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Ch.1 Part 3
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And during a similar time in New York, there was a premiere for the movie ‘Shutter’, at a hotel and the place was loud with the sound of camera shutters in front of a single man.
Bright lights were flashing everywhere.
“Mr. Raycarlton! Look here!”
“Tell us something! Mr. Ray…”
“Here! Here!”
A blonde guy, who looked better than any celebrity, was looking a little uncomfortable because of all the reporters surrounding him.
“Mr. Raycarlton! What do you think about Haley proposing to you? You can be honest! No one is going to blame you, even if you say you were offended!”
Because of what one reporter said, everyone started to laugh. The blonde guy, called Noah Raycarlton, looked really handsome in a tailored black suit. He made an awkward face.
Two days ago, the official bitch of Hollywood, Haley Lusk was at an after party of this one fashion show. There was an incident where he was completely drunk and confessed to Noah. Even if he was sober and said, ‘I’m your fan. I like you,’ people will be mad at him for crushing on the likes of Noah. But Haley stopped Noah in front of everybody in the party and said.
‘Excuse me. I do that really well.’ Spitting out some vulgar stuff, he said, ‘Sleep with me for once. Yes?’ and clinging on to him. ‘If you sleep with me once, you’ll never forget it.’ And then ‘Marry me.’ And shouted, ‘I really love you!’ and then of course he followed it with, ‘I’ll die if you don’t go out with me!’
‘Oh my god Haley!’ Everyone at the party sighed and what happened on that day quickly spread through SNS and newspapers.
If it weren’t Noah Raycarlton or Haley Lusk, this wouldn’t be this big.
But Noah Raycarlton, also known as Raynoah, his grandfather was the owner of a big petroleum company in 1900’s. He was called the Midas touch, George Raycarlton. Noah’s mother, the award winning best actress Rebecca Kelly’s side was a famous politician family. His father, Edgar Raycarlton, had established the biggest law firm in US, and he was their only child. America’s thorough bred. That was Noah. Currently, he was helping his grandfather to invest in many cultural, defense and environmental projects, etc. He invested in many companies that helped the world, and everything he touched turned into jackpots, so he was able to amass a large sum of money.
And then there is Haley Lusk… He was a famous child actor who caught the eye of many Americans, but just like many other child actors, before he became an adult, he ruined himself with alcohol, drugs, luxury and sex. He became one of those typical child actors. He was barely publicized in the newspapers but for his dirty scandals, and the only thing going for him was that his face was a bit prettier than the average Joe. But still, compared to Raynoah he was nothing.
It was like a street whore confessing to a prince. And everyone thought that it was a disgrace.
“Please say something!”
“Mr. Raycarlton!”
The reporters were like hyenas trying to get any kind of information from him. But Noah Raycarlton just apologized with courtesy and modesty and passed by the reporters, with his secretary Phil Hepson on tow. Even if that person was a trash, it wasn’t like Noah to say something nasty about him.
“Mr. Raycarlton. I think it’s best for you if you leave for today.”
Phil looked around the hotel entrance and frowned. He was ought to go to the movie premiere, since he was their biggest investor, but the situation wasn’t looking good.
Many people couldn’t enter the hotel because all the reporters who blocking the entrance. And people who were about to go inside the hotel had stopped to watch Noah’s reactions.
Noah’s expression looked uncomfortable as he glanced around. When his face turned their way, many reporters were amazed. His beauty was breathtaking, even to those who saw good-looking celebrities every other day.
Raynoah was famous not only for his family background, but also because of the famous incident where he got kidnapped when he was a child. People said that his business skills were way better than his grandfather, and that he showed a gentle personality and good manners to everyone. Every day there were dozens of paparazzi following him, but his private life was never revealed… There were many reasons why he was so famous. But people who actually met him in real life will know that the biggest reason for his fame was his beautiful face.
His attractive figure looked like it had just popped out of a painting. His fancy blonde hair, mysterious green eyes, perfectly sculpted face, tall height, and a model-like body, all shined the brightest when he was smiling. There were probably less than a handful of people who would not fall for his sweet, beautiful smile.
The reporters stirred after they were dumbstruck by his good looks. The camera shutters started to click. There were flashes everywhere, and the man sighed and said, “We should go back, Phil”.
Phil called the car that was ready, a black Rolls Royce, which stopped in front of the hotel entrance. The bodyguards cleared a path to the car. The reporters started to take pictures like crazy, because it was the only thing they could do. Because of the whining reporters, Noah apologetically said, “I’m sorry. I don’t have anything to say.” However, when he was about to get on the car–
One reporter grabbed his shoulders through the bodyguards. Noah startled and looked back at the reporter.
“Ah, excuse me….”
