Julien woke up early in the morning, rummaged through his closet, found a formal, white, slim fit, cotton stretch shirt that would be suitable for the visit in Lucius's company. He took a taxi and soon arrived at the address.
The company wasn't located in the downtown area, and there weren't many office buildings in this district either. It looked like it has been undergoing development in recent years. The building where Julien was going had also been built a few years ago. Looking at it from the outside, he could see that it had a very exclusive and unique design. Through the glass, he could see that the furnishings were very fashionable too. It was obvious at a glance that Lucius's company was doing great.
As soon as Julien walked in, the woman at the front desk immediately stood up.
With a big smile, the receptionist asked: "How can I help you?"
Julien said without an ounce of embarrassment: "I'm here to surprise Mr. Valetinus at work. My name is Julien Baume."
The receptionist warmly greeted him and after making a short phone call, led him into the company: "Come, please follow me."
Julien thought that this receptionist was really friendly, in his past life he always came across a grumpy type who never treated him like he was a guest.
The company's office lounge couldn't be considered small, but there weren't many employees. It was understandable, because Lucius owned many sub-companies, having a hand in many different businesses including: entertainment, marketing, clothing, etc.
Right after Julien sat down to wait for Lucius, the receptionist asked: "Would you like to drink tea or coffee?"
Julien thought it over: "Please don't trouble yourself."
But to his shock, the receptionist brought him bottled mineral water: "I hope the water is fine."
Julien said gleefully: "It is, thank you!"
He suddenly questioned if he had been too out of touch with society for too long. Were all receptionists this nice nowadays?
Shortly after the receptionist left, a very handsome and tall man in business attire came out from his office: "Why are you here?"
Julien quickly stood up: "Why? Not happy?"
Lucius had a faint smile: "Very happy, I'm just surprised to see you here."
Because Lucius wanted to see him again and here he was…
Julien and Lucius walked side by side to his office, but before they could sit and talk, one of the assistants knocked at the door: "Please forgive me for interrupting, but your next meeting is in five minutes, Mr. Valentinus."
Julien said quietly: "I can see you're very busy, I can wait here while you do business."
Lucius answered in a cold tone: "Cancel my next meeting."
The assistant gaped at him, looking confused. Lucius stared back: "Out! Now! I'm busy with my little boyfriend here."
Julien was flustered and his teeth sank into bottom lip: "You what! I'll tell you, if you won't go to that meeting, I will go back home right now!"
Why is he acting like an eighth-grader? He might as well something like 'I won't play with you anymore'. Julien felt so lame inside, but he couldn't think of anything else.
Lucius widened his eyes: "No, no, I will listen to you!"
Shortly after that Lucius left, leaving Julien alone in his office.
Two of Lucius's elites employees were standing behind him in the conference room. They stood there expressionlessly, looking straight ahead, but were secretly dissing their boss to themselves. Their boss was laughing to himself for a fifth time, not participating in the meeting at all.
Lucius was leaning against the back of the seat relaxing with his eyes closed, but his slender, white fingers were drumming on and off on his knee, one of his habits when he was in deep thought. He couldn't help, but chuckle again, remembering omega's shy expression and then acting tough despite being anxious.
Julien was for him like hidden treasure, thanks to whom Lucius felt his heart anew.
He didn't hear anymore the voice whispering in his ear, which always pledged that he would stay alone until his end and no one would ever love or want him. Those were his mother's exact words that the man kept repeating before death.
Now all Lucius's thoughts were directed at Julien, all full of hope and cheerful.
Meanwhile, Julien had nothing to do, he sat there quietly on the sofa and scrolled through his Weibo, playing, waiting to launch a sneak attack on Lucius. But then an idea popped in Julien's mind, a brilliant and safe one, in his opinion. System was spamming 'facepalm' emote in his head.
[System: Ugh.]
Julien murmured in a weirdly excited voice: "Stand aside, I have work to do."
He spotted the door to the inside room in Lucius's office. The room was bigger than what Julien expected. It was very neat and someone would come over every day to clean up. There were complete sets of items and materials. There was a bed, chair, closet, bathroom, and everything that should be there.
Julien's gaze was immediately drifting towards the closet.