Undeniable Attraction

Chapter 4: The Rumor

After a couple of hours, Net finally came home and went straight to his own house after greeting his parents and letting them know he's back. He changed into a black sleeveless shirt and grey sweatpants, then headed to his built-in gym for a quick exercise before taking a shower. When he finishes showering, Net goes back to his parents house to eat dinner with his parents and his older brother's family.

As the night started to go deep, he excused himself after finishing his meal and went straight to his office inside his house to work on the documents related to his business that he needed to look into and decided to call it a night after he finished reading and signing a large pile of papers.

Sitting on his bed with his phone in his hands, back resting at the headboard, Net decided to visit James social media accounts to see if the idol had posted anything for the day. He saw a new post, a picture of a chocolate cake with a handwritten congratulatory message for their successful concert captioned by a 'thank you' and a white heart, uploaded an hour ago by the idol on his Instagram account. The actor's lips lifted into a small smile, looking at the screen of his phone, trying so hard not to let the temptation of liking said post get the better of him. He knows James has an image to protect, and him interacting with any of his posts may or may not raise suspicion, so he seldom keeps his hand to himself as to not cause any trouble for the idol.

"Next time, maybe," Net whispered in the air before locking his phone and putting it by his bedside.

Net woke up the following day to his phone buzzing nonstop. His hand tapped on the bedside table, trying to reach for his phone, as he groggily opened his eyes. The actor frowned when he saw his manager's name on the screen, as he has no schedule for today and is supposed to have the day all to himself. Nonetheless, the barely awake man still answered the phone.

"Oh, thank God you finally picked up the phone. I know you're supposed to have the day off today, but I'm now on my way to your place. I have important things to discuss with you."

As soon as he answered the call, his manager did not waste a second and went straight to the point, leaving him confused as he looked at the digital clock that says it is currently quarter to six in the morning. Whatever it is that his manager needs to discuss seems important, seeing as the others did not even bother to greet him first.

"What's going on, P'Jim?" he asked as he got off the bed to prepare for the arrival of Jim, his manager.

"It's hard to explain over the phone; I'm about 20 minutes away. Just wait till I get there; I'll hang up the phone now."

Despite his confusion, Net decided to take their conversation off of his mind and went straight to the bathroom to shower and get dressed. While in the shower, the actor couldn't help by try to remember any possible reason for his manager's sudden visit that seemed to be of importance, seeing how Jim went as far as to impose, which never happens before unless an emergency occurs, on his rest days, but got no luck as he couldn't remember any possible reasons at all.

True to his word, after 20 minutes or so, a car pulled up in their driveway, and his manager got off the driver's seat carrying his bag and an envelope. Net was about to invite his manager over to his own house when his mother came out and invited them over for breakfast, so he had no choice but to go over and comply with her wishes.