His Redemption (MxM)

Chapter 90

Luke

Adriano was laying across my thighs, while I placed my hand on his back, operating my phone, after the whole talk we had, he decided not to go home and just stay with me the whole day, and I wouldn't lie, it made me realize that I'd missed him very much.

"Babe" he called out and I just hummed, my eyes trained on my phone
"Two days ago in New York, after... We fell out and you left, did you go to Stefano's place"? He asked and I frowned, shifting my attention away from my phone and focusing on him, he was looking at me, I slowly shook my head, wondering why he'd ask that.

"No, why would you ask that"? I asked and he just shrugged, quickly turning away from me, causing me to frown.

"Nothing" he muttered out, if there's one thing I've learnt about Adriano, is the fact that when he says nothing, it's actually a lot, so I locked my phone and dropped it on the couch beside me, giving him my full attention now.

"Adriano"? I called and he just hummed, but was still not looking at me, I sighed out "what's going on? Why did you ask if I went to see Stefano before I left"? I asked and he just shrugged, I groaned out lowly, I'm not buying that shit and I think he knows it.

I heard him sigh out before he shuffled himself up, sitting by my side.
"Uhm.... I didn't want to say this before, but uh.... I heard you that night" he whispered out, causing my frown to deepen as I stared at him "at the hotel when you... When you had a fall out with Stefano, I heard you" he rushed out and that's when I understood he was talking about all the things I said to Stefano and all the things he had said to me.

I clenched my jaw, remembering that we still had that to deal with "I wanted to know if... You know... If you talked to him before you left" he rushed out in a whisper, I gritted my teeth together before using my tongue to kiss my teeth, making a very loud sound.

"How much did you hear"? I asked and he just shrugged

"Enough" he whispered out, I ran my hand down my face, which means he heard that I once had feelings for Stefano, even though I told him something like that could never happen between us, it doesn't excuse the fact that I hid the fact that I had feelings for Stefano before.
"You know you have to talk to him right"? He asked and I just bit my lips, moving my eyes brows up a bit, of course I know I have to talk to him, I just need time.
"I didn't hear everything, so I don't know why you said what you said to him, but you have to talk to him, I'm not saying apologize, but he's your best friend, don't let what I did, come in between the both of you" he muttered out, I bit my lips, understanding exactly what he was saying, but if anything, it's not his fault that Stefano and I fell out, I think that little talk between us, was long overdue, and it took that last straw to break it and just tell him how I was really feeling.

"I'm gonna talk to him, but just not yet" I rushed out, picking up my phone again.
I thought that would be the end of our talk but Adriano wasn't done talking yet, because I could feel his eyes on me, and he only ever does that if he wants to do something ridiculous and extremely intimate, or if he wants to talk and he's hesitating, and right now, I think the later is what's happening.

I dropped my phone, sighing out loudly, I looked at him cocking my brows up "what is it"? I asked and he just shrugged again, yep, he definitely wants to talk about something but he's hesitating.

"What happened 16 years ago"? He blurted out, causing me to chew on my cheek, before I kissed my teeth and looked away from him "I notice you always reference a lot of things to 16 years ago, even when you talked to Stefano, you mentioned something that happened 16 years ago, I just .. I'm curious, what happened to you 16 years ago" he rushed out, and I licked my lips, a lot of things happened to me 16 years ago, and if he had asked this about a year ago, I probably would have ran and never looked back, because I wouldn't have wanted to talk about it with him, but now I don't feel that way anymore, it's not that I don't regret the things that happened, I still do, but now I don't blame myself completely for them.