The Bodyguard's Duty ✅

Chapter 40 - A Hollow Reality

Thomas opened the door to his apartment after picking up his dinner from his favourite restaurant. He needed a mood booster after a long day of doing paper work in the office, and an eventful afternoon when he had to help out with the building's security.

Thomas expected to walk into his home and be alone in the dark. But the bodyguard saw that the lights were on in the apartment, and noises could be heard from one of the bedrooms.

Concerned that there was a possible break in, Thomas quietly dropped all of his belongings so that he could throw the intruder out. When he heard someone in Xavier's room, Thomas immediately barged in and was surprise to see the man in front of him.

Thomas immediately covered his eyes as he looked away from Xavier. "I didn't know you already came back from Finland!"

Xavier looked away from his camera, and faced Thomas. "Don't be shy! You've seen it all before!"

Thomas turned around and faced the door, because he didn't want to see Xavier take a naked selfie. "I thought you were a burglar or something! Why didn't you text me that you were back?"

"I've not been back long to be fair." Xavier explained, "I was going to take a nap when i got a match on Tinder."

"And that explains why you're posing naked like that." Thomas laughed.

Xavier sent his nude photo to his match as he then put on his underwear. He followed Thomas into the living room and watched how the other man began to eat.

"How was Finland?" Thomas asked.

Xavier stole a piece of sushi from Thomas as he then described his trip. "Uneventful, so that's good and bad."

Both of them turned towards Xavier's phone when they heard a notification go off. Xavier had a smirk on his face when he learnt that he received a message back.

Xavier looked back up to Thomas as he told him, "She just messaged me back with her own picture."

"Do I need to turn around again?" Thomas chuckled because he didn't want to watch the both of them flirt. "I don't want to see anybody naked right now."

Xavier was in the middle of texting her back when he scrunched his face at Thomas. "We have sex all the time though."

"We used to." Thomas emphasised. "Not anymore."

Xavier was going over the dates in his head as he tried to remember the last time they had sex. "It's been what, 2 months?"

Thomas nodded his head as he knew that the last time was before the hired job to protect Ethan. He remembered that there was the close time when he got back from the job, but they got interrupted when Ethan called him out of the blue.

"Want to break the streak?" Xavier asked nonchalantly. "I've got time before my date with Ciara."

Thomas was shaking his head with absolute certainty. "Our little arrangement needs to officially end now."

Xavier wasn't pushy as he knew that the friends with benefits deal was purely a physical relationship. Xavier didn't have any issues with ending it with Thomas, but he was still curious as to why. "How come?"

Thomas had an innocently sweet smile on his face as he recalled who was his motivation towards his decision. "I'm actually seeing someone - kind of..."

Xavier was surprised about his friend because he had never seen Thomas in a relationship before. "Is it serious?"

Thomas knew that this long distance between him and Ethan certainly wasn't easy for either of them. It was difficult for Thomas, because he hasn't been so passionate and infatuated with someone for a very long time. But they were countries apart, and things weren't going to get easier any time soon.