An unexpected visitor

After a tedious night from a whole bunch of fans' sudden appearance for his surprise birthday, Eric Kurt lay sleeping dreamily until the morning sun rays peeked through the window and reflected its radiance on his gorgeous face, enhancing its glow to the admiration of the silent mischievous Manager hovering above him in amusement.

After last night's speech to his fans, Eric hastened to have a quick shower, since, in his hurry to meet his fans after the unpleasant news he received from Henry, Eric barely had the time to freshen up and hastened to meet them.

Moments later, he came out of the shower wrapped in a towel around his waist, as his wet blond hair lay clingy hanging on his face, and he yanked away from his eyes.

All the fake smiles and happy moods he displayed a while ago in front of his fans had now vanished into thin air.

Eric's birthdays were mostly his unhappy days...a day if possible, he will delete from existence but no!

It was a part of him so he had to live with it. Even though he has to always fake this happiness in front of his fans.

A masked happiness to conceal all his tragedies that were filled with pain, anger, and resentments which, unfortunately, occurred on these same days.

Eric rarely remembered the last time he felt truly happy on his birthday.

On most days, he usually drowns himself in his sorrow, but today seemed to be different.

Eric head to his bedroom after getting into some comfortable clothes to get a good sleep.

It was currently two am in the morning, and he peeked outside his window to see all his fans gone, not a soul in sight.

The quiet neighborhood had finally recovered its sanctity once more, after the earlier chaos from his fans' enthusiasm.

It was now peaceful and quiet for his peaceful sleep.

Eric got into his sheets to lie down, but again, another distraction.

His attention was drawn to the birthday message cards on his bedside table which came along with all the birthday presents his fans brought along to wish him.

His room was overflowing with extravagant gifts in boxes and templates of paintings, as well as some motivational heartwarming messages.

Meanwhile, this particular card on his bedside table was unique, in its color, shape, and the content written on top of it.

It was a recurring card sent to him on all his birthdays from an anonymous sender. Even though Eric had to assume who the sender was since there was no name or address. But it was pointless!

It was from a woman he choose to ignore, for all her advances... Better to be safe than sorry!

Moreover, his fingers itched to open and read its content but he stopped himself at the last minute.

He simply didn't wish to get too involved, and thereby, unravel old sentiments.

Nevertheless, he can't throw the cards away even if he knew that the thoughts of her will occupy his mind and deny him a peaceful sleep, but still, he closed his eyes to go to bed, with a promise on his lips to add the card to the rest of the unread ones in his study....then miraculously drifted into a peaceful sleep.

Meanwhile, Jeff already left Eric to return to his villa after Eric returned from meeting his fans. He knew Eric wouldn't want to be bothered since he had to engage in his usual late-night workouts, which he mostly preferred compared to the mornings.

Especially when he had to rush to follow up on his tedious schedule the next day. But he loves morning work-outs during his schedule-free days.

In any case, Jeff had to also prepare himself for bed before the tasks of the day ahead.

Therefore, he also soothed himself with a hot shower before he dreamily entered the fantasy world of sleep.

Jeffery Roland was a little dark-skinned compared to Eric, basically in his late thirties. With a commendable height of a foot shorter than Eric, brown eyes, and darkly trimmed hair which enhanced his cheerful cute guy looks.

He might be categorized as part of the average-looking guys.

Even though Jeff's only aim and purpose in life ever since he met Eric was to groom him into becoming a World-Star, number one in the whole world, an objective he has persistently been living by till date.

And he has been drastically advancing toward his targeted aim and ambition impressively.

Meanwhile, since there will be a scheduled grand party prepared for Eric later in the day, Jeff got out of bed early to commence with the necessary preparations for his star's upcoming party celebration.

Hence, he entered Eric's room to find him still in bed and sleeping peacefully.

After hovering above him for a long time, Jeff moved to open the blinds to allow more sunshine to intrude on Eric's sleep.

