The Marigold Wilts As the Daisies Blooms

Chapter 4

(Present)

~Pete POV~

I walked into the office with some iced coffee for my team and a double shot espresso for Vegas. Knowing him, he will need this for the hangover. I walked into his office and he was nowhere to be seen. Damn it! I thought. He must have slept late. I called him about 5 times and it went directly to voicemail. Ay, I knew I should have gone with him yesterday, I could have stopped him from reaching his limit.

"YAWN- Oops is boss not here?" Erica asked. "Yeah, how many drinks did he have yesterday?" "four vodka shots and I think 2 or three tequila shots" "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I TOLD YOu to monitor him. MAn.

 His breaking point is 3 shots of Vodka and one tequila shot. He is not going to wake up before 1 and we have to speak to the potential ambassadors to sign a deal. God." I was going crazy, the meeting is in an hour and I need to prep him beforehand as well. "Wait Pete, I forgot to tell you something-" "Erica, I am going to get Vegas, if anyone comes here, stall them," I said and rushed upstairs.

Luckily this idiot lived in the building he worked at. Wait what am I saying, he owns this building. I knocked on the door hard and he didn't open it. Luckily I had a spare key made in case of emergencies. Ok well, not emergencies... but because I have brought him up when he was drunk far too many times. I opened it and saw his clothes everywhere, it was a literal mess. 'VEGAAASSS!' I screamed internally. Where was this bastard?

My hand was itching to clean up the mess but I fought that thought away. I marched into his bedroom and saw him sleeping soundly while being half naked. His arm was hugging another man's shoulder who also happened to be naked. My world froze for the second time. My eyes widened with surprise. 

He... has a boyfriend? Wait he's gay? I moved closer to the bed and Vegas suddenly twitched and hug the dude closer. The other one moved his face to my side and I looked closely. "FuCK!" I screamed. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAh" The guy screamed. "SHIA Pete, what the fuck are you doing here?"

Both of them hurried to cover themselves with the bedsheet. They acted like teenagers whose mom busted them, the guy was actually the actor we were supposed to sign with today. I guess my charming boss already signed with him. "Pete, you're spacing out!" Vegas snapped me back to reality. "Um... I'm sorry, you have a meeting at 9:30, and it's 9 now. I mean both of you actually. I'm sure your manager must have called you already considering your phone is vibrating over there." He turned to look at his phone which kept lighting up every two minutes. I'm sure it had at least 100 notifications.

"Sorry Pete," Vegas mumbled and got up to take a shower. The other guy got dressed and left immediately. "Please take the back exit, it's down the elevator and first left. We can't have any of your fans or stalkers catch you can we?" I told him. 

I stood outside Vegas's bathroom and screamed all the details of the meeting. "Clause 11, the company and the talent will not have any kind of relationships beyond the one stated in the contract. The talent WILL NOT BE OVERWORKED and all work assigned must be CONSENTED TO BY BOTH PARTIES." I screamed. "I heard you!" Vegas screamed back from inside.

He walked out with a towel covering his lower half and he held another towel to dry his hair. He smelled like fresh lavender and it surrounded the atmosphere. I smiled unknowingly. Unconsciously I looked right at him and wow. He looks like a greek god. He definitely works out from the way his biceps bulged out and his abs were faintly defined. His jawline was chiseled and the steam droplets highlighted his tan body. "um-uh" I stuttered. "Pete?" He said in his deep voice. Yeah, say my name. WaitWHAT DID I JUST THINK?

"Um, that's it for now. The Actor's name is Rain Prachara Chiwaree, I'm presuming you know that. And yeah I'll go now." He grabbed my forearm and said, "Whatever happened last night, wouldn't affect this right?" "What did you do last night?" "I- you know, we-" "I'm sorry, I know its personal, but it would always be better to keep personal matters and work matters separate. It would have been better if last night did not happen but what can we do if you are lovers?" I said casually although I felt some sort of prickling feeling in my heart.

"We're not lovers Pete. It was a one-time thing." I felt a bit of relief hearing that. "Oh alright, then make sure to keep it separate otherwise if your relationship gets out of hand the deal may be at stake. You know by now there are many deals coming for him and given that he's just starting out, people will poach him for sure. We need to get him before the others." "Yes, yes definitely,"Vegas said deep in thought. "Now if you could do me a favor and wear your clothes, it would be better."

Vegas rushed into his closet to find his blazer and I went downstairs. The agency had not come in yet which was good for us.

"Hey, Pete! I told you I had something to say and you just left!" Erica nagged me

"What?"

"That boy, Rain. He was in Hum bar yesterday with his friends. We invited them over to our table because we are signing a deal anyway. Vegas got pretty close to him yesterday and I think he even dropped him off."

Wow what a story, that's how they met huh. Dropped him off my ass, that kid just bagged a sugar daddy for himself.

"Oh... When is the agency coming?"

"They called in and said they would be half an hour late."

"Ok thank you for being here in my place,"I told her and Erica went back to her desk.

This is such a slimy situation. If the agency finds out about what happened yesterday, they may even file a case against us. Vegas came down to his office and I gave him coffee. "It's cold now but it's too late for me to buy you anything," I told him. Actually, I had plenty of time, given that the agency will take time to get here but I didn't want to go get him anything. "Thanks." He said and took his cup. He cleaned up pretty well, it didn't look like he had a hangover but his glasses were awfully smudgy it bugged me.

"Why are you standing there, is there anything you want to say?" He asked. "Um here, Wipe your glasses," I said and gave him a tissue. I walked out.

// The agency is called star agency

The meeting started and the agency went over the contract once again with their legal expert and ours. We also mentioned the proposed salary and everything worked out. Throughout the meeting, Rain kept his gaze down trying not to see me or Vegas in the eye. Vegas was calm and collected and acted as if nothing happened.

"Why don't we go out for lunch Mister Vegas?" The CEO asked us. Vegas looked at me for approval and I nodded. he didn't have anything major today so one lunch couldn't hurt. "Yes, why not? Pete, could you find if there's a table at Eataly?" He asked me. I got the table and they were about to leave. "Aren't you coming with us?" Vegas asked.

To be honest, I was reluctant because that boy was going to be there as well. "Yes, come, more the merrier!" The CEO said. I ultimately agreed and went with them. It was going to be awkward as hell.