13. Protective Side of Axel

Axel walked hurriedly down the hallway of the agency building. His mind was already filled with images of the photo of him and Olivia taken secretly. Someone's name was imprinted in his head. This was really crossing the line. Axel never thought that Joshua would go this far. Joshua's warnings and threats were no joke. Moreover, what Joshua did carried Olivia's name. And Axel hated people who brought Olivia into any kind of danger. "Axel!" From a distance, someone very familiar called out. Axel ignored it completely. He had no intention of turning his head or even responding. It must have been Jonathan, his manager. Moments ago, Jonathan had tried hard to keep Axel from approaching Joshua. But how could Jonathan let Olivia get dragged into something like this? Olivia was innocent to Axel, and didn't deserve the scornful words of her fans. "Axel! Stop! Hey!" It was so noisy, Axel's inner voice quietly hissed in annoyance. Really, Axel didn't know how to keep Jonathan out of it. Axel wouldn't stop if he brought Olivia. Jonathan knew that. But Jonathan still held his ground. Seeing that Axel wouldn't stop, Jonathan finally accelerated his running. Unfortunately, when Jonatahn had just accelerated his run, someone appeared from the corner. Jonathan's eyes bulged in panic. "No, no, why did Joshua have to appear in front of Axel at this time?" Jonathan muttered nervously. And it was just as Jonathan had feared. "Hey, Joshua!" Axel shouted at Joshua from a distance. Turning from a considerable distance, Joshua turned his attention towards Axel. His conversation with the manager came to a halt. Looking at Axel who ran quickly to him, Joshua raised both eyebrows. "Hello, Axel. What's up-" Before Joshua could finish his sentence, Axel had already arrived in front of him and threw a fist. It hit the corner of Joshua's lips, sending him staggering hard against the wall. Axel looked at Joshua who was holding the corner of his lips. His breathing was racing fast as his heartbeat pounded. "You're too much!" Axel snapped at Joshua. His hands were already clenched tightly on either side of his body. Joshua's manager looked confused at Joshua's state. He hurriedly approached Joshua and helped him to stand up straight. But unfortunately, Joshua's hands jerked violently at his manager, signaling him not to hold on. Even though Joshua's manager staggered back from Joshua's jerk, he still threw Axel a glare. Axel's manager blatantly pointed at Axel. "H-hey, Axel! What the hell are you doing?" Joshua's manager snapped at Axel. But Axel didn't care. He kept his eyes fixed on Joshua who returned his glare. Slowly, Joshua picked himself up after staggering. "Axel, did you hit me?" Joshua smiled sarcastically at Axel. A challenging smile. "You..." Axel pointed at Joshua as he stepped forward. His index finger fell right on Joshua's face. "Are you the one who spread the picture of me with Olivia?" Still not fading his lopsided smile, Joshua raised both eyebrows. "Me? You're saying I'm the one who posted it?" Then Joshua deliberately walked forward one step, dismissing Axel's index finger roughly. "Don't point the finger at me for something you don't know the truth about," he continued to refute Axel's words. Axel laughed and looked away. Then, without warning, Axel rushed forward and grabbed Joshua by the collar. He pushed Joshua's body into a corner and hit the wall - again. Suddenly, seeing this provoked panic in Joshua-Axel's manager. But his intention to keep Axel away from Joshua was thwarted. Seeing the look in Joshua's manager's eyes as if he wanted to harm Axel aroused his suspicion. "You are..." "Hey!" Axel's manager immediately approached Joshua's manager, holding his body away. "Don't mess with me! Move away!" Manager Joshua was wide-eyed when Manager Axel's hand forced his body back. He allowed Joshua's manager not to approach Axel. "I said not me, asshole!" said Joshua, who grabbed Axel by the collar. Axel did not release his grip on Joshua's shirt collar. Both of them in an instant did not want to lose to each other. Clutching each other's shirt collars, using their strength as men to push each other's bodies. "You can't lie!" Axel snapped right in front of Joshua's face. Gritting his jaw, Joshua braced himself. While groaning, he pressed hard on Axel's chest. "Hey! It's you! I told you..." "Don't lie to me!" snapped Axel once again. "Tell me, are you the one who spread the picture of me with Olivia?! Why are you bringing up Olivia's name?! She's innocent of anything!" Because of Axel's yelling, Joshua finally groaned angrily. His strength to push Axel's shirt collar grew stronger. "Are you accusing me? Why are you accusing me?" Joshua threw back the question. He swatted away Axel's right hand, stepped forward, and then smashed a fist to the jaw with all his might. "You have no proof, asshole! What's your evidence?" Joshua's manager was wide-eyed with surprise as Joshua staggered to the side. Luckily, he didn't hit the tiles because he kept his balance. Axel immediately straightened up again without the manager's help. "You just need to confess, damn it!" Just as Axel ran at Joshua, about to counter-punch him, Jonathan got in the way. Standing right in the middle of Axel and Joshua, holding Axel's body. "Jungkook, Jungkook, already!" With a strong force Park Siwon held Jungkook's body from the front. Axel was not to be outdone. He kept moaning and trying to move forward, against Jonathan's direction. Meanwhile, Joshua's manager who had gotten up immediately approached Joshua. The two managers held each artist's body. But Joshua and Axel did not want to lose. They fought against each manager's body defense and kept pushing their bodies forward. "Just let me beat him up! He spread a picture of me with Olivia!" Axel exclaimed with his eyes wide at Joshua. Joshua was not having it. "Hey! How can you accuse me?! Where's the proof? Do you have any proof?!" "You deleted the evidence, damn it!" replied Axel. Jonathan and Joshua's manager were already furious with them. Somehow, in unison, they both pushed Axel and Joshua's chests with all their might. Separating the two further without moving from standing in the middle of them. "You!" Jonathan snapped at Axel in annoyance. "Why is it so hard to stop?!" "He..." Axel raised his index finger pointed at Jonathan. Joshua felt offended by Axel's index finger. "You! Don't even point at me if you don't know anything!" "But you did that! If you hate me, you shouldn't have brought Olivia!" Hearing those words made Joshua give a lopsided smile. He laughed sarcastically. "Seeing you act like this, I can tell that you really like Hyun-a." Joshua then looked away to shake his head. "Gosh, Axel, why do you like her? Isn't it obvious that working professionals can't be like that?" "Don't get under my skin, Joshua," Axel snapped back. "You don't know anything at all." Joshua raised both eyebrows, the corner of his left lip curling up even more. Widening his mocking grin. "Of course I don't know. Who knew that the artist and his personal make-up artist were in a relationship?" Axel's temper was ignited in an instant. Axel clenched his jaw. "You're the culprit, damn it!" Joshua glared. "I told you it wasn't!" "AXEL, JOSHUA!" Both Joshua and Axel froze instantly at the resounding voice. Both of their managers immediately glared and simultaneously turned to the source of the voice. Sure enough. It was Mr. Hans, the director of their agency. Since when did Mr. Hans come to this agency building?!