Happy New Year!, After a long break and busy schedule, finally chapter 3 is finally finished. Chapter 4 will follow shortly after this update. Maybe after a week. I am very sorry for the delay and I hope you like this chapter. Don't forget to like and share this. Views and votes highly motivates me, I hope you are having a a good start in 2021. Stay safe and Take Care!

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"oh that? It is an honor to invite a world known CEO to my humble celebratory party" Mean takes a sip of his tea. The warm sensation of the liquid coats his mouth and his vision not cutting from the other.

"You are such a sweet talker Tin. Opposite of your rumors actually" Tommy lets out a soft giggle, making the atmosphere comfortable for the two.

"I think it has been a year since I went here, right?" Placing his cup of tea back to the table. Mean nods in agreement.

"The last time you came here was about your friend, am I right?" Tommy tilts his head, trying to remember what it was about. The figure of New came to his mind.

"oh, do you mean my Doctor friend? New?" crossing his arms on his chest.

"New was it, I can't fully remember everyone's name. But it was the white-peculiar guy"

"yeah, that was New all right"

The conversation continued until a knock was heard.

"Can you check who that is?" Mean said to the secretary through his dial.

"Mr. Medthanan, it is the new employee Saifah"

The name Saifah felt awfully familiar to Tommy, he became so uneasy of the guy and he does not even know why.

"Let him in" Mean orders slightly positioning himself to sit more proper. Jimmy is still the prince of the sea.

The door slowly open and 2 figures came into sight. It was a tall one, Saifah and a white guy, New.

They approached the two with waving hands.

"Hey Tommy!" New started. Jimmy was walking beside New and glances at Tommy. New gives a slight bow to Mean and proceeds to sit beside Tommy while Jimmy sat beside Mean.

"Ah Saifah, you are not supposed to sit there" The secretary quickly told Jimmy in a panicked state. Well, it is common that such employees should not sit beside the CEO in a meeting.

"Ah! I'm sorry" Jimmy quickly stands up but Mean stops him by tugging at his arm.

"No, it is okay. Saifah just sit down and Liz" the secretary's name.

"When it is Saifah, I do not mind, could you prepare drink for them too? New, was it? What do you want?"

"Just coffee please, no sugar" New replied,

"How about you Saifah?" Mean asked, Tommy remained eye contact with the tall guy sitting beside Mean. Observing his every move and different expressions.

"No need, I am not that parched anyway, Thank you Liz"

The secretary bowed her head and went on her way. The four are now facing each other.

"So---- what brings you here Tommy?" New asked.

Tommy breaks his eye contact and faces New, "I just want to visit a friend" placing a hand on New's shoulder. "and some personal reasons" facing Mean and Jimmy.

"Something keeps on bothering me" Tommy stated.

"And what may that be?" Mean clarifies.

"Saifah, was it?" pointing to Jimmy, he just nods and not making any eye contact to the man.

"Were you also present at the party?" Jimmy looked at Mean and notice a slight shake of his head.

"Uhh, I was not present during the.... The party. It's my first day here actually" lowering his head.

Tommy let out a hum and takes a sip of his drink.

Liz came back with a tray of drinks and snacks for the four while giving Jimmy a disgusted look.

The prince felt weird from her. Did he do something that made her angry? He wondered the possible reasons.

What he did today at the office was just follow her around and getting introduced to other people, showing the facilities. She was even quite enthusiastic showing him around. Why the sudden change of attitude?

"Mr. Medthanan" New started after taking a sip of his coffee. "I want to ask you something"

"is there a problem New?"

Hesitant, New inhaled deeply before speaking "About one of your models, Tay Tawan"

Mean raised an eyebrow at the mention of Tay's name.

Tay Tawan is a famous model in Mermaid Tail because of his looks and friendly attitude towards others, it is not that hard to be his friend.

"What about him?" Mean replied.

"Can he, ummm have a month break?" New asked. It was not his part to ask this, but he wants to have a month break with him.

"Shouldn't he be the one to be asking this? Why are you doing this instead of him?"

New felt a rush of blood to his head. The embarrassment kicking it. "I am his... umm fiancé?"

"fiancé? You are not even sure yourself?" New just kept silent.

"Let me think about it, in any angle this is a selfish request but if the timing is right, I could allow him to have this opportunity with his 'fiance'. But if he packed with projects, I am afraid that I can't allow him to have a break." Reaching for his phone in his suit.

