Venom

《 Fifty - Six 》

"The meeting is over. I want all performance reports of the past two years in my office by this afternoon."

Kevin sat at the head of a large meeting table. He was dressed in a sharp blue business suit, giving off a cold vibe. His black hair was put up in a neat man bun and his sharp eyes were covered by a pair of thick-framed black glasses. He watched as the line of employees left the office. He let out a sigh and leaned back on the chair.

It had been four weeks since Yifan had come back from Shanghai. He had taken over as the CEO of one of his mother's main international companies. Jia had asked Kevin if he wanted to work along with Yifan and when he accepted, she gave him the COO position. Yifan didn't want to leave his best friend behind so he offered Nico the CFO position. The other man had declined that powerful position and Yifan asked if he wanted to work as Kevin's assistant, though his salary would the same as the COO. Nico had accepted the offer so he could help his friends.

"He was supposed to be in the meeting." The tattooed man said out loud as he stood up. He walked out of the meeting room and saw the person he was looking for. Nico passed him by without a glance. Kevin became confused as he saw Nico wiping his face with his sleeves.

"Nico!" The black-haired man shouted and he saw the other freeze.

Nico wiped his tears away hastily and turned around to face his friend. He tried to smile but the taller man could see the hurt flash in his green eyes. Kevin felt his jaw tighten as he stepped closer. His hand came up to hold the side of Nico's face gently.

"Who bothered you?" Kevin asked with an angry tone.

"N-No one. Something got into my eyes s-so they got red." The green-haired man pulled his face away and avoided eye contact.

Not liking that, the taller man grabbed Nico's chin and forced him to look up. "Say the name and I'll-"

"Forget it, Kevin. Excuse me." The shorter man tried to walk away but he felt the other grab his arm.

Kevin pulled his friend into a spare meeting room and shut the door. Nico looked to the side as the tattooed man walked towards him. He took a step back but Kevin followed him. The shorter man kept walking back until his back hit the wall. He gulped as Kevin stood right in front of him and set his hands on either side of the wall, trapping him.

"What happened?" The black-haired man asked in a softer tone.

"What are you doing, dude? What if someone comes in and gets the wrong idea?" The green-haired man tried to avoid the question but Kevin stared at him like a hawk.

"I don't give a fuck what others think." The black-haired man said as Nico stared to the side.

"Kevin, I'm your assistant at work. We're not friends here. Let me go out." The elder said but his friend didn't budge.

"Do you want me to tell Yifan? Imagine he finds out someone made his best friend cry." Kevin asked and Nico shook his head.

Kevin grabbed his friend's wrist gently and dragged him to the meeting table. He made the shorter man sit on a chair and pulled another chair to sit in front of him. Kevin spread his legs and crossed his arms while leaning back. He waited for his friend to speak.

Nico looked down at his lap as tears formed again in his green eyes. "I went to the sales department to get a few files for a meeting. A female staff member made comments about my scar and everyone laughed."

"What did she say?" Kevin's dark eyes were swimming with anger.

"She said looking at me made her want to throw up. I was the ugliest person she had seen at the company and wondered how I even got a job here."