Editor : TofaRumman
Chapter 15
Ran, wearing a five-piece jeans dress with torn long sleeves, a round neckline, and cartoon pattern, carried a backpack that was packed until full. Two hands carried a big bag as he walked into the company without a problem. Aside from carrying a bag with a note on it, as usual, one hand also carried a bulging bag. Passing through to the desk, the young man smiled and greeted the guard.
“Hello.”
“Hello Khun Ran, you are carrying a lot of things. “
The Uncle answered kindly. Ran gave him a bag.
“These souvenirs are toffee, milk filled with nuts. Ran bought several bags to chew when you’re sleepy.”
“Oh, thank you very much, Khun Ran. You didn’t have to, I’m concerned.”
The guard extended his hand and bowed a little in a respectful expression. Ran smiled.
“It’s okay. Please give it to all of the Uncles. “
“Yes, thank you again, Khun Ran.”
The guard said politely, without forgetting to turn around, bow his head and gesture him to the path towards the entrance. So he walked to his lover's office. When the door opened, Ban sounded in the room.
“Are you back? Was it fun?"
Ran nodded and answered.
“It was fun. Ran rode a boat and slept overnight on an island in the middle of the sea too. It was so beautiful."
The tone of the young man was full of joy. So Ban made his eyes big and looked at Phat from head to toe.
“Going to the island with Phat, coming back looking dark.”
“What is Niang?” Ran asked curiously. Ban sat quietly because he only knew that it was a metaphor but didn’t know what it meant. Phat explained.
“It means the body is black due to sunburning. Taken from a beetle with its black color. “
“Oh.” Ran dragged a long sound and arranged to place all the bags on the table, slowly picking out the purchased items one by one. He continued speaking.
“Ran asked Phi to stop by Nong Mon, and found a lot of delicious things, so I bought them for myself. At first, I wanted to buy ‘Khao Lam’, but P'Phat said that it had coconut milk. It looks strange, but after tasting it, it’s delicious and comes in a package. “
The young man explained as he delivered snacks from the big bag with three squids, fried durian, and salted taro to the people in the office. Everyone took a bag without forgetting to thank Ran. Ban grabbed the ink bag that no one dared to pick and smiled pleasantly.
“Looking for something to eat with beer. Thank you very much, Ran. “
“It’s no problem.”
The little boy said in a clear voice, at the same time that Lalin came in. When she saw who was there, she called out with joy.
“Nong Ran”, a cool young woman moved forward, pinching his cheeks like fangs, and glanced her eyes toward Phat and pretended to smile. Which he saw and was made angry before returning to the attention of the young man. “I missed you. How was it? Was it fun? Were you teased by someone?”
“No, no,” the young man replied, smiling as he glanced toward Phat, knowing who Lalin was. “Going on a trip this time was really fun. Ran watched the dolphin show. I also held the hand of Dolphin. He was very cute when taking a boat to the island and we met a whale shark. It is as big as the boat that we sat on. “
Ran gestured together with his arms to let everyone know how big the fish they met was. With big eyes, Ban asked,
“Oh good luck, did you take a picture of it?”
“I was taking photos and clips until the memory was almost full.” It's a problem that appeared like a joke. Ran, therefore, was teased.
“Well, it’s cute,” the young man argued, pulling his smartphone to open the clip of the whale shark to everyone. The huge size of the whale made the office people cry “whoa” in amazement which Ban acted as a human being as well as ever.
“A big one like this can eat the whole boat.”
“The whale shark only eats plankton.”
Ran took the argument realistically. He had an itchy mouth for a long time and had a chance to add,
“Even children know.”
Ban moved his mouth to retaliate, but Lalin waved her hand to stop the argument.
“As soon as you can, go back to work.” As everyone dispersed to sit at their desks, Ran opened the backpack and took out the plastic box and the bag inside.
“Sister Lalin.”
“What’s up?” The cool lady smiled, so the young man handed over all the items.
“At first, Ran intended to buy oysters because P’Lalin liked it so much. But P'Phat said that fresh food after a day was not good, so it changed to Hoi Cho. This restaurant has a lot of crabs. This one is dried katoi with fried durian. My favorite thing.”