"I completely understand" New nodded and reached for his coffee releasing a sigh.

"Now now, don't be disappointed, Tay is one of our main models, and for this upcoming season, he will be one of the models to represent not just Mermaid Tail, but also Tommy's Apparel company."

"Is this true Tommy?" New faced Tommy.

"Uh I think so, I am not sure about the models but LakeHeart will be working in collaboration with Mermaid Tail for the upcoming season magazine"

"And, I've just checked the schedule for Tay, and it seems that I can not grant you the 1 month break" Mean placed his phone on the table, showing the schedule to New.

"But if you are okay with 2 weeks, I can" New grasped the phone and scanned the schedule. His face glowed in joy.

"Thank you, I will tell Tay about this" returning the cellphone back to Mean.

"well then, if that is all settled, I still have things to attend to and my employee will be accompanying me, I wish you all good day" Mean stands up and the other 3 followed. They bid their goodbyes and New exits the office first.

"Uhh Saifah" Tommy called Jimmy. The tall one stops moving and his back faces the other.

"Umm, yes?" still not facing. Mean proceeds to his desk and started checking his files.

"Why won't you face me?" reaching his hand to touch Jimmy's arm.

The tall one turns around and faces Tommy, their eyes met once again. Hearts started pounding hard, but neither are saying a thing.

"Uh, is there something you need from me?" Jimmy stated, breaking the silence. Tommy blinks back to his senses and pulls back his hand.

"Oh right, you want to grab some coffee later? There is a newly opened café under my company" clenching his sweaty hands inside his pockets, hoping for a yes.

"I'm not quite sure that I have the time to go, I'm sorry" bowing slightly to the man.

Disappointment made Tommy heart quiver. But there are some strange feelings inside him that does not want him to give up on this man.

"oh, no no it's okay, but if you have a free time, do give me a beep" handing out a business card. Jimmy accepts the card with wo hands and keeps it in his pocket.

"Then, I have to go, I have my own company to attend to, see you around Saifah" Tommy exits the room and Jimmy sits back down on the chair. Reflecting on what just happened and what will he do next.

"It seems like you have a date on hold" Mean suddenly sits down beside him. Grabbing some snacks and eating some.

"I do not know what to do Mean, I'm confused" slumping deeper on the chair.

Mean lets out a hum and Jimmy just raised is brows. It did not go unnoticed and Mean sighs.

"Saifah, remember that you are only here for a few days, why not make everything count?" still reaching for another cookie but Jimmy snatches away the tray.

"I know that already Tin, but I'm worried about him and I. I thought that he already forgotten about me, why is he still coming for me?" Placing the tray back on the table and getting a snack.

"He really FORGOT about you but his body, more importantly his heart remembers you" Mean started.

"I can see it in his eyes that he really likes you and he is also confused why he feels that way"

Jimmy faces Mean. "Why are you so sure about this kind of stuff?"

"It is all about experience Saifah"

Because that is how I see you.

"Hmm talking about experiences now are we, well it is not shocking since I saw this side of you." He places the snack back on the tray and pulls out the card in his pocket.

"Oh is that his number? Why not go on that date? You are not even a regular employee here" Mean leas back on the chair and lets out a heavy sigh.

"Mind your own business Tin, any way, you sound so tired. Do you need help?"

"I've finished reading all the needed updates on some projects and later I have to go to each event studio for the projects, do you want to tag along?"

Jimmy thinks for a moment and nods. "I don't mind actually and seeing how you work is very fascinating too. But why do you even want me to tag along?

Mean lets out a soft giggle and shakes his head before facing a curios Jimmy.

"do you want to stay here and work on papers instead?" Jimmy immediate answers a no and stands up.

"when do we leave?" and excited Jimmy asked

"Just a few more minutes, calling for a specific driver for this" Jimmy sits down on the sofa again.

"A specific driver?" Mean just nods and scans his phone again.

The phone in the office started ringing. Mean picks it up.

"Mr. Methanan, Mr. Rathavit just arrived, should I let him up?"

"No, we'll go down instead, tell him to wait in the lobby"

"Understood sir."

Mean places the phone back and walks to his desk again to gather his materials and documents for the meetings. Jimmy stands up and helped Mean with his folders which Mean appreciated.

They exited the room; Liz bowed her head to Mean and glared at Jimmy. The two went to the lobby.

