68 Epilogue: John

This would be his second week of being self-employed.

Joh had made a name of himself in the fashion design world. His small fame and popularity were enough to make him busy and resign from his teaching job. John wanted to pursue his dream of being a fashion designer, so he opened his own studio.

The lack of planning and customers made John to rethink if his decision to resign as a teacher to pursue his dream of designing full time was a good move. His design was good enough to be presented in the country's fashion week, but John needed more to stay in the limelight.

The doorbell chimed, signalling that someone entered his humble studio.

"Did you bring me my coffee? I thought I said at 1 p.m., it's 2 p.m. now. Where have you been, darling? You know we have a tight time for fitting." As he was in the middle of sketching, he did not bother to look up. John thought that the person who came was Ying Yue.

A smile formed on the face of the handsome stranger.

He walked towards John who was too preoccupied on his work. With his hands on his pocket, he exuded such a cold aura that made people trembled, especially women, when he is in presence.

"My coffee. Did you or did you not?" John was still sketching.

Since John met Ying Yue at NaNa's birthday party, he made her his muse. Well, it was not as if he had a lot of options. His original muse, Yi Fei, was taken away by Wu Chen. Yi Fei is sweet enough to assure him that she will still help him, be it to model for him or to promote his work.

The only thing that gets in between his platonic love with Yi Fei would the husband, Wu Chen. Wu Chen even asked him to stop using the word 'honey' to call Yi Fei.

Ah, rich men and their possessive streak.

The same goes to NaNa. She was also one of his friends whom he asked to wear and promote his designs on her social media. But the cold Jun Liu is non-negotiable. John could see Jun Liu's heart breaks down a little bit whenever NaNa wore his design and got ogled by the other male around.

Previously, John only design female outfit. That would be because he did not have a lot of time. Juggling between teaching rebellious teenagers and making clothes took almost all of his time.

Now that he had all the time for himself, John was thinking of challenging himself to design more outfit; for male and children.

When Yi Fei knew that he planned to design outfit for male, Yi Fei gave him a thumb up and promised him that she will help him to find the best man to use John's design for the first time.

"At that time, you'll call me Fei-sama" is what she told John, but John only scoffed at her foolish remark. Wu Chen will not let Yi Fei to find any best man around because knowing Wu Chen, John can imagine how Wu Chen would go around Yi Fei, proclaiming that he is the best man.

The sketching that he was working at the moment was a sketch of a classic elegant suit. An inspiration came to John while he was watching the snippet of New York Fashion Week on the internet.

Once he started sketching, he just could not stop. But after not getting any respond to his questions, John lifted his head. "Yue Yue darling?"

When he looked up, he came face-to-face with a stranger. A handsome stranger.

John froze.

"I'm not Yue Yue, but you can call me darling." The stranger held out his hand. "I'm Bo Jing. Pleased to meet you."

It was not the first time for John to see such a flirty smile from handsome man. But a handsome man who would like to be called darling? This is the first time.

John's hand moved on its own to grab the hand of the handsome stranger before it disappeared. In case, all of these were just a dream. He shook his hand but even after he let go of his hand, the other party's hand lingered for a moment.

"I came here because someone told me that I would be able to find what I am searching for." Bo Jing looked at John with such intense stare, as if he wanted to devour him as a whole.

That made John felt quite fidgety. "Uh, what are you searching for?"

When such a weak and timid sound came out from John, he wanted to slap himself. This is not him. He was usually brave and confident when talking to anyone. Even a handsome man who might or might not be gay.

But in front of this man, John could not say anything. The man gave out an aura that he is the predator and John is just a small-time prey.

"Well, I found what I am searching for – and other thing I never knew I needed." Bo Jing threw a meaningful smile towards John. "Let me see what you have here."

John was still sitting on his seat when Bo Jing bent down to look at the design John was working on. Their eyes were on the same level, and when Bo Jing looked at John, John could see his reflection in it.

A confused John could not think of anything. In his heart, he was screaming.

Found what he's searching for? What thought? Is it a design? Is it him?