Keeping The Balance [Hiatus]

Chapter Four - The CEO Reborn Step Brother - Task World One (4)

Hol was looking at the text from the protagonist while sitting in the office of his flower shop trying not to throw his phone away. Hol placed his phone down on the desk softly before banging his head hard on the desk. He could feel pain on his forehead but it couldn't get rid of the feeling in his stomach.

'Whhhyyyy? I am not ready to deal with this yet! I was planning how the confession would go but I had to be stupid and indirectly confess my feelings for Terrance. Stupid Karson original feelings getting hard for me to control. . . Now I have to deal with the aftermath!' Hol could feel tears building up in his eyes due to the embarrassment he felt at the moment. He knew he couldn't just not meet with the protagonist. He had to plan with the protagonist to take care of their piece of a shit brother.

After leaving his head on the desk for a few moments, Hol decided to lift his head with a determined look on his face. 'You are an adult Hol! So man up and face Terrance! Whatever happens, will happen.' Nodding his head to himself Hol was pleased with his thought process and decided that he should finally leave his office.

When Hol left the office he noticed a few of his workers were standing outside of his door looking at him with concerned looks on their faces. Hol raised an eyebrow in confusion wondering why they were just standing outside the door. He noticed that one of the workers was pushed forward but the others.

In front of him was a petite girl with olive skin and a serious look in her brown eyes with her long brown hair tied behind her. He found out from Karson's memories that this was Carol Wolfe. The person who his maid was attracted to and dating. Looking at her with a curious look she quickly glared behind her at her co-workers before looking at him with concern in her eyes.

"Mr. Wallace, are you okay? We heard a loud bang in the office. Did you hurt yourself?" Hol was screaming inside when he realized that his workers heard him banging his head against his desk due to embarrassment. Hol made sure to keep his expression flat as he was panicking inside of his body.

"Sorry about that. I accidentally hit my head on my desk when I was trying to get something that fell on the ground." Hol lied through his teeth with a straight face feeling satisfied when all of his workers nodded their heads in understanding and left. Only Carol was left looking at him with an unconvinced look on her face.

"Yeah, you accidentally dropped something on the ground. I believe that Mr. Wallace. I believe that." Carol rolled her eyes at him catching his obvious lie making Hol awkwardly avoid her knowing eyes. She just shakes her head at him and walks away to continue working.

Hol could feel his face grow slightly warm as he awkwardly cleared his throat before going to handle his flower shop. He was kind of awkward at first at running the shop but after a while, he got used to it. He continued working until it was time to close the shop at five which meant he had to face Terrance now.

He thought he could have at least gone home to wait for Terrance to pick him up but it seems like luck wasn't on his side at all since Terrance was outside his shop waiting for him while leaning on their car. Hol's expression was calm but he was freaking out on the inside.

Terrance smiled at him which caused Hol's heart to go crazy and his hands to get sweaty. He awkwardly coughs in his hand as he tries not to lose his calm expression.

"S-So where are we going to talk? I mean I don't necessarily care but I am just curious. I mean I do care!.... I'm sorry that I am rambling. . ." Hol was cursing himself for fumbling with his words and felt his face grow warm as he heard Terrance chuckle with their deep voice.

"Relax, I am not going to do anything to you. I mean unless that is what you want?" Terrance put a finger under Hol's chin forcing him to look at them directly in their piercing brown eyes. Hol could feel his reasons leave his head as he looked at Terrance directly. He wanted to just lose himself in their arms.