Chapter 48

While eating, I suddenly received a phone call so I looked for Felix to ask if it was okay to answer it.

He sighed and said jokingly, "Why do you always receive a call when we're together?" I shrugged and showed him my phone, "It's Dylan, guess he saw my pictures circulating that I'm currently in Korea"

"Let me answer it," he said and he grabbed my phone.

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"Dylan can you not call her anytime you like? Jeez," he angrily shouted over the phone.

"Felix? Why do you have Addie's phone, give it back so I can talk to her"

"You wish" he answered then hung up. I looked at him in disbelief then continued eating. I'll just call Dylan later then.

"Why are you in contact with Dylan? Are you two that close? I thought it was you brother whom Dylan is friends with. Is he hitting on you?" he interrogated continuously and I shook my head in disbelief again. "Look, he's like a brother to me okay"

"But he's not related to you so it's still dangerous. Don't get too close to him" he answered stubbornly.

"How is he dangerous? Are you not his best friend?" I asked, he's being too irrational right now.

"Well he is but still, I don't want you getting close to anyone that is of the opposite sex unless he's your relative." Gosh this guy, I don't have the energy to argue with him anymore so I just ignored him and resumed eating. I did not expect he has this petty side of him, I guess I still don't know a lot of things about him.

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"Where do you wanna go next?" he asked after we ate. "I'll just take a rest at Aiden's apartment. I don't feel like going anywhere before the issue gets resolved. Well, it's not really an issue but I don't feel comfortable getting photographed wherever I go" I answered, I only need a little more time, hoping XZ Corp would approve my request soon so I could give a go signal to our PR team.

"Hmm okay but, how are you planning to resolve it? I didn't expect the PR team on our company to be quite useless" he groaned, a bit embarrassed about it. I laughed at his embarrassed face and explained our plan to him.

"I already discussed it with ours and we are planning to just disclose my reason for coming here. It would also be an early promotion of our product. Though I still haven't got permission from XZ Corp. considering the collaboration isn't finalized yet."

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Just after I said that, it's as if they heard me that suddenly, I received a call from XZ Corp. "Hello, Mr. Cha?" I urgently answered. I'm a bit fidgety now as I wait for him to talk.

"Hello Ms. Williams, I already inquired about your concern and they are willing to help. You can go ahead and clarify it to the public. We believe that this would also help us in a way so we don't really mind"

"Thank you so much, Mr. Cha, I'll make sure this won't cause any damage to you," I said to express my gratitude.

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"So you're good to go? How will you address the public?" Felix asked as I ended the call.

"Any idea?" I asked back.

"Well, what you did last time is fine. If you use your own account, your initial audience would be from Australia, while if you use media here, that would automatically address the people concerned."

"I know but, that wasn't my agency. Last time it involved Aiden so it's understandable, but this time it's just me"

"I can arrange that, I'll just ask someone to contact a reliable media to interview you. But how will you repay me then?" he asked with a mischievous smile plastered on his face.

"I can just contact and pay the media myself" I answered, trying not to fall into his trap.

"That won't do, you are not familiar with them. You might encounter some difficult people" he retorted but I said "Don't worry, I can manage"

"You can't just let me win huh? I won't ask for much anyway, just a few scheduled dates maybe" he whined.

"Not gonna happen, we can't schedule it as I might have emergency meetings. Aren't we already on a lunch date now?"

"This doesn't count, it's not romantic at all. This is only just your normal lunch after working. You were also constantly on your phone so how can you call this a date?" He whined again, he does act like a child sometimes. I feel like I'm actually babysitting him.

"Fine, fine, you win. Go ask for an interview then" I answered, defeated and he immediately beamed a smile.

"Okay, just a minute"

He then happily messaged someone, taking glances at me from time to time.

Silly.

I just found myself smiling at how he's acting.

This is not that bad?