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Only this time, Reed did laugh, much to Nathan's confusion and dismay. "You thought I was joking, didn't you?" Reed shook his head and at the same time, his laughter died. There was no humor left on his face. "I wish I was."
"Oh," Nathan's face colored up in an instant. He was very embarrassed and horrified. At the same time, he still could not easily believe it and half of him still expected Reed to admit he was messing around with him. "I'm sorry, that was inappropri
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRETCopyright © Agatha RoseAll Rights Reserved.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬The "TBNB" Series by Agatha RoseYoung / New Adult :1. The Bad Nerd Boy - Season 1, 2, 3 (Completed on GoodNovel)2. Asian Potterhead and the Lovestruck Bad Boy ( Hunter Jones & Mey Wang )3. The Blonde That Got Away ( Luke & Shanelle Bernucci )
What is the difference between 'the love of your life' and 'your soulmate'?One is a choice, one is not.C H A P T E R 1The young man sat in front of a computer, gaze locked on his monitor. The bright screen showed the colorful homepage of a questionable dating site. It claimed to host millions of profiles of extremely attractive young men, women, etc. All of them looking for romance and financial sponsorship.Nathan stared bleary-eyed at his computer after eight hours of a futile job search. He took a swig from his can of Heineken and wondered at what point in his life did it spiral down so bad that he sat here, jobless at twenty five years of age, looking for a suga
C H A P T E R 2 When the beautiful young lady had asked him about his name, Nathan had not suspected anything at all. He had even thought about whether the woman had mistaken him for someone else. She looked very much like a rich young mistress, tall and beautiful with expensive jewelry and designer clothes. She did not seem like she would fit with any of his acquaintances. And the name 'Stephan' simply did not ring a bell. He shook his head. The woman nodded. "I suppose people do not generally use their real names when signing up for sex work." Nathan froze. Was she calling him a gigolo? He was very offended. Just because he looked cute and handsome didn't mean he was a hooker! He wanted to scold this rude woman so badly! T
C H A P T E R 3 It was a cold morning. Looking outside, the snow had started to pile up quite high. Daniel Westminster breathed out cigarette smoke by the french windows. He looked down at his phone again to examine the pic
C H A P T E R 4 The short little text was sent last night at 3.32 am. 'Hi' it said.
C H A P T E R 5 Nathan's mom was very happy when he told her he had been accepted as a game developer at Dreamsoft. At the very least, she could finally stop nagging him to get a job and turn it into nagging him to do his job well instead. Thankfully, the job was rather relaxed, allowing him to work remotely and at flexible hours. So she did not need to nag him to wake up early every day. Friday night, Sarah called with the cover story she made up for him and Daniel. "You first met at university, were reacquainted se
C H A P T E R 6 Nathan felt as nervous as if he was the one coming out to his mother. Daniel, of course, had come out to his mom years ago, but the problem was that she did not actually believe him. Hence, it was now also Nathan's problem. Daniel's mother looked surprised. But if she was unhappy or skeptical about Nathan, she did not show it or at least, she was very good at mastering her expression. The way she still had that smile permanently plastered on her face reminded Nathan of Daniel. "What a pleasant surprise," she laughed. She was a beautiful woman, and her smile looked very friendly, but there was something calculating in her gaze. Nathan stood there, stiff a
C H A P T E R 7 "Victoria," Daniel replied. Nathan barely held himself back from gaping at what he said. Didn't Daniel's mother say this woman would not come today? All of a sudden Nathan started to get panicked. "Nathan, this is Victoria. Victoria, this is Nathan, my boyfriend." Daniel calmly introduced them to each other as though nothing was wrong. "Hi," Nathan smiled nervously. Victoria stared back at him, silent and unmoving. The silence was so awkward and stifling as she eyed him like prey, the eerie smile still painted on her lips. "It must have been some time sinc
C H A P T E R 2 0 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S Only this time, Reed did laugh, much to Nathan's confusion and dismay. "You thought I was joking, didn't you?" Reed shook his head and at the same time, his laughter died. There was no humor left on his face. "I wish I was." "Oh," Nathan's face colored up in an instant. He was very embarrassed and horrified. At the same time, he still could not easily believe it and half of him still expected Reed to admit he was messing around with him. "I'm sorry, that was inappropri
C H A P T E R 1 9 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S Nathan stared at the painting hung in the wall of Javier's living room and sighed. He wished he had eaten a bigger lunch because right now, he felt so hungry like he could swallow a whole horse. He knew that his impertinent stomach would go to great lengths to get food even if that might risk embarrassing Nathan by making weird noises.
