Gulf got a message from an unknown number telling him that he was Mild and wants to meet at a near restaurant but Gulf was sure it wasn't him because the two friends already talked a few days ago and decided not to meet all until this situation pass

"nice try" the tall serious boy murmured

"what?" he got distracted by the older man's voice who was facing him in living room

"ah no, they actually send me a message acting like they are Mild wanting to meet at a close restaurant, good think I already talked with him a few days ago"

"so they also sent you a message"

"also?"

"yeah, they took they acted like they were my sister or her husband or even..." he went silent making Gulf confused

"your grandfather?"

"no, the ex girlfriend that you heard about last time"

"I can't believe they are doing this and how did they even get our private numbers?" the angry tall boy said being so restless

"I don't know how but it shows that they are smart and can get anything they want"

"I heard about those accidents happening in other countries, very far from here but I never thought I would be going through it" Gulf said leaning back looking up

"it's because of me" the elder uttered unconsciously loud enough to make the serious boy look at him intensely

"it's not your fault at all, don't start blaming yourself because of those jerks, it's their fault for being evil creating fear around and hurting people" Mew who noticed the earnest look into the younger's eyes nodded a little

"you're right"

"you did nothing wrong, except for trying to make a poor secretary resign"

"hey I stopped doing that!" the brown eyed boy giggled a little

"I know, I was just joking wanting to enlighten the mood a little" the CEO was holding the word 'stupid' as he looked away.

The next day, during work Gulf got a message, it was from his previous landlord

Just when work hours where over, Gulf took his things and was about to leave when he was stopped by his boss

"where are you going in a hurry?"

"I'm meeting my previous landlord, it seem I forgot a t-shirt and he said to meet him at xxx restaurant to it return to me"

"are you sure it's your ex-landlord?"

"yes it was his number and he send me a picture of the shirt"

"alright" Mew watched Gulf catching a cab then he got in his car and left, once he reached home and settled down he realized that he didn't see the two reporters following him at all today which was strange since he saw them every single day roaming a little far from him, he started being restless and getting a bad feeling as he contacted his grandfather.

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Once the tall boy arrived, he looked around searching for the old man but couldn't find him so he sat at an empty table in the corner

'maybe he still didn't come, good thing I came quickly then' the innocent boy thought and sat there waiting for about 10 minutes then he decided to call him but he keeps finding the phone turned off, he kept calling for a few times to no avail.

'weird, did he suddenly get something else to do?' Gulf was asking himself not noticing the evil stares from the other side from the room, the tall boy decided to wait for another 10 minutes before leaving.

By the time he left the restaurant it was dark outside, the neighborhood around was almost deserted since it was a residential area and most people would be at their houses, Gulf had to walk for about 15 min to get to the main street, suddenly he felt himself shivering under the ill stares coming behind him, he realized that he was so focused on meeting his landlord and wasn't on his guard.

The scared boy stared walking faster but he could hear the footsteps behind him keeping up to his pace which made him nervous, the streets were empty and he couldn't ask for help and there was no shop around only buildings on each side, he kept walking faster until he was passing by a construction site, not giving him a chance, the two man pulled the tall boy forcefully dragging him into the voided site.

The next think he find was himself on the ground faced by the two man in disguise with a villain smirk on their faces, he could only tremble, not just because of the reporters but also this position reminded him of the loan sharks.

"finally we got a hold of you Famous secretary of the heartless CEO, Gulf Kanawut" one of them said with a rough voice that made the poor boy go numb for a moment especially when he heard his name.

"wha-what do you want?!"

"you know what... every information you know about your boss" they glared at him as the tall boy starred at them not blinking at all

"I don't know anything; he never told me anything"

"look young man, we have all the time in the world here so you will stay with us until you start talking" the taller man who looked strong bringing a chair and sitting down

"but you have a time limit, when the sun rises and you still didn't talk we will be forced to kill you and burry you here before the construct worker come back" the other one said taking out a long sharp knife and swinging it in front of his face.

