The Hidden Romance

CHAPTER 17

                        DUNK

P'Jay and P'Nao left us in one of the company's conference room to handle the Press and our situation while Joong took a call from his mom.

Once in a while he would "Krab" and said "No, Mom, No" and believe me the "No, Mom" made me so nervous. I have watched him pacing back and forth for the past 40 minutes while he took the call.

I know Joong, he loves me, I know with all my heart and he may insists that he'll be with me but if his mother disagree to our relationship, he would be torn. He love his mom and the feeling that he may have in wanting to be with me but not wanting to disobey his mom. It's excruciating for me.

Was it wrong of me to hold on to him even if his mom disapprove of our relationship? Would he be happy if that situation occurs? Could we be really happy if our family wanted us to break off our relationship?

My mind was having a heavy work out and my heart was at the bottom of my stomach with every thought.

"P' Dunk"
"Dunk, Baby"
"Thirak"

Joong was standing before me and was calling for me while I was having a mind-field-day.

"Yes" I croaked.

"You were staring at that wall for awhile there" he said while cupping the right side of my face.

"So, what did your mom say?" I finally asked because the suspense was killing me.

He looked down avoiding my eyes and I knew, I just knew it. My eyes welled up with tears and my heart was already on the floor. 'Oh God, this is hell' I thought to myself.

I guess a tear slipped out because Joong looked up and said "Why are you crying?"

"Because you're breaking up with me" I said tearfully. I wanted to full on sob right there. Dignity be damned.

"What? Where do you get that from?" he asked, confused.

"Well, you avoided my eyes and you looked down" I said again with a breath caught in my throat as I was fighting to control my watery eyes.

"No, No, Oh God" he said and looked down again. Now, I wanted to wail.

"No" he said again, "What I'm trying to say is, she was disappointed?"

My tears fell freely at that statement.

"She was disappointed because she heard it from the Press first and not from us" he said hurriedly.

"Huh?" I said unintelligently while tears fell from my face.

"Really? She did not disapprove of our relationship? She did not tell you to break up with me?" I probe while trying to wipe the tears that fell down.

"No, Baby, she was more hurt that we had to hide from her and for the record she really approves of you" he said trying to pacify me.

"She did not hate me? She did not think I seduce you or anything?" I asked still in doubt.

"No, she loves you and she could not believe that a guy like you would want to be with a guy like me, her words not mine" he said trying to dissuade my doubting mind.

"Thirak, please believe me, infact if she heard about this, she would be more worried" he said again trying to cement his words while looking into my eyes.

"Okay" I just answered.

He was coming for a hug when there was  a knock on the door.

Our managers both walked in and seeing my tearful face, P'Jay came to me and asked "What's wrong?" worriedly.

"Oh, P thought my mom hated him, that's all" Joong answered.

"Did she?" P'Jay asked while pulling me towards him as if trying to shield me.

"Of course not, my mom loves P" Joong answered vehemently.

"Oh, well that's good, lovely even" P'Nao smiled.

P'Jay released me and stood beside P'Nao, looked at eachother, faced us and gearing up to make an announcement.

"On a more serious note, We have News, Good and Bad. The Bad News is the toothbrush brand and the one with the face cream cancel on both of you" P'Jay announced.

I thought my heart couldn't sink anymore but I think it's at the basement parking garage of our company.

"Never like them. It's there loss" P'Nao added haughtily.

"But, the other news" P'Jay continued.

"Is Good News" P'Nao added excitedly

"Dolce&Gabbana asked you two to Be There  Face of Thailand!! Isn't that exciting?" P'Jay and P'Nao both said together at the same time and  jumped with excitement.

"What?"
"Are you serious?"
"Really? "
"You're not kidding?" are the words coming out from Joong and I.

It was seriously unbelievable  could not believe this.This is such an exciting news. I was looking at Joong who was smiling from ear to ear.

The House of Dolce&Gabbana wanted us to be The Face of Thailand. It was mind blowing. After the shit show of the day, it was such a happy and good news.

"That is such good news, P" I said to both our managers.

"It is. Oh! I am so excited" exclaimed P'Nao.

"So, with the cancellation from domestic brands. We'll go full mode for the D&G campaign and gave our very best,Alright!" P'Nao said excitedly.

"You're schedule for now is the D&G campaign and the Fanday only, so you two think of it as a mini vacation and take sometime  off for healing, Alright?" said P'Jay.

"Yes, P" I said and went to hug him.

"P'Jay, P'Nao, Thank you so much, without you two, we'll be nothing" I said to them while still hugging P'Jay.

"Mention not" he said.

"Yes, if we drop you at the single news of a scandal, what will that say about us as a human being." P'Nao said from the side.

"Come On, let's get you two home" P'Jay said while breaking off our hug

"Yeah, let's go home. We were supposed to sleep in today but that plan was interrupted. We should go home and continue" said Joong and started towards the door.

"What? You're not going home?" P'Nao asked him.

Joong before reaching the door look back at P'Nao and said "My Home is where My Thirak is"

P'Nao looked at P'Jay irritatedly and said "Now that the cat's out of the bag, he's gonna be insufferable"

At that, Joong laugh out so loud and it also put a smile on my face.Maybe there are hopes for happiness for people like us after all.

A/n: Hi, guys..sorry for the late update. I have gone through some life changes. So, if you're wondering why it took so long for me to update. My grandma took a fall, turns out she had a mini stroke and starting to develop an Alzheimer. I was fortunately available to care for her, changing her diapers and keep tabs on her and all. My hands are a bit full. If I have a time for myself, sleep is the only thing that comes to mind. So, sorry for the inconveniences. As I said before, I am not abandoning this story, it's just, I was not as free as before. Hope you stick around to read The End. Thank you again for enjoying and reading this story.