Kiss Me if You Can-Chapter 17Vol. 2 .2

“It’s not urgent, so it’s okay.”

Isaac answered in his usual calm tone. Mark turned his head and added jokingly.

“But who is the other person? It’s not someone we know, is it?”

“We all know each other.”

The atmosphere that had barely calmed down at Josh’s answer boiled over again.

“What, someone we know?”

“Alphande? Then a staff member?”

“No, that’s not the guy I met when I came to California last time. He’s not a movie staff member.”

Henry spoke after Isaac, who was surprised, and Seth shook his head coldly. Everyone simultaneously thought back to the last time Josh had been to California. It might not have been for work. If so, the scope expanded infinitely.

“How old is Pete?”

It was a pretty reliable way to guess based on the age of the child. It was Mark who said that, and Josh figured that, after having three children, his brain had probably become more open to that. Then, watching them make various guesses, Josh was about to tell them the answer.

“Wait!”

Henry, who had sensed the presence like a ghost, stopped him just in time.

“Don’t talk, wait.”

While Josh hesitated, Henry started to take out bills from his pocket.

“Come on, walk. Everyone walk.”

Unlike last time, everyone was curious and took out money. Seth was about to add more, but Henry suddenly grabbed his wrist.

“You can’t, Seth. You bet last time.”

“What?”

Henry said with a sinister grin to Seth who was dumbfounded.

“You all know who Seth bet on, right?”

“Of course.”

“Yeah, I remember.”

When Mark nodded, Isaac also agreed. Seth, who had bet on the least likely person for his colleagues, was shocked.

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“Okay, but remember that if I guess right, the stakes double.”

Mark, Isaac, and Henry all laughed cheerfully at Seth’s warning while gritting his teeth.

“Oh, yeah.”

“Of course, if you guess right.”

“Okay, okay. So who? Who?”

Henry accepted the opinion as if he had nothing more to say. After thinking it over carefully, Mark came up with a vague guess, ‘the Alpha I met on vacation,’ and Isaac opened his mouth seriously.

“At that time, there was an Alpha among the staff who used to come and go from C’s mansion. I think he was a coordinator. All of C’s staff quit and only a few people continued to work, but that guy was still there. I’ll bet on that guy.”

Isaac, who surprisingly had a keen eye and a good memory for people, explained in detail the basis for his thoughts. On the other hand, Henry, who had no sense at all, seemed to be thinking hard and then said something strange.

“He said Papa to fool us. Josh’s partner is a woman!”

The others laughed in disbelief, but Isaac was the only one who was touched by it. He said, “Oh, really?” and opened his eyes wide and stroked his chin seriously.

“Well, Josh is always with women.”

Looking at him like that, everyone except Henry thought the same thing.

Since he’s so gullible, he’ll get rip off by Henry all the time.

“Okay, so now let’s hear the results? Tell me, Josh. Come on. We’re ready.”

Henry urged Josh on, all excited. Judging by the faint blush on his cheeks, it was clear that he was truly enjoying the situation. Josh thought it was okay if they were having fun like this, even if it wasn’t for long. Josh opened his mouth in a flat voice.

“Pete’s dad is C.”

“… … .”

A silence that was longer and heavier than any other time of the day flowed. Everyone just stared at Josh, motionless as if frozen in a still frame. The only time they reacted was when Henry could no longer hold his breath, and let out a choked breath.

“Wait, what did I hear?”

He asked, looking back. But the other guys didn’t react much differently.

“I don’t know, my hearing is bad these days.”

Mark nodded at Isaac’s words.

“There were a lot of explosion scenes on set. If your tinnitus continues, you’ll get hearing loss, so everyone should take a break and go to the hospital.”

Even Seth agreed with him and continued.

“Oh, that’s why. I’ve been having trouble hearing lately, so I should go to the hospital.”

“Is there a hospital nearby?”

Soon, they changed the topic to the hospital and started talking about this and that. To others, it seemed like they were just having a normal conversation, but Josh, who had been with them for several years, could tell. All of their colleagues were escaping from reality.

“I understand why you all are like that, but you didn’t hear me wrong.”

Josh coldly shattered their illusions. Josh reminded his colleagues, who were frozen pale and looking back at him, of the harsh reality.

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“Pete’s dad is C.”

“… … .”

“Chase Miller.”

“… …!”

His last words left his colleagues with nowhere to run. Josh looked at the guys who were pale and couldn’t hide their astonishment, and he averted his gaze in embarrassment.

“Isaac.”

Without looking back, Seth still kept his eyes on Josh, and took out the money he had just won and held it out to Isaac.

