By Zephyria 
DeAndre was dazed by the torrent of words.
Crap, this is no time for this. Realizing this belatedly, he felt wronged and shouted vehemently.
“Wait, wait a minute. I always use protection. So why not me?”
His relentless persistence finally drove the women to reveal the angry truth. Valentina, with a fierce expression he had never seen before, shouted as loudly as DeAndre.
“Don’t you understand what we’ve been saying?”
She sighed deeply, waving her hand dismissively at the man who couldn’t understand.
“Get it. It’s good to be with someone you want to have sex with and not have to worry about getting pregnant! Don’t you know how convenient that is, how optimal?”
The other party opened his mouth as if to make an excuse, but Valentina didn’t wait. Instead, she pushed even harder.
“But with you? We can’t expect anything like that. So I don’t want to have sex with you, never! Never, ever! Forever!”
In the chilling silence, the word “never” echoed and dissipated. DeAndre was dazed and just stood there blankly.
“So wake up already. Please, just give up cleanly!”
Seeing his pitiful figure being relentlessly attacked by Valentina, the men who were watching rushed out and quickly dragged him back to his seat.
“Hey, DeAndre? Snap out of it. Get some water over here!”
Wilkins slapped him on the cheek and called his name, and only then did he seem to slowly regain consciousness. At the same time, the words he had heard echoed in his ears, and his eyes welled up.
-I don’t want to have sex with you, never! Never, ever! Forever!
No way. He’d rather be beaten to death. To kill someone with words like that, how could she be so cruel?
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
Wilkins patted DeAndre’s back, who was trembling with a distorted face, as if to comfort him.
“Forget about it. Relax, I have a good idea.”
“An idea?”
“What kind of idea?”
The other men asked, blinking behind DeAndre. Wilkins glanced around at that moment, lowering his voice. He especially watched the women chatting over there, then put a short smile on his face.
“Let’s humiliate that bastard in front of the women. If we make him look utterly ridiculous, the women will lose all interest. Then we can laugh at him.”
“Do you have a way?”
“As expected, Team leader, I knew I could count on you!”
“Miller to the gutter!”
The men responded, waving their fists in the air. They bumped shoulders and nodded to each other, their morale high like soldiers before a battle. But even in the midst of all this, DeAndre still glared at the group of women with resentful eyes, but couldn’t do anything.
Desire Me if you can
“Hey, Grayson Miller.”
Grayson, who was hitting on another new female employee, turned around at the call and saw Ezra standing there. Without a word, Ezra gestured for him to follow, then turned and strode away. But something felt empty behind him. Only then did Ezra realize there were no footsteps following him, and he turned around in shock. Grayson Miller was still standing in the same spot, flirting with the woman. Annoyed, Ezra scowled and strode back to Grayson.
“Miller, what are you doing here? Didn’t you hear me tell you to follow me?”
At the quick questioning, Grayson finally turned his head and looked down at him. His expression was clearly annoyed.
“Really…? Did you say that?”
“What?”
Grayson’s reaction was nonchalant. Ezra, dumbfounded, asked in a voice that rose without him realizing it, and Grayson still wore a brazen smile.
“I thought you were just leaving, so I figured you were just calling out. Right, Beth?”
The last words were different from those he had thrown at Ezra. It was a soft, gentle voice, as if he were making a light joke. Grayson’s attitude, tilting his head naturally with a smiling face, was slick and relaxed.
As if captivated by the smile, Beth stared at him blankly for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
“Y-yeah, I didn’t hear anything either. I thought Ezra was being silly.”
“Hahaha, hahaha! Beth, you’re cute and funny too.”
“I’m a bit like that. Hahahaha.”
The two of them laughed so hard they bent over, as if it were so much fun. Without any hesitation. Of course, Ezra didn’t laugh at all. He trembled slightly with his clenched fist and spat out through gritted teeth.
“Miller, stop it and follow me? Everyone’s waiting.”
At the angry voice, Grayson finally stopped laughing and looked at Ezra. Still with a smile on his face.
“If you have something to say, you can come and say it?”
It was an answer that was too far from what Ezra had been waiting for. Dumbfounded, Ezra let out a short sigh, then tilted his head back and looked up at the ceiling. With a deep breath in between, he opened his mouth in a calmer voice than before.
“It’s not something to talk about here, you’ll know once you come. Team leader said if you refuse, you’ll be stuck in the office for all Deployments.”
When he conveyed Wilkins’ words as a last resort, Grayson’s attitude changed slightly. But all he did was smile and think for a moment.
He seemed to be making a difficult decision, but fortunately, he didn’t take long to nod.
“Then I have no choice. Sorry, Beth. I’ll be right back.”
Surprisingly, he suddenly bent down slightly and even kissed Beth on the lips. It was a light kiss, like a simple joke, but considering he was doing it where someone was watching, it was blatant enough. Ezra watched the shameless sight with wide eyes for three minutes. Finally, when Grayson let go of Beth and waved, Ezra, who had been waiting until then, quickly moved away without saying a word. But it was impossible to calm the boiling inside, so he ended up opening his mouth before he had taken a few steps.
“Since when have you and Beth been like that? I had no idea.”
At the sarcastic question, Grayson wiped his saliva-slicked lips with his thumb and replied.
“Really? 30 minutes?”
“You dirty bastard.”
“Me?”
At Ezra’s retort, Grayson tilted his head and looked back. And he shouted loudly at Beth, who was still standing there.
“Beth, this guy is calling you dirty!”
“What?”
“What?”
Beth, of course, was shocked, and Ezra screamed in horror.
“Wh-wh-what are you talking about! When did I? When did I call Beth dirty! No, Beth! It’s a misunderstanding, I would never say that to you, I’m innocent, really!”
As he shouted urgently and waved his hands, Grayson stroked his chin and tilted his head to the other side this time.
“That’s strange, if I’m dirty, doesn’t that mean Beth, who kissed me, is also dirty? What’s the difference?”
“It’s different, it’s different! You son of a bitch! Are you trying to trap me?”
Ezra was distraught and shouted, but Grayson still had an uncomprehending expression. That face made Ezra even angrier, arousing the urge to punch Grayson. But he had to forcibly stop because another guy was calling him.
“Ezra, what are you doing? Why is it taking so long? Everyone’s waiting!”
A man who had come to check on the situation, unable to bear it any longer, glanced at Grayson and grabbed Ezra’s arm.
“What are you doing here? What if there’s a sudden Deployment, we don’t have time!”
Damn it, Ezra gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do. In the end, he walked quickly, almost running, in the direction where Team leader and the team members were waiting. And the man who had come to meet him walked along, flustered, and finally Grayson followed slowly, whistling casually with his hands in his pockets.