Na Hyun Joon tried not to stare since Lee Whan entered the room. He really tried, but the man's presence commanded undivided attention by simply breathing in the same room.
But the turn of events started to upset him. He was never fond of violence, but the temptation to whack his band leader in the head for mistreating Lee Whan grew stronger each minute. With a sigh, he held himself back as he looked at the man in front of him who was struggling as if he was taking the great decision of his life.
Na Hyun Joon's heart hurt as he knew Lee Whan did not deserve any of it.
Lee Whan hesitated for a minute as he did not want to air the dirty laundry to everyone. But remembering his mother's call from yesterday and the call he would receive at any moment hollering him as the 'curse' of the family, he chose to bury any concerns for his family's name and honour.
After all, he was a useless, stupid curse that came to the world to bury the family's name and honour in his mother's eye. Maybe he should start living up to his mother's expectations and show her what he was truly capable of doing.
If he wanted to be the curse, he could very well be, but he chose not to be one so far. But he was not sure if he could hold it back anymore.
The beastly tendency in him refused to be insulted anymore and be a stupid, feelingless wax doll anymore.
"I have been trying to catch hold of you for the last three days. You could have checked your messages at the least later if you are too busy to take the calls?" Irrespective of the annoyance, Lee Whan still tried to be polite.
"I will do it hereafter. What were the messages about anyways?" Lee Yong's dismissive attitude made everyone uncomfortable, especially the band members.
They could not understand their ever-so-considerate band leader being dismissive and disrespectful to his little brother. They knew Lee Yong did not have a loving relationship with his sibling, but Lee Whan always tried to be civil.
So they could not understand why their leader always had to make things difficult for Lee Whan.
Na Hyun Joon wondered whether Lee Whan would be upset if he punched Lee Yong, but he quickly threw the thought away to hide his crush.
All the frustration weighed Lee Whan down, and the lethargic attitude of his elder brother finally snapped him. He yelled at his elder brother. "What the hell is your problem? Why are you hell bend on making my life hell?"
Na Hyun Joon nodded his head and glared at his band leader. But quickly, he stopped himself from reacting. He did not want anyone to know about his massive crush on their band leader's little brother.
Or worse, Lee Whan to catch a whiff of the crush.
At first, Lee Yong was surprised and happy at his little brother's outburst. So he chose to continue being an asshole.
"Why don't you understand?!!! I have something else going on at the moment! Isn't that why I am asking you about the message now?! I will try to check the messages in the future." Lee Yong purposefully pushed the button, hoping to make sure his brother became his old self.
"Oh… not necessary for me to explain! It is all over the news now. At least have some decency to post something to soothe your concerned fans and calm the storm down." Lee Whan's glare scared every single person in the room.
Lee Yong's band members and the manager wanted to leave, but they were so scared that their bodies refused to move. They did not want to move and ended up being the victim of the crossfire.
Na Hyun Joon knew he should not feel more attracted to the angry CEO Lee in front of him, but it was hard to ignore the handsome man. He was ashamed that he felt turned on at the sight of angry Lee Whan.
Realisation dawned on Lee Yong, and he cursed himself for not responding to his brother earlier. No wonder his little brother was furious. "Oh… I did not realise sasaeng fans were following me. I would have gotten back at you if I knew it was about the sasaeng fans that you called me. I will be careful in future."
Lee Yong was upset that even now, the anger his little brother expressed was not for himself. But he understood his brother's worry. If he were in his brother's place, he would have flipped the entire world to hunt down anyone who tried to hurt his little brother. It was just that he would never admit it openly.
At the same time, Lee Yong knew he never had the opportunity to protect his brother from anything or the power to do it.
"To know why I called, you could have opened the text messages in the phone you fucking carry everywhere with you! You know it is that simple?!" Lee Whan wanted to set his elder brother on fire.
Everyone in the room could sense that he would murder his elder brother without hesitation.
Lee Yong realised he took things too far by speaking. Even though he was upset with the writer's block, he should have acted maturely and not behaved like an asshole to his younger brother.
The ring tone of his brother's phone stopped him from thinking about the event. He never knew his brother was a fan of Kang Eun and had the latest song of Eun as his ringtone.
Turning his head away from letting the jealousy be shown blatantly, he started to frown at the cards in hand for no apparent reason. He did not even realise everyone was hiding behind the cards to escape the Strom.
"Tell me, mother!" Lee Whan spoke politely, but there was distance in the way he spoke. As if he was not talking to the family member but an acquaintance.
Lee Yong heard the scream from the other end, but no one could hear the words clearly. Everyone felt the scream was not pleasant. They also noticed Lee Whan closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm him down.
"I just landed from the business trip…" Lee Whan spoke with a neutral voice even though he was visibly frustrated.
Na Hyun Joon's heart bleeds looking at Lee Whan's distressed face. He did not like anyone yelling at the perfect man he had ever seen.
Not even the mother who gave birth to the perfect man.
No one is qualified to scold Lee Whan!
"What do you want me to do? I did text him to be careful, and he did not see the message." Lee Whan held back his anger as he spoke in a neutral tone.
The way his jaws were clenching and his eyes looked cold made everyone feel scared. But at the same time feel pity for the man for the first time since they knew him.
"I would have told him directly if he ever picks my call!" Lee Whan tried to rationalise with the mother, who was putting all the blame on him.
Lee Yong stood up and walked to his brother with concern.
Lee Whan looked at his elder brother, and the concern on his face was sickening. He grew more upset.
What is the point of concern now after causing all the damage over the years?
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