My Moon, Chapter 27 pg 7
My Moon, Chapter 27 pg 7
Panli spoke in a calm, steady tone before heading toward the stairs. The music grew clearer as he climbed the metal steps… clear enough for him to recognize it as How Long by Charlie Puth.
“Could you turn a bit more to the left?”
“Is this enough?”
“That’s perfect!”
The tall figure, who had just reached the second floor, raised an eyebrow when he saw his close friend photographing a beautiful model. Panli walked over to a worktable set a fair distance from the backdrop.
“Yo, you’re here?”
“Mhm…” he replied, handing the camera bag to his senior.
“This model is stunning, man.”
“Yeah, she’s gorgeous.”
“Li, she knows you, dude!”
“Yeah, Eff said she took this job because of you.”
Panli let out a heavy sigh as he stood listening to the excited chatter of his three friends. His eyes flicked toward the photographer, who was talking to the slender model. Eff was using a soft, sweet tone with her, typical of his flirtatious nature.
“Always dragging my name into it, that jerk…”
“Haha!”
Phii Pi laughed heartily before sliding a chair over to him. Panli plopped down, glancing at the friends around the table. He figured the reason so many of them were gathered here, even those who weren’t partners in the studio, was because Eff was throwing a party after work.
They always throw a party whenever the brand Once in a Blue Moon launches a new collection, and Panli has never missed a single one. But this time, he’ll have to say goodbye because he’s got someone special now.
Back when Panli didn’t have a serious partner, he thought there was nothing wrong with attending parties filled with beautiful, model-like women. Chatting with them as they came by to say hi while he sipped his drink? No harm in that either.
But now…
No way…
Absolutely not…
Because he has Klaijai now.
“Last shirt, here we go!”
“Alright…”
Panli tore his eyes away from the goofy-looking photographer, Eff, and glanced at the model wearing the new Once in a Blue Moon collection. She locked eyes with him for a moment before flashing a smile…
You’re dead, Panli…
Not because of this woman’s smile.
She has zero effect on his heart.
But if Klaijai finds out…
Your wife’s gonna kill you, man.
The guy who proudly admits he’s whipped turned his face away from the model, swallowing hard and wiping the sweat beading on his forehead.
“Does your little troublemaker get jealous?” Phii Pi asked.
“Hella jealous,” Panli answered honestly. He thought Klaijai was super possessive, especially after that moment when Klaijai said, “Does my puppy have a side chick?” He could feel the intimidating aura radiating from him.
“Your troublemaker is Klaijai, your boyfriend, right?”
One of the friends, who wasn’t a partner in the shop, piped up. Panli figured Phii Pi had already spread the news about him dating Klaijai to this group. Even though Panli had tons of friends and multiple circles, the fact that he was with Klaijai had spread like wildfire through all of them.
Damn, he’s picky as hell…
“Yeah…”
“Whose white Audi is that?”
“…”
“The owner’s got killer taste, man. That car’s modded so nice…”
“Let me see…” Om said before standing up and walking to the large mirror, leaning forward to look down below. “Damn… that car’s modded nice, for real.”
“...”
“Didn’t go overboard with the mods… simple, but looks good.”
“That’s my wife right there.”
“Fucking hell… if you’re gonna hype him up like that, just show us a pic of your wife already,” one of the guys in the group piped up.
Panli didn’t back down from the challenge. He pulled his phone out of his pocket, unlocked the screen with a tap to show the wallpaper, and tossed the black phone onto the table.
The sight of several friends scrambling for his phone reminded him of a school of catfish fighting over bread crumbs. Panli glanced at Phii Pi, who raised an eyebrow at him. Among this group of friends, no one had ever seen Klaijai before—except for Phii Pi.
Panli smirked, thinking how lucky he was that he’d asked Klaijai to take a photo together last night. Now, his phone’s wallpaper was a picture of “the two of them kissing.”
“Fuck… so cute?”
“Yeah… a guy with an adorable face.”
“You are done looking, you bastard… I’m jealous.”
Panli turned toward the sound coming from the metal staircase. He only heard the voice, not yet seeing the person’s face. Still, he could guess who the hoarse, gruff voice belonged to.
Ohm…
“Yo, Phii Li, you are here too?... Hey, what’s good?”
Panli raised his hand to return the cheeky junior’s wai, then said, “Yeah…”
“Showing up and making a damn racket as usual, you annoying prick Ohm.”
“Yo, that Audi parked in front of the studio is just too dope.”
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