Chapter 209 - 12 He Is Not You. Nobody Is.

Dominik Śliwiński no longer worked for Marek Marczak's agency and was not associated with it in any way. Not even with Marczak himself. In spite of everything, he was allowed into the company's premises without any problems and no one even asked about his case. Everyone knew that although Śliwiński and Marczak did not work together anymore, they were on good terms.

Or at least everyone was supposed to think so. Neither Marczak nor Dominik needed anyone to make a sensation about their professional separation and try to find some dark reasons for it.

In fact, the official version was so white that probably many expected it to be only a temporary parting. Children grow up, they try their own strength, but seven years of fruitful cooperation between the actor and the agent is not something that can ruin the temporary rebellion of youth.

Probably the people at Marczak's agency thought the same. Dominik has always been too close to his manager to just abandon him forever.

Śliwiński was aware that this is what people think. He did not boast to anyone how much Marek had hurt him. Therefore, for many, Dominik will always remain part of this company, and therefore he had free entry to it, despite the fact that he was not on the list and did not have a permanent pass. However, he was Dominik Śliwiński.

Dominik took a deep breath and boldly walked towards Marek's office. There were a few questions he just had to ask him. There was no other option for him.

Marczak's office was looked after by his assistant, a sexy but very official Miss Shmidt who looked like a clerk from the tax office. She was pretty, but she was deliberately hiding her beauty by wearing glasses with overly expressive frames and not very careful makeup. There were a lot of beautiful people working in this agency, so if Marek wanted to have an affair, he could choose in everyone. Miss Shmidt wanted to work, not to have romantic or erotic adventures with her boss.

At the sight of Dominik, the woman stood up, surprised. She really hadn't expected to see him here. She was probably the only one in the entire company who realized what really connected Marczak with his best actor.

"Mr. Śliwiński, what are you doing here?" she asked, unable to hide her surprise.

"Good morning, Miss Shmidt. Is the president at his office?" Dominik asked smiling.

"Good morning ... Yes, he is, but... He has a very important conversation and you have to wait..."

"All right, I'll wait. I have time. Actually… Miss Shmidt, could I ask you for a favor? A few years ago, a boy worked for the agency. Lately he has been constantly on my mind. I wanted to find him, but I only know his stage name, not his real details. Would there be a chance for me to learn something about him...?"

The request was not easy. In recent years, the law has taken the protection of personal data quite seriously. But this tightened law was designed to protect people from crimes such as bank fraud, not from a colleague wanting to get in touch with a colleague with whom he has lost contact.

"I don't know if I'll have the information you need, but I'll check." The assistant sat down at the computer and began typing something on the keyboard. "You say you only know the pseudonym..."

"Yes," Dominik felt enthusiastic. Does he really have a chance to find that boy he last saw at the party? "Amon. His nickname is Adrian Amon."

Miss Shmidt's face hardened for a moment and her fingers hung motionless. It took no more than a few seconds. The woman cleared her throat.

"It looks like he stopped working for our agency before I started working here," she said. "I don't remember us working in the same period."

"Yes," admitted Dominik. "He disappeared from my sight five years ago, in mid-July. Do you think you will be able to find his data somewhere?"

"Sorry to ask, but why do you care so much? Does he owe you money?"

The joke sounded a bit extortionate, but they were both smiling.

"Not. Recently I have met some people who brought back memories of certain events and of Adrian himself. I'd really like to talk to him and see if he's okay."

"That's ... very caring of you."

"No, not really," sighed Dominik. "I should have thought about him then..."

Miss Shmidt looked at him in surprise, but quickly returned to her monitor.

"I don't have his details on hand," she explained. "I won't find them for you right away, but I'll have them tonight, I promise. I'll bring them home to you."

"But I don't want to bother you!"

"No," she announced with a firm smile. "I'll be insolent and ask for tea today. This will be your payment for this favor."

Once upon a time, Dominik would have reacted with panic to such a statement. He was really afraid of contact with people and tried to avoid them at all costs. Now he smiled with satisfaction.

"So I'll make a cake too."

***

Dominik did not have to wait long for Marek to finish his meeting. It was only ten, maybe twelve minutes. After this time, the door opened and a blushing Bruno Kwieciński emerged from Marczak's office. At the sight of him, Śliwiński also blushed and, throwing the actor a welcoming smile, entered the office of his former lover without announcement.

The atmosphere in the office made it impossible to have doubts as to what had just happened here. Just like the expression on Marek Marczak's face.

"Good morning, Marek. I know it's not the best time, but I need to talk to you. You're not gonna ask me out, are you?"

"I wish you had come into my office a few minutes earlier." Marczak greeted him with a smile that clearly indicated that he would take great pleasure in such a scene.

Dominik imagined how he and Bruno, kneeling on the couch, stick their butts out to Marczak, and the manager enters one and the other.

"Take control, Marek. You don't run a porn agency. Although, who knows, if you don't have a stake in some label of this type."

"Ouch, Dominik, why are you talking so badly about me?"

"Because I had a hard time talking to people from the CBA. About one of your parties."

Marczak's face changed immediately. Traces of the earlier fulfillment had disappeared from her without a trace. Marek got up from behind his desk and approached Śliwiński. There was something sinister in his face, and Dominik wanted to take a step back.

"This is what you came to see me about?" Marczak asked and smiled surprisingly warmly, totally surprising the young actor. "Did you want to warn me? It's so nice of you."

"I wanted to ask you directly, looking you in the eye. Have you used any form of coercion, any form of compulsion, in order for your actors and actresses to provide sexual services to someone?"

"Dominik" Marczak smiled as if he were dealing with a not very bright child. "There are some things you shouldn't ask. You are already a big boy and you should understand that some things are beyond your cognitive abilities."

"Do you really think I'm such a fool?" Śliwiński asked sadly. Yes, it probably was like that all the time, which is why Marczak always treated him as his favorite fucking mascot, never as a real partner in a relationship or in business. Dominik was only supposed to follow orders and all decisions were made by Marek.

Was Dominik really dumb enough to love a man who treated him this way?

"No." Marczak shook his head. "But I wish you were such a fool, blind and deaf to the whole world."

"And for your evil deeds?"

"Dominik, leave this topic behind. We have nothing in common with each other anymore. Unless you want to come back to me?"

"Bruno is not enough for you?"

Marek smiled sadly, sentimentally. There was tenderness in his eyes.

"Bruno is not you. Nobody is."

Dominik's heart beat faster. Marek acted as if he really wanted Dominik back, as if he missed him. No, it is not possible for Marczak to be really kind to him. He only plays with a young actor to confuse him in his head and heart, seduce him and dominate him again on a private and professional level.

But even if Marek was really interested, Dominik definitely wasn't. When you have a man like Andrzej in your life, everyone else is nothing.

"Do not even think about it. I will never come back to you," said Śliwiński decisively. "I just want to know if you coerced and forced your employees to provide sexual services?"

"If you want to find out, I'll tell you when we're in my bed."

"Marek, it's not even funny anymore" Marczak's words irritated the young actor.

"You are right, you are not" Marczak became completely serious. "I'll be totally serious then," he announced and, his voice at absolute zero, leaned directly into Dominik's ear. " Don't pursue this topic anymore, or I'll talk to you differently..."