Friends or Lovers [BossNoeul AU] [LoveInTheAir]

CHAPTER1: Prologue

**** NOEUL ****

I see him on the other side of the large waiting room, sitting alone, playing with his phone.

I don't know why my eyes landed on him in a room filled with over fifty other attractive men.

He was the only one who was alone. Everyone else was at least in pairs, with their managers or parents, waiting anxiously to get called.

He sat by himself looking comfortable in his skin, not paying much attention to what was happening around him.

I felt a need to approach him and this took me by surprise.

My task here was clear.

I just needed to run lines with potential partners- I had already landed a lead role.

It wasn't my job to find my future ship partner.

And frankly, I wasn't even necessarily thinking about the role as my eyes kept being pulled to him.

There was an allure and handsomeness about him that drew me.

His face was captivating- strong bone structure, high cheekbones, arching eyebrows, single hoop earring, and hair pulled back in a half ponytail.

He's dressed in the requisite leather jacket and jeans as are all the other actors auditioning for the lead role of bad boy Payu.

I walk over to him and get his attention with an easygoing smile on my face.

I have learned to never be afraid to go after what I want since I've been living away from my family in another country for years and had to put myself out there.

"Hey there, have you eaten? Did you see the lunch boxes over there? It's lunchtime, you should eat."

He turns his face to me, looking up from the phone he was playing with.

I forget to breathe for a few seconds.

His eyes are deep, dark, slanted, and alluring.

His full eyebrows raise slightly as his eyes capture mine and slowly run over my face and land on my lips.

His eyes smile before his mouth does.

"Um, hi," he says.

Hi, eyes follow my finger to the table against the wall filled with lunch boxes and drinks where other actor-want-to-be's have gathered as they wait for their turn to get called.

"My name is Noeul. What's yours?" I ask.

"I'm Boss," he says as he gazes again directly into my eyes.

We chit-chat, shooting the typical get-to-know-you questions back and forth.

The conversation flows more easily than I expect.