“You’re going to get so dicine?”
Josh asked back at Laura’s words that ca out during the filming. Could Chase still not live without dicine? He wondered inwardly, and then suddenly realized that he hadn’t seen Chase take dicine recently. If so, there must be quite a bit of dicine left. Can he co and get it later? Josh thought, but Laura, who couldn’t know about the situation, nodded.
“Yes, I’m about to fall. If you don’t mind, could you give
a ride? My car tire got a flat.”
Laura smiled apologetically. That was a kindness she could have done, but the problem was Chase. Josh could easily imagine that he would misunderstand and get jealous if Laura went out alone, so he smiled as usual.
“Why don’t I just go alone?”
“Yes? Is that okay?”
Laura asked in surprise. Josh nodded, “Yes.”
“Just get the dicine and co? Then I guess I can go by myself.”
He also wanted to ask about reducing the dication. He still couldn’t completely trust that doctor, Steward, but he had no choice. Laura smiled brightly and said, completely unaware of his feelings.
“If you do that, of course I’d appreciate it… … . Actually, I’ve been having a hard ti lately, so I’m out of my mind.”
Josh frowned as if he had a headache and put his hand on his forehead, and asked her in confusion.
“What… … . Is it sothing related to Mr. Miller?”
Is it because of the schedule? Josh guessed, but he was wrong. Laura shook her head and grumbled in a tired voice.
“There’s a lawsuit. Um, uh, do you rember when Mr. Miller caused trouble again last ti?”
Josh had to quickly recall his mories. There were more than one or two things that ca to mind. Fortunately, Laura was the first to answer.
“Why, the incident where I bit the tongue of the other actor… … . Fortunately, the surgery went well, but it’ll take several months to fully recover. In the anti, I’m demanding treatnt and compensation for damages. If they don’t listen, they’re going to sue.”
Laura continued, grumbling.
“So I contacted Nathaniel Miller, but he said he was too busy to attend this trial, and told
to just give him whatever he wanted and get it over with… … . Maybe it was because of the current noisy murder case, but he hung up after less than five minutes. I panicked and called Grayson Miller.”
For so reason, Josh seed to already know what he was going to say. Laura added, sighing.
“He said that his lawyer wouldn’t defend him, so what can I do? He said it was annoying, so just give him whatever he wanted.”
As expected.
Laura continued to talk to Josh, who was feeling complicated.
“I couldn’t believe it, so I told him the amount I wanted, but he was annoyed… … He said that the attorney’s fee for Mr. Nathaniel Miller would be more. That’s true. But it’s really too easy to say that… … And the film company is asking for compensation for the delay in production, and they’re just asking for whatever they want.”
Oh my, Laura sighed again. Laura had always been a professional who handled things according to their needs, but whenever she suddenly felt the wall of reality like this, she would often think deeply about what life was. Haa, she sighed and muttered.
“I’ll never know what kind of life those rich people have.”
Josh answered casually.
“Don’t worry, they’ll never know what kind of life we ????have.”
“That’s true.”
Laura ended up laughing. Josh also looked down at her with a smile on his face. Laura opened her mouth with a much lighter face, as if the tension had eased after laughing.
“Then please, Josh. I’ll call Stewart.”
“Yes, I understand.”
After a brief greeting, Josh checked the ti. Seth was supposed to be on set in the afternoon, so he could co and go during that ti.
I should also ask about the dication.
I shouldn’t stop taking it without consulting him, but it would be okay to reduce it after consulting him. Considering the fact that he had overdosed before and caused problems, it was sothing worth considering. Josh calculated the ti in his head and thought about how to tell Stewart.
*@Punhap*
As soon as it was ti for a short break, Chase looked around for soone. Laura quickly approached him and asked him curiously.
“Do you need anything?”
Chase’s eyes soon turned to her. The wrinkled eyebrows that seed unpleasant gave her a bad feeling. Laura looked around, feeling inwardly anxious.
“No, nothing.”
Fortunately, Chase said as if he was going to throw it away and turned his head away. Laura sighed noticeably and then hurriedly spoke.
“It’s ti for the dicine to wear off, right? If there’s anything that’s bothering you, please let
know. Josh is going to go get his dicine today.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Chase’s gaze turned back to her. Laura, who was startled, opened her mouth.
“Joshua?”
“… …? Yes, I have to go, but my tire got flat. I asked him to take , but he said he’d go alone.”
There was no need to say this, but Laura rembered it later, because she had already told him everything. Fortunately, Chase’s expression softened a little after hearing the story. Laura didn’t miss the opportunity to continue speaking.
“How was the changed dicine? Did you feel any discomfort? Can I just ask for the sa thing?”