“Just sending a beautiful picture to show me is enough. But thank you very much.” Lalin pinched his cheeks, not too strong, before taking all the things to carry and asked “Do you want to tell me why you brought these to us today?”
“Phat said to.”
“This old, jealous guy,” Lalin grumbled as she saw his forehead and eyebrows wrinkled together. “What about Ran? Will you accept this job? “
“Yes,” the young man answered immediately without thinking. Lalin asked him to wait and went to order the staff together. After completing the order, she went back to pick up the souvenir bag and looked at the two young men, “Follow me.”
She told them briefly before walking to bring them back to her office. When they were in a private place, Phat which had kept the same doubts for a long time asked,
“Looks like you don’t want Ran to take this job.”
Palin nodded and sat down in a chair, signaling the two to sit down.
“The customer has quite a problem,” she introduced the architecture the other way.
“We’ve met a lot of nagging and complaining. We should be able to handle it.” Phat made an assumption, but seeing the other person shaking her head, he thought it was another matter. “If money matters, the boss should know.”
Lalin sighed over and over.
“This guy is loaded. What you want, how much you pay, it’s okay. ” She turned her gaze to Ran and stared in concern. That made Phat start to wonder.
“Or that?”
“Yes, he specified Ran because he wanted him. I pretended to say the value was too high.”
No need to explain much, the young man would be able to guess what taste this customer had. The lady chief’s heavy demeanor clearly emphasized that the customer’s goal was his lover.
"Refuse him.” Phat’s voice became short. Because she began to see him in a bad mood, Lalin’s face looked messed up as she sighed.
“It’s too late.”
It was known that the company had contracted the customer. Phat sat still, unable to speak. When he couldn’t fix anything, the only solution was to look after Ran closely, but he had to work. He wanted to quit the job. Lalin saw the worry on the young man’s face and spoke.
“Phat, go to work. I will take care of Ran by myself. “
It was a sincere good hope. But it hardly made the anxiety lessen, and Path sighed softly. At least it was better than leaving Ran alone with him.
“Please, please,” he said hard before turning to his lover. “You also have to be careful. Do not be alone with clients .“
“Yes.”
Ran didn’t understand the situation fully. He wanted to ask what the problem was, why were they so stressed? But Lalin cut him off.
“The customer is likely to come. So, let’s go back to work,” she said as she took the tablet and smiled at Ran, “Let’s go."
They walked to the door, but Phat was still at a loss.
“Let me go, too,” he said in a low voice. Seeing Lalin’s eyes, the young man hurriedly said. “I want to talk about job details with the customer. It will be designed correctly “
It’s an acceptable excuse, but it didn’t make sense in Lalin’s opinion. But she nodded.
“Keep the mood good.”
She gave a brief warning before walking away. Ran hurriedly followed along and asked about the job, but suddenly Phat, who had been silent for the whole time, asked,
“What’s his name?”
Lalin turned to look at his head and started to feel that he was hiding a commotion growing inside. Even so, she replied.
“Win Chai Choke Anan”
Path nodded his head once. Lalin read his brooding eyes and warned.
“You don’t need to look for information. This guy is the second child of the Choke Anan family. They’re the old millionaires. Arrogant, overbearing temperament,” she glanced at Ran for a moment. “It’s a big tiger man.”
The last sentence caused Phat to bite his mouth. As for Ran, who did not know the meaning of the word tiger man, from the expressions of the two, the young man could have guessed.
Tiger = Carnivorous
Tiger, the man that Lalin was referring to, would mean people who like to eat men. Which was now him.
“He will catch Ran to eat, right?”
The young man blurted out and asked to be honest. Both Lalin and Path stopped suddenly.
“Yes, Ran must be careful of himself. Do not be with him alone. “
Lalin didn’t think of hiding anymore. She loved and adored this cute little boy. Therefore she could not stand him being the victim of this crafty man.
“Yes,” Ran accepted and smiled at the elder who was looking very jealous. “Do not worry. Ran can take care of himself. Also, sister Lalin will also be present. He wouldn’t dare to do anything."