C H A P T E R 1 8 D A N I E L W E S T M I N S T E R After Daniel Westminster had dropped Nathan and his family at Nathan's half sister's fiance's house, he received a text from Sarah asking if he was available. They arranged to meet in half an hour. "Do you think something is up with my sister?" Daniel asked. Sarah raised an eyebrow as she sipped her coffee. "No. Why do you ask?" They were sitting in Sarah's favorite coffee shop while she did some work on her computer. Daniel did not understand why she chose to do work in public spaces, but she said it helped her to concentrate. Daniel was inclined to believe otherwise, but he considered that Sarah's brain might work differently from his and she would actually concentrate better at pu
C H A P T E R 1 7 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S When they first arrived, Nathan was really convinced that they had gotten to the wrong address because surely, there was no way Ella’s fiancé lived in what looked like a mansion. He turned to Daniel and quickly asked, “Are you sure this is the right place?”
C H A P T E R 1 6 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S Once Nathan had secured a ride, he rose to his feet and walked towards his cupboard. Despite him telling himself that he would be quick about it, he ended up spending the next fifteen minutes trying to choose which clothes to wear. In the end, he went with a white dress shirt and a pair of black pants. He was going to put a tie on it but then thought against it at the last minute, thinking that it might be too formal.
C H A P T E R 1 5 N A T H A N W I L L I A M It was around noon when Nathan received a phone call from Jessica, his little sister. “Hello?” he answered on the first ring, knowing fully well that she would complain about it if he did not. “Nate! Guess what has just happened?!” said his sister in excitement without any preamble whatsoever. Nathan pressed the volume button at the side of his phone to lower down the volume, knowing fully well that his sister would continue talking this loudly throughout the phone call. “Why do I have a feeling that you will tell me anyway?” “Ugh, you are no fun!” complained Jess, sounding a bit annoyed for a second but she quickly recovered as she said, “We are invited to a dinner party tonight!”
C H A P T E R 1 4 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S That day, Nathan had woken up late. When he went downstairs to get breakfast, it was already two in the afternoon. Thankfully, his workplace was very lenient and let him work whenever he wanted as long as he submitted his tasks on time. After struggling with his button designing task for two whole weeks, he finally succeeded in getting one of his designs approved. It was the first button design that he had submitted previously, the one that
C H A P T E R 1 3After the time Nathan had first asked Daniel to go out together, it got easier. Soon, he was frequently dragging Daniel out to eat or just hang out together. They also kept taking pictures together anywhere they went, and Nathan's camera roll was soon filled with pictures of him and Daniel.Scrolling through his phone gallery, Nathan felt a little like their relationship was real. They looked very close in the pictures, and somehow they had never felt awkward with each other at all. It was surprisingly easy to be with Daniel. At least, Nathan was
C H A P T E R 1 2 "Seriously?" Nathan groaned in frustration and nearly spilled half of his cup of jasmine tea as he read the rejection email from the leader of the designer team that he received this morning.It was yet another rejection and at this point, he had no clue how many rejections he had received thus far. He was sure if he started counting them, there was a high chance that he would get depressed and start questioning his own skill.When he had first received the assignment to design buttons for the new, currently in development MMORPG, Nathan thought it would be such an