Touch Of Solicitude

TREINTA

"Miss Kim, they are already preparing for today's shooting," Lina entered the room after Elias left, "Is Ludwig there?" I questioned as she nodded in return.

"Yes, he's already here," I stood up, fixing the desk, "Lead the way," She started walking while I followed behind.

Arriving at the shooting studio, they were already taking pictures, "You look good there, Mister Ferreiro," The photographer commented, complementing the man, the clicking of the camera resonated across the studio, "Look here," Instantly he changed his expression and position.

If this man took a modeling career, he might be destroying several models by now, "Here, Miss Kim," Lina offered, I sat from afar, enough to see Luigi, "Thank you,"

He must have noticed that I was looking at him; his presence was bigger than anyone in the room; for a second, he glanced at me, looking whipped in front of the camera. He could be a supermodel with his looks.

"He's wasting his looks on some company even if he is some big shot," I heard the stylists talking from a distance, "He should be an actor or a model. His looks is far from average, to tell the truth, he looks better than any other top stars,"

Lina must have noticed that I was paying attention to their gossips, "Please don't mind them," I nodded and continued to look forward, but I still listened to them, "He's a famous financier that recently returned to Ylury, I heard that he declined all magazines that wanted an interview,"

"Then, the offer from The Bulletin is the first one he accepted?" She sounded shocked, "Yes, well, The Bulletin is Ylury's top magazine, of course he would accept the offer, however, from the rumors that I've heard, it seems like it was because of a woman from the company, he did it as a favor."

"Do you mean his lover?" I choked on my water as the woman raised, "Miss Kim?" I shook my head, looking awkward at Lina.

"Well, he is attractive, there is no attractive person that has no lover. He has tons of admirers basing from his looks, he must have a lover, I can assure you that," I subtly grinned, "Do you know his relationship status, Miss Kim?"

I chuckled, "He's single, well, that is all I know," She nodded slowly, "If the women here probably heard that, they would of course, not hesitate to make a move on him."

"Mister Ferreiro is a perfect boyfriend if I were to say that, he's good looking, smart, and has wealth," She added. "I agree," I muttered to myself, smiling like an idiot.

"You look like you're having a lot of fun these days, Miss Kim," Lina smiled at me as if she was teasing me, "I'm not," Flustered, I averted my gaze.

"I know that you love the company, but they way you look at Mister Ferreiro, it's as if you got the latest issue of a magazine that you liked," She chuckled, "Moreover, you don't look that happy, you look happier with Mister Ferreiro,"

The shoot ended, with us packing up at the break of dust, "Let's have a team dinner!" I shouted, immediately, everyone's eyes widened, screaming in glee, "I booked a pub for us earlier, let's relieve our stress for today, everyone worked hard!"

I was the first to arrive at the pub; Luigi came last because he had to wash up. If possible, I do not want to look into his eyes; I feel embarrassed with what Lina said.

"Cheers!" They yelled, "Cheers!"

Unconsciously, little by little, Luigi is slowly entering my system without me knowing. If I were to know it, probably, it would be too late. After chugging a glass of beer, I sighed deeply.

Even I cannot believe that this man is managing it all by himself; I do not want to be in a relationship right now; it will all end up with me crying. I had enough of those.

"The director was pretty strict earlier, it must be because of how good Mister Ferreiro is at handling the shoot. He's so good at everything, I even thought for a second that he must've been a model not a financier," Lina narrated, "Even now, I can't believe that Mister Ferreiro accepted our request,"

I just nodded at scooped out a platter of meat, and proceeded to eat; I am paying all of these, so I should eat something. "Sunny," I jolted out, "Mister Ferreiro," Lina greeted him on my behalf.

I turned around and continued to drink; why of all times must he sit beside me. I know that I cannot avoid him because we live in the same house but at least let me compose myself for once, even for an hour.

I hate this feeling, no- I need to eat, this will all go once I am full, all these feelings will go away once I eat. I continued to chomp on the meat until my stomach was full.

"Aren't you eating to much, Miss Kim?" Lina raised; I looked at her awkwardly, "Really-" I could not finish my sentence when he interrupted.

"That would be great, she barely eats at home," He gestured, covering his face with his hand sideways as if he was whispering at Lina, "Mister Ferreiro, you know that she could still hear us, right?" The Secretary looked at me and chuckled.

For a second, our gazes met, but I immediately turned around; he patted my head, making me look at him, slowly lowering his hand; I felt him grabbing mine.

I glanced at him, but he looked at the staff this time, starting a conversation with them. Since when did he have the guts to hold my hand in public? I was about to take my hand back when he suddenly intertwined our fingers, gripping them tightly.

"Miss Kim, are you unwell, your face looks red?" Lina voiced out of concern; I shook my head, "I'm fine, it's probably because I drank too much," I forced to smile, trying to look the best as possible, not trying to show how embarrassed and flustered I was because of how our hands were clasped together.