The pure face and eyes made Phat sighed. He affectionately stroked his lover’s head before warning.
“People with bad habits are cunning. There are many ways to deceive. Even being a customer, Ran doesn’t have to indulge in everything. If he asks for anything, then just say no. Do not be afraid if he will be angry. “
“Yes.”
The young man accepted a more serious expression. So Ran understood this. Lalin thought and breathed in relief.
“Let’s go.”
The woman briefly concluded before walking to the meeting room. Seeing the customer and the costume clerk waiting, she apologized before ordering Ran to sit in a chair next to the customer, with Phat in between. Chana Chai Mun’s eyebrows were not satisfied with this, but they still maintained their behavior well, even if the eyes that used to look at Ran did not keep their feelings well enough. Lalin, who was already observing Phat, quickly resolved the situation.
“Let me make introductions before starting work. Phat is the company’s main designer,” she said, pointing to the young man and moving to Ran. “This person is a model named …”
“Ran,” Won Chai cut her off and sent a sweet smile. “I heard the name for a long time. The real one is a hundred times cuter than the picture.” He extended his hand forward. “Nice to meet you.”
The little boy made a confused face. He knew the custom of the handshake, but because he knew enough to guess the other person’s intentions, he paid respect.
“Hello.”
Win made a slightly awkward face, then pulled his hand back and smiled without a fuss.
“Hello,” he raised his hand and hurriedly returned to focus on work. “We’ve had a rough discussion about our work. Today I want to know the details. Have you designed the stage yet?“
He asked Lalin and went out for it.
“He just returned from vacation. Lalin sent me the job last night, so we are still missing the design."
Chanthai nodded his head, but had not yet said anything, Phat gave the tablet to him.
“I read the work concept. Sketch the stage a little, but just a bit first, to see if you like it so I can add some details. “
Lalin was not surprised at all, knowing that Phat was a very responsible person. The little smiling woman watched the young man visually before scrolling to look at each victory looking at the figure one by one.
“I like the third type,” he said before returning the tablet to Phat. “When do you think you can send a full body?”
“Give me two days,” Path replied with a solemn expression. Won Chai nodded and moved his eyes to Ran.
“As for the model,” he put his hands on the table. “Please come and stand next to me.”
Lalin was stunned at the request, and her brow twitched. Ran clenched his mouth before getting up from the chair and walked towards the man, at an arm’s length away. Chanthai posed a formidable attitude with a glimpse, at the tail of his eye.
“Raise the arm to open the sleeve as well.”
His smooth voice commanded, Ran looked at Phat for a glimpse before following it. Heart throbbing, fearing that the other person would take advantage of the opportunity to rub his arm, molesting him, but instead, because he won the victory, only looked at his bare, white forearm carefully and nodded.
“Beautiful skin,” he praised, telling the boy to sit back and turn towards Lalin. “I want the model to take off his clothes on stage. Viewers will feel that if using our products, the skin will be beautiful like a model. “
Lalin was stunned by Winchai’s request. Knowing how lustful it was, but she didn’t think it would’ve been this crazy.
“It will become a swimwear sale.”
“But I want to show off the model’s skin.” Chana Chai remained stubborn. The customer, therefore, proposed an idea.
“Showing all your skin like that will distract the customers more. If you want to focus on clean and bright, beige shorts with a peach sleeveless T-shirt would look better. It brightens the skin and creates a feeling of freshness. Like just taking a shower and washing with new soap.“
Lalin nodded in support. Winning a little.
“Makes sense.”
“Add a short sleeve shirt or another vest? How about a gauze embroidered vest with gold threads for a glistening look.“
Lalin added an idea, to preserve Ran’s skin. Because a sleeveless T-shirt is too tempting to the wolf. Chana Chai Mongrat thought before nodding.
“I like it. Just follow this.”
The cool girl sighed in relief. One problem was solved, but the one that followed was even more terrifying. Because each show has a different concept according to the needs of the employer. All models, therefore, had to practice posing to suit the job at all times. Especially the person who was placed as the main presenter at the event.
“I want to take the model to the company as well. To understand the product better.“
This request made Lalil worried. She hurriedly argued.