“I think you won the bet. Josh is really sick.”

Isaac shifted his gaze from the money Seth was holding to Josh. His face still had an expression of disbelief.

“That’s it.”

Henry, who had been unable to continue speaking until then, suddenly shouted at Josh’s awkward response of scratching his head.

“How could that be so!”

With those words, he suddenly unpacked the luggage he had packed and took out a USB from it and shoved it in.

“Look, don’t you remember? Don’t you remember how much you beat up that Chase Miller? I’ve watched it over and over again! I uploaded it to the cloud and bought three more USBs just in case I lost it! I’m going to savor this moment of relief for the rest of my life!”

“Wait, what are you talking about? That.”

Mark suddenly interrupted with a fierce expression. Henry belatedly said, “Oops,” but it was too late. Mark glared at Henry with scary eyes and pressed him.

“It’s okay to watch the screen over, but you copied it and kept it for yourself, and you even saved it on the cloud? I thought you’d get away with it last time and just throw it away when you got sick of it, so I was going to let you off easy. Does this make sense? My employee is stealing customer information!”

Mark, who always took pride in security as the highest virtue, could never have done this. Henry, who knew that fact well, had no excuses.

“No, Mark, that’s not it.”

“No, what’s not it! Henry, how could you do that, huh? You can fuck me over!”

Mark was unusually angry. In the end, Henry apologized to him several times for his mistakes, and in front of Mark, he deleted the data he had saved in the cloud and returned all the USBs he had copied as spares.

“I heard you had four USBs?”

“Huh?”

Mark sternly repeated to Henry, who was flustered, what he had heard.

“You said you bought three more and saved them? That means you have one more original. Hurry up and give me everything before I get really mad.”

After repeatedly urging him to hurry up, Henry ended up giving up all the USBs he had hidden away. Henry, who had been excited about Josh’s wedding news but suddenly had his treasures stolen and was harshly scolded, couldn’t help but feel terrible.

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Everyone felt sympathy for him as he sat down on the sofa with his head down and a sad expression on his face. It is true that he was frivolous and addicted to gambling, but Mark also knew well that he was not the kind of guy who would steal information or betray his clients.

If not, they wouldn’t have continued to work together for years, even knowing about his loose personal life.

But rules were rules. No matter how trivial they were, they had to be punished sternly if they broke them. The members watched silently as Mark, who had already destroyed all the USBs with his own hands, stomped on them again and crushed them.

“You must never do this again.”

After giving another warning, Mark swept the broken pieces of the USB into a sealed plastic bag. He planned to burn them later outside.

A heavy silence followed again. Everyone felt dirty for their own reasons and didn’t open their mouths. In the midst of all that, Isaac suddenly remembered something.

“Wait, I heard that C visited your house last time. Our team was on standby and only brought the regular security team, but we thought you went because you were excluded from security.”

“We were fools because we thought you went to comfort her.”

Seth shot back right away. After all, there was no way Chase Miller would show such consideration to his employees. Josh answered honestly.

“I met my mother and sister that day and said hello.”

“Huh.”

Mark let out a breathless sigh. Another silence flowed. Now everyone’s minds seemed completely empty.

“Ahem.”

Josh, who had been observing the atmosphere for a moment, coughed. He smiled awkwardly at the members who glanced at him.

“Then I’ll go first. I’ll pack my bags later, so leave them… … .”

He was saying something more, but no one heard it. After a while, Josh shook their hands in turn and left the dorm. The last thing he said was, “I’ll contact you.”

Thump.

The remaining members finally came to their senses after the dorm door closed. Henry was the one who stood up with a sigh. He took money out of his pocket and handed it to Seth.

“… … ? What?”

When he asked in a puzzled manner, Henry answered with a gloomy face.

“You won.”

At those words, Seth realized that he had won. Following that, Isaac also took money out of his pocket and gave it to Seth, and Mark followed suit. Unexpectedly, money piled up in Seth’s hands, but this was the first time he had felt this dirty.

“Mark, Henry, Isaac.”

He called the members in a low voice.

“Let’s go for a drink, I’ll pay.”

Everyone left the dorm without hesitation. It was still early, but they ignored it. They didn’t think they could overcome this shock without getting drunk.

“Mark, do we really have to be the ones to hang out?”

Seth asked before starting the car. Mark’s face turned pale as memories came back to him. Then Henry started yelling.

"I didn't even think about it, but I didn't think about it? It was a little more than one of Henry's anger, but I felt a sympathy for Henry. In the meantime, Henry continued to shout and caught a mouse until he was the opposite.