"I want to sell my company," I uttered.Alex looked at me in shock. "Why?" He asked."I'm tired," I replied."But, didn't you work hard on it? I mean, it must've taken you like a decade to achieve this much. Why give up now?" He asked."I never did it for myself. I want to do something for myself at least once and I'm tired of all the bullshit that comes with running the business. Everyone's sticking their nose where they're not supposed to." I said."If you're going to sell it now, I don't think you can sell it for as much as it's worth, given what people found out about us," Alex said."I don't care anymore. I have more than enough in my bank account until retirement. I could sell it for a million and I'll still live." I replied.Alex's face twisted in disgust and annoyance. "You sound like an absolute prick." He spat before attempting to get up. I quickly grabbed his arm and pushed him back down on the bed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound like that. I'm sorry." I apologized.Al
On the way home, Alex spotted an ice cream shop. Alex insisted on stopping by, but I was anxious about people. The news about Alex being an escort just came out and everybody's eyes are on us. People are waiting for our next move like hawks eyeing their prey. As much as I tried to convince Alex that we could just buy and leave, he wouldn't budge. He wanted to stay in the shop and eat inside. There weren't many people at the beach earlier so I wasn't worried about that, but the ice cream shop was packed with individuals of different ages. Alex wouldn't stop begging and bugging me so I had no choice, but to just go with his wishes. I parked the car and contemplated for a moment if it really is safe for us to go out in public. "I don't think we should go out. There are too many people. What if they recognize us?" I asked Alex, trying to convince him for the last time to not go. "It's fine Levi. We're going to be fine. I'll keep you safe, I promise." He said while taking my hand in his.
We haven't even reached home yet and the pictures that were taken earlier were rapidly spread online. My phone has been blowing up from my secretary's multiple attempts at calling me. I would answer if Alex didn't grab my phone and put it in his pocket. He finally had enough of the constant ringing and took my phone out of his pocket. I thought he would hand them back to me, but instead, he turned them off before putting them back in his pocket.I wanted to grab my phone from him, but he was driving so I was left with no choice, but to sit and wallow in my thoughts. I stared out of the window the rest of the way home in an attempt to clear my head, but thousands of thoughts and worries keep popping up in my head. We've barely recovered from when the first picture came out and now there's another one for people to feast on.Alex tried to keep talking about his childhood in an attempt to keep my head off of the pictures, but it wasn't working. I don't know how he's handling this better
"I'll get it," Alex announced as soon as the doorbell rang.I tried to stop him and get to the door myself, just in case it is my father, but Alex insisted. "So how long has it been since you two started dating?" Leon asked as he picks up the glass from the table."Not long. We just recently started dating." I replied."Where did you two meet?" He asked."At the hotel, I was staying at, after George died," I replied with a sad smile."I'm sorry about his death, I know how much he means to you." He said as he reached forward to touch my hand."Yeah, thank you. Alex really helped me through. I feel better with him here." I said.Alex suddenly cleared his throat and Leon quickly pulled his hand away. I look over at him and see him carrying a bouquet of white roses. "Who's this for?" I asked."For you, of course. I ordered it before I left to look for you. I wanted to buy you something that could cheer you up." He said as he hands me the bouquet. I took the flowers gently from his gras
"When I asked you to go for a swim, I was expecting more of, you know, swimming laps around the pool, not you clinging to me at the side of the pool." Alex teased."Shut up. I just want to be held." I mumbled in response. "You're awfully clingy. Does it have something to do with my confession earlier?" He teased again.I decided not to glorify the question with an answer so I just did the next best thing I could think of, bite his shoulder. I opened my mouth and bit his shoulder hard, but not enough to break the skin. Alex yelped in pain and pulled away from me. He looked at me in disbelief and I just stuck my tongue out at him. Alex did something unexpected the moment I stuck my tongue out. He quickly grabbed my face and licked my tongue. I pushed him away in shock and feigned gagging. Alex looked at me as if I offended him in the worst way possible. "Hey! You act as if we don't swap spit almost every day." Alex said before grabbing either side of my head and pulling me towards h
I could feel Alex glaring at my outfit for the nth time as I was fixing myself in front of the mirror. He made me change my clothes five times because he said it looked like I was going out on a date instead of hanging out with friends. I finished putting on my clothes and turned to face Alex."How about this one? It's literally just a white shirt, jeans, and sneakers. You happy with this one now?" I asked, already getting annoyed with Alex.Leon and I planned to meet at the coffee shop at nine in the morning, but it was already nine-thirty. I had to call and explain to Leon that I'm not ditching him and lied about having some emergency at work. Alex walked over to the rack of long sleeve tops before pulling out an ugly brown flannel shirt and handing it over to me. I don't even know why I still have that shirt."Wear this." He demanded."Uh, no. Do you not see how ugly that color is?" I asked, making a disgusted face."Exactly. Wear it." He said, pushing the flannel towards me."No.
