His Redemption (MxM)

Chapter 13

Luke

It's been approximately two weeks and a half since Stefano's best friend, Hewitt threatened me to stay away from him, and for once in my adult life I actually fell victim to a threat, and it wasn't a death threat or a lethal threat, it was just words, but they were strong words, words that could ruin my chances of getting back into Stefano's good books

I've stayed away from him as best as I could in the past two weeks, I haven't called or texted him, I haven't showed up anywhere close to him, but that doesn't mean I still didn't keep an eye on him, of course I watch him every now and then.

I haven't seen Hewitt either, and no one has come to threaten me, I guess they thought I'd stayed away completely.
But I didn't really have much of a choice, I had to, if I wanted to keep my secret from Stefano.
I was keeping two secrets actually, the fact that I had feelings for him and secondly that I was gay.

Now I understand why he was hell bent on being the one to come out to his father and anyone else about his sexuality.
Because I wanted to be the one to tell him myself, it's not something you let someone else do for you, but I did, I took that choice away from him and I couldn't take it back

I've been going to the gym for the last two weeks, trying to hook up with any handsome guy I meet but none of it has been able to distract me enough, I'm trying not to think about it too much but I can't help it.

I came here wanting to change things, to get closure and to give Stef some closure, but now it would seem I've complicated things for myself, not only does Stefano hate me even more, Hewitt knows about my secret and he's just one push away from spilling it to Stefano.

I sighed out as I looked out through the huge glass that overlooked the city from my room, I've been in New York now for over a month, I wanted to laugh at my own predicament, I told myself I wouldn't stay much, but now I'm staying more than I expected.

I've spoken to Alicia a couple of times and I can tell she misses me, my mom too, but I can't go back now, at least not before I do what I came here for
And as for Winston, he hasn't called me or reached out to me since I got to New York, I know he's planning something, I just don't know what, but I already warned Stefano, hopefully he listens and protects his boyfriend, if he doesn't then that's on him, I've done the best I can

The door suddenly went off stealing my attention away from my thoughts, I clenched my jaw and looked at the door, I don't have any friends here, so I'm certainly not expecting anyone, and I didn't order anything, so who is at the door?

The last couple of times I had unwanted guests like this, they were Matteo and Hewitt, and I haven't seen either of them since then, so I doubt it's either one of them.
The door went off again and this time it sounded as though whoever was on the other side was running out of patience.

I sluggishly got up and made my way to the door, I was putting on my grey sweatpants and round neck, I haven't really had time to go shopping since I came, so you can understand why I'm barely even paying any attention to how I look, who cares anyway.

Without looking through the peephole, I turned the knob and I did not expect who I saw on the other side and he was glaring at me, like full on laser eyes glaring at me, before I could even get a chance to say anything, he brushed past the door and his hands fisted my shirt, he cornered me into a wall, his face mere inches from mine and he looked very angry

"What did you say to him"? He gritted out to me, his hands pressing tightly on my neck, I wasn't choking,  he's strong but not that strong, I could feel his grip on me but that was just about it.

I tried to push him off but he wasn't budging "what the hell"? I asked and he pushed me back forcefully on the wall, causing me to groan out, I could see every little detail of his face from up here, and there was a lot of things about him that I didn't notice before