1 Chapter 1: Zesther Callisto

Bright and colorful laser lights bounced inside a noisy bar. In this said bar, a man can be seen holding a woman's wrist while dragging her. His red face was painted with an expression of anger as if he would explode any moment from now.

The first two buttons of his shirt were undone, giving the people a glimpse of his sexy chest that was moving erratically. His breathing was heavy, a sign that he was trying to contain his anger.

Behind him was a woman wearing a green dress that matched her perfectly and made her already beautiful appearance even more beautiful.

"James! James! What do you think you are doing?! Let me go!" The woman said as she tried to take her wrist back but the man didn't listen to her. She could do nothing but continue voicing her discontent until James finally couldn't take it anymore.

In anger, when they are finally outside of that noisy bar, James lightly pushed the woman into the walls of the corridor causing them to meet face-to-face.

"Eliza, are you really that stupid?!" He asked aggressively, his eyes trembling.

As if she was scared of James's eyes, Eliza dodged his gaze, looking anywhere other than the man's face

"Don't call me stupid! For your information, I graduated with Latin honors! Stop meddling with my business, let me go back!" She replied before trying to escape James but the latter didn't let her do that.

A pair of long arms cornered Eliza from left and right. The sleeves on these arms were rolled, showing off James's veiny and manly assets.

"If I say you are stupid then you are stupid! Do you even know that you almost got drugged there? Your drink was spiked and you don't have any idea!"

Only after hearing that did Eliza turn to look at the man in front of her with eyes filled with surprise.

"Spiked? You're lying! How did you even know that?!" She said in disbelief as if she was not expecting that someone will spike her drink.

"Because I've been watching you like I always do!" The man blurted making the woman even more surprised than before.

"W-watching me?" She muttered with a trembling voice.

"And you say that you are not stupid. The man that gave you an umbrella when it was raining and you were stranded, the man that always gave you letters and chocolates to cheer you up when you are down, the man that has always been your supporter from day one. I am that man! Why can't you see h-how much I c-care and love you?!"

Towards the end, James's voice cracked a bit as if he was overwhelmed by his emotions and Eliza stared at him with her eyes blinking repeatedly.

"Y-you... what did you say... d-did you just..." Eliza stuttered and only then did James seemingly realize what he just said to her.

At first, an expression of panic flashed on his face but towards the end, he gritted his teeth as if this was a do-or-die moment.

"Yes! I said I love you! At first, I thought I'm contented by just helping you from the dark but after seeing you flirting with other men, I can't take it! It hurts here!" James hit his chest with his fist as he bit his lower lip. "I don't want to see you flirting with other guys. If you have to flirt, do it to me! No, I want you to flirt with me!"

The man's breathing became even heavier than before after saying his piece. He was afraid of the words he would receive from Eliza.

He was expecting to be rejected but Eliza actually laughed at him.

"Y-you... don't treat my feelings as a joke!" James said, thinking that his feelings were taken lightly.

"Hahahaha, no! That's not the reason why I'm laughing. It's just, you always call me stupid but turns out, you are the stupid one!"

"W-what did you say?" James asked as if this was the first time someone called him stupid.

"I said, you are stupid! You know how much I want to meet my secret admirer to the point that I don't want to open my heart to other people. Why didn't you confess earlier?"

"B-because I want you to love me as James Reyes and not as your secret admirer!"

"So silly! Whether you are James or my secret admirer, both are still you. I would have loved you regardless!"

"Even so! It's not like— huh?"

A stunned expression formed on James's face after realizing what Eliza just told him and the woman smiled.

"I said I love you, do I have to repeat it again?" She asked with a sweet smile and James was in disbelief.

"I-I think I just heard you say you love me and now, I want to kiss you..." he muttered as if he was under some spell and Eliza shook her head lightly.

"Then kiss me" she replied while wrapping her arms around James's neck. Their faces slowly inched closer, and it wouldn't take long before their lips meet each other but that is when the phone died

"N-no! No way! Did my battery just die at the critical moment?! This can't be. Charger! Where is my charger?!" Zesther panicked and he was about to find his charger when his make-up artist pulled him down.

"Darn it, Zesther, don't move, you fucker! You just ruined your make-up!" The make-up artist said while holding Zesther's head and forcing him to look at himself in the mirror.

In the mirror, a dashing and handsome man could be seen. His blonde hair was styled handsomely and his piercing light blue eyes looked beautiful. His bangs covered the left and right side of his forehead while leaving the middle empty, forming the perfect curtain bangs.

His facial features were both sharp and soft. He could be the hot boy next door but at the same time, he could be your boyfriend with golden retriever energy.

