BOYFRIENEMIES

I AM ALSO PRECIOUS

Ethan touched his head that was a bit dizzy. He forced his body to get up and look around, although it was still a bit vague.

"I came to see Chaerin" he murmured softly. "And where is he now?"

Just as Ethan wanted to turn his gaze to the side, a loud punch struck his head, making him grimace in pain.

Chaerin stood around with his waist, glaring at Ethan sharply with his swollen eyes, and eye bags and dark circles that made him look like a zombie.

"You dare hit me?" Ethan immediately stood up and looked back at Chaerin no less sharply.

But once again Chaerin hit Ethan, and added a kick.

"I thought you were gonna fucking die!" Chaerin yells in frustration while continuing to beat Ethan.

Ethan held Chaerin's hand with the rest of his strength.

"Stop, I might hit you back if you keep doing this!"

Ethan's words managed to keep Chaerin quiet and stop his punch.

Ethan was still holding Chaerin's hand, seeing that the woman's hands were injured. Ethan looked at Chaerin demanding an explanation.

"George still beating you?"

"It's because of you shit! You come here drunk and then you pass out, you get a fever and your body sweats, until I have to change your clothes, I stay up all night, make sure your body stays warm with a blanket, I even took off the curtain because the blanket I had was so thin, every 10 minutes I changed the compress on your forehead, I called out to someone who was outside to open the door but no one paid attention, I tried to break the door but failed, I didn't sleep all night either, and now you say you're gonna hit me back! why don't you just die stupid!"

Chaerin spilled all his frustration on Ethan, and Ethan could only listen speechlessly. It seemed like it was very troublesome last night. He also ordered George not to open the door of anything that happened except on his orders.

"I'm just asking you to stop, I'm not really going to hit you" Ethan bowed with regret.

Chaerin clucked in annoyance and walked away from Ethan.

"Go from here now" said Chaerin ketus. He pointed his index finger at the door.

"I'm sorry"

"I said you have to go!"

"I'm really sorry"

"Are you deaf?! Is it just an apology your mother taught you? Stop that pointless apology and get out of here!" Chaerin was at the peak of his anger, even Ethan's slow speech was very disturbing to him.

His heart ached when he heard the threat from Ethan that was not much different from other men who considered him inferior.

"Mother? my parents sold me when I was 5 and I was forced to work in an underground mine" Ethan looked down and his facial water changed.

"Do you think a sad story would make me feel sorry for you huh?"

"Whatever I say won't make you forgive me so easily, right?" Ethan smiled bitterly.

Ethan walked past Chaerin, and headed for the door.

"Open the door" Ethan spoke softly and the door opened.

"The door didn't even move as I shouted" Chaerin said sarcastically.

"When I'm well enough, you can beat me again, to the fullest"

"Go there damn, take good care of your health, and never come here again to trouble me"

"I promise you, I won't trouble you, I won't get sick, I won't even die without your permission" said Ethan, who was only insulted by Chaerin.

"Thank you for taking care of me, I'll be back here to see you soon"

Ethan walked up to Chaerin, spread his arms to hug the woman.

"Don't touch me unless you want my hand to break"

Ethan stopped his steps and chuckled softly.

Chaerin was the first woman to keep him from twitching, the first woman to dare to hit him, and the first woman to reject him. And also the first woman who managed to make him fall in love, up to this big.

Makes her leave a rich woman and run to see her out of guilt.

"I love you"

Ethan's words instantly agape Chaerin, he's not even aware as Ethan approaches and manages to steal a kiss from him.

Chaerin stared at Ethan's departure still with his mouth agape, his soul must be flying somewhere because it was too happy.

*

Ethan returns to his house accompanied by Sean.

In a panic, Christopher ran over to his master who looked very chaotic.

Yesterday night his master left the house in a neat state, wearing expensive clothes and nice shoes.

But now he saw his master coming barefoot, his appearance was very messy and his clothes were changed with a loose orange t-shirt that looked cheap.

"You okay, sir?"

"He had a fever, I called the doctor and was on his way here" Chris's question was answered by Sean. He knew his master was unwell and it was impossible to get him to talk right now.

"Chris, why did you stop me from leaving last night?"

Ethan looked at Christopher, not the angry look he had seen yesterday, the look in his eyes that the old man now could not understand.

"I'm sorry for being so presumptuous of you sir, I'm just worried" Christopher said.

"Why are you worried about me?"

"I.iii" Christopher looks hesitant to say it.

"Say, so I can rest, I'm tired of standing like this"

"Maybe this sounds inappropriate, but, you are a valuable person to me, you are already like my own child, I don't want you to be sick or hurt, he said, it'll make me nervous all the time"

Ethan smiled with satisfaction at Christopher's reply.

"So she also found me valuable" Ethan imagined Chaerin's face as the woman was angry.

"Who?" Chris is made to wonder with his old words, Sean also put his ears well prepared to hear Ethan's answer.

"Emmm I mean............" Ethan racked his brain, trying to find answers, there was no way he would name Chaerin.

"Yes, I also consider you very precious master" Sean scratched his forehead, while throwing a questionable look at Christopher.

"I'll rest in the room"

Ethan hurried up the stairs to get to his room, without realizing that there were two pairs of eyes looking at him with astonished looks.