Alex sat beside me as I cry into his shoulder. I felt taken advantage of and disrespected. I wasn't expecting Leon to kiss me so suddenly. Alex caresses my head as he tried to calm me down. I finally lifted my head as my sobs turn into sniffles. Alex grabbed a glass of water and handed it over to me. I took the glass from him and drank a few sips. I put the glass down and Alex wiped my face off with some tissue, quite aggressively, may I add. I felt like a child whose mother is cleaning their face. He then took another tissue and brought it up to my nose. He pressed on nostril close and instructed me to blow my nose so I did. He then pressed the other one close and ordered me to do it again. He folded the tissue before taking another one and wiped my nose clean. "Thanks, it's not like I can't do that myself," I mumbled. "Shut up, I'm not yet done." He said before cleaning my face again, with a washcloth this time. "Did you have to do it so roughly?" I asked, suddenly feeling ann
Alex carefully ties my necktie as he rants about how he should go with me and "protect me from those asshole paparazzi". I had to tell him no multiple times, but he wouldn't back down. "What if they get too close this time, huh?" Alex asked, clearly frustrated. "They won't be. I'll be in the office the whole day and no one else is allowed in the meeting room other than me, my secretary, board members, and investors. I'll be fine." I tried reassuring him. "But what if they insult you and call you names? I can't let you handle that alone." Alex said as he tidies up my necktie. That is exactly why I didn't want to bring him with me. These people made a living by insulting and degrading other people. I can take it by myself, but I won't let Alex face anything like that. "Alex, you need to stop worrying. I can handle myself." I said, but Alex clearly wasn't satisfied. He opened his mouth to talk, but I interrupted him as he was about to speak. Luckily, it worked as Alex kissed m
Having Alex pack everything that we were bringing to our new home was a whole lot more efficient than us doing it together, but that also meant me having to let go of about seventy percent of my own belongings because according to him, I don't need multiple pieces of the same thing when in fact, I do. I tried arguing with him, but he said it wouldn't fit inside the house so we had to compromise with me only having two of the same things. 'We can wash it,' he said. Yeah, we can, but the quality will not last long. Now I'm banished into the backyard with the dogs because I wouldn't stop annoying Alex with the packing. He has somehow reduced a good chunk of the house into one moving truckload. All in three days. Alex came to the garden to ask to double-check if there is still anything that I wish to bring."You're going to say no anyway. You're going to be like,' that won't fit in the new house', 'you already have ten of those, just take one', and 'I've hated that thing ever since I lai
We finished the paperwork with the buying of the property rather quickly. As much as I wanted to pay for everything myself, Alex just won't let back down so we halved it. We decided to stay at home for at least a week first to pack everything. We had also taken the measurements inside the house so we could buy the furniture that we needed.I wanted to just buy everything online so we could spend more time packing our stuff, but Alex insisted on buying them at a physical store so I just followed. We're currently inside a furniture shop and I'm already overwhelmed. There were tons of options and we're just in the living room section. On the other hand, Alex looks enthusiastic as fuck. "What do you think about this one, baby? Should we get it in a leather finish or a fabric finish?" he asked, sitting down on one of the couches."Leather, I guess. With all the fur the dogs will produce, leather would be easier to clean as long they won't destroy them," I replied."Yep, that's a good idea
Alex spent the past few hours upon returning home setting up the backyard for the dogs. He somehow managed to build two doghouses in one day and placed a bunch of obstacle courses around the backyard. Saying that he was excited about these new dogs was an understatement. Alex bundles up all the boxes and packaging before throwing them away. He came back inside the house with his clothes completely soaked in sweat. He wanted to show the dogs right away but there were dead asleep in the living room. Alex took off his shirt and wiped off the sweat on his forehead with it. He threw his soaked shirt at me, making me gag in disgust. "That's fucking disgusting, Alex!" I shouted at him as I throw back his shirt. "We're covered in cum and sweat every time we have sex, but you're disgusted with a sweat-soaked shirt?" he said as he was slowly walking towards me, wet shirt in hand. "What are you doing?" I asked, slowly stepping away. "Nothing," he said with an innocent smile on his face. He
