His Redemption (MxM)

Chapter 65

Luke

I just stared at him after he asked that question, not because he was right, but because he had guts, he was in my office and he was asking me with so much conviction if i was nervous because of him, true I may have seemed out of it, but what gave him the right to assume that I was nervous because of him, and the way he was so sure made it so fucking infuriating.

I leaned in to the table, making sure I had my eyes on him, he still didn't look fazed one bit
"What makes you think I'm nervous because of you"? I asked huskily, my voice hard and emotionless, but he still hadn't reacted yet, he just kept looking back at me "what makes you think you make me nervous"? I asked again, and this time he just shrugged, causing me to scoff out, wow.

"Because you've barely maintained eye contact with me since I walked into the office" he said cockily

His confidence level was over the moon "you think coming in here, saying a few words and smiling so widely, is something to get me nervous"? I asked "you don't know me, and think you....you can make me nervous"? I asked again, and this time I saw his cool demeanor falter as he frowned slightly and shifted away from the table, sitting upright in the chair.

I clenched my jaw and narrowed my eyes at him "there's nothing about you that can make me nervous, whatever gave you that impression was fucking wrong, get over yourself" I muttered out, I don't know why I was still talking but I felt like I needed to prove a point, I needed to let him know that he wasn't making me nervous, nothing about him was making me nervous.

I watched as he clenched and unclenched his jaw, before the door suddenly pushed open and my secretary walked in, she had some documents in hand, making me sigh out discreetly in relief, I guess we would be done with this faster than I expect, because I don't think I want to be around Mr obnoxious right here

My secretary looked at me as she stopped in front of my table, her eyes darting between me and Adriano, I could tell she could sense the tension in the office, she dropped the documents on the table and gave me a curt nod before she walked back out, leaving us in utter silence, it was tense and awkward, and I know it was because of what I just said.

My eyes moved from the files on the table and landed on Adriano, he didn't look as confident as he had looked a few minutes ago, his eyes met mine, and he gave a weak uneasy smile
"Let's get this over with" he muttered, before he reached for his breast pocket and pulled out a pen, I opened the documents, going through a few lines, there was no need to start reading through everything in it, I trust Alicia.

I just turned the document and pointed at the dotted line where he needed to sign, he didn't waste any time either as he quickly signed it and pushed it back to me, I pulled it close to me and examined his signature, it suited him, just like his whole personality, confident and precise.

I looked back up at him and he looked a little different from when he just walked in, he looked less confident, like my words had somehow deflated the huge surety he had about himself and somehow I felt guilty and bad for even saying all those things to him.

It's not his fault that I'm having midlife crisis, or that I was looking for an outlet to vent, I'm pretty sure he asked that question out of a harmless curiosity, but I took it the wrong way.
Even his smile had somehow faded, and was replaced by this uncertain look in his eyes, he couldn't even look me in the eyes anymore, now he was the one avoiding eye contact with me.

I clenched my jaw and sighed out, fuck!!
I'm usually not like this, but ever since New York, I've.... I clenched my jaw again and looked at him.
"Look..." I started, causing him to look up at me, his mismatched colored eyes staring at me, as if asking why I had said those things to him, it made me feel even more shitty about myself
"About what I said before, just ...... I didn't mean to sound so...." I couldn't find the right words to use, I just licked my lips