The reporter stuttered. When he grabbed Noah’s arm, he already had something in mind to say. If Noah displayed an awkward smile, he was going to say, ‘What’s so hard? Please say a word!’ But when he saw Noah’s expressionless face, he froze. His staring, cold green eyes gave him a cold sweat. However, in a moment Noah smiled, as if it had all been his imagination. He let go of his arm and smiled nicely. Noah’s smile gathered more attention, the shutter noises getting faster.
The guard pushed away the reporter. He was looking at Noah with nervousness, but didn’t realize why he was acting so.
Phil opened the back door, and Noah got inside. And right before the car door was shut.
“What? Haley?”
Among the din of flashlights, a man’s voice was heard pretty loud. The man, who was answering the phone, closed his mouth and looked around. Did something happen to Haley Lusk? The reporters were staring at him like hyenas. While their focus was on that reporter, Noah’s car door closed and left the scene.
All the reporters were looking at the reporter who had spoken out loud and quickly ran over to their cars and called some places.
Noah looked outside the window. Few cars followed him, but several others went in a different direction.
“Haley Lusk died.”
Phil heard the latest news through his radio and told him. Noah looked at Phil, and Phil said, “His manager found him dead in his house. They don’t know the cause yet. But they think it’s because of drug overdose. It could also be suicide.”
Noah laughed instead of being surprised. The guy who had said to him, “I’ll die if you don’t go out with me!” had actually died.
“He can’t sit still, can he?”
He sounded rather annoyed, than being interested in him or sympathize with him. Because of Haley he had been involved in this scandal for two days. He laughed saying, “I should just stay at home for a while.” It was obvious to him that a bunch of sympathizing articles about Haley will be published, and the reporters will be swarming to his house like bees to hear how he feels.
Noah was indifferently thinking, ‘Should I go to a warm southern country for a while?’ This was not a bad excuse for that. However, it will be better for his image if he stayed at home, acting sick than not taking any days off. Until that guy disappears from people’s memories. –In about three of four days there will be another scandal, and people will be like ‘Haley? Who is… ah, that dead guy?’ There were many different kinds of celebrities in Hollywood.
Anyways, he kinda felt empty that the person he was about to crush down died before he could do so.
‘I’ll die if you don’t go out with me!’
Two days ago. Noah was just waiting for the security to arrive when he heard that crappy line. That dirty rag was angry and said, ‘don’t regret.’
‘You’ll regret that you disregarded me today.’
He was controlling his facial expression, but ended up laughing after hearing that. The man, who was so drunk that his eyes were out of focus, froze, and Noah bent down, so only he can hear him.
‘Mr. Lusk, you’ll end up filming dirty porn for the rest of your life.’
Noah smiled kindly and looked at Haley, who was just frozen after hearing his vulgar way of talking.
‘So, why don’t you worry about your hole rather than mine?’
‘It’s probably already too lose.’ –He actually sounded like he was worrying for his close friend’s health, and Haley’s face slowly turned blackish red.
Noah shook off his clothes where Haley had grabbed him and turned around. Behind him, Haley was screaming, ‘You… you are gonna regret this! Just watch!’ But Noah didn’t laugh this time.
“….Had he meant that I won’t be able to crush him down?”
He murmured to himself. Regretting only because he wasn’t able to destroy that person. ‘I do have that kind of a personality, but I’m not a sadist…’
Noah just stared outside the window.
“…-Hm.”
Or did he actually think I’m going to regret just because he died? –Since he didn’t know his place, it is possible that he thought so. Probably, even if that trashy guy dies, of course he or the world won’t care.
Noah was neither regretting nor showing any sympathy for Haley. He was thinking, ‘It would be better for him if he dies now.’ He wasn’t kidding when he whispered that Haley would live, filming porn, for the rest of his life. Such a deal was easy for him– destroying a dirty rag to hell; since he had invested about tens of millions of dollars every year, in movies, dramas and other entertainment business.
Haley was stupid and the only thing he did was to throw tantrums, so in half a year, he would have ended up filming bestiality or gore porn films. Even if he was alive, he’ll probably die from either drug overdose or intestinal rupture from putting something dangerous inside him. Imagining all these made Noah wonder that, Haley was better off dying like that.
It was definitely better for him to die now. Just as he came to that conclusion, Phil frowned after answering his phone.
“What?” He checked the information again and looked at Noah. He talked on the phone for a while and hung up. And he told him with a bewildered face–
“Mr. Raycarlton. Haley Lusk seemed to be still alive.”
Haley Lusk is alive. He definitely checked the latest message that he’d been dead for about one or two hours, but then everything overturned. Haley Lusk was alive and was now heading to the local hospital. Phil checked if the messages were misguided, but they weren’t. It was true that he actually stopped breathing, and rigor mortis was already setting in, but then he suddenly revived according to the police.
“No, he was definitely dead but then revived.”
