Ice Prince: Rewrite The Star

"I accidentally grabbed the hot teapot while brewing tea this afternoon. Just a minor burn."

Only Max and Falcon knew that the wound on his hand was no ordinary burn.

"Then why did you bandage it like you had a grave burn?"

Max casually looked at his neatly bandaged hands with a look of astonishment on his face.

"I'm as confused as you are. I think it's the first time my assistant has bandaged, so she's over-doing it," he said so casually that anyone who heard him would believe his lies.

"You scared me. I thought you were seriously injured. Are you really okay?"

"Hmm. I'm fine. Like I said, just a small burn." Max sighed in relief to see Chleo no longer asking questions.

"Ehem… dear Chleo, can you explain to me why you look so worried as if he is your lover?"

Chleo felt goosebumps all over her body at the suspicious voice of her cousin. She was so worried about the condition of Max's hands that she completely forgot that Evie was nearby watching their little scene.

"Oh, that. Evie, actually…"

"Yes?"

Chleo had planned to tell her cousin and Diego that very day. But not in this condition... obviously.

"Can we talk somewhere else? We attract quite an attraction."

Evie glared at her cousin in annoyance. "You just realized you're it? All eyes have been looking at you for a long time because of your booming voice. And everyone also sees you as a couple who always want to make out. And now you just realized it?"

Chleo's face was downcast like a child being scolded by her mother for doing something wrong. Whereas Max just rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly because, to be honest, he was also enjoying Chleo's attention so much that he didn't realize anyone in the lobby was watching him.

"Hey, isn't that person our commissioner?"

"You mean the one with platinum hair. He is our chief director, right?"

"No. The one with black hair. I think I've seen him come together with our director to a meeting of the commissioners."

Whispers about Max started roaming around. The women were stunned by Maximillian's awe-stricken handsome face at the same time they felt they had met the man.

Of course, they had seen him at least once using the exclusive elevator that went straight up to the floor where the president director's office was. At that time, Max deliberately wore neat clothes and sunglasses so that no one could see his face so clearly.

Of course, a gossip woman's eyes were very sharp, especially when they saw a stunning guy.

"E, we better get out of here. Come on." persuaded Dietrich gently as he pulled his pouting lover out of the lobby. Max and Chleo soon followed them.

As soon as the four of them disappeared, the ladies workers immediately went into a frenzy and spread the gossip they had just seen.

'I just saw Mr. Hammilton's lover!'

'Eh? What? He already had a lover? Is she a beauty?'

'Not only that, our president has a hottie bestie!'

'Alas, it looks like he already has a girlfriend.'

'Isn't that handsome black-haired man one of our commissioners?'

'WHAT?! Does that mean that handsome man's position is higher than Mr. Hammilton?'

'Oh, what a shame. Why do these two already have lovers?'

'Hey, anyone took the picture? Send it to the group, please. I'm dying to know their faces.'

The employees who happened not to be in the lobby asked for a photo of Maximillian with Dietrich. Someone did take pictures, but strangely the photos they took were not particularly good. The result looked blurry so that Maximillian's handsome face was not clearly visible.

What a pity! They planned to put Maximillian's photo as wallpaper on their phones.

Back to the duo lovers, Evie didn't want to sit in the front with Dietrich when they reach the man's car. She chose to sit in the back with Chleo so that Max sat in the front.

"You have to tell me everything and don't leave the details. Since when did you two become close, and since when did you see each other? Why didn't you tell me? Then what about Al… hm… hm…??"

Chleo covered her cousin's blabbering mouth with her hand. Her outspoken cousin almost slipped out of mentioning Alexis's name. Chleo wished Evie could control her tongue in time like this.

Chleo still hadn't told Max about Alexis. Their relationship was still relatively new, and she was afraid that if she told him about Alexis, Max would mind her and leave her.

Well, it looks like she's overthinking.

Still, she preferred to wait for the right time and talked nicely to Max about Alexis so he wouldn't misunderstand her.

But now, Evie had almost unraveled everything. Chleo didn't know if Max had heard her cousin's words or not. She hoped he wouldn't ask her about this.

"Evie, we'll talk about this when it's just the two of us. Hm?" Chleo begged desperately in a whisper.

"You want me to report it to uncle V?"

"Evie!" Chleo whispered in a slightly loud voice. "Come on. Don't tell him. Hmm?" Chleo launched her deadly trick with a puppy face while tilting her head to add to the effect. She also blinked a few times, soulfully making Evie groan in frustration.

"Ugh! I hate it the most when you put on a face like this."

Chleo was still winking cutely while squeezing Evie's fingers like she was playing play-doh.

"Okay, I won't tell anyone." Evie was finally yielding in, not being able to resist the overwhelming adorable stares from her cousin.

"You are the best. I love you so much. Muach." Chleo smiled happily as she gave her cousin a quick peck on the cheek, making Evie laugh aloud.

"In exchange, I want to ask you something."

"You can ask me a thousand questions."

"Not you. Mr. Navarro," suddenly Evie called out to the person sitting in front of her. "Do you like my cousin?" Evie's blunt question made Chleo choke on her saliva.

"I do. I like your cousin." Max replied softly as he turned to Chleo lovingly.

"How can I entrust her to you? You guys haven't known each other long. How can you be sure you will like her forever? What if you two have a fight? What if the feelings of one of you fade away? Are you sure you can like her for a long time?"

"Evie," Chleo called in a warning tone.

But Evie gave no care and kept waiting for what kind of answer Maximillian would provide.

Really. Evie sometimes was more a mother-hen than her strict papa.