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Chapter 29: Sad Eyes

Warning this will be long and quite Angsty💟

Song that helped me write this song was 'Homicide Love' by James Arthur and a little bit of Lewis capadi because the angst in this is real ☯️

This so soooooooo long and took me hours and hours to write but I didn't want to split it into two parts so enjoy this novel of a chapter ☮️

"Well you look like shit. Not so shiny off screen after all."

The presenters eyes narrowed in a hateful glare while he sat down, opposite the other man, in the board room chair.

There were 2 other men either side him but Anthony couldn't have cared less, he didn't try to hide his disgusted stare at the man before him. He hadn't been sure what he'd imagined Dec's ex to look like... evil he guessed... and the blonde didn't disappoint there. His eyes were grey and dark, shadowed by thin eyebrows and a slight quiff. He wasn't bad looking but the twisted smirk that contorted his features made him repulsive.

The two men sat there, taking in the sight of the other, sizing them up. The tension could have been cut with a knife and it hung in the air like a noose around the occupants neck. Jason looked at the presenter smugly and Ant looked at the scumbag before him with a look to kill.

"Not let Declan off the leash then? I would have liked to have seen him."

"You don't get to talk about him. Ever. Let's get this over with so I don't have to deal with you ever again." Ant spat, his fists clenching in his sides at the force it took to control his anger. This guy was pushing all his buttons and he was enjoying it.

"Calm now Temper, temper." Jason mocked and relaxed back into his chair like he held all the cards. "As much as I'm sure you hate to admit it. Legally Declan belongs to me, just the way he likes it, so I can talk about him as much as I god damn please. I can talk about the way he used to moan and scream beneath me, fuck his voice was amazing but his mouth could be put to much better use." Ant stood up in his chair, leaping forward to grab him but Stephens hands were already around him, holding him back. All the other men in the room seemed very uncomfortable and didn't know where to look, all they knew was they were too terrified to look are presenter in the eye.

"Mr McPartlin...with all due respect that won't solve anything." Stephen muttered respectfully, knowing this was a business meeting and he should act appropriately. Ants nostrils flared in anger his body shook with the need to defend his boyfriend's honour but the rational part of his brain managed to break through.

He saw the satisfaction on Ellicott's face at being able to ruffle his feathers so easily so took a deep breath and sat back down slowly, never once taking his green eyes off the other man's dead grey ones.

"Let's not forget Mr Ellicott, i have what you don't and what you want. Money. Now I can walk out of this board room now and smash you down to a pulp in a court of law or in the press but I don't want Dec to go through that anymore. I want this over. So play nice or we don't play at all." Ant growled, every bit the businessman he was raised to be. If you start in show-business at a young age you are forced to understand the politics of it all. Even Stephen knew that no matter how easy going Ant seemed on screen he was a force to be reckoned with when it came to people trying to push him around.

"Very well. Let's talk business, you called me here after all."

"We are willing to offer you a sum of money to terminate the contract you have binding Declan to you. All ties will have to be destroyed and any dirt you have, present or yet to be revealed, must be erased from your possession effective immediately. The only person they may be seen by is me. Anyone else would be a breach of contract and would put you in prison."