"Let's finish today's meeting first," Evan said without saying anything else. His face that had always been fierce and terrible now looked fragile and weak.
He immediately rushed off to get out of the meeting room. Mr. John followed behind him with his brow furrowed in confusion.
After they left, the E building was bustling with a buzz of people. While tidying the files and other equipment, they were gossiping with each other. Almost all of the participants at the meeting were men.
"Wow, what's wrong with our boss today? Usually, he always forces us to have long meetings right?" said one of the meeting participants while glancing at the door. His name was Al. Al was afraid that suddenly Evan or Mr. John would enter the meeting room again.
"I do not know either. But thankfully we were able to finish the meeting early. Usually, we are always stuck in a meeting for at least five hours, right? Because of that, my work has been neglected," grumbled another one named Rudy.
"But this is very strange, right? Is our boss in love?" whispered Al with his face still often looking at the door.
"Shut up!" Rudy also slapped AL's mouth hard. Then he glared at his friend. "You better don't talk about sensitive love things about Master," continued Rudy in a whisper.
He also glanced around and confirmed that the other members of the meeting had already left and couldn't hear them.
"Why? So what?" asked Al, unable to stop himself from gossiping.
"Didn't you hear about the news?" Rudy brought his mouth closed and put on a serious face.
"What news?"
"Ah, never mind, let's go out first! I'll tell you as I walk. There are a lot of scouts here." Rudy tidied up his files again and stood up.
What was meant by surveillance were CCTV cameras installed in the room at several angles.
"So what news do you mean?" Al nudged Rudy after they both came out of the meeting room. Rudy looked around to make sure that no one else could hear their conversation.
"I heard Mr. Evan has decided to stop having sex with girls," Rudy whispered right in Al's ear.
"Doesn't he like men?" asked Al without feeling guilty.
"Watch your mouth, you idiot! If anyone hears you and reports you to Master, you will bear the consequences." Rudy glared in a warning.
Hearing that his life was in danger, Al quickly covered his mouth. His hands were shaking violently.
Rudy then brought his mouth closer to continue their gossip. "Master is normal, but he has had trauma in the past." Rudy said again while narrowing his eyes.
"Is that true? So he's normal? Wow, this is great news!" Because he was so enthusiastic, Al said in a loud voice. Hearing that chaos could happen because of Al's actions, Rudy finally slapped Al's mouth again. As a result, Al whimpered because he felt a sting in his mouth.
"Can you shut up or not? Otherwise, I will not pass on this news." Rudy looked like he's starting to get angry. But even so, Rudy continued his gossiping agenda.
"You know, ahem, Master only did 'that' once," Rudy whispered another news.
"What?" Al frowned because he didn't understand. However, after seeing Rudy make a seductive gesture, he finally understood that what 'that' meant here was a bed activity.
"Master did 'that' with his first love. But unfortunately, he is only used as a betting object. After they did 'that', he was left married by his first love." Rudy closed his gossip with a steady nod of his head. It was as if he had performed a very important state duty.
"Why should he be traumatized then? If I become Master then I will still do 'that' with many girls. Moreover, he has many fans." Al said lightly.
"That is for you, but not for Master. He is a typical person who only loves one person. Moreover, his relationship with his mother is not good right? So actually his first love was medicine for him at that time. But the medicine has become poison for him."
Al finally nodded in understanding. His face was in serious thought while his hand rubbed his chin in thought.
"Well, I know about his mother. She was the one who had an affair with a foreign businessman and abandoned Master, right?" asked Al with his hand still on his chin.
"Right. So he didn't even want to have a relationship with a single woman in his entire life. But his first love came and finally healed his wounds." Rudy explained.
"But she ended up hurting Master instead," Al replied.
"So true." Rudy snapped his fingers.
"Hah, what a pity our boss. I know he's really scary. But when I hear the story of his life, my heart is also sliced because I feel sad. I hope that his fiancé-to-be can provide some healing as well." Al touched his chest as if he was praying.
"What? Fiancée?" Rudy frowned.
"You haven't heard it? Mr. Evan will be betrothed."
"Is that true? Whoa, crazy! Is that why he's daydreaming today?" Rudy began to associate Evan's behavior earlier with the news of the matchmaking he had just heard.
"Aha, that could be it. Wow, this is great news. Come on, let's spread this gossip!" Al also pulled Rudy to immediately go to their room.
Meanwhile, in his office, Evan leaned back tiredly. His eyes were closed and he didn't want to look around. Mr. John was standing beside him obediently because he felt like his boss needed something.
"Where's the new jockey I asked for?" Evan asked without intending to open his eyes.
"I'm looking for it, Sir," said Mr. John, nodded obediently.
"What took you so long? I want it now. I want it today!" spit out Evan then straightened his back from his swivel chair and looked very intently at Mr. Johan.
But the sharpness of Evan's eyes could not make Mr. John trembled. He was used to dealing with Evan's overflowing emotions. Therefore he was still as disciplined and obedient as usual.
"You just asked for it last night, Master. We have contacted the entire site but have not received a response, "said Mr. John.
"Why do you have to wait for them to respond? Go to them and force them to respond! I'm going to be crazy if this keeps up!" Evan snapped, then closed his eyes again and leaned back in his chair.
"Okay sir, I'll do it right away." Mr. John then went to his chair. After that, he looked for the addresses of the jockeys he had found earlier. The plan now was that he would ask someone to come to the address of the jockeys. But before he could type into the search field Evan had said to kick him out.
"John, I want to be alone," said Evan, still with his eyes closed.
"Yes sir. Please call me if you need anything." Mr. John got up and left Evan's office.
After being completely alone, Evan buried his face on the table. Inside his head, Luci's face was still haunted, let alone those soft lips.
Evan subconsciously pursed his lips in a motion as if he wanted to kiss someone. After realizing how stupid he was doing, he ruffled his hair in frustration.
"Get out of the way! Get out of my mind!" shouted Evan with a wave of his hand in the air because in the air he saw Luci's face there.