Gulf's heart was beating so fast, he couldn't help but see the faces of the loan sharks and feel the fear from that time, he was trying to calm himself but his voice kept cracking wishing that any help would come soon, but he wasn't sure if...

"I swear, I don't know anything about him, you can ask me anything about myself"

"we don't need to, we already know everything about you, a poor kid who was abused by his father then thrown back to his mother who had a lover and kept working as a call girl secretly just to have fun and then leaving a dept of 150 million for 17 years old you and ran away with her lover, you got attacked by the loan sharks and you're childhood friend's father helped you and you started working to pay him back, two months after you started working for that CEO you got kicked out by your landlord and started living with you boss and his nephew who appeared some time later" The tall boy looked in pure shock, not just because he heard the new fact about his mother working as a call girl but also that they knew all this about him while he wasn't even a famous person and he doesn't have any social medias or anything that could lead them to know all that.

"ah by the way, the messages from you landlord earlier was us, we stole his phone two days ago and we saw you wearing that shirt in one of the pictures with your friend Mild on his IG account so we bought a new one to make sure that you won't get suspicious at all"

"did you hurt him? My landlord?"

"oh no, why would we hurt an innocent old man, he just took it secretly when he was riding the train" the one on the chair explained

"why are you doing this? Hurting innocent people like this"

"there is no innocent people in your world, every person his hiding and evil side of him, either being a part of some kind of corruption or drug dealing or anything that can help them be this rich"

"wait a sec are you doing this because you are jealous of them being rich and you're not?" they both looked pissed as the shorter got closer holding Gulf by the collar

"listen useless boy, don't start being smart with us, this nonsense will cost your life" he looked so furious giving the younger boy dead glares

"then why did you hurt other people? why did you made P'Oum get in that bad accident, he is an innocent Prosecutor"

"because he refused to confess, he and all the others kept running away from us and didn't listen to our threats so we had to punish them all"

"now start talking about you CEO or" he pressed the knife to his neck as the scared boy could feel the coldness of the weapon on his skin and a little sharp pain having a cut on the left side of his neck as blood came rushing out

"my boss's name is Mew Suppasit, he is the CEO of xxx company, he was very cold to everyone but he became kind recently and stopped ignoring me, he is very serious about his work, give his best to improve the company and make it famous around the world, it seem he has bad memories from the past but he still loves his grandfather and nephew a lot..." the tall boy started talking about useless information

"are you fucking with me right now?! Do you really want to die?!"

"I only said the truth"

"we don't need those useless information, we want something big, does he do drugs? Does he secretly meet with someone?"

"no! P' Mew isn't that kind of person at all, he is an innocent man who keeps working day and night to fulfill his dream"

"there is no innocent man in this world and you as his personal secretary are his accomplice and we know you are hiding something"

"if you know you tell me" the two reporters were enraged

"let's just kill him, he is worthless and useless, he doesn't have anyone to cry over his dead body anyway" usually, Gulf would feel pain from hearing those words but not anymore because he was sure that at least his best friend Mild and Por would feel sad if he die.

The muscular man squeezed Gulf's thin neck in his right hand and harshly threw him away, then he got closer and started kicking him as the tall boy groaned in pain, the shorter boy stood watching smirking

"it's your last chance to tell us everything"

"even if I knew something I will never tell an evil bastards like you" the taller grabbed by his hair and dragged him next a hole

"this is where you be buried later" blood was coming out of younger's mouth trying to release himself from the other's grip, Gulf could have fought back but earlier when he was suddenly dragged inside and was harshly thrown on the grown he badly twisted his leg and couldn't even stand up.

