Save me from the darkness (boyxboy)

Chapter Nine

I had a meeting today with Stark and Mr.Anderson. As I walked off the elevator Bella's eyes shot up at me. "Hey Oliver, you can just head on in. Mr.Bane's already in there but let me warn you, he's not in a very peachy mood today,"

Mr.Bane in a bad mood? Well this is gonna be fun.

I thanked Bella and cautiously walked into Stark's office. I noticed that Mr.Anderson has yet to arrive. Stark was typing away on his computer and didn't bother to look up when I entered.

"Have a seat," He said, well more like commanded without so much as a glance. I complied and sat down on the leather chair in front of him. He still hasn't looked up at me and I can't help but feel as if I've done something wrong. After a few minutes he finally looked up. His eyes were hard and it took everything in me to not flinch away from his menacing gaze, however I did shrink back a bit. "Mr.Quinn, I'm a very busy man and I don't like to waste my time on people."My eyebrows furrowed at this. "So I'm going to say this now, if you are going to waste my time then tell me right now because I will not be chasing after someone who's already after someone else" His voice was cold and businesslike. I didn't like it one bit.

I blinked, still confused " I-I don't know what y-you mean... what's this about?" I asked. His gaze hardened a bit. I don't know what I did wrong. Anxiety built up inside of me. Tears pricked at the corners of my and I tried to hold them back. 'don't cry. don't cry. don't cry'

"I saw you on a date with that boy last night and I don't appreciate it. If you are going to be pursuing other men then tell me now so I don't waste my time trying to make you mine." I thought back to last night. He thought that I was on a date with Elliot.

"No, no no," i quickly rushed out " you misunderstood, we weren't on a date. He's just a friend, my best friend actually, and he just got back into town and wanted to catch up." I explained. Stark's gaze remained neutral.

"Do you have romantic feelings for him?"

I chuckled a bit "Oh god no." The corners of his lips turned up a little bit

"I'm sorry." he apologized softly "I've just wasted my time on too many people who want to use me for my money then date other people behind my back." I frowned at that. What a horrible thing to do to someone. Wait, did he think I was going to do that to him?

 His face softened as if he was reading my mind " but I know you're not like that, or at least I really hope you aren't. You just seem different from everybody." I blushed and looked down. "Are we still on for tonight? If you don't want to I understand." He's really got to stop second guessing himself.

"Yes," I said shyly. He smiled a bit 

"I was thinking on going to Le Madeline, or maybe going to an art show, or anywhere you want really." Le Madeline is one of the most expensive restaurants in the city. I don't want to spend his money, it's not about where we go I want to get to know him.

"going to an art show sounds fun," I say a bit timidly because I've never really been to an art show. 

"okay, one of my friends is doing a show tonight so I'll just tell her assistant to be expecting us."

"um Sh-should change clothes after work? I-I'm not r-really sure what I-I'm supposed to wear to that sort of t-thing..." I said trailing off at the end. He looked me over making me feel a bit self conscious.

"what your wearing is fine, I'll probably change into something a bit more casual than this" he said motioning to hid hand tailored suit.

 "o-okay" I replied with a smile a bit more excited for tonight. We fell into a comfortable silence after that and just sort of studied each other.