“Someone is coming out of the door-”

“Quick, get the goddamn camera!”

“Oww!” The short person unintentionally hit the tall reporter while taking the camera out. After the tall man saw two figures coming out from the main entrance of Hazel’s house, he muttered to the other man in almost a whisper.

He who saw it, turned to the car to get the camera out, and somehow succeeded in bruising his partner’s forehead.

“Uh- Hazel and Ian. Perfect~”

They saw Ian and Hazel walk around the garden to reach the garage, where Ian’s car was parked. Ian was wearing the suit he wore for the award ceremony, wrinkled, not neat, but it was the same suit, while Hazel looked like she just got out of the shower. Her hair was damp, and she was wearing a long t-shirt that went below her thighs.

Nevertheless, they reached for where Ian’s car was parked. Ian, who slightly looked around and saw the cameras, turned back to meet her eyes of Hazel and then they got closer. Ian’s lips met Hazel’s while his hands went around her hair, in the same way, Hazel kissed Ian passionately, while looking as if they both would not give a damn to the world.

Their lips parted, and Ian smiled. Hazel returned the smile, while her smile reached her eyes.

“I’ll get going,” He muttered and got into the car.

That was his plan. He succeeded in distracting the two reporters who followed them throughout the night.

[Back at the room]

“What if we put on a show?” Ian questioned looking at both Hazel and Alexa.

“Like what?” Alexa said and propped herself on the bed not being able to handle the new upcoming headache. For her, if something went wrong to defame her image, that would be a scandal that might hold her hard forever during her career.

“Hazel and I can go from the front door, and you can sneak out from the back. We can just kiss in front of the cameras, and I know since Hazel has been in the industry for long, she would not mind another small stupid scandal,” Ian said looking at her and raising his eyebrow.

“Yeah, they are really stupid. They come and go, but I don’t mind, and meh- It’s Ian Renner; the man that people talk a lot about these days. Either way, anything to save your ass, honey,” She said while reaching down to kiss Alexa.

“That’s enough, we are going out in five,” Ian said smiling and shaking his head watching how they keep being playful with each other.

“Seriously though, you guys don’t have to do this,” Alexa said after she got detached from Hazel.

“Yeah, right. Let’s all go from the front door then, won’t be much of a problem if you are fine with it,” Ian said sarcastically.

“Cut the crap! I will say my sweet goodbye to the director, you can just escape,” Hazel said after giggling.

[Reporters]

“Perfect~ Look at them, this is going to be huge, and I’m not even joking,” The short man said while looking at the pictures he took.

“But are you sure it is just both of them? Did you not say there was another actress? Our commission would just increase a few more bucks if the story is spicy, and another woman in it would have made it to the numbers,” The tall man said with a frown.

“Nah, this might do it as well. Not like there IS anyone there, let’s go before Ian sees us,”

They both hurriedly ran around the car, got in– and drove off from where they were.

Ian who sat in the driver’s seat saw how the two men ran away with their cameras and smirked smugly knowing what he could expect by tomorrow morning. Thinking about it, he took off and went to his home knowing he needed some more rest before thinking about anything else.

At the same time, right after Ian and Hazel went out of the front door to put on the ‘show’ that Ian had mentioned, Alexa collected her belongings and escaped out the backdoor of Hazel’s house. Before exiting, she did not forget to thank them knowing they were risking their character as well.

-

It had been no more than twenty hours and almost everywhere the news of Ian sleeping with Hazel right after the awards was spreading like wildfire.

That was how much people had been talking about it. Some even went on by assuming how they could be secretly dating. Considering that Hazel was never in any movie that Ian directed or got involved in, some assumed that Ian could be dating her.

It was mainly assumed by how close they were in the photographs. Their faces looked as if they were happy, satisfied, and most importantly like they knew each other. Even the kiss looked extra passionate and attractive. Considering how good of a kisser Hazel was, and how many kissing scenes she had acted in, the photographs showed nothing but a happy couple.

Some people even went on talking about how big of a playboy Ian was. Talking about how he and two actresses were caught on camera previously; Eloise and Alexa, they had mentioned how a director maintained relationships with different people in the industry.

“The director who won two Oscars went home with Hazel– and was caught with their lips sealed. Is this healthy?”

“Ian Renner was found kissing Hazel Baker in front of Hazel’s house. Are they dating?”

“Young director happened to have a nice night after winning two Oscars for his movie La La Land!”

“The newest couple of Hollywood – an unexpected DUO! Who knew this would be coming?!”

“The RUMOURS of Ian RENNER dating an actress has been confirmed! BUT we did not see this coming?!”

The article's headlines grabbed the attention of a lot of people considering how popular Ian was among the fans of Hollywood. The main thing that grabbed the attention of the general public was how a young man like Ian, won two Oscars for his movies. It was something that people were more curious about.

_Is.this.real?

Sometimes it kinda feels like that Ian Renner would date every other actress and tbh we don’t even care. He is doing a great job in his career and according to whaT i FEEL his dating life is none of our business. No wonder why celebrities hate PAPARAZZI!

Smiley_wonder_payne

Oh MYGAWDS! Look how cute they are! Hazel be living in our dreams! (oopz- did i slip that out?!)

Tomatoesontopbitch

I wish I was Hazel! They look cuteeeeeee! Way to go, couple! Wish we had more evidence! haha

wtf.is.life

I can’t believe this douchebag is dating every actress. Man! You just came to the industry, keep that pickle inside ur pants! So gross! Ughhhh

The comments were different and something that no one cared about considering the news is already running from ear to ear. Ian Renner’s fame got nothing but more exposure.

Considering almost every other director who had a competition with each other had at least twelve years of experience in the industry. But Ian’s case was completely the opposite. He was young, and inexperienced but was someone who achieved a lot of success during the little time he spent in Hollywood.

Due to all of that, the attention Ian gained was high, and something like this did nothing but increase the need to spread things and know more about him.

[...]

Mason walked inside Ian’s office with a magazine in his hand. He looked neutral and walked casually knowing that Ian is not stupid and was aware of the whole situation.

He placed the magazine in front of Ian and sat in the chair.

“Is Hazel your new girlfriend?” Mason asked right when he came in.

“Not really, just friends. And, congratulations to us again, uncle. We did it,” Ian said with a smile.

Mason shook his head, “I know this scandal was something that has to do with one of your plans, but whatever it is, you played well. Anyway, what I wanted to ask was, will you join in the promo of Green Book? There’s not much time left for it, and we are kind of in an emergency to settle things down,” Mason asked.

Ian said nothing but took the article and turned to the page where his scandal was printed. He kept nodding to Mason’s words yet avoided eye contact for some time.

“Your reputation is high currently and I think it would help,”

“I can’t. I will join in for the premiere, and at that time I can face the media, but not earlier than that. I want this movie to be something Moses did on his own because it truly is done by him. So, yeah,” Ian said looking at Mason.

“I understand. How are things going with Batman? Shouldn’t it be ready by now?” Mason questioned further.

“Yeah, I have to invest some more time in the editing process and it should be fine and prepared to release in no time. But before that, the promotions will start during this month,”

Ian stood up walking to his bookshelf, “It is finally the time for the world to see what I have been working on; something that can change the superhero movies,” He said with a smile and walked to stand in front of Mason again.