The sun was blazing like raging pellets in the sky despite the early spring. A large house nestled in an enormous garden with a vast stylish outdoor swimming pool. A man dived into the shallow, still water in the scorching sun, the bursting water sent into million ripples and wrinkles. His razzle face clean and clear in the water. He swam in ecstasy with the water, further advancing into deep waters pounding with his arms and striking against the water again and again, strong and powerful. The whole world went into oblivion, for he had himself.

He plunged over a stretch, kicked his legs, and turned around commencing with the next lapse of strokes, swimming steadily over the water. He was thrusting vigorously, violently with his arms against the cold water, clearly enticing and thrilling, and suddenly shifted his weight and rolled into a double somersault and started moving swiftly with a butterfly stroke. He was all alone in the waters, stroke after stroke, his body without any connection to the outside world.

After a long stretch, he jumped out of the pool, water droplets oozing and dripping over his naked torso, his sturdy physique glistened with the glazing sun. He strolled to the lounger and picked up his long ringing phone.

“Hello.” His deep resonant voice heard as a rising storm.

“Schedule the meeting, I will be in an hour.” He cut the call, wrapped a towel, and strolled into the house, his ripped muscles flexed with each footstep.

….

The raven hair he groomed was trimmed to perfection, his hazel eyes which he inherited from his mother gleamed in delight. Handsome, in an understated way, his chiseled jaw and broad shoulders spoke of his years of athletic strength. No wonder he was model covered in the top magazines. He always carried himself with purpose and authority and the moment he walked out of the house, he could hear the loud voices from the distance.

“Look! it’s Devin!” A young girl screamed and pointed.

“OMG! It’s really Wang Devin! He is more handsome in real compared to those magazines. No wonder he is named as the whole package.” Another girl voiced out loudly.

“Holy Jesus! His sculpted body! He looks like a Greek God!”

“Despite he left the modeling industry, his stardom has not even reduced an inch!”Another whisper heard from the crowd.

WANG DEVIN.

His name was enough to send the world over frenzy, a rare mystique surrounding his vibe, the world’s renowned runaway model, entered the modeling industry at 14, created havoc in the fashion industry, skyrocketing to the world. With his sharp looks and dapper style, he refined masculinity. He graced the covers of all the world’s exclusive brands and magazines, fame followed everywhere he went. Despite his early career in the modeling industry, he graduated from the famous business university INSEAD from France. After the successful completion, he launched a fashion brand WD at an early age of 21, and 7 years from then, it is widespread over the countries. His very name speaks to power and wealth.

He was fully aware of the stares he has been gathering from the crowd for years and it continued even after he left the modeling industry, indeed his fame spread even more after the launch of his own brand. Everywhere he went, he garnered attention. Despite his stardom, he was never arrogant when he was approached as a person. He warmly smiled at his fans and walked away to WD.

“OMG! He smiled at me.” A young girl screamed in delight

“And his Hazel eyes are gorgeous.”

“Why is he so sweet. I envy his future wife.”A girl murmured

….

WD

“I wonder what is the meeting about?”

“Did you inform the new fashion designer for the early meeting.”

“OMG! I forgot that part. After all, the meeting was scheduled in a frenzy. What do I do now? our CEO would arrive at any time.”

“That’s fine. Go, make a call now. Sir would understand the situation.”

The employees of WD were in chaos with the sudden unplanned meeting and the crowd was pacing back and forth pressing calls to the important people to report the sudden conference. The faint rugged footsteps they perceived at the distance intensified and the slight commotion of the crowd stopped when the glass door was pushed open and a tall man walked into the enormous conference hall, his custom suit embracing the sturdy built.

“Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen! I hope you are not bothered by the sudden commence of the meeting today!” Devin walked into the hall carrying himself with a kingly aura and settled in his chair crossing one leg over the other. His cologne left a vapor of oriental woody cinnamon scent to the gathering when he passed by. Women ogled at this hot creature while men envied of his ruddy physique.

“Morning Devin. No offense and we are glad to have a little gather with the board. So what is the agenda of the sudden meet?” A middle-aged man, the director of the WD, Daniel Shaw questioned in excitement.

“Well, before that I would like to show you something. Liam, dim the lights and connect the thumb drive.” Devin ordered and edged to the billboard to address the meet.

“This is the revenue growth of WD for the past 7 years, it rose 48.9% as reported with 83.4% of total revenue. And with the start of our new branch in Europe, the growth expanded 53.5% across the countries. We have almost conspired the world except for Asia and now it’s time to conquer it.”

“Maybe we can start with China sir? After all, It’s a highly populated country.” Zoe Wright, a fashion designer of WD excitedly commented while everybody started nodding in agreement. Devin frowned and crossed his arms.

“Miss Wright, If at all you have forgotten or ignored, our brand is eco-friendly and guilt-free.To set up a store in China?” Devin snickered.

“China is known for testing on animals of any imported cosmetics. And it’s against WD ethics, Miss Wright.” Daniel Shaw pressed.

“I am sorry sir. It was a pure mistake from my end.” Zoey apologized.

“You have been working here for 3 years Zoey and you ignored the simple thing we do care? Prepare our statistics growth for 7 years and on my table tomorrow! Period!

“__”

Just for a single mistake!

Devin ignored her wide eyes and flipped another slide of the presentation and pointed. “WD is very famous over Korea but we lack a store. So why not, we set up a branch over there. It will hit our revenue growth massively..”

“And we need a model to promote over Korea,” Dennis added.

“Exactly.” Devin pressed.

“Why don’t you be the model Mr. Wang? You are very popular overseas. Besides, your family roots have Korean origin.” The board suggested.

“We need a female model also. After all, we are launching women’s designs too. So?” Devin lazily questioned

“Emily Harper. She is currently very famous and__”

“She has a history of sleeping with many men. Besides she is a plastic beauty.” Devin remarked.

“Sophia Turner.”

“Too old.”

“Gracy Webb. She is young and__”

“Too bulky.” Devin cut off.

“Helen Thomas. She has a curvacious fi__”

“Too thin,” Devin rejected.

What is this situation? All the suggested names were the top models in the industry and he is not even satisfied with one. No wonder he is still single.

“I have a name in my mind.” Daniel proposed. “But She has stopped her modeling career and busy with her own company now. I am afraid she wouldn’t agree to the proposal.”

Everyone stared at Daniel with curiosity for the name he would suggest.

“Leena Hayes.” He continued. “She has gained popularity with her own ability and she is very famous overseas.”

‘Leena Hayes’ The name was ringing in Devin’s ear for the past 4 years but he has neither seen nor met her. It’s not easy to gain stardom in such a short time. He very well knew Hayes family, is she from that family? But why didn’t I see her once? His interest piqued on this woman.

“Make an appointment with her. I want to meet her directly before I decide if she is worthy.”

“Meeting adjourned.” With that, Devin marched out of the conference room.

Everybody sighed in relief after the devil walked out.

“His cologne always makes me lose control. I wonder how I endured in the meeting.” A girl remarked looking at the retreating figure.

“And I get nosebleed by looking into his piercing eyes.”

“He is a devil. Working at WD is a curse for a single woman.”

The employees sighed and walked out.