Chapter 28 Chase

It was nearly eight in the morning when Asnee's cell phone rang. He stretched and murmured, "Chai... your phone's ringing is too loud, turn it off." He went back to sleep. Then the phone rang again. He was angry. "Chai! Turn off your phone." He stretched out his hand to hug Santichai but found that he was holding a pillow. He opened his eyes quickly, suddenly alert.

Asnee stepped forward and found that he was the only one lying on the hotel bed. He looked around the floor and saw a bottle of lube on the floor next to the bathrobe. He walked quickly into the bathroom, which was already empty.

Asnee said panicky, "Chai..."

Asnee quickly put on his pants and shirt and rushed downstairs to the front desk. He saw a middle-aged woman at the front desk. He asked, "Did you see a young man this morning?"

The woman said, "I saw a young delivery man this morning who asked me to use the phone."

Asnee asked, "Where did he go?"

The woman said, "After he dialed the number, he stared at the phone for a while, didn't say anything, hung up, told me there was no answer on the other end, then crossed the road and walked away on the other side."

Just as Asnee was about to leave the hotel, his phone rang. It was his father. He answered, "Pa."

Mr. Siriporn frantically said, "Where are you?"

Asnee sighed, "Swasdi Hotel."

Mr. Siriporn asked, "What are you doing all the way there?"

Asnee said, "Just meeting a new client."

Mr. Siriporn said, "Get back here as soon as possible, we are meeting two new clients that Mr. Suwannarat recommended us."

"Okay, I'll be there soon," Asnee said, hanging up on his father and dialing May's number.

May answered, "Mr. Siriporn."

Asnee, "May, I'm sorry to bother you, but could you please keep an eye on that guy. I went to confront him, but he ran away. I want you to see when he comes home and report back to me."

May said, "Yes sir."

Asnee said, "Thank you." He stepped into the elevator. "Santichai...do you really want me to chain you to my bed to be able to keep you with me?"

In Santichai's apartment, KK is cleaning out the leftover food in the refrigerator, while Santichai packs his clothes. Santichai packed his things and walked out of the bedroom.

Santichai asked, "KK, do you want to bring your bag back?"

KK said, "No, can you help me sort out those clothes and hang them in your closet." He turned and put the garbage bag on the floor. "Just in case, I decided to sleep over." He walked to Santichai. "I'm going to take a shower. We can't sleep here tonight because I left my computer at home."

Santichai said, "Okay, you go take a shower, I'll hang your clothes for you."

After KK took a shower, he walked out of the bathroom and into Santichai's bedroom. He grabbed his clothes and put them on. He saw that only his clothes were hanging in Santichai's small closet. He looked at Santichai and asked, "Santichai, where are your clothes?"

Santichai said, "Oh, I put them inside the box."

KK asked, "Why? Do you mind hanging my clothes with yours?"

Santichai looked at KK. He sadly said, "I thought you'd mind."

KK smiled and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Santichai said, "My ex-boyfriend didn't let our clothes hang in the closet together, in case someone came to visit, and they would question our relationship."

KK pulled Santichai into his arms and hugged Santichai tightly. He murmured, "I'm not your ex-boyfriend, I'm me, I'm not ashamed of my relationship with you, and neither should you. I won't treat you any different because you are a man not a woman. If I am to love you, I will love you openly." He kissed Santichai's forehead. "Are you ashamed?"

Santichai shook his head, "No."

KK muttered to himself, "Let me hang your clothes in the closet." He moved the clothes to one end. "I will put the pants at the end. My pants are longer and bigger than yours. I don't think you fit, but you can wear them if you want, we can put our shirts together, and you can wear mine too."

Santichai handed KK his clothes and said, "You put them in the order you see fit."

KK said, "This is your place, I only suggest."

Santichai said, "Then let's do it according to your suggestion."

KK took the clothes from Santichai and hung them in the closet. After he finished, he walked back to the bed and sat beside Santichai. He sighed and said, "Do you want to talk?"

Santichai asked, "Talk about what?"

KK said, "Tell me where you went yesterday."

Santichai said, "Not really."

KK said, "Alright...I won't ask you anymore." He stood up and grabbed Santichai's bag. "Should we go?"

Santichai smiled, "Mmm."

KK pulled his car out from the small street into the main road leading to his house. He glanced at Santichai, and from those eyes, he saw the sadness in Santichai's sparkling eyes.

KK asked, "Let's go out to eat before we go home."

Santichai said "No, I want to rest."

KK said, "Then I'll go buy something and we can eat at home."

Santichai turned his head to look at KK. He smiled and said, "Well, that sounds good."

Inside the main office building, Asnee completed the presentation of wooden floors and showed the client some of their past designs.

Asnee said, "Mr. and Mrs. Wang please take your time to look through all the designs we had done in our past projects." He handed his iPad to Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang said, "I like the floor, but it's a bit expensive. Can you lower the price?"

"Sorry, this is the final sale price, but since you are Mr. Suwannarat's friend, I can give you a ten per cent discount," Asnee said.

Mrs. Wang smiled, "Mr. Siriporn, thank you so much."

Mr. Wang stood up and said, "Mr. Siriporn, thank you so much."

Asnee stretched out his hand and shook hands with Mr. Wang, "Thank you."

After the meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Wang, Asnee's phone rang. He picked it up and said, "May, is there any news?"

May, "Mr. Siriporn, the creditor has left with a man in a black SUV, and I can only follow them until now. They have entered private land and there is security, so I can't follow them anymore."

Asnee sighed angrily, "It's fine, go back to the office, I'll have someone investigate." He hung up. "Santichai Kittibun, you bastard." He gave a loud scream and knocked some folders on his desk to the floor.