A/N - Not proof read
"Wait" Beam blinked. "What happened to the 30 million dollars you took!?"
Lenny shifted uncomfortably on his seat. His eyes averting Beam's.
Beam blinked. Imagines of the worst ways Lenny might have spent the money, flushed into his mind.
Did he spent it on a club?
Or a brothel!?
Or does he have another woman?
A mistress?
A young and beautiful lady to spend money on?
That must be it. He probably has another woman. That explains everything. That must be why Lenny is so cold to him.
That must be why Lenny has never touched him. Why he never even looked at him.
His heart dropped on his stomach. He looked down, so that Lenny won't see tears tears pooling in his eyes.
He is so stupid. Stupid to think that he would have a chance with Lenny. Stupid to think that Lenny has changed his mind.
Can I ever be someone's priority?
Can I ever be someone's 'only one'?
Beam covered his mouth with the back of his palm to resist the painful sob which was threatening to escape.
I won't cry...
I won't cry in front of this man who supposed to love me but decided to humiliate me by being with another woman...
Just when he decided to stand up and leave, he heard Lenny's usual cold voice break the silence.
"Do you... Uh...remember that project of the cancer unit your hospital decided to launch?"
Wait...
what?
Beam just stared at Lenny until his mind clears. And finally the gears inside his brain started working properly.
"Yes!" Beam said excitedly. His tears vanished in an instant. Of course he remembers. At the beginning of the year the hospital he was working for, decided to add a cancer unit attached to the pediatric section. That idea was also proposed by the team of pediatricians including Beam himself.
Lenny continued. "So...do you remember that the director board of the hospital decided to hold a fund raising program because their budget is not enough?"
Beam nodded. He glared at him. "I remember that program, the one you didn't bother to attend"
Lenny sighed "Yeah. So they needed to raise like 50 million dollars but the sum of the donated money was around 15 million dollars"
Beam's eyes widened. "Wait....how did you know? You weren't there!"
Lenny chuckled. "So anyway the project lacked 35 million dollars and no one else bothered to donate"
Beam nodded. "Yeah since it was a large amount that we couldn't make, they decided to cancel the project. But after the program, we get the news that a businessman donated the 35 million dollars and project continued"
Wait....
Wait....
Don't tell me....
"IT WAS YOU!!???? "
Lenny nodded, with his gaze fixed on the floor. His looked flustered, like a teenage boy who just confessed to his crush.
Beam clutched his head, trying to understand what happened. "But how? You said you were busy and didn't attend!"
Lenny shrugged. "Of course I had one of my assistants there. There is no way I would miss the charity event my wife involved in organizing"
Beam blushed.
"So you stole 30 million dollars to donate it to cancer hospital?"
Lenny winced in pain. "Don't use the word 'Stole'. But yeah I did. Well...the other 5 million dollars was from my own account"
Beam was flustered and exited and nervous at the same time.
"But why that much?"
"well if I didn't donate that much, the project would drop right? And.....
...and you would be sad...."
Beam bit his lip to restrain the emotions that are flooding into his mind. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe anything he said. They are too good to true. Maybe he is dreaming. He has to be dreaming. Because it is impossible in real life. Someone like Lenny....would never do something like that just because he thought his contract life partner would be sad.
Beam heard Lenny sighing softly.
"You were so excited about that project. You always animatedly talked about that whenever we were dining. And... I...thought you would be devastated if it got cancelled"
The redness on Beam's cheek reached to his ears. He looked down. "I didn't know that you cared about me"
Lenny placed his lean fingers on his chin and gently raised Beam's face to look at him. "I did. I admit that I was not madly in love with you or something. But I do have a soft spot for you which was something that I never had for anyone else. I do care about you,even though I was terrible at showing it"
"You are terrible at showing it! You don't even return a greeting. You just nod!"
"Sorry for being an anti social person"
Beam scoffed. "You are not an anti social person. You mingle just fine with the crowd when we are at a Ball or a party or any Social function"
Lenny shook his head. "That was just a series of actions I practiced and engaged in for years. Apart from that I am really an anti social person and an introvert. I can't tolerate people"
Beam stared at him with a poker face. "Does that mean that you can't tolerate me too?"
Lenny let out a small laugh. "Why would I go through all that trouble for a person I can't tolerate?" Lenny smirked. "Of course I can tolerate you, my 30 million dollar wife"
Beam became red as a tomato. He lightly punched his husband.
"Ouch!" Lenny winced in pain.
"Oh my God! I'm sorry!!" Beam's eyes filled with worry. "Does it hurt so much? I forgot that you are injured"
Lenny shook his head. "It's alright. It's just an instant pain. Doesn't linger around"
He closed his eyes. "Can I just sleep here. I'm very tired. I'll answer your questions later"
Beam stood up, when Lenny rested his head on the hand rest and tried to lay on the couch.
"Let's move to your bedroom. Don't sleep here" Beam said, concerned.
Lenny made himself comfortable on the couch and closed his eyes. "It's fine. It's comfortable here. Beside I'm too tired to move"
And in few minutes, Lenny drifted into sleep.
*****************************
Beam gently raised Lenny's head and placed a pillow between his head and hand rest. Then he put a blanket over him.
He chuckled and leaned down to kissed his forehead.
"your '30 million dollar wife' you said?"
*****************************
A/N
So what do you think....