“We have received a sample of the product with all the details. If you want to see progress and don’t want to see mistakes, you can come to see us every time. Our company always welcomes you.“
Of course, Win Chai was not satisfied with the above excuse. But he did not want Ran to be too frightened or paranoid. Therefore he must agree.
“Alright. Then it will be agreed according to this. When your Ran is ready, call me.“
“Okay,” Lalin took a short word and got up to walk to the other person at the door. The two shook hands again, but before Win left the room. He turned around to look at Ran and smiled sweetly.
“See you later.”
He gave a dazzling look, like a womanizer before closing the door. As soon as he got out of the room, Lalin sighed. The customer party, who had been trying to keep their mood for a long time, blurted out.
“We are working on the concept. Will that be okay?”
Lalin pressed her mouth and nodded to Phat in the front seat, clenching her fist. The customer then smiled and urged himself to go to work. When the three of them were alone, the Coordinating Leader warned.
“Calm down, he’s a customer. When the work is finished, it will be over.“
“What about during that time?” Phat asked and breathed long as he realized that the other person was in a higher position. “Excuse me, I’m a little annoyed. But it really isn’t okay.“
“It’s okay, I understand,” Lalin said in a much cooler manner. “But Ran is a good boy and can endure this. You’re older, if the younger one gets discouraged like this, there is hope that the tip of his chin has been lifted. "
She made a joke, which, although not laughing much, the young man forced a smile.
"I want to stay. But after doing that, there was a warning of being fired.” Phat said in a smooth voice before placing his hand on Ran's round head and rocking lightly. "When will the rehearsals begin? "
"What's going on tomorrow? Because in another three weeks it will arrive on the day of the event."
Phat had not seen the queue yet. "Why is it so urgent?"
"Win, he suddenly changed the organizing day. It's good that we've cleared most of our work recently. Otherwise ... " The cool girl shook her head languidly. "But just like that, give it up, the boss will never refuse. But Phat, let's finish it quickly."
The young man looked at the figure that Win chose and nodded.
"Catch up."
"Oh well, I almost forgot." She walked over to open one of the boxes on the shelf. Picked up the stuff inside and put it in front of Ran. "Shower cream that we have to present. There are three scents, let's try to smell them. Which one do you like?”
Ran looked at the green, blue, and pink shower gel opened one bottle at a time, and smiled.
"I like this one."
He said while holding a favorite bottle in hand. Lalin looked and smiled because it smelled like cherry blossoms.
"Pink is a good match for Ran. Plus the scent is light too. Go back and try it this evening in case you get an idea that fits the job."
"Yes." As for Lalin, after returning the rest of the bottle of a shower cream and then returning to pick up the tablet.
"Go back to work," she told Phat before turning to Ran. "Will you go sit at your office first? At noon, we will go out to find something to eat together. "
The young man turned to look at him, asking for permission from the elder. Phat sent a kind smile.
"You can go, but be sure that no one can bother you."
The last sentence sent eyes to Lalin. She made a bored face with the insolence of the young man.
"The room is mine. Even the boss doesn't dare to come in.”
It was a little rowdy, calling a smile on the solemn face of Path.
"Khun Chief, please take care of your younger brother."
"Acknowledged," Lalin pretended to make a day before beckoning Ran, "Let's go."
Ran wanted to go to Phat to say goodbye, but realizing that Lalil was waiting, he waved his hand and hurried to follow. As for Phat, when everyone had left the room, he looked at the sketch in the tablet, reminiscent of the lustful gaze of Win against Ran. The young man's heart pounded from anger, his body throbbing in anger. Even when he met him for the first time and talked only a few words, he still acted like he wanted to catch Ran all the time. No need to think that if there was an opportunity to be together alone, he would go wild. If Lalil did not promise to stay by Ran's side like a dog, he probably would have rejected this job.
His hand pressed the tablet harder. Looking at the stage with harsh eyes as if it was the face of Winchai.
He was jealous and would never let him touch his lover even at his fingertips.
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My Precious Doll (English Translation)
Teen Fiction📚COMPLETE BOOK 📚 Author : Gitsune Red Fox Translator : tofa