He has make-up on that is not too heavy but also not unnoticeable. His lips were the perfect shade of red that was a bit shiny thanks to the lip gloss. The features of his nose were further enhanced by the contour but this perfect image was ruined by his eyebrows.

"Keisha, what have you done to my face?" Zesther asked while staring at the long make-up line that extended from his right eyebrow to his forehead

"What have I done to your face?" Keisha repeated as she gave Zesther's shoulder a karate chop.

"A-aww! Why are you so violent?" Zesther complained and Keisha glared at him.

"Why are you blaming me when that is your fault?! Seriously, who would move as if they are jolted awake while knowing that their make-up artist is doing her best to make them look good?!"

Those words made Zesther realize that it was actually his fault and he shot Keisha's image in the mirror an apologetic look.

"S-sorry hehe" he said sheepishly but Keisha just continue glaring at him.

"Cough! Cough! I s-said I'm sorry. I-it's because my phone suddenly died when I was getting into the best part!" Zesther said apologetically.

"I'll confiscate your phone for now. Don't you know that we make-up artists are always blamed for the slightest delay even though it was people like you that made our job harder and longer?" Keisha grumbled while taking Zesther's phone and putting it in her own pocket to prevent him from using it again.

"N-no! Not my phone! I was still watching!" Zesther complained but Keisha just shot him another glare.

"No, your phone is confiscated. Do you know how silly you look while watching? When doing your make-up, your face shouldn't move but you are smiling and giggling too much. Darn it, if you want to have a similar experience with the leads of the silly dramas you watch, go get yourself a girlfriend!"

Zesther bitterly rubbed his shoulder. He wants to continue watching the show but he is aware that he is making his friend's job hard and he can only reluctantly let his phone be confiscated so that they could finish doing his make-up for the photo shoot

"Fine" he said with a pout and Keisha resumed by starting to wipe the line on Zesther's forehead.

"Seriously, why don't you get yourself a girlfriend instead of binge-watching romantic dramas every day? It's not like you are ugly, you are handsome and there are literally thousands of girls that want to be with you" Keisha said while shaking her head at her hopeless romantic friend.

"It's not that I don't want to have a girlfriend, I'm just waiting for the right one you know. The one woman that can make my heart beat fast, the woman that would smile at me and stress from my long day would magically vanish, the woman that would complete my life" Zesther answered with a stupid and dreamy look on his face.

As a result, Keisha gave him another karate chop on his shoulder. If not for the fact that Zesther's hair was already styled by her, Keisha would have hit his friend's head hard already for acting like this.

"Good luck with that" she said with a scoff. "This is why you are still single until now. I'm telling you, what you're trying to find only happens in those silly dramas you are watching. Love is not as exaggerated as that!"

"No! I don't believe you! Don't insult my romantic series like that!" Zesther strongly shook his head as if he just heard the seven generations of his family being insulted.

"If you don't want to believe me then don't! I'll just watch you die as a lonely single and don't fucking move your head! Do you want to ruin your hair this time?" Keisha complained as she started fixing the messy strands of hair with a hair spray.

"Gasp! Take that back! How can you curse your friend like that?!" Zesther said with an exaggerated gasp. His face looks as if he was afraid that his friend's curse will come to life.

"If you want me to take it back then stop moving!" Keisha replied.

In fear that he'll really die a single, Zesther obediently stayed in his position like an unmoving statue.

He didn't move even a single inch all for the sake of Keisha retracting her curse.

In the end, Zesther's make-up was finally completed and the other crew in the set gave him the first set of clothes he has to change into

From time to time, Zesther made use of his good looks and he modeled for some clothing magazines.

His handsome face, tall height, and fit body are more than enough for him to be scouted by the agencies, giving him this kind of sideline.

"Mr. Zesther, are you done with your make-up?" A short and bald middle-aged man asked and Zesther nodded his head.

"Yes, sir. I just have to change my clothes and we can start" Zesther replied affirmatively with a smile and the bald man looked at him in satisfaction.

"With you as our model, this magazine would definitely sell like hotcakes!" The bald man's eyes almost turned into the symbol of money causing Zesther to chuckle.

"You're always praising me too much, Sir Joseph, you might make my head bigger"

"Well, you have the asset for that so who can complain?"

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Zesther changed into the first set of clothes he has to model before the shooting started.

Since this is not the first time that he did this, Zesther entered that zone that made people feel like there is only him and the camera not long after the photoshoot started.

He was confident and experienced in this field and he doesn't have any awkward expression on his face while modeling which made the crew love him as he was making their job easier.