My Secret

Chapter 17

Here's a new update for you guys!

I would like to apologize again for not being consistent with my updates, but I would like to return to my original update plans, when I was still in school, and do 1 story update, per week. That means, that for this week, it would be this story, for next week it could be my Omegaverse story, and the week after than could be my werewolf story. I just want to be consistent with what I am updating, because I feel I am not putting out enough updates for all of my readers, and sooner or later my story might become dead. So I am finally scheduling an update for every story. I hope you all understand.

Anyways!

A new character has been introduced! And a new revelation as well! What could happen next?

On with the story!

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"... so this is the reason to why you have been gone for most of the time?" Wayo asked as him and Phana had sat down in front of his father, as they all were seated in in front of the CEO's desk. The office was decorated well, with various posters of the company's actors and their successful projects. Being an entertainment company, they managed actors, models, and singers as well. The walls were decorated with movie posters, records of their singers, and a few pictures of their most famous models. Wayo immediately recognized his fiancé's poster for a famous clothing line in Thailand. He couldn't help but be proud of Phana's achievements, looking at his handsome fiancé's face.

"Yes. I have been coming in for a while now to look over the company. Since your big brother is about to graduate in a few months, He will sooner or later take over our business, and I wanted to expand some of it, as to buying shares." Korn said as he sat comfortably in front of his son and his fiancé.

"But.... I don't understand. Did you invest in this company because of P'Pha?" Wayo asked. He didn't understand how his father was interested in an entertainment company, being an owner of a construction company filled to the brim with architects, engineers, and designers.

"Well... I did not know at first that Phana belonged to IMB Entertainment, but I saw that their artists are very well off, and their ethics with their workers are the best. I decided to invest, and further buying stocks and being co-owner now." Korn explained. Wayo and Phana looked at the CEO to know if what Korn was saying was true, receiving a nod of approval.

"If I may, can we go to the matter at hand now?" Mila said interrupting the conversation between families. She was there in the room as Phana's manager. She decided to keep quiet seeing as her artist and the CEO, now CEOs, and his fiancé were talking. As their conversation grew, her phone had been going crazy, receiving various articles about Phana and Wayo, also getting contacts with some of the companies that Phana had been working with to know if it was true. While they did not ridicule him for being with a man, they were concerned that the money that they were giving Phana was just being given to the "gold digger".

"Ah yes. Thank you N'Mila for pointing it out." Ice said as he sat seriously.

"As you all probably know, there have been articles about our artist, Phana Kongthanin, and N'Wayo Panitchiyasawad, to which we have no proof of..." Ice said as he put up the articles on his computer. Korn's eyebrows knitted in the middle, unsure of what they were talking about.

"I'm not aware of this... May I know what articles are about my son and my future son-in-law?" Korn asked, challenging his new business partner. Ice just looked surprised at Korn's statement.

"Future son-in-law?" Ice questioned.

"A-Ah... Yes sir. I forgot to tell you, I have proposed last week to N'Yo, to which he had answered yes." Phana said. Ice was pleasantly surprised. Even though he had only heard of Wayo from Phana, Mila, and Korn. Now that he was in front of him, he had to admit that their descriptions of the boy was VERY underrated.

"Well, I believe that a congratulations are in order." Ice said smiling softly at the newly engaged couple.

"Thank you, Mr. Banlengchit. We hope that you would come to the wedding..." Wayo said thanking Ice, blushing at how he was already thinking of the wedding when they have bigger problems right now.

"I will come of course." Ice said smiling at Wayo. Phana and Wayo both had huge smiles on their faces, knowing that Phana's boss was very supportive of their relationship.

"While we can discuss the details of your wedding another time, I believe that we have more important matters to attend to..." Korn said interrupting the lovely moment. He was happy as well that his son and his lover was finally ready to tie the knot, but knowing that they were both involved in a scandal, was not a good thing in his book.

"Ah, yes. So now, I would like to ask Phana and Wayo if both of you have read the articles about you both?" Ice asked as Phana and Wayo nodded.

"I am not aware of this. Can someone enlighten me?" Korn said raising his eyebrow in question.

"Well, it seems that a few articles have stated that my artist is dating a man. While it has not bothered me, since my artists are responsible for their own love lives, but what bothers me is that said "man" is a "gold digger" trying to actually climb his way towards me." Ice said as he skimmed the articles.

Wayo and Phana were shocked at the new revelation. They only knew about the gold digger issue, but to become a social climber through sex was brand new. Korn's eyebrows knitted together. While he did not care about the entertainment business, it bothered him that his own son was labelled as a "gold digger" when he could actually buy Phana's entertainment company with spare change to buy two shopping malls immediately.

"A gold digger huh? It seems that this is a strong case of libel don't you think?" Korn asked.

"i believe so..." Ice said.

"Libel?" Wayo asked. He was not aware of what the term meant.

"Libel is defamation babe. It means that someone is trying to destroy your reputation." Phana explained.

"Yes, it is. What do you think we should do about it?" Ice asked his artist.

"Well... this is very serious. I've been getting mostly sexual harassment at school, with some thinking that I am willing to blow all my money for them just for sex..." Phana grumbled.

"What?" Wayo asked. Phana had not told him about the sexual harassment things.

"It's nothing I can't handle babe." Phana said dismissing Wayo's curiosity and concern.

"That's VERY concerning now..." Ice said as he leaned back into his chair.

"So what do we do?" Wayo asked.

"Well, I can't have articles ruining my son and son-in-law's reputation. I demand justice." Korn said.

"I agree. Not only does it ruin my artist's reputation, but also my company's." Ice said mimicking Korn's demeanor.

"So we'll sue the writers of the article?" Mila asked.

"Not really. We can't do that directly. The usual procedure is that we release a statement before we conduct in an investigation, but this is totally different since Phana had mentioned about sexual harassment." Ice said motioning towards Phana.

"So what do we do?" Wayo asked.

Ice and Korn looked at each other, having a a silent conversation before nodding their heads.

"We need to know who gave them the information about your relationship..."

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TADAAAAAAAA~!

I'm sorry about the VERY short update, but I've been trying to readjust my sleep schedule, which was messed up in the first place. I'm so sorry if the next few updates from me are going to be short, but I'm trying my best right now. I do sincerely apologize.

So we now know how they will start! What do you think will happen? What will they find out?

Until next time!