"TIN!" a guy in sleeveless denim jacket, ripped jeans and sunglasses approached the two.

"Plan, good to see you again. This is Saifah" Mean introduced, and Plan just nodded at Jimmy while he proceeded to get the heavy folders on Mean.

"Let's go, we don't want you to be late" Plan said making eye contact with Mean.

"Yeah, sure. I really hope someone will scold the CEO for being late" Mean teased, giving Plan a wink. The latter turning into shades of pink.

"Whatever" they proceeded to the parking lot and went inside Plan's Lamborghini Veneno. Plan and Mean in front and Tommy at the back, cramped.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting someone else today, so I chose this car." Plan apologized.

"It's okay Plan, it is just a little cramped in here at the back" Jimmy adjusted into a more comfortable position, laying down.

"Well, this car is not meant for a back seat, bear it in for a while okay Saifah" Mean looks behind him and Jimmy was laying down comfortably at the back.

"Don't worry about me, it is very comfortable here at the back now that I am laying down" they both laughed at his positivity.

"Let's go" Plan starts to drive to their first location. During the ride, the stereo was playing random upbeat songs. Plan stealing glances of the person on his right.

Jimmy noticed how Plan was so whipped for Mean and enjoying the sight of the two.

After a few minutes they arrived at the first studio.

It was themed for a subtle nature relaxing vibe. Lots of greenery, simplistic designs and the ambience is very calming.

They went out of the car and Plan remained inside. "call me when you are done, I'll just be in the parking lot" Mean nodded, and they left the car.

They entered the studio and immediately the staff bowed at Mean's presence. Jimmy tags along, carrying the document and files the Mean needed.

The eyes of the staff never left Jimmy. Some and observing, some are glaring. Jimmy just decided to ignore the bunch and followed Mean.

They entered a well air-conditioned room and Jimmy places the documents on the desk. After a minute, someone entered the room. Obviously out of breath and carrying a large file.

"G-good day, Mr. Methanan"

Mean just gestured the man to sit in front of his desk and Jimmy sat on the couch, observing the two.

"What is the current progress of the project, I hope by now you are almost at 80%" Mean explained.

The man opened his large file and showing Mean the progress reports of the studio. Mean just nodded and took a pen. Scribbling on the file as he opens each page.

Suddenly, a lady wearing a tight red dress and red lipstick enters the room.

Jimmy just nodded at her and she paid no attention to him at all

"Tin, welcome back. I hope the progress reports are to your liking" tucking a strand of hair to her ear and showing more of her skin.

Mean did not even give any attention to her. He kept on focusing reading the reports.

"The reports are sloppy; I want you to do a second review of this and some of the numbers are wrong. We don't want any discrepancy now, do we?" His sharp words scared the two individuals in front of him.

"I-I'm sorry, sir, I will review these again." Mean nodded, placing his pen down.

"Can you call the models?" Mean asked and the lady in red nodded and hurriedly scurries out the room.

"Mr. Chen, I do hope this project will do well and the result must be above average, the company invested too much on this. Just letting you know." Mean leans back on his chair.

The haggard man stands up and bows 90 degrees to Mean.

"I will do my best Mr. Medthanan"

"You may go now, I want to see the models after that I need to go, thank you for your time and effort"

The man bowed again and left the room in a panic. His soul must be shattered, Mean did write a lot in that file.

"Was it not good Tin?" Jimmy asked.

Mean let out a sigh and stands up, facing the window. A clear view of the parking lot.

"It is good, but I won't just be contented in good Saifah, we need to be the best of ourselves all the time" Mean looks at Plan's car. Observing the man inside busy on his phone.

"And some of the calculations are wrong, so I need to correct them, corruption is one of the things I hate" a sudden ping came from Mean's phone.

He opens the message and sees that it was a picture of him, frowning on the window. Indeed, it was a message form Plan. Mean looks out the window and sees that Plan is waving at him. He waved back and a smile is plastered on his face.

Jimmy cooed at Mean, "someone is in love I see" he teased. Mean cleared his throat and was about to strike back but the models knocked on the door.

Jimmy sat back down on the couch and Mean on his office chair.

Four tall fair man entered the room and bowed at Mean.

Mean stood up and walked to the boys, moving closer to each one, observing each feature and reactions to the closeness.

Mean returns to his desk and sits down.

"I want you to tell me your name, that's all"

The four boys looked at each other, looking confused at Mean's order.

