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.

to react to the situation. He introduced me

me down on the couch and handed

few familiar faces in the group earlier. They were the ones with the cameras at Flash the other day, including the guy wearing

you mentioned… Does it have anything to do with you pretending to

the promotional video in a

nodded profusely. “With you in it?

was only natural that I support his shows in whatever way I could.

out to Nicholes, I excused myself; I didn’t want to take up

phone and gave Shannon a call to inquire about the

fun, okay? I’m going to join my friends now,” I said goodbye to Nicholas while returning

There are a lot of them here, and navigating the corridors can be a little tricky.

me feel a lot worse about myself.

that I know the name of the private room, I can just ask any of the staff here for directions if I

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

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

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 not wash my hand for a week… Should I worship

were able to arrive at my private room fairly quickly. I thanked him profusely

mention it. Besides, we’re friends, aren’t we? There’s no need to be so formal with me!” Nicholas

a friend got me feeling so excited that I blurted out the following words,

Am I behaving a little out of place here? What if he’s only saying that out of courtesy? I

me once again by

and asked him

entered the room and took the microphone over from James before clearing

they all looked at