‘It wasn’t like he revived right away. His body became cold, but his heart started to beat’ –Phil was surprised about that, but Noah was just indifferent and just frowned a bit.
Bright lights were flashing everywhere.
“Mr. Raycarlton! Look here!”
“Tell us something! Mr. Ray…”
“Here! Here!”
A blonde guy, who looked better than any celebrity, was looking a little uncomfortable because of all the reporters surrounding him.
“Mr. Raycarlton! What do you think about Haley proposing to you? You can be honest! No one is going to blame you, even if you say you were offended!”
Because of what one reporter said, everyone started to laugh. The blonde guy, called Noah Raycarlton, looked really handsome in a tailored black suit. He made an awkward face.
Two days ago, the official bitch of Hollywood, Haley Lusk was at an after party of this one fashion show. There was an incident where he was completely drunk and confessed to Noah. Even if he was sober and said, ‘I’m your fan. I like you,’ people will be mad at him for crushing on the likes of Noah. But Haley stopped Noah in front of everybody in the party and said.
‘Excuse me. I do that really well.’ Spitting out some vulgar stuff, he said, ‘Sleep with me for once. Yes?’ and clinging on to him. ‘If you sleep with me once, you’ll never forget it.’ And then ‘Marry me.’ And shouted, ‘I really love you!’ and then of course he followed it with, ‘I’ll die if you don’t go out with me!’
‘Oh my god Haley!’ Everyone at the party sighed and what happened on that day quickly spread through SNS and newspapers.
If it weren’t Noah Raycarlton or Haley Lusk, this wouldn’t be this big.
But Noah Raycarlton, also known as Raynoah, his grandfather was the owner of a big petroleum company in 1900’s. He was called the Midas touch, George Raycarlton. Noah’s mother, the award winning best actress Rebecca Kelly’s side was a famous politician family. His father, Edgar Raycarlton, had established the biggest law firm in US, and he was their only child. America’s thorough bred. That was Noah. Currently, he was helping his grandfather to invest in many cultural, defense and environmental projects, etc. He invested in many companies that helped the world, and everything he touched turned into jackpots, so he was able to amass a large sum of money.
And then there is Haley Lusk… He was a famous child actor who caught the eye of many Americans, but just like many other child actors, before he became an adult, he ruined himself with alcohol, drugs, luxury and sex. He became one of those typical child actors. He was barely publicized in the newspapers but for his dirty scandals, and the only thing going for him was that his face was a bit prettier than the average Joe. But still, compared to Raynoah he was nothing.
It was like a street whore confessing to a prince. And everyone thought that it was a disgrace.
“Please say something!”
“Mr. Raycarlton!”
The reporters were like hyenas trying to get any kind of information from him. But Noah Raycarlton just apologized with courtesy and modesty and passed by the reporters, with his secretary Phil Hepson on tow. Even if that person was a trash, it wasn’t like Noah to say something nasty about him.
“Mr. Raycarlton. I think it’s best for you if you leave for today.”
Phil looked around the hotel entrance and frowned. He was ought to go to the movie premiere, since he was their biggest investor, but the situation wasn’t looking good.
Many people couldn’t enter the hotel because all the reporters who blocking the entrance. And people who were about to go inside the hotel had stopped to watch Noah’s reactions.
Noah’s expression looked uncomfortable as he glanced around. When his face turned their way, many reporters were amazed. His beauty was breathtaking, even to those who saw good-looking celebrities every other day.
Raynoah was famous not only for his family background, but also because of the famous incident where he got kidnapped when he was a child. People said that his business skills were way better than his grandfather, and that he showed a gentle personality and good manners to everyone. Every day there were dozens of paparazzi following him, but his private life was never revealed… There were many reasons why he was so famous. But people who actually met him in real life will know that the biggest reason for his fame was his beautiful face.
His attractive figure looked like it had just popped out of a painting. His fancy blonde hair, mysterious green eyes, perfectly sculpted face, tall height, and a model-like body, all shined the brightest when he was smiling. There were probably less than a handful of people who would not fall for his sweet, beautiful smile.
The reporters stirred after they were dumbstruck by his good looks. The camera shutters started to click. There were flashes everywhere, and the man sighed and said, “We should go back, Phil”.
Phil called the car that was ready, a black Rolls Royce, which stopped in front of the hotel entrance. The bodyguards cleared a path to the car. The reporters started to take pictures like crazy, because it was the only thing they could do. Because of the whining reporters, Noah apologetically said, “I’m sorry. I don’t have anything to say.” However, when he was about to get on the car–
One reporter grabbed his shoulders through the bodyguards. Noah startled and looked back at the reporter.
“Ah, excuse me….”
