Chapter 18.2
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Oh, so he’s okay. He even has time to f*****g take a picture but no time to reply to my messages.
It’s still very early but my mood is already sour. I decided to just eat breakfast and read books. I was about to cook my lunch after taking a bath when I heard my phone rang.
Wow. So now he can call but last night he was what? Missing in action? I immediately ended the call and continued cooking. I finished cooking and all but the ringing in my phone did not even once stopped. I continued eating not minding the call. After washing the dishes, I took the phone from the center table. I ended the call, but I read his messages.
'Love'
'Answer the phone please’
'I'm outside. I won't leave unless you talk to me please’
I rolled my eyes before walking towards the bedroom to take my wallet and facemask. I lock the doors in the house before swiftly walking towards his car and in the passenger seat.
"Love let me exp---"
"Just drive. I don’t want to talk here,” I immediately cut him off then just stared at the window.
When we reached the parking lot of his condo, I did not wait for him to open the door and quickly walk towards the elevator. He immediately caught up with me and walk by my side.
I immediately spot Theo in the sofa, so I walked towards him.
"Happy Birthday Theo," I greeted the dog then tap his head.
We were supposed to celebrate Theo's birthday today, but I was really in no mood. I went with Silas just to greet Theo. Now that I’ve done what I came here for, I want to go home.
I was just sitting on the sofa when Silas sat beside me and tried to hold my hand. "Hon," he softly called me, but I averted his gaze. He was holding my hand, but I did not exert enough effort to hold him back. It makes me so sad how he did not even think about how worried I am because of him. Cancelling plans was not new in our relationship anymore. And it's okay. But it’s not okay to make me wait and worry.
"Hon, I'm sorry."
He bent his knees in front of me, but I still chose to ignore him and look everywhere except met his eyes. He held both my hands then he kissed my knuckles. "I really am."
"Where were you last night?" I asked when I finally looked him in the eye. My tears were about to fall, and I used all my energy to stop them. "I was in the shooting location. I thought we were going to finish by six, but the director decided to shoot the next scene on the same day because of some appointment he can't miss."
"I’ve always told you that I am okay with you cancelling plans with me," I couldn’t help but to shed tears. "I wouldn't mind if we can’t meet and be with each other because I know how busy you are. But are you really that busy that you couldn’t even bother texting or calling me?”
He wiped my tears then hug me to his chest. "I texted you love, but it was just this morning when I realized that the message did not go through. My phone's battery run out and I didn't have the chance to charged it because I was too exhausted. I know my excuses are quite shitty but that’s what really happen I swear. After I read your messages this morning, I rushed towards you."
He looked me in the eye and despite my tears, I saw a glimpse of fresh tears from his eyes. I wiped his tears then hug him tight. I badly want to hit myself because I’m too soft for him that I can’t even bear to be mad for long. I missed him too much already. Why would I waste the time that I could hug him like this?
"Let's bake a cake for Theo?"
His face immediately brightens after hearing what I said. He helped me stand up then we both went to the kitchen. Good thing that he has ingredients for baking here already so we don’t need to go out and buy.
"You’re so stupid. Is that scrambled egg or cake mixture? One is enough!”
I exclaimed when I saw him beating and putting five eggs into the mixture. Tsk, I suggested that we look online for cake recipes since we both don’t know how to do it, but he refused. He suggested that we eyeball this! Huh! Good for me, I once saw a video clip on baking in YouTube
"Do you want me to hit you with this baking pan? Don’t pour it all! The insides won’t be cook! You’re so dumb!”
I think I’ll run out of patience with this guy. He filled the baking pan with cake batter! And his reason was more outrageous! He said he wanted to make a big cake, so he filled it! Ugh! Can I put him in the oven instead?
"Why are you mad?" Wow, he’s even asking me that when all he did today was make my blood boil with all his questionable actions.
While we’re waiting for the batter to be cooked, I was startled when he put flour over my head. I immediately throw him a dagger glance, but this annoying jerk is just smiling from ear to ear like a f*****g lunatic. Annoying!
"Grandma Erina. You now have white hair, you look good though,” his tone was teasing.
I suddenly throw a handful of flour in his mouth. Huh, you think I’ll back down? No way!
"Wow, Silas Kim looking good in full face make-up!” I countered as I laugh at his flour-filled face.
We were just teasing each other while he tickles me when his phone rang. I breathe deeply as he stopped tickling me to answer the phone.
He walked towards the living room to avoid my attacks. I stayed in the kitchen to check out cake batter. After just a few minutes the call ended, and he walked towards me again so I smiled and called him so we can continue what we’re doing. My smile instantly vanished when I saw the expression on his face.
"Hon, I need to go back.”
He looked pained while telling me how their director has to attend something important next week, so they need to finish the shoot today. I tried to listen, but my disappointment was clouding both my judgment and my ability to hear reason.
Sunday. It’s the only day that we can spend some time with each other and now this? Instead of speaking words I might regret later, I just smiled at him and told him to go.
"I understand. Go now."
He kissed my cheeks then wash himself before walking towards the kitchen where I am.
"One of our maids will picked Theo up later, I'll see you soon. I love you."
He didn't even give me time to respond because he dashed towards the main door immediately. I finished the cake and after an hour, the maid picked Theo up. I brought the cake back in the house. It’s a good thing that I know how to drive now because I didn’t need to call anyone to pick me up or book a grab.
The next few days were even busier than the past month. The sales of my solo were steady and there has been a talk about making a full album for myself.
Days passed by quickly and Silas and I can’t even talk on phones now. He's in Canada because a scene in the drams will be taken there. Because of the time difference, we find it hard to communicate.
Everything was going well not until 3 weeks later when a scandal erupted in the company.
The H&H entertainment were in havoc because of the r**e case against one of the managers in the company. A trainee who was allegedly sexually assaulted by the manager filed a case and gained a lot of attention. We’ve been hearing rumors about this issue, but this is the first one that caught the media’s attention.
The reporters built a camp outside the company and they are there every second of the day which made it hard for us to go home peacefully. Fans from twitter are also asking artist from our company if we were assaulted too. We were ordered to be silent, so we just kept mum about the issue. Our scheduled performances were all cancelled. There were even investors threatening to pull out their shares. Even the sales of previously released songs and albums were dropping.
People are boycotting every artist of H&H to force us to leave the company. Even if I want to do that, it’s not easy. There are binding contracts involved and we need to abide by the rules.
I was having lunch with the girls in the cafeteria when I was called in Sir Hades’ office. I did not even ask what is about because I badly wanted to get out of the cafeteria too. Its so quiet there that I feel like suffocating. The employees are not even talking to each other. Maybe they're just worried that they will lose their job if they say something wrong.
I knocked thrice before opening the door. I was startled when I saw Nathan in front of Sir Hades.
"Sir, " I bowed and wait for him to acknowledge me before sitting on the chair in front of Nathan. We smiled at each other but did not talk.
The atmosphere's heavy and I can feel that what we’re about to talk about is something serious.
"I’ll cut to the chase and make this short," Sir Hades sighed heavily. "The company needs you."
"What do you mean, Sir?" Nathan asked.
"We needed a distraction from this scandal immediately and there's no bigger news than you two collaborating for a song."
"What?"
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