"Did I stutter?" Mean speaks and the boys stiffened.

"Good Morning, Mr. Medthanan" they started, and everyone said their names to Mean.

They were Mike, Top, Mond and White. The two were under a different agency and the other two are under Mean's agency.

"Nice to meet you all, I want you all to be ready for the 2-day shoot that will happen in this studio next week. Take care of your skin and keep it moisturized and rehydrated, I don't want a single acne present during the shoot, understand?"

The four immediately nodded and exits the room.

"Not a single acne huh?" Jimmy teased.

"Saifah, you do know my company is on aesthetics. Appearance is a must"

Mean reaches out for his phone and messaged Plan to pick them up at the front of the studio.

Jimmy followed Mean after gathering the files that he just brought. Not to mention the weight of these files are heavy.

The two waited for a bit and Plan arrives. They entered the car and proceeded to go to their next destination.

After a few hours, they arrived at the next studio. The theme for this studio was focused on the beauty outside urbanization. There are a lot of tribal designs and greenery. There's even a lake present at the site.

Mean and Jimmy gets out of the car and Plan parks in on the side. There is no parking lot in this area so, parking it on the side of the studio is a lot more convenient.

Plan follows them as they enter the studio. As usual, the staff bowed their heads to Mean and the 3 entered the office.

Plan and Jimmy sits on the couch farthest from Mean's desk and Mean just sat on his desk waiting for the person in charge to enter.

A gentle knock was heard and Mean let the woman enter the room. Compared to the last women in red. This woman was wearing a simple corporate attire, light make up which makes her features pop out more.

She looks like a model if she is one.

"Good Morning Mr. Medthanan" The woman bowed gracefully.

"You sure never change Manaow" The woman smiled and sits down in front of Mean's desk. Showing him the files and reports of the studio.

"There seems to be nothing wrong on the reports, but I heard from the rumors that the problem is from the models?" Manaow lets out a sigh and nods.

"What is the matter?" Mean closes the file, not leaving a single comment.

"You know the company partnered with this project is right?" letting go of the formal speaking.

Mean nodded, "isn't it with Fantasion?" Manaow nodded.

"yes, and their heirs are both newbie models with undesirable attitudes" Manaow explains.

"Is it the twins?" She nodded.

"Let them in and the other models for this, I want to meet them." She stood up and nodded. She exits the room.

Plan and Jimmy were chatting about the design of the place.

"Do you like nature that much Plan?" Jimmy asked

"Yeah, not just nature but also the people taking care of it" plan answered.

"people like Mean?" Jimmy teased and Plan did not answer. His ears turning red and his cheeks blushing with warm pink.

"I know you like him, it is very noticeable" Jimmy leans on the side, observing Plan's reaction.

Plan faces him "Is it really that obvious?" Jimmy nodded slowly.

"But you know what" Jimmy moves closer to Plan and whispered on his ear, "I think he likes you too"

Plan shock expression was evident on his face and Mean just stared at them, not knowing what they are talking about.

A loud knock was on the door and before Mean could let them in, a group of tall young men entered the room.

"Sup, good morning boss" one of the twins said. There were 4 models, the twins and two other men.

"Yeah, right. I want you all to introduce your names" Mean politely ordered.

"Pfft! What is this gradeschool?!" the other twin replied. The other two were starting to show how scared they were when they noticed the change of expression that Mean had.

"Are you a grade schooler?" Mean replied. Sharpness of his words and presence sent the twins to silent. They were scared.

The other two started telling their names to Mean , Chimon and Gun. The twins hesitated but when Mean glared at them they told him their names. JJ and AJ.

After that Mean instructed them to do well in the job, it does not matter if you are shittier than garbage, as long you produce the result he needed. It is acceptable.

It seemed that day, those twins will not have a change of attitude after facing a dangerous guy like Mean.

They left the second studio and Manaow gave them treats for visiting. Jimmy accepts them and places them inside the car.

The last destination is the studio partnered up with LakeHeart. Tommy's company.

It was still an hour away, Jimmy decided to sleep and let the two have their little talk.

"Are you tired from all of this Mean?" Plan started. Focusing on the road, stealing glances of the latter with every chance he got.

"A little, but it's doable." Mean gently massaging his head. Plan hesitates a while for inviting Mean. Saifah did tell him that Mean also likes him, so, it is not wrong to make a move, right? He gathers up courage and decided to speak at the next traffic light.

