Despair, disappointment, and disbelief. The three types of expression flashed in Michy's face the moment he heard how Azren broke the silence in Willem's office.
Aside from the three expressions, Michy felt betrayed as well. He had warned Azren to not say anything during the meeting with his uncle, but the blonde didn't listen to him and suddenly threw a careless confession that made the room fall quiet.
He believed that he would be able to deal with this matter without the blonde's help, but the blonde dared to ruin his plan.
Michy was fuming inside, but he then realized that it was also his fault because he was spacing out and didn't utter any word earlier. He was so deep in thought that he couldn't stop Azren to say something like that.
There was an opening for the blonde to say something, and the blonde used that opening. Yes, it was Michy's fault too.
"What do you mean by you were the one who had provoked Michy to do something like that?" Willem finally found his voice and questioned his nephew's assistant.
Before Azren made a sudden statement, Willem didn't even glance at the man. Only after the blonde dared to voice out what was on his mind, the boss of Seventius finally pay attention to the young demon.
"Don't listen to him, Uncle. He just wanted to defend me, so he said nonsense to you. No one provoked me, and I did all of that because I wanted to," Michy came to the rescue before the blonde could even say anything.
Willem finally turned his head to his nephew after hearing his nephew's denial. "Did I ask you a question earlier, Michy? The question was not for you, so you don't need to answer it. Your assistant is the one who has to answer my question."
The warm Willem Shelton suddenly turned cold when he reprimanded his nephew, and the said nephew remained silent when he heard the scolding.
Willem rarely got angry. He was a composed man, and he would always treat his family well in any situation. But he was still a professional man in the business, and it seemed he couldn't tolerate any mistake even if it was his nephew who made the mistake.
The older man sighed heavily before turning to the blonde again. "Now you can answer my question," he ordered the young man.
It seemed that Michy chose to comply with his uncle's order, and he could only let his assistant answer his uncle's question. He glanced at his blonde assistant, and he could see his assistant squirming uncomfortably on his seat.
Azren suddenly became the center of attention, and it was quite nerve-wracking. Even so, he had made up his mind, and he didn't want to back off at all. He was a man, and a real man had to take the responsibility for what he had done.
"Felice told me that Michy had some evil fans that probably would hurt him in the fan signing event, and before the event started, I encouraged Michy to punish those evil fans so that they wouldn't dare to act badly toward him. It turned out one of the fans came to Michy and asked a sensitive question to Michy, and Michy started his act. It's because of my provocation."
Michy stared at Azren in disbelief after the latter finished confessing to his uncle. The blonde revealed everything to his uncle, and he couldn't even do anything to stop the reckless action.
Azren had changed a lot since he started working for the young idol. Before today, the blonde was so obedient and always listened to the idol's words. But the blonde dared to walk on his own path today, refusing to be guided by the idol.
The timid blonde turned into a stronger blonde, and he acted like a real man when he confessed his mistake.
Michy was speechless as he kept staring at his assistant, and his assistant seemed to notice his gaze. However, the assistant didn't return the gaze and just continued staring at the big boss of Seventius.
Felice and CM also stared at Azren in disbelief. Azren was just a reserved and honest person in their eyes, and they didn't expect that a soft man like Azren would be able to provoke Michy to do bad things.
Not to mention that the effect of the provocation had become a threat for Michy's career now.
"I've never taught Michy to do that kind of lowly act in order to get the fame, but you dared to provoke Michy to do something like that?" Willem finally questioned him darkly.
The dark tone made Azren gulp. Would he lose his job after this?
His simple idea to raise Michy's evil meter ended up this way, and he didn't expect it at all. Humans were so complicated, and their hearts were mysteries.
Love could turn into hatred in a split second just like what happened to Michy's fan.
"Why did you say something like that to my assistant, Uncle?" Michy voice could be heard, and Azren glimpsed at the young idol, who was challenging his uncle with his sharp azure eyes.
"It's the entertainment industry, and it's normal for celebrities to do something like that, right? All celebrities are fake. Can't I do something like that too?" The male idol continued, and this time, his tone sounded more confident.
Perhaps Azren's confidence gave him the courage to argue with his uncle. Arguing with an older person was not good, but Michy ended up arguing with his uncle because of Azren.
It was the first time Michy acted like that in front of him, and Willem stared at his nephew in disbelief. "How could you have that kind of thoughts, Michy? How could you change so drastically? Where's my innocent nephew? Did you change like this because of your assistant's bad influence?" He snapped at his nephew while pointing his finger at Azren.
"It's not because of Azren. It was me who wanted to do something like that," Michy boldly answered his uncle's question. "Don't you know that every human has their own evil side, Uncle? I'm not your pure nephew. I could be evil too if I wanted to."
Willem was in raged upon hearing his nephew's bold statement, and he immediately got up from his seat. "You dared to say something like that to your uncle, Michy?"
The situation got even tenser, and the four people in the room were getting up from their seats as well. CM tried to hold her father's arm as she tried to calm her father, but the father was still glaring at the silver-haired boy.
"Don't get angry at Michy, Dad. Michy is still young, and it's probably just his rebellion phase," CM tried to give a reason, and she sounded like an old lady trying to calm her angry son.
It was indeed rare for Willem to get angry, but when he finally couldn't hold back his anger, the situation would be so terrifying.
The only one who dared to speak when Willem got angry was CM. The girl was the same age as Michy, but she looked and sounded so mature when she tried to maintain the peaceful atmosphere between them all.
Michy indeed had provoked Willem's wrath, but CM didn't want her father to fully blame her cousin. She could see that Michy was in a bad condition right now, and she just wanted to protect her cousin.
"You said that Michy is in his rebellion phase now? Did you mean it's my fault for not being able to teach him to be a good person?" Willem had turned his head toward CM and questioned the girl instead of Michy.
The question made CM sigh. "That's not what I meant, Dad," she replied. "All teenagers will be experiencing a rebellion phase, and that's normal. It's just a phase of Michy, so you don't have to worry about it."
The father shook his head at his daughter's reasoning. "You want to say that you have experienced that rebellion phase too? But when and where? Why didn't I notice your rebellion phase before?"
All attentions suddenly moved to the young girl, and the girl could only sigh again. "Don't you remember when I forced you to buy me the sports bike and said to you that I wanted to be a MotoGP rider? That's my rebellion phase, Dad. You don't notice it?"
Willem gasped upon hearing his daughter's question. His memory flew to the moment when CM was being weird by asking him to buy her a sports bike, and she even said that she wanted to be a MotoGP rider. That was CM's rebellion phase?
Willem was confused, but he covered his expression so well as he replied, "Michy's rebellion phase is different from you, Carmen. Michy is not normal at all, and I suspect that a demon is following him around to make him act that way!"