Unexpectedly Ronan instructing Shael to walk away went viral.
" Gosh! He is so harsh on his boyfriend."
" Just look at Shael's puppy face."
" He is definitely cheating with someone else, or why would he make his boyfriend walk away."
Strange enough, comments about cheating were more. They were posted and reposted again that the topic Ronan cheating on his boyfriend hit the top searches.
Shael was sitting on the edge of his bed after taking the shower. He was scrolling through those comments.
" Exactly, why would he make me walk away," Shael sounded sarcastic.
He turned off the lights and went to bed but he couldn't get rid of the heaviness on his chest. He let out a deep breath and closed his eyes but it wasn't helping either.
His cell phone started buzzing nonstop as it was exploding with the notifications. He picked it up and unlocked it. His account was tagged in a post that was exploding with countless comments.
He opened the post. It was his picture with a refreshing smile from the event earlier.
The caption read, " How could I dare to cheat when my boyfriend is this gorgeous."
Shael quickly looked up at the author of the post, it was Ronan. He slid away his cell phone at the bed and hid his face under the blanket. He felt a rush of adrenaline in his body that he could hear his own heart beat.
That one post washed away all his negative doubts, exactly I should try to understand the nature of his work, he picked up his phone and read the caption once again and placed his phone at his chest. A faint smile persistent while he was lying on his bed.
That night he read that post countless times and couldn't sleep well.
The Next day Shael bumped into Ronan while he was headed to the restroom and Shael was just coming out. Ronan was gasping for air, sweating heavily and he looked pale.
" What happened? Are you okay?" Shael's heart dropped.
Ronan pushed him away, entered the restroom and locked the door. Shael could hear Ronan grunting for a while and then he went silent. After a moment he opened the door and walked out, his face freshly washed, he wasn't gasping anymore but his face was pale as before.
Shael held his hand which he snapped back quickly, " get to the work, I am fine." He walked away coldly .
Shael's eyes got teary and he stood there frozen for a while, why is he doing this to me? He mumbled in a weak hushed voice as if he was about to burst out into tears.
Sorrell knocked at the door before entering and noticed someone unfamiliar in the office instead of Ronan. Broad Shoulders, dark black hair, a mysterious figure.
" Who are you? You aren't allowed to enter without permission."
He turned around, " Hi I am Raven the new secretary of president Ronan. Good that I met you here, I have been meaning to see you."
Sorrell's gaze drifted to his outstretched hand for handshake, his eyes narrowing slightly as he asked, "Meet me? Why?"
Raven didn't avoid his gaze , " To take over the tasks of course."
" Where is president ?" Sorrell didn't pay attention to him and walked to the table to place the files over it.
" He headed to restroom earlier," Raven gaze stalking his face with a faint smile.
Sorrell turned to look at him staring and a shiver went down his spine as his eyes were piercing through him.
Sorrell observed his clothes. His clothes seems to be from expensive brands. He is dressed more like a CEO.
Ronan entered the office, his skin pale , exhaustion evident in his expressions.
" President," both of them greeted, turning to him.
" Sorrell it's Raven my new secretary and Raven it's Sorrell my personal assistant," Ronan plopped at his chair closing his eyes, " Sorrell, you can hand over the office work to him. He will be taking care of it from now on."
Sorrell glanced at Raven once again before turning to Ronan, " You always hated to have more personals taking care of things, then why?" He stopped being careful with his words.
" I was definitely being harsh at you," Ronan opened the files, " I am surprised that you have been putting up with all the burden for such a long time. Don't worry about your salary, I raised your salary along with bonus approval. You have worked hard and our company needs you for a long period. Please take care of the tasks outside the company."
" Yes president," Sorrell turned to Raven who was looking at him throughout the conversation instead of looking at Ronan, " come along, I will let you know about the work."
Raven tagged along walking to the Sorrell's desk. His eyes were fixed at Sorrell's tiny waist, he traced his back to the shoulders , then slowly to his neck and back of his head at dark brown hairs. The little smile settled on his lips consistently.
Shael met Ronan in the hallway of the company, " are you feeling any better?" He asked.
But Ronan walked away without any reply. There was a new employee walking along with him.
Sorrell noticed it and he approached Shael, "things are too hectic, I think he might be feeling better now," he tried to ease Shael.
" Who is beside him?"
" Ahhh , it's new secretary. He said that it was too much burden on me so he elected a secretary for office work."
" He is quite handsome," Shael walked to the entrance.
" Yeah, quite weird too."
"Really," Shael turned to him.
" Yeah as I have noticed so far," Sorrell bowed slightly, " Then see you again."
" Why are you so polite to me, we are like friends."
Sorrell couldn't think of anything to reply and Shael waved at him before leaving, " See you."
The day felt as heavy as Shael's chest and as cloudy as his thoughts. He stood in front of a mirror in his room looking at his face. Why are you ignoring me when I finally started depending on you emotionally? His vision became blurry due to tears, "I finally started trusting you.
He took a deep breath and picked up his phone and called someone, " Sorrell can you help me?" He said as the other party picked up.
" Yeah sure. What is it Mr. Shael?"
" Could you drop me off at Ronan's place?"
There was a brief moment of silence.
" Are you home? Then never mind," he was about to hang up but heard Sorrell.
" I will pick you up in half an hour, I'm free anyways."
On the way to Ronan's house Shael asked, " is Ronan a lot busier at work?"
He was previously but recently he had some spare time to take brief breaks."
" This morning he looked sick, was he okay?"
" Yeah in the morning he almost collapsed due to work pressure," Sorrell tone was awkward as if he was lying.
Am I being impulsive? Should I head back?Shael questioned himself. He leaned against the window, Let's just get things straight. Let's just get hurt for once and all rather than hurting every day.
Ronan opened the door and saw Shael standing there, " what are you doing here?"
" Why are you avoiding me," Shael didn't want to spin things and went straight to the point.
" Okay, let's talk on phone, it's too late go home," When he was about to shut the door Shael snuck his feet into it.
" I want to talk to you face to face," Shael voice was trembling in pain, " You said you were interested in me, you were going to prove that you will be loyal to me, but why are you acting like that?"
" Shael please," he grabbed Shael's shirt near the shoulder, trying to hold in his emotions and stand straight, " I am sorry about avoiding you but can we talk later?"
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" No I want to talk right now."
Ronan leaned to Shael, " if you stay here longer, I might hurt you."
Shael's attention finally shifted to Ronan's heavy breathing as he was burning in high fever barely standing holding Shael trying to control himself but couldn't help getting closer to Shael. He could smell his strong Rose scented pheromones.
" Are you going through Rut?"
A sudden realisation hits Shael, Ronan avoiding getting near him , making him stand away and pushing him away all made sense.
" So he was avoiding me so that he wouldn't hurt me?" Shael looked at Ronan face , his eyes were closed due to uncomfortable sensation.
That made his moist eyes drip and he hugged him tightly.
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