Livid Guardian's Endless Coddling

In Finn's villa

Ceon entered to see Finn having late-night dinner alone as he had already had dinner with Zara. "Young master Stanley, aren't you bored of eating alone? Imagine having a sexy girlfriend feeding you dinner every day... Uff, when will I get a chance to watch it?"

Finn lazily glanced at him pulling his eyes away from the laptop, pausing his right hand in the air, his tone sounded sharp and cold, "Never..." Then his eyes went back to the laptop screen ignoring his presence as he resumed eating.

Ceon: "..."

He made sure to ask him before visiting him yet Finn was acting as if they weren't related to each other. His hand itched to close his laptop and change his line of sight to him but he also wanted his bones safe.

Resigning, he went to the bar counter and poured himself a red wine and turned to Finn, "Which one do you want? Gin, Vodka, Whiskey, Bourbon, Beer, Rum, Scotch, and Wine or Cocktail?"

Finn indolently responded, "Wine... White wine." Finn was checking reports on who was attacking Starlight and the artists under him. One after the other, false rumors about the artists were spreading like crazy affecting the company and TRP of the shows in his channels.

He knew Media and entertainment are full of scandals, rumors, and attacks yet he chose that as a challenge and tried hard to survive in the critical time.

He has to determine if he is the common player in the current trend of somebody exclusively chosen to bring him down. But in the world of numerous virtual IP addresses, it is hard to find who is doing what, why, and when. He was slowly having a better understanding of the power of the Internet and the fingers on the keyboard beyond the screen - The power of netizens.

When he noticed the flute on the coaster filled, he sipped but didn't give his full attention to the man who was there for him. "How was your trip?" He asked a general question to keep the man busy while he heard him half and worked half. 

After sometime Ceon realized Finn was troubled by something and he wasn't truly listening to him. Even his half-eaten dinner had turned cold. Without being able to control himself looking at his awful state, he reheated the food without Finn's knowledge.

Ceon closed his laptop and ordered, "You better eat first. What's wrong with you? Health is important, have looked at yourself? Are you thinking of yourself as an immortal?"

Finn relaxed his tensed shoulder looking at furious Ceon, "Now I realize what I was missing. I am missing your nagging. As soon as you got your girl, you have completely forgotten me, parties, clubbing, other friends... and the list goes on."

Finn started eating and continued to hear Ceon nag him for some more time for trying to shift the subject about him. Finn knew Ceon was somebody who would be ready to stand at gunpoint if he has to fill some sense to his head. So he didn't threaten him to stop and completed his dinner, cleaned the table, washed the bowls, and was entering the bathroom but halted.

Finn turned behind to see Ceon still following him, "Do you want to take bath with me? Why are you entering inside?"

Ceon realized they were in Finn's room so rolled his eyes, "No thanks..." He went to the guest room seeing Finn smile teasingly. 

After half an hour, in the Study room,

Ceon couldn't believe his plan to have a relaxed conversation changed to scolding Finn all the time. "Finn, you should shift back to Stanley's mansion. At this rate, you will ruin your health... Actually, a girlfriend can solve this problem."

Finn opened his laptop again glaring at Ceon, "I have work Ceon..." The latter shut his laptop again, "What were you doing all day?"

Finn now felt his headache from being stopped repeatedly. "Go and sleep. I have critical work."

Ceon nonchalantly pulled Finn's laptop next to him from another end and said, "I will help, what is it?"

Finn: "..."

Breathing through his mouth a few times, Finn promptly spoke his mind, "I want to break your head."

'Ahem,' Ceon coughed and thought about what to do. Finn looked really irritated and also worn out, if he goes to sleep, he was sure Finn wouldn't sleep again. 

Pushing his swivel chair a little away, "If you break my head, Zara will be sad, if Zara is sad, Fourie will come behind you and Aria too." Then he grinned. He didn't want to take Aria's name but taming Finn is really hard without taking her name.

Finn was utterly speechless hearing him connect his simple threat to the Fourie and ended up saying Aria's name. Rubbing his forehead, he pushed his laptop towards Ceon and yawned, "Let me see what you can do."

Ceon took the laptop and snatched the file from Finn's hand, "Shut up and sit." Then he looked at the data acquired about an investigation.

"I oddly remember reading or hearing these names somewhere," Ceon commented as he checked each data more curiously than the previous one.

Finn who was bored yawned repeatedly and was about to doze off, Ceon squealed, "Daves is behind your problem. Those are the water army of Daves Entertainment, when my cousin was trapped in a scandal they used the water army to bring her innocence back as her popularity isn't good."

Finn felt completely awake hearing the 'Daves', Ceon continued to speak, "But why Edgar is behind you?" Edgar Daves, a friend of Finn and Ceon. They weren't close but they were good acquaintances.

Finn revealed another information to Ceon, "Last time his subsidiary entertainment company man sent us a plagiarised story. When I spoke to Edgar directly he said he fired that man..."

Ceon shut the laptop and faced Finn, "Why is he troubling you?" As much as he knew Edgar Daves always respected Finn. 

Ceon wasn't much close to him because Edgar always had his own circle smartly avoiding others who wouldn't take up the family business or wasn't any use to him.

Ceon didn't care about those things because he was the least bit interested in such people. One who can't accept him for what he is, he didn't want those who come behind for his family business either. 

Finn was aware of it too. Finn wasn't only an heir of the Stanley family but also the Wen family. So he was the most wanted heir in the city for every circle of people, one had the military power and the other in the hospital field without losing its shine against any other hospital.

Opposing him wouldn't bring any good, especially now who could easily ask Aria to stand by him although Finn wouldn't do that.

Finn fell into his train of thought about Edgar Daves. He is well aware that Edgar was a man who looked advantageous in everything he does and that type of man disgusted him. But the fact that they are oddly were in the same school and the group of friends, he was acquainted with him.

He never allowed him to enter his personal space as Ceon so Finn knew how he treated Ceon and him differently. 

Their first discrepancy started when Edgar got to know Aria who was the sole heiress of a vast empire at such a young age. Finn himself was unknown to her at that time so how could he even introduce her to him when he asked.

Finn knew well Edgar wanted Aria for his advantage but Alan was a man of actions who didn't let any pest hover around Aria, especially those who had the ultimate goal to have her in connection.

Finn disappeared after it and returned to the city with Aria that undoubtedly reached the ear of Edgar who was already a president. He teased, provoked, asked but Finn never let anybody use him as a bridge to reach Aria.

Edgar had asked to support him when he had submitted a project for the collaboration from Skyline, although Finn didn't help him, his file was rejected before reaching Aria's hand.

Edgar had all reasons to be angry with Finn for not getting Aria irrespective of his try to create rumor as 'Edgar and Aria are more than friends' with a coincidence picture that went lost on the internet as soon as the Skyline PR team took action.

"He wanted Aria... No, he wanted Skyline and Copper family wealth. I didn't help him repeatedly."

Ceon didn't know what had happened between them so he found it ridiculous, "What the fish! He should trouble President Morgan and her. She is nothing to you and why is he targeting you? "

Ceon wanted to cut his tongue when he finished saying it. Coughing awkwardly he re-corrected his line, "She is your friend, it isn't' like you have her."

Finn retracted his gaze away from Ceon after hearing his revised statement. It was already past and Aria is Alan's woman so he couldn't understand why Edgar is targeting Finn now. 'Business?'

"Oh, Crap..." Finn remembered something and blurted out.

Ceon who was mulling over the situation turned to him, "What's wrong?"

Finn regretted taking the matter lightly, "Edgar proposed Rose." 

"What?!" Ceon uttered out.