It's been a few months and my leg cast has been removed and after weeks of persistence, Alex finally agreed to move me back to my old room. Lory went back to her apartment the same day she caught us having sex. It's not our fault she didn't know how to knock, but I do miss her barging into my room and annoying Alex. It was now just the two of us and I haven't had any more flashbacks about our relationship before the accident.Alex was a bit disappointed at first, but we became closer each day and he no longer sulked about the fact that I haven't remembered anything more from our past. He's currently massaging my leg as per the therapist's instructions. I need a few more sessions and hopefully, I'll be able to regain normal function from my leg. "Do you want to have sex after this?" Alex suddenly blurted out.I looked at him in shock before grabbing a pillow and slamming it onto his face. Unfortunately, he caught the pillow before it reached his face. I pouted at him as he put the pil
"Did you get to ask the hospital if I can have the session here?" I asked Alex as he sat down on the dining chair."Yeah, they said they could send one of their therapists here, but they said once it's time for your leg to get the therapy you'd have to do it at the hospital." He replied. "You know Alex was supposed to be a nurse," Lory said before taking a spoonful of food into her mouth. "Thank god he didn't finish. There are enough assholes in the medical field, we don't need another one." She teased.Alex reached out to Lory and smacked her forehead. I gasped in shock as the sound reverberated throughout the room."Ow! That hurt, asshole!" Lory exclaimed in pain."That was too hard, Alex," I said, slapping his arm lightly. "Hey, she'll be fine. That was just a little smack." Alex defended."That was not a 'little' smack, Alex. That was just mean," I replied."I hit her worse when we were younger. She'll be fine. I promise," He said, placing a hand over his chest."See! This is w
Alex and I are back in his room, making out for I don't know how long already. I don't even remember how we got here. All I know is that I'm enjoying it. The doorbell rang once again and Alex start to pull away. I groaned in annoyance as I pull him back towards me."I have to get the door, Levi," He mumbled against my lips.I sighed and let him go. Alex gave me a soft peck on the lips, making me pout at him. He smiled at me and my god, that smile of his is contagious. "You act as if I'll be gone for days," He teased as he got off the bed."Come back quickly," I called out as he walked out the door. He only stuck his tongue out at me like a child and I couldn't help but roll my eyes. I soon heard bickering from outside my door and I immediately knew that it was Lory who came. She opened the door with a wide smile on her face with Alex carrying an annoyed look on his face."Hi! I'm here again," she exclaimed. "It looks like I interrupted something so I'm just going to go to my room,
Leon came back the same night to pack up his bag. I went to apologize to him since I didn't want to end the day with him on bad terms, but he just shrugged and said that it was fine and that he understands. He left the house with not so much as a goodbye or a wave back. Lory also went home for the night to pack up their things and she decided that she'll just go back here tomorrow, leaving me and Alex alone. Alex is currently fixing the room Leon left, changing the sheets, and cleaning up the trash that was left around. I waited by the door, watching him like a creep as he moves around the room. He told me to go rest up in my room after we had dinner, but I didn't want to be left alone so followed him here. "Do you need anything? Like sheets? Extra pillows?" I asked. "No, I've already got all I need here. Do you need anything?" He asked. "No," I replied. "Yeah, you do. You wouldn't be waiting by the door like a creep if you didn't need anything." He teased. "I just didn't want
Levi's POV"Can you tell me everything?" I asked."About what?" He replied."About our relationship. I want to know." I said.Alex didn't hesitate as he agreed to tell me everything."I guess I should start from the very beginning." He said with a light chuckle. "I, uhm, I've actually seen you a couple of times before approaching you.""Really? Where?" I asked."At a cafe, near your office. I've wanted to approach you a couple of times but you were either in a rush or you look like you'd split someone in half when they would get in your way." He replied. As much as I would like to get offended by that statement, I couldn't help but chuckle. It was something that I couldn't deny. Handling the company and dealing with my piece of shit of a father was just not the perfect formula for a good mood. Speaking of my father."I'm curious, my dad has never contacted me since I got into an accident. It's not that I'm wishing for him to do so or anything. It's just that apparently I'm selling t
Alex's POV "Lory, hurry the fuck up!" I shouted at my sister who was taking her sweet ass time getting ready for her appointment. "I'm just looking for my shoes!" She shouted back at me. "You said the same thing ten fucking hours ago!" I shouted, annoyed at how slow she was moving. "Look, I'm meeting your boyfriend today too you know. I can't look like some shriveled doll thrown at the side of the road." She said, pointing her finger at me. I sighed in annoyance before dropping myself on the couch with a loud groan. After what felt like another ten years, my sister was finally done getting ready. We walked out of the apartment and exited the building as we wait for the cab to arrive. "Are you excited to see him again?" My sister asked me. "Of course. He said he remembered some bits about us so maybe if I go there he'll remember more." I replied. "You kind of sound desperate." My sister teased. "Haha, so funny," I said while rolling my eyes. The cab finally arrived and we bot