"Then--- do you want to come to my place later? Webflix and chill?" Plan asked.

Mean was not expecting this, he was tired indeed but getting an invite like this, it is like opening a new door. Mean did not hesitate and answered a yes.

"Sure, why not." Mean replied.

"Cool, then, lets get this over with and chill" placing his right hand on top of Mean's left hand. Mean liked the feeling and turned his hand, locking their fingers together.

Little did they know that Jimmy was fake sleeping the whole time and was fan-boying on the two.

After an hour, they arrived at the site.

The theme for this studio was summer hot realness. A lot of pool party aesthetics and a lot of the staff are adapting to the concept already.

As soon as the 3 left the car, the staff bowed as the walked through the studio. The designs are top-notch, and Jimmy can see that the pool is connected to the sea.

Plan gave Jimmy a nudge,

"What is it Plan?" faking an innocent face to Plan.

Excitement was all over his face and he even emit happiness all over the place. In fact, his face is even glowing.

"I asked Tin out for chill, and he said yes!" Jimmy felt happy for the two and wished him good luck and always be wary of the other's emotion.

Plan took the advice and gave Jimmy a pat.

Mean soon entered the office, compared to the other two, the office is quite large, similar to Mean's office. He quickly saw a man sitting on the couch. It was Tommy.

Tommy stood up and nodded at him.

"Welcome to LakeHeart studio"

"Thank you for having me" Mean gave a handshake to Tommy and sat down on the couch.

Jimmy and Plan sat outside of the office, specifically in the lounge area. It was well air conditioned and snacks are generously available.

Plan went to get snacks and Jimmy just sat down, observing the pool and the scenery.

He felt a light tap on his shoulder and turned to see New with some hot guy. His features are definitely a model.

"Saifah! What are you doing here?" New asked happily, holding hands with the model.

"Oh, I'm tagging along with Tin, is he Tay Tawan?" the model raised his brows and New introduced him to Jimmy.

"Oh, I see, you also work for Mr. Tin." Tay said as they were sitting on the couches in the lounge.

"Did you tell him yet?" Jimmy whispered to New. He shakes his head and posed a keep silent gesture. Jimmy nodded and Plan returned.

"Hello, who are they Saifah?"

Plan sat down with a lot of snacks, placing them on the table. Jimmy introduced them to each other and New quickly got the hint that Plan and Mean are a thing.

"So, you are a couple for how many years?" Plan asked New.

"Oh, for 4 years actually, right dear?" New asked Tay so cutely. Tay just smiled and hid his blushing cheeks. He can't have enough of New's cuteness.

"yup, for 4 years till forever" the other cooed at their sweetness.

After chatting for a few minutes, Mean exits the room and Tommy follows. Tommy immediately noticed Saifah and went to him.

"Hi Saifah, I didn't know you were here, Tin did not tell me he was having other people along"

Jimmy nodded his head "Good afternoon Mr. Tommy"

"Oh please, no more formalities, you don't even work for me. Tommy is fine" The warm kindness of Tommy sure hits Jimmy hard and swooned him over a little.

"Okay Tommy. I was just tagging along with Tin. I didn't also expect to see you so soon" Tommy let a soft giggle.

"by the way, do you want to see the place?" Tommy glances over at Mean "You don't me showing him around do you?" Mean shakes his head and shoos them away.

"Tin!" Jimmy exclaimed.

"Don't worry, I DO HOPE Tommy will drive you home after" Mean teased, and Tommy agreed to the idea. Jimmy just sighed and followed along. He was so not ready to be at this level so soon.

Tommy guides Jimmy to the place. Starting at the pool area.

"Do you like the sea, Saifah?"

Meanwhile, at the lounge.

Mean nudges Plan. "Yes Tin?"

"I'm done with work actually" he was hinting Plan to do their own thing now that Jimmy is with Tommy.

New suddenly entered "Um, Mr. Medthanan, if you don't mind, we will be going out first" Tay was holding New's hand all day.

Mean nodded "Okay, and good luck with the shoot and with him" they smiled at each other, getting the hidden message. New and Tay exited the studio.

Plan slowly reaches out for Mean's hand and Mean noticed this. He grabbed the other and interlocked them.

"Weblix and chill?" Mean asked teasingly. Plan's face was flushed with pink.

He clears his throat, holding Mean's hand tighter. "Weblix and chill"

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End of Chapter 3