Received Ethan said that he had to work late at night, let him go to eat dinner first to go back to the phone is only six o'clock., Marcus, to the last point of the matter at hand to deal with the end, looked at the computer in the right corner of the time and thought about taking the car keys to get up and leave the office.
The people at Lysol are not surprised to see him here; there are always one or two times a week that he will come here to look for Ethan, and the receptionist has been familiar with him for a long time, smiled and greets him, and gave Ethan's secretary an intercom to notify him, and invited him to go in directly.
Ethan's new secretary was a pretty little girl who had only worked for less than two years. When she saw Marcus come up, she stood up to greet him and knocked on the office door for him.
"Come in."A few moments later, Ethan's slightly magnetic and steady voice came out from the inside; the female secretary helped Marcus open the door and invited him in.
In the office, besides Marcus, there was William, sitting in front of Ethan's desk with his back to the door, reporting work to Ethan, and Marcus didn't stop when he came in.
Ethan has been reading the documents in his hand, looks very serious, and does not greet Marcus in his office. Marcus has been here many times, a long time, and is used to it. He does not disturb them, walks to the sofa, and sits down. Boredom flips up in front of the coffee table, thrown on the magazine.
The sound of the two men talking in low voices came over from time to time. Marcus did not hear the interest, focusing on the magazine in his hands. William's voice paused for a moment when he came in. He glanced at the opposite side of Ethan, who had been hanging down his eyes to read the documents in his hands, and saw that he did not intend to shout to stop, so he continued to speak.
Half an hour later, Ethan sipped the coffee in his hand. His eyes finally turned to Marcus on the sofa. He had already leaned against the couch and closed his eyes. The magazine turned over and covered his legs, seemingly asleep.
Marcus was never this casual in front of outsiders because this was Ethan's office, so he didn't have to worry. Ethan looked at him like this, the corner of his lips hooked up in a smile. He waved his hand to signal William to stop for a while before saying anything. He got up, walked over, sat beside Marcus, wrapped his arm around his waist, and patted his hand gently: "Marcus, wake up."
Marcus slowly opened his eyes and looked at him, confused, "Is the work done?"
"Not yet. Do you want to go back first?"
"I'll wait for you."
"Then go sleep in the inner lounge. There's a bed there. Don't get cold here."
The inside lounge was for Ethan's midday break. There was a bed and a bathroom, so overnight was no problem. Marcus didn't refuse and stood up. As he walked past William, the other man stood up and greeted him, no longer calling him by his first name as before but calling him 'Marcus.'Marcus nodded and pushed his way inside.
Ethan also sat back in his office chair. William glanced at him, hesitated, but still asked, "Marcus, does he often come here to wait for the general manager to finish work?"
Ethan made a cold sound and said, "Let's not talk about things unrelated to official business; let's continue with what we just said."
When Marcus woke up, it was almost nine o'clock. He went into the bathroom and washed himself up. He pushed the door and went out. Outside, Ethan and William were still talking about business. When he saw him coming out, Ethan stopped again and asked, "Are you hungry? We ordered takeout earlier. You were sleeping, so I didn't wake you. The food is on the coffee table. There's a microwave inside, so you can heat it and eat it."
Marcus nodded, picked up the bag on the coffee table, and returned to the lounge. He flicked on the TV, tuned it to a random station, warmed up his food, and went to sit at a side table to watch TV while he ate.
Ethan had ordered several dishes for him, all to his liking. Marcus had never said so, but since they had started living together, Ethan had taken his preferences and habits to heart. It seemed that he had gone from not being sure that he could let another person into his own private space without resenting it to being accustomed to it and used to it now.
Eating something and being bored of watching the TV eight o'clock TV series, I would have liked to change to the news station. In the TV series, the male protagonist Ji Ran, Marcus, presses the remote control of his hand and stops. Ji Ran this kid's acting is full of sound; acting up the deep love of the male protagonist is not at all out of place, but the plot is dirt off the dregs; the male and female protagonists go through all sorts of things finally came together, the heroine heart of the White moonlight ex-boyfriend suddenly came back, want and female protagonist to renew their former relationship, the female protagonist face firmly refused, but the heart has begun to produce a wavering, and is a bloody love triangle.
The last scene before the credits rolled, framed on top of Ji Ran's sad face, when he saw the heroine hiding from him and quietly meeting with her ex-boyfriend, Marcus, choked.
His dining etiquette and habits have always been excellent; for the first time, because of watching TV, concentration was brought into the mouth of the food, and he choked and kept coughing up.
When Ethan pushed the door in, he saw Marcus coughing with his hand on the table. He hurriedly poured a glass of water and handed it to him, patting his back, helpless and amused: "How can you choke yourself even when you eat something?"
Marcus shook his head and felt very embarrassed. Ethan glanced at the TV screen broadcasting the following episode preview. He only watched for three seconds and guessed what was being played. He couldn't help but laugh: "Marcus, you wouldn't have watched this and felt the same way, would you?"
"..."
"Alright, I'm kidding, come on, I'm done, let's go back."
Marcus cleaned up the mess on the table, washed his hands, grabbed the jacket he had taken off when he went to bed, and put it on. He casually asked about Ethan, "Have you been working a lot lately? Why do you work overtime so often?"
