“This is my office. Sorry if it’s a little messy…” Adrian said as he led me into his office. Although he mentioned that his office is messy, his office is anything but. It was clean and well organized. As I was looking around the large room, Adrian had shrugged off his doctor gown and placed it on a coat hanger. I turned around and saw him putting on a grey suit that matched his pants instead. “Switching modes?” I asked. “Yes. Maybe you’ve already figured but my main job here is managing the business. I do work as a doctor sometimes, but I rarely get to do that anymore…” Adrian said with slight regret in his voice. Adrian had a different vibe now that he was in a suit instead of the doctor uniform. It was a pleasant change. I wondered how he juggled between the two hats, and I had a feeling that I was about to find out. “I have a couple of meetings today with the management team and then late in the afternoon a VVIP patient is coming in,” Adrian explained his schedule for the day
“Wow, really…” I said in awe. “Yup. It’s not as big of a deal as you think but it does mean that I have to take care of his case along with the other doctors,” Adrian said. “I see…” I mumbled. Adrian flashed me a smile before he started taking off his suit and, in its place, he put on his white doctor coat again. ‘Welcome back, Doctor Adrian’ I said to myself in my mind as I smiled at him. One day I’ll get used to this transition of his, but not today. Soon, I found out that Adrian was right. I did recognize the politician immediately. He’s the minister of foreign affairs and is often seen on television during news segments. “Doctor Adrian, thank you helping me out today,” the man said with a friendly smile. “It always a pleasure to have you here at our hospital. How have you been feeling?” Adrian asked with a look of genuine concern. “Like usual. The treatment last time worked very well,” the minister replied. “Then let’s do the usual monitoring tests to follow up from last
His hands started applying some medicine on my sprained ankle before he started wrapping tape around my ankle. “Thank you, Adrian,” I thanked him after he was done. “If it swells up, I’m going to get you to take medicine for it,” he warned sternly as he got up. “I’m sure it’ll be fine soon,” I said as I smiled up at him.Adrian looked down at me from where he was standing right in front of me before he sighed loudly. It was my first day working for him and I’m already causing him so much trouble and concern. “You don’t need to tend to me next time, you know. I know you’re busy so it’s fine if you get the other doctors to do it. You should only treat VVIP patients, right?” I said half teasingly and half seriously. “Who says you’re not a VVIP patient?” he teased me back before he reached out a hand and placed it firmly on my shoulder. “Am I as important as a minister now?” I asked with a small laugh. “You’re way more important,” Adrian replied. The serious tone in his voice and
“Welcome!”“Nice to meet you,”“Welcome to the team!”The atmosphere was very friendly and super hyped. The team members consisted of both genders and were varying in age. However, everyone seemed very enthusiastic to work together. It must be because of the hard work of these people supporting him that EROS is as famous and successful as he is today. Today was my first day on the job as EROS’s assistant manager. As discussed prior to this, this was only a cover for my fake girlfriend relationship with EROS. The man in question was still nowhere to be seen. Thankfully, the manager would be with us as well. Mr. Mark Davis is a famous talent manager that had been working with EROS soon after he debuted with his band. The band’s first album was such a huge success that the top manager was put into further groom them and EROS in particular. “Hmm…where is EROS?” I asked the manager as I stood by his side. The other team members have scattered to work on their respective jobs, so the man
I smiled professional and the Mega-X brand team members introduced themselves to us. At that moment, EROS got out of the car and came to stand by my side. “I’m EROS. It’s an honor to work as the face of your brand for this season. I am looking forward to working with everyone,” EROS said kindly before beaming his superstar smile at everyone. The man standing next to me right now was clearly EROS in professional mode. He was friendly, humble, professional, and extremely charismatic. He was nothing like the taciturn man with the dark and depressing aura from before. It was like he had changed into a completely different person from the moment that he got out of the car. “Umm…W-We look forward to working with you too!” the head of the Mega-X team managed to say after stammering a couple of times. I guess EROS does have that impact on people. We were led inside the studio before EROS, Mark and I were led to EROS’s dressing room. “They’ll dress him up for the shoot. We don’t have to d
Just like the photoshoot, the magazine interview and the radio interview went by smoothly like a breeze. EROS received ample compliments from both clients, and they looked forward to working with him again. I was starting to see why EROS was so popular in the industry and why his schedule is always packed with jobs. “Finally, we’re heading back to the agency. Your music producer will be there to meet you when we get back. As I told you before, he wants to discuss your new single,” Mark said as he kept his eyes on the road ahead. EROS seemed lost in a daze as he stared out at the scenery that was passing by through the car window. From the looks of it, I doubt that he actually saw anything that was passing by. I wondered if he was tired and then I thought that it would be extremely disturbing if he wasn’t tired after all the things that he’s done today. One thing that I’ve learnt for sure is that EROS worked hard. His success wasn’t from natural-born talent alone, it also came from h
Finally, we arrived back at the agency and made our way up to EROS’s designated floor. Being the top star of the agency, EROS had his own floor and rarely uses any facility with the other celebrities in the agency. He had his own dressing room, dance studio, recording studio, meeting rooms, living quarters, fitness and the list goes on and on. Mark quickly led us to one of the meeting rooms on EROS’s floor where the producer was already waiting for us. EROS hasn’t said a word since we entered the building and his charismatic aura had been completely switched off. “Are you sure it’s ok to promise the fan about a new single when you haven’t even started working on it?” Mark asked with concern as we walked along. “It’s fine. I don’t like to disappoint my fans plus we’re supposed to launch a single soon anyways…” EROS replied passively. We entered the meeting room and a very thin man in baggy clothing was there waiting for us. He greeted everyone with a warm smile. So, this man is the
“Right now?” I asked. “Yes. Unfortunately, being a celebrity doesn’t have fixed working hours…” Mark replied with sad smile. “Ok. Sure…” I murmured. “You don’t have to do anything much. Just watch him and keep him company. Make sure he doesn’t slack off! See you!” Mark said as he waved goodbye. After parting ways with Mark, I headed to the studio where EROS was. EROS was wrapped up in thought with a pen and a notebook in his hand when I entered the room. He didn’t even look up and I was certain that he wasn’t even aware that I had walked into the room. I decided to remain silent and give him space so that he could focus on the lyrics that he was writing. I wondered what kind of love song EROS would come up with for his fans. Time ticked by as I sat there silently while EROS frowned at the papers in front of him. An hour passed by and then two. EROS was still busy working so I guess it should be fine if I leave for a bit. The truth was, I needed to pee. Quietly, I got out of my se