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“He…llo?” A warm voice answered back.
Phil blinked his eyes, and quickly looked at the screen.
On it was, Mom, with lots of heart.
“f_ck” Phil muttered, and Scarlett laughed lowly.
“Hello ma” He said, quickly and bowed lowly like she was there.
“Yes, Hello. Who…is this?” She asked.
Phil swallowed hard.
“This is Scarlett’s boy-
Scarlett quickly pinched him, and he Mõ@ɲed out aloud in pains.
He quickly looked at her, and she arched her brows, shaking her head.
He understood immediately.
“Hello? You there?” Her voice came again. written by sommy pearl f.
“Yes,,, This is Scarlett’s boss”
“Wow! CEO of RM companies!!”
“Yes, Mother” He smiled.
“Mother? You’re calling me mother? A big person like you?” Marie chuckled.
Scarlett smiled and looked down.
“Yes, Mother..”
Marie smiled.
“You remind me of someone I once knew”
Phil smiled.
“Really??”
“Yes…Seriously”
Phil laughed.
“Are you okay though?” Marie asked.
Phil raised his brows.
“Yes. Is there a problem?”
Marie sighed deeply.
“I guess you haven’t heard. I called my daughter to tell her the rumors I’ve been hearing. Don’t really know if its just false news though”
Phil slowly sat down close to Scarlett.
“I heard, ,and of course, Everyone knows… and have been saying, your introduction party got ruined. A bad video got played instead. If you think its Scarlett’s fault, take my apology”
“No….Its fine. Its not her fault. Someone definitely spiked it, and I’ll find the person at every cost and make sure the person pays. Its a must”
Marie smiled.
“Anyways, Its advisable you don’t check the net. A lots of videos of that night was posted. Like I said before, I only heard this,,, but I didn’t watch it. Not that, I *didn’t* watch it. Rather, I *couldn’t* watch it”
Phil sadly looked down and Scarlett looked up.
“You aren’t gonna ask why?” Marie’s voice broke the silence.
Phil sniffed softly.
“I know the reason, mo..ther” He muttered.
Marie smiled.
“Seems you’ve gotten closer to my Lett. I really hope you treat her well”
“I promise…”
“Thank you, and have a nice day”
“You too, mother” He replied, And Marie giggled, before hanging up.
“I like her, and she seems to like me too” Phil said, handing Scarlett, her phone.
Scarlett smiled, and collected it.
“By the way- Phil paused, and shifted close to her.
Scarlett looked at him.
“Why don’t you want her to know I’m your boyfriend. You aren’t trying to hide me, are you? Cause I’m planning to tell ‘us’ to the whole wide world”
Scarlett laughed.
“I’m not trying to hide you. I’m just trying to avoid questions. Assuming, you told her, the call wouldn’t have ended now. I trust my mother. Over excitement would have taken its peak on her. When we get back to Korea,,, we’ll visit her, okay”
“Sure. I can’t wait” Phil smiled.
Scarlett smiled back.
*Riiinggggg* It was the telephone.
Scarlett stood up, ready to pick it but Phil stopped her.
“Just rest, okay? I’m also gonna watch the duvet” He winked.
Scarlett blinked and shifted her body a bit. There was blood stains there.
“Geez” She muttered, nervously. written by sommy pearl f.
Phil went to the telephone and picked it up.
“Hello. CEO of RM companies speaking??”
*FEW MINUTES LATER*
Phil sighed deeply before dropping the phone down.
He looked at Scarlett, and she could read the sadness in his eyes.
“What’s it? Did anything happen?” She asked.
Phil went close to her, and sat down on the bed. He sighed again.
“Phil,,, talk to me,,, will you?” Scarlett said.
“Our project won’t be launching again” He said.
“Why?”
“Lots of endorsement and sponsorships are now pulling out. Even the branch here is suffering loses. It can’t hold anymore. Our project is receiving controversies and backlash as we speak,,, due to what happened yesterday”
Scarlett sighed deeply and looked down.
“Hey… Hey babe. It ain’t your fault, okay” Phil said, and raised her face up.
“This is even a blessing for me” He smiled.
“Blessing? How?” She arched her brows.
“This is not a business trip anymore. Its more like a lover trip. Just between us. We can even have that dinner date here, as you wished on your bucket list” He smiled.
Scarlett smiled as well.
“I’ll start by sending the others back to Korea. Then,,, in 2 days time,, we’ll go back home. What do you think?”
“Nice…” She nodded.
“By the way,,, Have you seen Oscar?” Phil muttered.
***
Oscar turned his neck fast. The knife was stabbed on the wall, that it almost penetrated in it, fully.
Trina slowly went down, crying.
“I really pitied her. She never deserves this sh!t” Trina hiccupped.
Oscar fell down on his butt, and kept his face on his knees.
Trina slowly took her eyes to him.
“Oscar??” She called.
He looked at her.
“I take back all my words about you. I mean everything. Let’s stop. I’m gonna stop too. Its over between us”
Oscar blinked, and tears slid down his eyes.
“There was nothing between us at the first place”
“Good to hear that. I’m leaving Paris as soon as possible. Leave my room, or I won’t think twice before taking the knife, from the wall and stabbing it twice on your chest”
Oscar sighed deeply, and stood up.
He bowed before leaving.