However, Eric turned to the other side to continue his sleep, ignoring Jeff.

"Good Morning birthday boy!"

Jeff thought of the perfect trick to wake his Superstar by screaming his greetings loudly into Eric's ears.

Then he later moved to pull the sheets away from Eric's body, all in his efforts to get Eric up and about.

To Eric's frustration, the alarm clock contributed to Jeff's torments by ringing continuously despite his efforts to turn it off completely.

He got up accompanied by his restless yawns and stretches, looking so tired as if he barely slept a wink, then he snatched the sheets from Jeff's hands before he sunk further into the bed again.

"Wake-wakey...It's morning!"Jeff added one more time.

"Just give me a few more minutes!" This was Eric's yawning reply.

"It's almost ten already, you have to start preparing for your party at noon." Jeff called out impatiently.

"The party is eight pm now!..... How do you expect me to start getting ready now? I am not a girl you know." Eric uttered.

"Is Evans back already?" He added then turned to look at Jeff in question.

Jeff, on the other hand, already paused in his tracks upon Eric's first comment concerning the time of his party.

"You changed the time of your party.. again?..without informing me?" Jeff exclaimed.

Eric hid this news from his manager to avoid getting nagged. And since he was also not in the mood for further discussions, he sent Jeff out of his room. Then returned to his position on the bed, to have some more sleep.

Jeff became speechless and stood rooted in the same spot before he prepared to leave, but paused to get back at Eric for his awful attitude.

"One of these days, I will post these habits of yours all over the media. Let's see who would love you or put up with you after that." Jeff left the room after his threat and closed the door silently behind him.

However, he came back a second later to answer Eric's inquiry about his brother.

"Evans is not yet back... Maybe busy at the hospital I suppose." Jeff shut the door hard, suddenly frustrated with himself.

Did Eric hypnotize him or what? Why can't he just ignore putting up with him on certain things?

Furthermore, he realized he sometimes behaves like Eric's die-hard fanboy too, to his amusement.

Nonetheless, Eric smiled at Jeff's expense, in satisfaction to getting rid of him before he ruin his peaceful sleep one more time. But the news about his brother had him worried.

"Evans should surely not miss the birthday party. He was the main reason I had to change the time to tonight...that over-working dummy!" Eric uttered within his breaths in frustration.

However, his thoughts suddenly drifted towards the anonymous cards and wandered over their sender and how she never seizes to stop pestering his life.

Therefore, his sleepy mood from a while ago escaped his eyes due to those thoughts.

Eric got up to freshen up and have his usual cup of morning unique coffee that keeps him refreshed. So he left his room after his shower wearing a white T-Shirt and comfortable pants.

The pants were among his many advertisement products.

It became popular all our the country, a few hours after its advert which featured his face as the chosen model.

The product went completely out of stock...all sold out! And he earned millions from that contract, a deal he would never forget amongst many others.

Although he loved the product for himself because of its high-quality fabric_very comfortable and warm...exactly to his liking.

Eric left his hair undried after using a towel to just wipe through it. He had always preferred a natural dry to his hair compared to the electric hair driers. He only used those driers because of his hectic schedule and On-set shooting.

Meanwhile, he joyfully descended the stairway towards the kitchen for his coffee, with his still-wet hair and the tight T-shirt that clung tightly to his body, revealing his well-shaped abs.

But he suddenly paused in his tracks when he spotted an uninvited guest on his couch then the joyful mood immediately disappeared from his face.

Sofia Pentson!

Sofia rose to her feet when she saw the guy she had patiently been waiting for, to come down from his room.

She had wanted to surprise him so she sent Jeff to get him to come down without announcing her arrival but he failed.

Disappointed by Jeff's failure, Sofia thought she will have to wait a long time before she will see him, but luck seemed to be on her side...Eric came down sooner than she expected.

"Hey, Eric...Happy Birthday!" Sofia smiled excitedly at a stunned Eric.