The reporter stuttered. When he grabbed Noah’s arm, he already had something in mind to say. If Noah displayed an awkward smile, he was going to say, ‘What’s so hard? Please say a word!’ But when he saw Noah’s expressionless face, he froze. His staring, cold green eyes gave him a cold sweat. However, in a moment Noah smiled, as if it had all been his imagination. He let go of his arm and smiled nicely. Noah’s smile gathered more attention, the shutter noises getting faster.
The guard pushed away the reporter. He was looking at Noah with nervousness, but didn’t realize why he was acting so.
Phil opened the back door, and Noah got inside. And right before the car door was shut.
“What? Haley?”
Among the din of flashlights, a man’s voice was heard pretty loud. The man, who was answering the phone, closed his mouth and looked around. Did something happen to Haley Lusk? The reporters were staring at him like hyenas. While their focus was on that reporter, Noah’s car door closed and left the scene.
All the reporters were looking at the reporter who had spoken out loud and quickly ran over to their cars and called some places.
Noah looked outside the window. Few cars followed him, but several others went in a different direction.
“Haley Lusk died.”
Phil heard the latest news through his radio and told him. Noah looked at Phil, and Phil said, “His manager found him dead in his house. They don’t know the cause yet. But they think it’s because of drug overdose. It could also be suicide.”
Noah laughed instead of being surprised. The guy who had said to him, “I’ll die if you don’t go out with me!” had actually died.
“He can’t sit still, can he?”
He sounded rather annoyed, than being interested in him or sympathize with him. Because of Haley he had been involved in this scandal for two days. He laughed saying, “I should just stay at home for a while.” It was obvious to him that a bunch of sympathizing articles about Haley will be published, and the reporters will be swarming to his house like bees to hear how he feels.
Noah was indifferently thinking, ‘Should I go to a warm southern country for a while?’ This was not a bad excuse for that. However, it will be better for his image if he stayed at home, acting sick than not taking any days off. Until that guy disappears from people’s memories. –In about three of four days there will be another scandal, and people will be like ‘Haley? Who is… ah, that dead guy?’ There were many different kinds of celebrities in Hollywood.
Anyways, he kinda felt empty that the person he was about to crush down died before he could do so.
‘I’ll die if you don’t go out with me!’
Two days ago. Noah was just waiting for the security to arrive when he heard that crappy line. That dirty rag was angry and said, ‘don’t regret.’
‘You’ll regret that you disregarded me today.’
He was controlling his facial expression, but ended up laughing after hearing that. The man, who was so drunk that his eyes were out of focus, froze, and Noah bent down, so only he can hear him.
‘Mr. Lusk, you’ll end up filming dirty porn for the rest of your life.’
Noah smiled kindly and looked at Haley, who was just frozen after hearing his vulgar way of talking.
‘So, why don’t you worry about your hole rather than mine?’
‘It’s probably already too lose.’ –He actually sounded like he was worrying for his close friend’s health, and Haley’s face slowly turned blackish red.
Noah shook off his clothes where Haley had grabbed him and turned around. Behind him, Haley was screaming, ‘You… you are gonna regret this! Just watch!’ But Noah didn’t laugh this time.
“….Had he meant that I won’t be able to crush him down?”
He murmured to himself. Regretting only because he wasn’t able to destroy that person. ‘I do have that kind of a personality, but I’m not a sadist…’
Noah just stared outside the window.
“…-Hm.”
Or did he actually think I’m going to regret just because he died? –Since he didn’t know his place, it is possible that he thought so. Probably, even if that trashy guy dies, of course he or the world won’t care.
Noah was neither regretting nor showing any sympathy for Haley. He was thinking, ‘It would be better for him if he dies now.’ He wasn’t kidding when he whispered that Haley would live, filming porn, for the rest of his life. Such a deal was easy for him– destroying a dirty rag to hell; since he had invested about tens of millions of dollars every year, in movies, dramas and other entertainment business.
Haley was stupid and the only thing he did was to throw tantrums, so in half a year, he would have ended up filming bestiality or gore porn films. Even if he was alive, he’ll probably die from either drug overdose or intestinal rupture from putting something dangerous inside him. Imagining all these made Noah wonder that, Haley was better off dying like that.
It was definitely better for him to die now. Just as he came to that conclusion, Phil frowned after answering his phone.
“What?” He checked the information again and looked at Noah. He talked on the phone for a while and hung up. And he told him with a bewildered face–
“Mr. Raycarlton. Haley Lusk seemed to be still alive.”
Haley Lusk is alive. He definitely checked the latest message that he’d been dead for about one or two hours, but then everything overturned. Haley Lusk was alive and was now heading to the local hospital. Phil checked if the messages were misguided, but they weren’t. It was true that he actually stopped breathing, and rigor mortis was already setting in, but then he suddenly revived according to the police.
“No, he was definitely dead but then revived.”
‘It wasn’t like he revived right away. His body became cold, but his heart started to beat’ –Phil was surprised about that, but Noah was just indifferent and just frowned a bit.
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