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"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 8 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S "I am going to pee," Nathan told the girls a few moments after Daniel left. "Where is the restroom?" "There is one down the hall to the left," Sarah told him. "Thanks," said Nathan then went out of the room and headed towards the restroom. As he passed by another door down the hall, he heard sounds of people arguing. Out of curiosity, he slowed down and paused in his steps. It sounded like a woman and a man h
C H A P T E R 9 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S As soon as Nathan said that, Sarah burst into laughter while Daniel blinked stupidly. "You look good together though," Charlotte supplied helpfully. Sarah rolled her eyes. "Well, she had only known Nathan for one morning," Daniel said optimistically. "She just said that to make you feel awkward, do not pay any mind to her." Nathan turned to Sarah and Charlotte, pretending to sulk. "Be honest, do you also think that Daniel and I just look like friends?"
C H A P T E R 1 0 'Ur boyfriend is so hot' Nathan read the text sent by his friend and felt a little proud. It was just too bad that the boyfriend being mentioned was not his actual boyfriend, but he still felt good to be able to show off Daniel's photo to his friends. "What are you smiling at?" Daniel asked curiously. "Hm?" Nathan looked up from his phone
C H A P T E R 1 1Daniel looked unsure, but he acquiesced. "Alright."As soon as he received the permission, Nathan picked up the call. "Hello?""Where is Daniel?" Victoria demanded. She had quickly recognized his voice, and her tone was very frosty."He is not available right now," Nathan said. Technically, he was not lying, because Daniel was driving right then and it would be dangerous to pick up calls while driving, right? Nathan made the excuse in his heart and felt satisfied. Before Victoria could continue with her sentence, he quickly added
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
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 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 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 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