"any last words?" the shorter got closer aiming the knife to his heart, Gulf was still struggling to free himself, he quickly held the knife and tried to push it away as his hand was bleeding so much, he screamed as he could feel his fingers being cut

"GULF!!!!" a sudden yell was heard as someone dashed toward the muscular man pushing him away making him into the deep hole, the shocked shorter man stepped back

"you're bleeding... can you stand up"

"P'-P' Mew..." the younger boy was also a bit shocked, he didn't think that the CEO himself would show up

"how did you know we were here?!" the short evil man half yelled making Mew glare at him coldly with so much hatred that made him flinch for a moment

"how dare you do this to him" the angry boy said with an icy tone while he kept holding Gulf by his shoulder

"he asked for it, he refused to tell us anything"

"you piece of shit! You deserve to die!" the brown haired boy was furious

"how dare you?!" the shorter got closer ready to stab the CEO, Gulf quickly pushed Mew behind him and covered for him shutting his eyes and was ready to be dead any moment.

"drop your weapon or I will shoot!" the noise of many footsteps rushing in made him open his eyes slowly to find that many police officers where surrounding them, the short boy froze dropping his knife making one of the officers hold him down and handcuff him

"Gulf, can you walk?" Mew asked with worried but little surprised tone

"I can't, I twisted my leg earlier and they kicked me hard in the stomach" Mew quickly turned forcing the younger to hold him from the back as he slowly carried him outside where an ambulance just arrived took care of the weak man who kept groaning in pain as he was send to the hospital.

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"you are very smart young man, not only you quickly shared your position as soon as you got dragged by them but also recording the full conversation on your phone helped us send those two reporters to prison, they will rotten there for so many years" a detective said sitting next to Gulf's bed in the hospital

"I'm glad they are finally caught and no one else will suffer because of them"

"you are really kind, we are sorry for being late and that we couldn't save you in time" the tall boy shook his head smiling warmly

"I'm alive and that's what it matters and I know you did your best to get there" the detective smiled

"rest well and take care of yourself" he said getting out, the moment he did, Por with his grandfather and father and Mild came inside

"papa!!!" Por ran next to him with tears in his eyes, the tall boy smiled ruffling his hair

"I'm fine Por, don't worry, the doctor said I can get out after two days"

"brother, I'm glad you're safe, I was dead worried about you" the childhood friend got closer earning a soft smile from the patient

"sorry for worrying you, but it's all over now"

"we are really sorry dear, because of us you got hurt" the grandfather who was feeling guilty approached him

"please don't apologize, it's not because of you, it's their fault for letting their jealousy control them, besides I only got a few cuts and they will heal soon" a faint smile formed on his face, after talking for a little while, they all left except for Mew.

"Mr. Mew?" Gulf looked at him confused since he was silent since he came in

"I'm sorry" the elder said after a minute of silence

"I told you it's not your fault" the still weak boy grinned softly

"I heard the full recording, you are smart"

"you are smarter, I just shared my live position with you and you quickly understood and contacted the police"

"because I knew you wouldn't do something like that without a reason and given our circumstances I could only think that it was about the two trashy man"

"it's all over and everybody is safe so nothing else matter"

"I just want to ask one thing... why did you protect me then when he was about to stub me?"

"because it's better that I die that you"

"no one deserve death"

"I know but you have a real family who is waiting for you while I already have no one, you are Por's real father and your grandfather will be so depressed but I'm just an outsider so I thought it would be better if I get stabbed than you" the CEO starred in disbelieve

"well that's one reason but actually even before thinking about that my body moved on its own, it was like a reflex wanting to protect you"

"you are the most stupid person I ever met, your life matters too! There are people who will be sad if you actually die" Gulf looked down giving him a weak pure smile

"I know but it doesn't matter anymore, I'm alive and we are safe so let's just move on" he said looking back to him making Mew unable to argue more

"go back to sleep and rest well"

"I will" the elder slowly left the room having as new feelings got reborn inside of him...

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As I promised the continuation of the previous chapter

I hope you're still enjoying this story

it's going to get a little sweeter from now on ;)