someone said,
Staff 1 - "hey guys , did you know it's been a year since Tian's getting followed!!!"
I gasped. Almost choke on my food.
Staff 2 - "yes yes I also heard someone tried to get into his house."
I froze. When I was in India, I saw some articles and post about Tian getting stalked . Thought Its not uncommon for celebrities famous like Tian to get followed everywhere. But for them to go this extend, trying to broke into his house was terrifying and disgusting.
Yueyue - "I've also heard that Tian was depressed after awhile. He stopped going out of his apartment, not working and always stucked in his house."
I loathed those fans. How could they hurt someone whom they claimed to love. Is that what they meant by their love?!!! I felt anger in my whole body.
Tian's pov:
Finally with all the torture I was dealing with, all the pain and fear I was hiding was disappearing . Now I don't have to check my whole house every day after coming from work. No mores of those life threatening letters. No more of fear.
I can breathe now.
I was sitting in a table with director and other staff members. I drank alcohol until I started to feel tipsy.
Manager - "Tian , you are drunk."
"No I'm not" I argued.
Manager - " yes you are. Because I'm sitting on your left and you are replying me with your head turned right." He sighed.
"I. Want. To. Go. To. The. Bathroom." I mumbled.
Manager-"let's go, I'll help you."
"No no I can manager don't worry." I said while I dropped something from the table.
Manager -" no Tian , let me come with you."
"I said no then it's a no. Wait here I'll be back."
I argued and left.
I was washing my hand after doing my business. While I was walking to go outside, I felt a sharp pain on my neck. A slap . I looked back and saw a person in all black was standing behind me. Probably hiding in a washroom stall and waiting for me to come. I felt something liquids on my neck.
That person tried to grab me but I punched them on their face. Even though I'm drunk but don't try underestimate my power you asshole.
The person fell beside the door frame of the washroom gate. I tried to grab them but felt my body was being a little feverish. Before I could catch that person, that person ran.
The scent of expensive truffle oil and aged wine usually calmed me, but now it felt like a suffocating blanket. Where the liquid had grazed my neck, my skin felt like it was being pressed against a live wire. The heat was jagged, moving in waves that made the voices of my dinner companions sound like they were underwater.
"Tian? Are you alright?" someone asked, but their voice was a blur.
I stood up too fast, the chair scraping harshly against the marble floor. My knees buckled slightly, a treacherous lethargy pulling at my muscles. I needed air. I needed ice.
As I stumbled toward the corridor leading to the restrooms, a hand caught my elbow. It was firm, grounding, and familiar.
"Tian, stop," a voice hissed.
I looked down, my vision swimming, to see Sayna. Her eyes were sharp with professional alarm. She saw the way my pupils had swallowed the iris and the deep, betrayed red staining my throat.
"Your pulse is hitting 120 just looking at me," Sayna whispered, stepping closer to shield me from the rest of the room.
She reached up, her cool fingers grazing the skin of my neck where the substance had settled. "What did you get into? Your skin is burning."
At her touch, I let out a sound that was half-gasp, half-shudder, my forehead dropping onto her shoulder as my last shred of composure
evaporated. "Sayna... help me. I can't... I can't think."
Tian's pov ended….
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The valet hadn't even finished opening the door before Sayna practically shoved Tian into the back seat.
The click of the door locks was the only sound in the plush interior. For a moment, the silence was deafening.
"Tian, look at me," Sayna whispered, reaching for a bottle of water.
He turned, and she flinched. His eyes, usually so controlled and professional, were dark-his pupils had nearly swallowed the amber of his irises. They were shimmering with a glazed, liquid heat. He didn't look like an idol anymore; he looked like a man drowning in his own skin.
"It's... it's too tight," he gasped, his fingers fumbling uselessly at the buttons of his shirt.
"Sayna, I can't... the air is too hot."
Without thinking, she leaned across the center console. Her cool fingers brushed his wrist to stop him from tearing the fabric, but the second her skin touched his, Tian let out a ragged, hitched breath. He didn't pull away. Instead, he leaned into her touch, his forehead dropping onto her shoulder with a heavy, defeated thud.
"Don't move," he pleaded, his voice vibrating against her collarbone. "Your hands... they're the only thing that feels cold."
Sayna froze. She could feel the frantic, erratic rhythm of his heart through his chest, a hammer-beat against her own ribs. She was just his makeup artist, the one meant to fix his surface, but right now, she was the only thing keeping his world from spinning completely out of control.
She leaned closer, her voice a sharp whisper over the hum of the AC. "Did you take an aphrodisiac? Or did someone put something on you?"
Tian couldn't answer; he just shook his head frantically, his breath hitching as he leaned back into the leather seat.
Suddenly Sayna's eye fell on a big bulge between Tian's legs...…..
"oh my freaking gods....."Sayna screamed internally.