The answers he got after asking repeatedly were disappointingly short.
“Do whatever you want.”
“Oh, yes… … .”
Laura trailed off in embarrassnt. During the 30-minute break, Chase would check his makeup and outfit in preparation for the next scene, but today, he had nothing to do and had a lot of ti left.
He sat down on the prepared chair and took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. The sight of him slowly inhaling the smoke was so beautiful that it made his heart stop whenever he saw it, and it imdiately stole his attention. Even though he had heard all sorts of harsh words from him and seen all sorts of unsightly things, at tis like this, Laura would forget everything and stare at him absentmindedly.
“Whew,” Chase exhaled a long puff of smoke. There was no blood on his pale cheeks at all. His gaze, blankly staring into the distance, seed as if it would disappear at any mont. Laura always wondered why Chase Miller had such empty eyes. Wasn’t he a man who had everything: wealth, fa, and looks?
This ti, too, without finding an answer, she just stared at him, and Chase opened his mouth.
“I have a question for the security team leader. Tell him to co over here.”
“Okay.”
Laura hurriedly turned around and made a phone call. Suddenly, she saw Naomi walking toward them. Soon, the connection tone was heard, and Laura hurriedly told Mark what she wanted.
“Chase, can you give
so cigarettes?”
Naomi approached her quickly and asked. Chase took out a tal case from inside his suit jacket without saying anything and held it out.
“Thank you, it fell right off, didn’t it?”
Naomi smiled, took one out, put it in her mouth, and handed the case back to him.
“What’s bothering you?”
Chase looked up at Naomi’s question, puffing out smoke. Naomi smiled brightly at Chase, who was looking at her with a frown.
“You look exhausted.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“I’d like to, but if you’re not feeling well, it’ll affect
too. If there’s nothing wrong, that’s good.”
Chase fell silent again. Naomi glanced down at him and then slyly asked.
“Is it because of what you said last ti? Sleeping with you while you have soone else?”
Chase suddenly raised his head. It was clear that he had found out what she was thinking, but he didn’t seem to have any intention of hiding it. Naomi pretended not to care as she inwardly flinched at Chase’s gaze that was glaring at her with a pale face, but put a cigarette in her mouth.
“It’s not a hard guess, is it? Still, it’s surprising. Even if I don’t know who it is, you’re amazing for using soone from the Miller family as a two-timing partner.”
Naomi laughed as if she found it amusing. Chase turned his head away without saying anything. Naomi opened her mouth, looking down at him, who was smoking a cigarette with a serious frown between his eyebrows.
“Are you married?”
“Noisy.”
“I guess so.”
“… … .”
Chase, who had been inhaling smoke repeatedly nervously, spat out roughly.
“I have a child, but I’m not married. … … Maybe.”
The rest of the story was added without confidence. Naomi felt strange watching him nervously brush his hair back.
Even though they were brothers, Grayson and Chase were so different. It was almost embarrassing for Chase to compare him to a rascal who always had a smile on his face and kept complaining. At least he was human.
Co to think of it, Grayson seed to have made up his smile.
Naomi inhaled the smoke with a frown. Chase’s crown appeared in her vision. It wasn’t a common experience to see the crown of a man who was well over six feet tall. Her thick, thick hair was sohow cute.
Oh, I must be crazy.
Surprised by herself, Naomi opened her mouth.
“Propose to .”
Chase suddenly raised his head. Naomi flinched but continued speaking as if nothing had happened.
“You’ll know if you try it, whether you’re married or not.”
“If you’re married and pretend not to be?”
“Oh?” Naomi blinked. Her mind was quite working. She smiled, her eyes narrowing slightly.
“If I had feelings for you, I would divorce you. Anyway, I can’t help but choose one way or the other, if I get a proposal. Then it would be easier for you to make up your mind, right? Even if she’s married, if she says yes, you’ll just walk into hell.”
Chase didn’t say anything. He just kept inhaling cigarette smoke with a serious expression. While watching his reaction with interest, his bodyguard ca walking over quickly. After that, Laura's appearance was also seen.
"Mr. Miller, what's going on?"
Chase raised his head at Mark's question. Unfortunately, it was ti to leave now. Naomi pretended not to notice and left.
. She glanced back and saw Chase asking Mark sothing.
Naomi walked forward, wondering inside.
Who on earth is that married woman who fooled around with Chase Miller?
“Yes?”
Mark blinked in surprise. He couldn’t figure out why he would call soone here and ask sothing like this. But the man in front of him was serious.
“Is it true that Joshua has a child?”
