Tiger's trick #Ares&Tharn

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"Can you go talk to me in the office for a moment?" Tharn tried to keep his voice steady and led his two juniors to the office immediately. As they walked, he was confused and distressed about how to tell his juniors what was going on. Tharn was confident that if he asked both of them not to tell anyone about what they saw, they definitely wouldn't say anything. But he didn't know how to answer them.

When they arrived at the office, Daisy and Prem went inside and closed the door, causing the other actors preparing outside to look on in confusion, wondering what Daisy and Prem had been called in to discuss.

"Um..." Tharn was about to start speaking.

"You don't have to say anything, P'Tharn. We understand. We won't tell anyone for sure," Daisy quickly interjected, and Prem nodded in agreement. Tharn let out a soft, exasperated laugh.

"If I say it was just a greeting, would you believe me?" Tharn jokingly asked, but both of them shook their heads.

"Why don't you believe it?" Tharn asked back.

"Oh, come on, P'Tharn. You had Mr Ares stroking your cheek and looking at you like he wanted to devour you. That's definitely not just a greeting. We're not naive kids who don't know anything," Daisy teased. Tharn's face immediately flushed when he heard what Daisy said.

"Devour? What nonsense! That's ridiculous," Tharn pretended to say to cover up his embarrassment, and both juniors giggled.

"Well, then it's settled..." Daisy continued to ask, and Tharn sat in silence for a moment.

"Can I not say anything right now? Just promise me that you two won't talk about this with anyone, okay?" Tharn said directly. He wasn't sure how to explain to the two juniors what kind of relationship he had with Ares.

"Don't worry, P'Tharn. We won't tell anyone. Just let us know when you're ready to make it public, and we'll share the details then," Daisy and Prem said, laughing together. Tharn shook his head in exasperation, wondering what they would even call it when they did go public.

"Alright, let's get back to work. I bought a lot of things from Japan," Tharn suggested, changing the subject to work. He then led both of them to see the items that Ares's bodyguard had brought and asked someone to fetch Aomsin.

"Hello, P'Tharn," Aomsin greeted Tharn with a slight bow. Tharn smiled in return.

"I brought some souvenirs for you too," Tharn said as he handed over the snacks he bought and a set of clothes.

"P'Tharn, you shouldn't have gone through so much trouble. P'Rafa brought a lot of things for me too," Aomsin replied, sounding a bit coy, which made Tharn pause for a moment.

"Rafa? He bought stuff for you?" Tharn asked in surprise.

"Hey, hey, is there something going on here?" Prem teased. Daisy and Prem adored Aomsin like a younger brother and looked after him when Tharn wasn't around.

"What do you mean?" Aomsin asked, confused.

"It's nothing. They just talk nonsense," Tharn said, not wanting the young boy to think too much about it. He then noticed a scratch on Aomsin's arm, so he gently took Aomsin's arm to examine it, causing Aomsin to flinch slightly.

"This looks like a scratch. Who did this to you?" Tharn asked seriously. Daisy and Prem moved closer to take a look as well.

"Huh, when I arrived, I didn't see these marks," Daisy commented. Aomsin pursed his lips slightly.

"There's nothing really, just an accident," Aomsin replied, his voice a little hesitant. Then Tharn recalled what Rafa had told him: that Pha Paeng didn't like Aomsin.