~Evric's POV~
The long wait for this project launch was finally over. The gravity of the day hit me when my phone rang early in the morning, and I saw my father's name on the screen.
"Evric," he started, his voice firm but laced with genuine concern. "I need you to be strong. Going public with your sexuality could be difficult, most especially because of all the things I've said against it in the past."
He made the reality clear to me: "If you had two enemies before, you should know that number has doubled now. I've been hearing everything for the past two days—the comments, the gossip. People in our line of business, the ones who have sons who can't pull off this kind of success they are already fiercely jealous. Their first and easiest weapon against you is your sexuality."