The question he asked again was no different from before. Bewildered, Mark nodded. The color drained from Chase’s face right away. He hastily brought the cigarette to his mouth. His faintly trembling fingers took the cigarette from his lips, and smoke ca out. Whoosh, Chase opened his mouth after blowing out the smoke.
“… … So, are you married? Wife, or sothing.”
He managed to hide the faint trembling, but he couldn’t help but lose his words. Mark looked at his unusually pale face with concern and answered.
“Uh, no. I just thought he had a baby. I think it’s been a few years since we lost contact with the baby’s mother, so I don’t know the details… … .”
“… … .”
“Excuse , Mr. Miller?”
When Mark cautiously called him, Chase put a cigarette in his mouth and raised one hand as if he was done. Left alone, Chase discarded the short cigarette and picked up the case. He tried to take out a new cigarette and smoke it, but his restless hand ended up dropping it on the floor.
With a tallic sound, the case opened and the cigarettes fell to the ground. Laura’s secretary, who had been watching from a few steps away, hurriedly ca over and put them away. Chase just watched them without saying a word.
〈Propose to .〉
Naomi’s voice ca back to life strangely in Chase’s ears like a siren’s song.
*@Punhap*
The road from the filming site to the hospital was extrely quiet. Josh felt bad when he rembered that he had been attacked on this road not long ago.
Soon, his thoughts turned to Chase. He wanted to hear his story in person, but since filming ca first, he didn’t have the chance. Instead, Laura told him that there were no particular problems, so he could just take the dicine he was taking. Fortunately, the new dicine seed to work well for Chase, and there were no side effects yet.
It’s true that he hadn’t been taking his dicine properly recently, and Chase’s condition seed to have stabilized a lot, so how about adjusting the dicine?
He was curious, but on the other hand, he didn’t like the doctor. He frowned when he thought of him smiling strangely.
No matter how much he thought about it, there seed to be sothing.
However, the police investigation results were clear. Josh couldn’t suspect him anymore since he concluded that Stewart was not involved.
“Damn it.”
Josh cursed softly and stepped on the accelerator. Still feeling uneasy, he quickly headed toward the hospital.
“Welco, you were Chase’s bodyguard, right? What’s your na?”
Steward, who was sitting alone in the empty examination room like last ti, greeted Josh warmly as he was guided in. His warm voice and tone were the epito of a friendly doctor, but Josh still didn’t let his guard down and answered.
“I’m Bailey. I’m here to pick up Mr. Miller’s dicine.”
Josh, who had given him his last na instead of his first na, changed the subject.
“They said there was nothing particularly wrong with the changed dicine. I’d like you to prescribe the sa dicine.”
“Oh, really? That’s good.”
Steward accepted the words casually and soon stood up.
“Then let’s go to the consultation room. We’re supposed to discuss the prescription there.”
Josh thought it made sense, seeing as there wasn’t even a single piece of writing paper on the desk. But wouldn’t it be quite inefficient to move around the building like this? Josh frowned slightly as he followed Steward through the wide grounds. Ignoring his doubts, Steward crossed the garden as usual and entered another building. It was the building where he had been offered the suspicious chocolate before.
“Hello.”
The receptionist, who had a professional smile on her face, looked different than before. Naturally, the previous employee was nowhere to be seen. Josh considered asking her about her, but decided not to. He felt uncomfortable about spying on others, and he already knew the outco.
“Oh, Mr. Steward. I have an appointnt in 30 minutes.”
The employee spoke to Steward, who was soon heading to his own consulting room. Steward glanced back and answered with a smile.
“She’ll just get a prescription and leave soon, so when you co, just show her to my room.” “Yes, I understand.”
The employee smiled at Josh again. Josh also gave a short laugh and followed Steward.
Last ti, Isaac followed him, so Josh didn’t know, but now that he was following Steward, he felt a strange tension and pressure inside the building.
The hallway was completely bare, with no windows or even a single picture fra hanging. And the only thing he could hear was the footsteps of Steward and Josh. Josh thought that if he had claustrophobia, he might have a seizure here.
And yet Steward just kept walking. He couldn’t figure out how long he would keep walking and why the counseling room was so far away.
If he kept going like this, wouldn’t he develop a ntal illness that he didn’t have?
When he thought that, Steward finally stopped walking. When he opened the door and the scenery inside ca into view, Josh let out a sigh that had been pent up. The steward who went inside first opened the curtains and the bright sunlight poured in imdiately. He waited for Josh to follow him and then opened his mouth.
“Would you like a snack? Or tea?”
“No, I don’t mind.”
I didn’t want to eat even a single peanut here. When I refused with a hardened face, the steward tilted his head and smiled.
“It’s a sha that I have to choose a snack every ti.”