"Well, it's hectic a bit when it's almost the end of the year; it'll get better after that."
"You recruited another secretary?"
Ethan smiled and explained, "The previous one was a strong woman. A person can be both a secretary and an assistant, but the current one won't be able to, so I didn't tell you before to hire an assistant. That little girl outside was originally a clerk. She can only do clerical work and can't do other things."
"What about your new assistant? He's been working for almost a week. How is his work ability?"
"Not bad, got up to speed pretty fast."
Ethan answered casually, and Marcus didn't ask again. After putting on his jacket, Ethan pulled him over and smoothed out his tie, something they were both quite used to doing for each other daily.
Marcus drove his car—Ethan did not drive his car—out of the company's parking lot and found that it was raining again. Marcus slowed the car and went from the parking lot to the front of Lyson's company building. He saw William standing in front of the building, seeming to be without an umbrella.
Marcus asked Ethan, "Should we mind him?"
"It's not like he lives far from here."Ethan still had a grudge against Angus for subletting his house to him.
"But he doesn't seem to have an umbrella with him, and I'm afraid we won't be able to wait an hour for a cab in this place."
"...You can manage if you want to."
"Don't be sour. He's your assistant. You have the nerve to ignore your subordinates like that," Marcus said, driving the car over. The window slid down, and the somewhat stunned people outside rushed outside. "Get in the car."
William hesitated but pulled open the back door and got in.
From the time he got in the car, the two people in the front almost did not repeat anything; Ethan only occasionally reminded Marcus to pay attention to the road ahead; Marcus had been silent while driving, and William sat in the back, his eyes in the back of the two people turned around, and finally lowered his eyes, to hide the complexity of the coldness in the gaze.
Ethan casually pressed open the car stereo, playing soothing and gentle piano music. He just played the intro, Marcus, but violently pressed it off. Ethan was surprised to see him for a moment. His face became a little strange. He wanted to speak, but he also thought of the back of a person: hold back or let it go.
So, the atmosphere is becoming more awkward. William and Ethan used to live in the company's building below. The two only drove back to their home until Marcus entered the door. Marcus's face was a little strange. Ethan finally could not help but pull the person ready to shower in the bathroom: "What is wrong with you just now?"
"Nothing," Marcus shook his head. I'm a little tired. I'll take a shower first."
An hour later, I waited until Ethan took a shower and came out. I went into Marcus's room to see that his hair was not dry. He was wearing a bathrobe and leaning on the bed. He seemed to be falling asleep again, and I hurriedly walked up to wake him up. "Blow dry your hair before you sleep."
He then went to get him hot water to let him soak his feet since Marcus's feet sprained once; Ethan will remind him every day with hot water and medicinal oil. to wash his feet that can soothe the tendons and revitalize the blood,Marcus did not refuse,Ethan went to get a hair dryer,plugged it in and climbed onto the bed to blow-dry his hair.
"If you're a woman,the man who marries you must be very happy."Marcus enjoyed the feel of his fingers running through his hair,smiling as he did so.
"I'm not a woman,and you'd be just as happy marrying me."Ethan picked up on it smoothly.
Marcus turned around and pinned the man straight down and pressed up to kiss him,"Sexually happy?Show me now."
Ethan smiled and hugged him tight,pressing one hand to the back of his head and kissing him back hard.
******
In the middle of the night,after tossing and turning for most of the night,the two of them fell into a deep sleep,the cell phone that Ethan put on the bedside and didn't turn off was persistently ringing,and in a daze,he pressed open the bedside lamp,and didn't look clearly at who was calling,and directly answered it.
"General manager,something has happened,the new hotel in N city had a big fire,heavy losses and casualties,the news is just coming over,we..."
The one who called was William,his voice was a bit urgent as he reported the matter,Ethan instantly woke up,almost unbelievable:"A big fire?What's with the sudden fire?"
"It's a mountain fire,the forest park behind it is on fire,it's been implicated."
N city's new super five-star resort hotel is Lysol agent of Switzerland's top hotel brand,the first in mainland China,built in the outskirts of N city's scenic spots,by the mountains and the water,but also this year's Lysol continental region,one of the key investment projects,the hotel was built and started business to now less than half a year,suddenly happened such a thing,but also can't help but call Ethan surprised,just a few words over the phone can't tell exactly how serious the situation is to what?It is not clear to what extent the situation is serious,so Ethan made a decision on the spot and instructed William:"Book me a plane ticket,the earliest class to go to N city."
After that,he hung up the phone directly,as for the last sentence William said before he hung up,"I'll go with you"Ethan didn't hear it and didn't state his position,the person on the other side of the phone took it as his agreement,but also at this moment Ethan couldn't care less about the matter.
Marcus,who was woken up,also pressed on the bedside lamp,propped himself up and asked the person who had already gotten out of bed and was ready to go into the bathroom to wash up,"Is it serious?"
"I don't know,going to go over there and check it out,you go to sleep,you have to work in the morning."
Marcus saw that he went straight into the bathroom when he finished speaking,and swallowed back what he still wanted to say,and without saying anything else,he lay down again.