Even though her wandering eyes didn't fail to travel down his core, in his gorgeous appearance.

From his wet hair to his shaped abs underneath his shirt.

Wow! She just couldn't resist the temptation of staring or getting enough of him. He was so perfect in every way.

Eric moved closer to where Sofia stood, trying aimlessly to calm down the fury that was building within him from her uninvited presence.

Even though he didn't want her to notice his unwelcomed mood, or hurt her feelings in any way. So he faked a lovely smile to hide his disturbing thoughts.

"I am going to fire Jeff this instant!" He silently hissed.

"Hey, Sofia...thank you! what brings you here this early? The party was postponed to tonight, I made sure all the guests were fully informed at the earliest.

"I was already informed. I am only here to personally wish you. I couldn't wait till tonight...Hope you don't mind!" Sofia answered in a calm voice.

Of course, Eric wouldn't mind.

It was okay for her to barge into his space just to wish him, and he was supposed to believe that plain reason.

But better still, he has no choice but to believe her.

"Will you care for anything? I am going for a cup of coffee." Eric invited.

"Sure!... I would love one too. thanks.

He cursed under his breath as he made his way toward the kitchen for his coffee. He hated people coming over when he needed some time to himself.

Even his housekeeper whom he felt comfortable having around, knew when not to disturb him.

Mandy was an older housekeeper, whom He was already been used to for a long time. Apart from preparing his meals, he did almost everything by himself due to his picky nature.

Moments later, Eric came back with two cups of coffee, one for Sofia.

He sat at the far end of the couch and placed his coffee on the table after sipping a handful.

Sofia pleasantly thanked him when he handed hers.

Even though as Sofia claimed, the main purpose for her unannounced visit was to surprise him. It was also due to the reasons for keeping appearances, to develop a strong chemistry for their currently aired series.

That was why Eric couldn't find any excuse to avoid her.

Sofia Pentson had always been a very attractive young girl, with an amazing idol figure, slender body, her long thick and gorgeous blond hair that went along with her pale blue eyes and full pink lips.

She has built her acting career from scratch.

Something Eric truly admired about her. However, she has been trying to flirt with him since they signed the contract for their drama series, an attraction he failed to acknowledge.

It seems his pretenses to ignore all her flirtations only appealed to her more, since she doesn't miss any opportunity to insistently pester him for his attention.

Meanwhile, Sofia sipped her coffee as she pushed her hair back to expose her beautiful slender long neck.

A habit she developed and usually instill at any given opportunity she gets.

To Eric's horror, Sophia had even tried many times to get his attention On-set, in a possessive manner, which she used to shoo away other women who show interest in him.

At some point, a scandal once broke out about the two of them dating each other, which became the talk of every entertainment showbiz and social media outlet.

They had to call an emergency press conference to clear the allegations, with the excuse that, they were just friends and got along well with each other, hence the rumors.

"So what are your plans before the party?" Sofia asked Eric to strike up a conversation.

"Uh, nothing! I just want to rest, and stay stuck at home for now. I was expecting some friends over..... for some drinks. It's all guys' stuff before the party." Eric lied, in his excuse to get rid of Sofia.

It was simply a hint to get Sofia to leave, but instead, she pretended deaf to his hints, even though she could sense exactly what he was aiming at. She was a smart woman after all.

"I want to join you guys and hang out...can I?" Sofia asked knowing full well Eric wouldn't deny her.

Yet, a frustrated sigh escaped Eric as he tried to control his displeasure.

Sofia was always clingy...And he hated clinginess.

In the end, Eric had no choice but to invite her to join them, after warning her of boredom. Since it's no fun when guys drink.

Sofia broke into an excited smile when Eric conceded. She was simply glad to have Eric's company for longer.

On the other hand, Eric comforted himself with Sofia's persistence in her clinginess.

After all, he only needed to tolerate her for a few more hours then she would finally leave.

It's no big deal!