"Something's been happening to her lately?" Christopher looked at Sean, hoping that the man could give him an answer.

"Come, but his attitude is very strange, he often daydreams and smiles to himself, sometimes making me worry, I think maybe the master is possessed by ghosts" Sean frowned, frowning, a sign that he is also questioning the same thing.

"Which ghost dares to enter it! He's even more creepy. I hope he's okay" Christopher turns and heads towards the kitchen, but a moment later he stops his steps and turns around.

"Sean, let's have breakfast, Lia just finished making pancakes with fruit toppings" Chris mentioned the name of a chef who served in the kitchen to cook.

"I prefer ice cream"

"Come brat, don't be picky with your food"

Christopher pulls Sean's ear, and takes the poor man to the kitchen, accompanied by a groan from Sean.

Christopher is equally interested in Sean, he considers Sean as his youngest child.

*

"He just woke up and his hair was still messy, adorable" Ethan muttered as he looked at the phone screen that showed Chaerin's newly woken face.

Ethan secretly orders George to install a camera in Chaerin's room. It's a gross invasion of privacy, but Ethan has to.

He couldn't bear to not see Chaerin's face for even a day, the woman had already made him like a madman.

For a week, Ethan refrained from meeting the woman.

There are so many jobs that keep him busy every day, even he does not have time to sleep. And again Gold Medical was in trouble, making him have to focus on solving that problem as soon as possible.

"Wait a minute, and I'll take you home"

Ethan keeps his phone in his pocket and starts working again.

Stacks of paper containing company financial data scattering on the table.

Ethan is confused by the company's income that is increasingly unstable, and again a lot of unreasonable expenses.

Gold Medical plans to open a branch overseas, and a new building is being built and nearing completion. But an accident left the 20-story building with an iron foundation collapsed, killing dozens of project workers.

Gold Medical's stock price immediately went into freefall, and Ethan had to pay compensation to the families of the victims whose numbers were not small. Ethan lost a lot of money in just a few hours.

The contractor who was working on the construction of the branch building disappeared somewhere, later knowing that they used low-quality cheap materials to build the building, the building could not stand for a long time.

Police have also conducted a search for the contractor but have not produced results for the past week. The police can never count on such a job.

Now that Ethan has to confront the shareholders, they blame Ethan for what he didn't even want.

Many of the shareholders who sell their shares, fear if the stock price continues to decline and make them lose money.

Not to mention the people also judged him cruelly, as if forgetting the thousand good things Ethan had given them.

This mess is enough to make Ethan unable to move from his office.

"Whoever wants to sell his shares, buy at the highest price.anyone who wants to withdraw his investment, let them. Once they're satisfied, I'll turn things around and make them beg me"

Ethan threw a pile of papers containing rows of numbers that he held onto the floor roughly.

Sean just bowed down not daring to look at his master who was in a great rage. Sean who had been playing with his dinosaur doll immediately straightened his back.

Sean had previously realized something was wrong with the construction of a new branch, but he ignored it, he felt it was not important to investigate further, and again there is no order from Ethan that requires him to take care of the problem. After all Ethan has a lot of highly educated employees who are much more reliable than Sean who is just a numbers maniac.

"I'm so sorry sir"

"Find the sneak who dares to steal from me, make him pay for everything. Or you'll pay for it, eyes, liver, heart, kidneys, I'll pull it all out to make up for my losses"

Sean nodded in understanding, his face showing a huge sense of regret.

"If I had known, I would have watched him closely" Sean let out a rough breath.

"Sir, this is Ronan's call"

Ethan had almost fallen asleep in his lazy chair, but Sean bothered him just for a phone call, when this was his sleep after 2 days.

Ethan grabs Sean's handphone violently.

"I swear I'll kill you if you call me for something that doesn't matter"

Ethan's threat made Ronan, who was holding the phone on the other side, tremble.

Ronan was well aware that in this state his master must be very sensitive, but he assured himself that he would be fine, because what he would say was quite important.

"A customer from China named Xiao Feng Yan wanted us to give samples, he said he would buy from us in bulk if indeed the goods we have are of good quality, he said, it also wants to make transactions with you directly without intermediaries"

Ethan thought for a moment, trying to digest Ronan's speech. Ethan always uses an intermediary every time he makes a transaction, he always keeps himself a shadow behind and let his men do everything.

The people who did the transaction with him only knew his name was "GD" without ever seeing his face. Covering up his identity is important to Ethan, but the current state of chaos makes him rethink.

His company was in a big slump and he lost a lot of money. Large-scale drug sales could have saved him.

"Should I refuse the offer?"

Ronan who was impatiently waiting for a response from Ethan reopened his voice carefully.

"Give him the sample tonight, and have him bring me the money for the full payment tomorrow, I'll give him the goods directly, no bargaining"

"Okay sir, I'll deliver your message"

"Bring him 1 ampoule as a sample, it's worth it so be careful, or you'll have to replace it with your life"

Ethan hangs up the phone before Ronan can reply.

Ethan leaned back into the chair and tried to go back to sleep.

"Let me go sir, you can't show your face, especially in situations like this, you'll be in the spotlight right away"

"Find out about Xiao Feng Yan, and I'll work out a plan" Ethan flicked his hand telling Sean to immediately step aside from before him.