Love the Second Time Around

Chapter 44 Let Us Sing Together

“I suppose you could say that. We’ve just completed the shooting for the show, so I brought everyone over to relax for a bit,” the man replied in his usual gentle, soothing voice.

He looked so handsome that I found myself captivated in a matter of seconds.

“Did you come here with your friends?” Nicholas asked.

“Yeah, but I wandered a little too far away, and now I can’t find my way back…” I explained awkwardly. This is so embarrassing! I mean, losing my way in a karaoke bar? Come on, I’m an adult for goodness’ sake!

Had I bumped into Dominic instead, he would’ve teased me so much — I would’ve never heard the end of it. While Nicholas did none of that, what he said next surprised me greatly.

“In that case, how about you come to join me for a bit? We’ll go look for your private room later.”

Me? Join Nicholas? He said he came over after filming the show, so… Does that mean I will get to meet a few other stars too? Oh my god! This sounds so exciting… But wouldn’t it be awkward for a random stranger like me to just show up?

“Um… Are you sure it’s appropriate to have me over like this?” I asked nervously.

At my timid question, Nicholas broke into a hearty chuckle. “Why wouldn’t it be? It’s just a hangout session between colleagues, after all. Come on, let’s go!”

With that being said, I decided to join him.

There were a lot more people inside his private room than I had expected.

There were over twenty people, and they were also surprised to see Nicholas return with a random stranger.

The awkward tension left me so dumbfounded that I forgot to greet them; I simply stood next to Nicholas in silence.

for me, the man was quick to react to the situation. He introduced me to the others, giving me a

couch and handed me a glass

earlier. They were the ones with the cameras at Flash

Does it have anything to do with you pretending to be

video in a few

nodded profusely. “With you in it? Of

nice Nicholas is, it was only natural that I support his shows in whatever way I could. Besides, all the movies and TV shows he had

of his colleagues calling out to Nicholes, I excused myself; I didn’t want to take up

then borrowed his phone and gave Shannon a call to inquire about the name of our

join my friends now,” I said

private room instead. There are a lot of them here, and navigating the corridors can be a little tricky. You might not bump into

him made me feel a lot worse about myself. He must think I’m

the private room, I can just ask any of the staff here for directions if I can’t find it. Besides, you’ve got a lot of people waiting

direction, but I wasn’t dumb enough to not ask for directions. I didn’t want to trouble Nicholas any further, but he insisted and dragged

of my hand after walking for a bit, and that was when I realized

my god! I can’t believe I held hands with Nicholas! How embarrassing! I bet his fans would try to cut my hand off, bid for it, and have it mounted on their wall at home if they found out! Heck, even I feel tempted to

Nicholas leading the way, the two of us were able to arrive at my private room fairly quickly. I thanked him profusely as we stood outside the room

There’s no need to be so formal with me!” Nicholas said with a warm smile on

excited that I blurted out the following words, “Would you like to come in for a

What if he’s only saying that out of courtesy? I mean… It isn’t very

surprised me once again

a surprise and asked him to wait outside for a bit, a request

took the microphone over from James before clearing my throat with

at me eagerly with the exception of Dominic, who had a