Josh didn’t say anything. His mind was very complicated, not knowing how to deal with this incomprehensible man. Leaving Josh alone, the steward went around the desk and opened the drawer. He prepared the prescription and pen and began to write down the contents without even looking at the previous records.
“Can I not check the prescription?”
Josh, who was starting to feel uneasy, asked quietly, and the steward raised his head and looked at him.
“It’s okay, it’s all stored here.”
He tapped his head with his second finger and smiled. Josh had nothing more to say, so he just kept his mouth shut. He just watched as Stewart continued to write the prescription, and he opened his mouth, still with his head down.
“Why don’t you sit down for a mont? It’ll take a while. As you know, I have a lot of dications.”
“… … Is there any way to reduce the dication?”
He asked right away, but Stewart didn’t even look at him and answered indifferently.
“If I stop taking the dication, I won’t be able to handle it. I might have a seizure, and I’m so sensitive, I don’t know what I might do to those around .”
After a brief pause, Josh spoke.
“I haven’t taken my dication for the past few days, but I’m doing well.”
Hearing that, Stewart stopped running his pen. Soon, he looked up, and for the first ti, the smile on his face had disappeared. Instead, Stewart opened his mouth with a suspicious expression.
“You didn’t take your dication?”
“Yes.”
Josh nodded and continued to the best of his knowledge.
“You haven’t taken your sleeping pills, and I think you skipped a few in between. But you haven’t had any seizures or anything that threatened anyone around you.”
“… … Oh.”
Steward blinked, sighing at that one word. Josh added patiently.
“Wouldn’t it be okay to try reducing the dosage?”
“Well… … . If that’s true, then that’s a really good thing.”
Josh waited silently for an answer, looking at his expression, deep in thought. He still had his doubts about Steward, but he also took into account the fact that as a doctor, he couldn’t be careless. Hmm, Steward opened his mouth as if he had co to a conclusion.
“Then let’s do this. I’ll give you the dication as prescribed, so don’t reduce it on your own, and just take it as is for now. Instead, if you make an appointnt as soon as possible and co to the hospital, they will change the prescription or reduce the dication after a proper examination. It is not good to suddenly stop taking it, because it can cause withdrawal symptoms.”
“Yes, that’s right. … … Thank you.”
In any case, it was not a bad conclusion. When he unconsciously expressed his gratitude, Stewart tilted his head with an ambiguous expression. Josh realized that he had greeted him inappropriately, but he didn’t try to fix it. When he pretended not to know, Stewart looked at him quietly and gave him a strange smile.
“But how did you know that? That Chase skipped his dication.”
“I just happened to see so dication left over after so ti had passed.”
At Josh’s quick thinking, Stewart said, “Really?” and narrowed his eyes.
“Sleeping pills?”
“Yes.”
If he gave a long answer, he would get in trouble. Josh just said a short word and shut his mouth.
For a while, Steward just looked at him without saying anything. Josh didn’t say anything either. The cool silence and tension continued. Josh pretended not to know and faced him naturally. The one who couldn’t withstand the pressure lost. Of course, it wasn’t Josh who lost.
Steward, who had been watching quietly for a while, suddenly shrugged his shoulders. As if it was over now. And he soon turned his attention back to the prescription as if nothing had happened.
“Anyway, it’s fortunate that you’re feeling better. I was worried that even if you’re an extre alpha, if you take that much dicine, there’d definitely be bad results soday.”
When he heard that Steward was worried about Chase, Josh felt strange. When he silently turned his gaze, he added nonchalantly.
“I was thinking that maybe I should stop getting shots. I already have to take too many pills, and now I have to get pheromones injected. I can’t help it since I can’t have sex, but if I keep relying on the shots, my arm will eventually rot away. It’ll be a problem if I have to cut it off, right?”
“… … Yes?”
Josh asked absentmindedly, thinking he heard sothing strange. Steward continued writing the prescription and continued.
“Well, it’s not that I don’t understand. It’s really bad that you’re so self-deprecating about sothing that didn’t even happen.”
At first, he didn’t realize what she ant. It took a few seconds for Josh to figure out what she ant.
“What do you an? Surely, then… … .”
Josh swallowed dryly as he stuttered in embarrassnt. Suddenly, a cold voice called out from behind him.
“You tell your patient’s secrets without permission. Is that okay for a doctor?”
Josh turned around without realizing it at the familiar voice. The steward also stood up with a surprised expression. An unexpected man opened the door to the consulting room and stood there.
“Grayson.”
The steward’s voice rang unusually loudly in his ears in the silence. Suddenly, Josh rembered what the receptionist had said about the appointnt being made.
That was Grayson.
He just stood there blinking in the unexpected situation.
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