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Nathan felt as nervous as if he was the one coming out to his mother. Daniel, of course, had come out to his mom years ago, but the problem was that she did not actually believe him. Hence, it was now also Nathan's problem.
Daniel's mother looked surprised. But if she was unhappy or skeptical about Nathan, she did not show it or at least, she was very good at mastering her expression. The way she still had that smile permanently plastered on her face reminded Nathan of Daniel.
"What a pleasant surprise," she laughed. She was a beautiful woman, and her smile looked very friendly, but there was something calculating in her gaze. Nathan stood there, stiff a
C H A P T E R 7 "Victoria," Daniel replied. Nathan barely held himself back from gaping at what he said. Didn't Daniel's mother say this woman would not come today? All of a sudden Nathan started to get panicked. "Nathan, this is Victoria. Victoria, this is Nathan, my boyfriend." Daniel calmly introduced them to each other as though nothing was wrong. "Hi," Nathan smiled nervously. Victoria stared back at him, silent and unmoving. The silence was so awkward and stifling as she eyed him like prey, the eerie smile still painted on her lips. "It must have been some time sinc
C H A P T E R 8 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S "I am going to pee," Nathan told the girls a few moments after Daniel left. "Where is the restroom?" "There is one down the hall to the left," Sarah told him. "Thanks," said Nathan then went out of the room and headed towards the restroom. As he passed by another door down the hall, he heard sounds of people arguing. Out of curiosity, he slowed down and paused in his steps. It sounded like a woman and a man h
C H A P T E R 9 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S As soon as Nathan said that, Sarah burst into laughter while Daniel blinked stupidly. "You look good together though," Charlotte supplied helpfully. Sarah rolled her eyes. "Well, she had only known Nathan for one morning," Daniel said optimistically. "She just said that to make you feel awkward, do not pay any mind to her." Nathan turned to Sarah and Charlotte, pretending to sulk. "Be honest, do you also think that Daniel and I just look like friends?"
C H A P T E R 1 0 'Ur boyfriend is so hot' Nathan read the text sent by his friend and felt a little proud. It was just too bad that the boyfriend being mentioned was not his actual boyfriend, but he still felt good to be able to show off Daniel's photo to his friends. "What are you smiling at?" Daniel asked curiously. "Hm?" Nathan looked up from his phone
C H A P T E R 1 1Daniel looked unsure, but he acquiesced. "Alright."As soon as he received the permission, Nathan picked up the call. "Hello?""Where is Daniel?" Victoria demanded. She had quickly recognized his voice, and her tone was very frosty."He is not available right now," Nathan said. Technically, he was not lying, because Daniel was driving right then and it would be dangerous to pick up calls while driving, right? Nathan made the excuse in his heart and felt satisfied. Before Victoria could continue with her sentence, he quickly added
C H A P T E R 1 2 "Seriously?" Nathan groaned in frustration and nearly spilled half of his cup of jasmine tea as he read the rejection email from the leader of the designer team that he received this morning.It was yet another rejection and at this point, he had no clue how many rejections he had received thus far. He was sure if he started counting them, there was a high chance that he would get depressed and start questioning his own skill.When he had first received the assignment to design buttons for the new, currently in development MMORPG, Nathan thought it would be such an
C H A P T E R 1 3After the time Nathan had first asked Daniel to go out together, it got easier. Soon, he was frequently dragging Daniel out to eat or just hang out together. They also kept taking pictures together anywhere they went, and Nathan's camera roll was soon filled with pictures of him and Daniel.Scrolling through his phone gallery, Nathan felt a little like their relationship was real. They looked very close in the pictures, and somehow they had never felt awkward with each other at all. It was surprisingly easy to be with Daniel. At least, Nathan was
C H A P T E R 1 4 N A T H A N W I L L I A M S That day, Nathan had woken up late. When he went downstairs to get breakfast, it was already two in the afternoon. Thankfully, his workplace was very lenient and let him work whenever he wanted as long as he submitted his tasks on time. After struggling with his button designing task for two whole weeks, he finally succeeded in getting one of his designs approved. It was the first button design that he had submitted previously, the one that