Overbearing

Marcel had quickly left the dance studio and gone to the elevator so he would go up to Damien's office.

[He is getting ready to leave the office] Avian said suddenly startling Marcel.

<Ah~ I understand> Marcel said and quickly stepped out of the elevator the moment the doors opened. Damien's secretary asked him to wait when he saw him and called Damien to confirm whether he was able to see Marcel. Marcel only heard him say three words with his deep voice.

"Let him in," Damien said before hanging up.

Marcel did not need to be shown into his office any longer. Besides, his secretary looked like she had a lot of things to do. He briefly knocked on the large door and only went in when he heard Damien's voice tell him to.

"Sit," Damien said without waiting for him to say anything. Marcel went and sat on the other side of Damien's desk clearly waiting for him to say something since he had been called to the office.

"Do you have something to say or are you going to watch me work?" Damien asked when he noticed how silent Marcel was being.

"Um, I thought you were going to give me the address of the new apartment," Marcel said in confusion. Why would he have something to say when he was the one that was called to the office?

"I'm almost done you can sit there and wait for me," Damien said as he pointed at where the sofas were.

"I still have to go pick up my young brother," Marcel said feeling a bit frustrated. He did not want to be late and keep the boy waiting. He would probably feel a bit anxious if he was late.

"Mmh, I'll take you there don't worry, just give me five minutes," Damien said nonchalantly. Marcel kept his mouth shut when he heard that Damien was going to take him there personally.

"Why?" Marcel asked in confusion but did not hesitate to meet Damien's grey eyes when he looked up from the documents that he was sorting through. He had to admit that Damien's aura was a bit too overpowering but he also knew there was no such thing as a free meal.

"You want me to explain myself?" Damien asked as he raised an eyebrow and leaned on the back of his office chair.

<How is he so charismatic? I have to learn from him> Marcel thought to himself.

[He wouldn't be where he is without it] Avian chimed in.

"Don't you think you should?" Marcel asked Damien ignoring Avian.

"Fair enough. I have nothing better to do. So give me five minutes I'll be done soon" Damien answered and went back to work.

"Can I just go n-" Marcel started but when he noticed that Damien's expression started looking strange so he decided to shut his mouth.

The worst thing he could do so early in his career is getting on the bad side with his boss especially so early on, considering at this stage where he has nothing to his name.

Damien smiled in satisfaction when he saw that Marcel had decided to be quiet and finished sorting through his documents.

He took out his briefcase and selected a couple of documents and neatly arranged them inside before he closed it and stood up from his seat. Marcel stood up as well since he assumed that he was done.

"Let's go," Damien said and walked out of the office with Marcel trailing close behind him.

He spent a few minutes in front of his secretary's desk leaving orders before he turned to leave but paused mid-step making Marcel almost bump into his wide back.

"When is Carlton coming back?" Damien asked the secretary.

"He has not informed me yet" she replied.

"Tell him I want to see him on Monday. If he isn't at work by then he can forget having holidays for the rest of the year" Damien said and turned to leave without waiting to listen to his secretary's response.

<How overbearing! I'm sure I'll get a role like this in the future, I definitely have to learn> Marcel thought to himself once more.

[There's no rush, you have to nail your modelling career first] Avian commented and was ignored again by Marcel. Avian started feeling a bit strange when he was ignored for the second time but he ignored those feelings.

The two of them got in the elevator and stood there in relative silence. While Damien was answering text messages Marcel unabashedly studied him. He couldn't help it, the man was his type and if they had met when he was a woman she would have definitely gotten together with him.

A few seconds later the elevator slowed into a stop and Marcel saw that they had stopped midway. The doors slid open and his eyebrows raised from the sight in front of him.

Damien raised his head and saw that there were five guys standing in front of the elevator with a camera crew. The five of them greeted him automatically in unison and Damien nodded at them and looked at them in question.

"Titus, what is this about?" Damien asked one of them.

"We're filming for a variety show" Titus explained and Marcel studied the boy named Titus. In all honesty, they were all very attractive and even though he had never met idols before he could recognise that they were idols almost immediately.

"Mmh, you can take the next elevator," Damien said and his attention went back to his phone. As Marcel was studying them they also studied him after exactly five seconds Damien looked at Marcel who looked preoccupied with staring at the idols.

"Marcel," Damien said and Marcel knew immediately he was being reminded to close the elevator doors. He smiled at the five boys and the camera crew apologetically before pressing the elevator button and the doors slid closed.

"Who was that?" one of the members of the variety crew asked.

"We don't know either" Titus answered a bit confused as well. If he was a trainee he would definitely know about him, especially with his looks.

"Maybe he just got signed recently" Axel another one of his members suggested.

"That would explain it. His name was Marcel right?" Titus asked and received a nod from his other group members.

"Well, let's go," Titus said as the other elevator opened and was thankfully empty.