Sloan was hesitant but in the end, his urge to please the man wins. Maybe he shouldn't give in that easily but when he saw how Hendry's face fell the second he concluded that Sloan was keeping the thing between them a secret from Sloan's family, he knew that he had to prove him wrong.Though Sloan knew that it was his decision, he was still nervous about introducing Hendry, his boss, and his lover, to his family. His name alone dripped with wealth that Sloan knew that his mom was going to ask questions and his overprotective sister was going to demand an explanation.Sloan didn't want to put pressure on their first family meet, he thought he'd still have time. He thought the situation would simmer down before the impromptu dinner."Okay, you need to stop looking so nervous, baby brother." His sister Vera nudged his elbow playfully while her three children were kept busy by her husband in the living room."I'm not, well maybe a little." Sloan took a deep breath before he continued, his
It has been one week since Hendry met Sloan's family, and he had been pleasantly surprised when he met them. His mom was warm and welcoming. His overprotective sister asked a lot of questions, while her husband talked about how Hendry shouldn't worry about Vera, telling him that she means well and that she loves her brother dearly.What surprised him the most was Sloan's nieces and nephew. Hendry never cared for kids much, but hearing Sloan's adorable nieces asking about him being their uncle's boyfriend, then Alexa yapping about her friend's dads and how it would be so awesome to have girls as future kids. They all had been his enlightenment. It was a wonder how Hendry's perspective of his future was being laid out in the open by toddlers."Mr. Camden, am I interrupting your deep thoughts on how to conquer the business world, again? Or are you just gazing out looking all serious while in reality, you have bad dirty thoughts about us?" Sloan teased, his voice low after closing the doo
The day started with everything being off with her. She dreaded that she had to go to the silly women's luncheon, but Callie knows that it was what was expected of her from her parents. Now, more than ever because she was going to be married to Brody. She needs to fit with the lifestyle her mom had said, and Callie was pushing herself feeling like she was about to burst from the tension alone. For now, no one knows except for her, and Callie intended to keep it that way.The invitation that her mom had sent weeks ago was under her name, Callie Delaney Cromwell. But that's all that was right about the freaking day. First of all, she woke up late and hurriedly drove across town because she didn't want to come alone to the luncheon where everyone can be so judgemental with the likes of her. Yes, she wasn't born dripping with wealth and no matter how rich her family had become, the fact remains that her family was nouveau riche, new money. Whatever they called her family in soft whispers,
Brody arrived at the coffee shop fifteen minutes earlier. He had just finished with his meeting, and he hadn't have time for lunch. So he figured that he would get a sandwich with his ice coffee.When Callie finally arrived he was happily finishing off the last bite of his sandwich. He washed it down with a bottle of water before he continued to sip on his iced-americano."Was that your lunch?" Callie asked nodding at the sandwich plate. "Why didn't you tell me you hadn't had your lunch, we could go to the bistro and get you some proper meal for lunch." His fiance scolded him just like she would whenever Callie noticed that he works too hard and forget about his meals."Wow, are you on wifey mode already?" He teased before wiping any crumbs off his mouth with the paper napkin."Princess mode." She muttered, clearly not happy that he teased her just now when all she wanted was for him to eat regularly knowing that he likes to work himself to the ground."Wow, okay. Who got your panties
After Brody's call, Hendry couldn't get back to sleep. He stared at his phone for too long until he decided to numb his feelings with alcohol.He went to his home office and poured his fresh bottle of Whiskey and fill the glass to the brim. He knew it was too good to be true, he knew that he was going to mess something up. All his life he had never been that lucky."Stupid...stupid...stupid!" He banged his fist a few times onto his desk. Then made the mistake of banging the last one a bit too strong that he actually hurt himself against the edge of his desk. "So fucking stupid." He cursed lowly when he saw the cut and blood tracing down to his fingers.The pain was nothing compared to the broken feeling he had when he forced himself to let Brody go. He didn't think he could, be he did. After all these years. Hendry ended the call and he felt like he had severed the only ties that teetered him to his sanity.He groaned and poured himself another glass, once again filling it to the brim
Alcohol poisoning, the doctor said Hendry will recover but he needs to stay for an observation. Sloan was glad that last year Hendry had put him as his emergency contact. At that time Hendry joked that his parents were going to be too busy and that it was easier just to put Sloan's name on it.Sloan had spent the night by his hospital bed looking at the handsome man before him. His boss. The one person he'd managed to fall for and the guy almost killed himself for another man. Sloan was so screwed.When he found Hendry on his bathroom floor, he looked pale and was shivering. Hendry's hand was a bloody mess and he reeked of alcohol. Sloan was quick to call for an ambulance. Then, he spent hours panicking while he waited. His mom came to his rescue, she held him and comforted him. She even came back in the morning with Sloan's work clothes when he needed to go to the office. She stayed with Hendry assuring her son that Hendry was not going to wake up alone.That afternoon Hendry decided
When Hendry cuts him from his life, Brody felt like he just lost a part of himself. This was not how it was supposed to be. He was not sure if he could function without his best friend. Hendry said that he loved him, if he did, surely he wouldn't cut himself out of Brody's life, right?"Brody? Earth to Brody..." Callie called him out when he exited their conversation."I'm sorry, it's just...shit, I shouldn't be thinking about this when I'm with you. You're my fiance.""Brody, I'm also your best friend. We've been best friends long before we started getting intimate before we were even engaged. So, tell me, what's been bothering you? Or should I ask who?" She asked with a smile on her face, clearly, she knows that whatever his response, it wasn't going to hurt her feelings.Yep, there was no doubt in Brody's mind that Callie knew that it was Hendry that has been bothering him. It pained him that he made Callie felt that he wasn't giving her the attention she deserved. Maybe it was a g
"Hey boss, how are you feeling?" Sloan peeked into his room telling him that dinner was ready."Ugh...the pills are making me sleepy.""Maybe it's because your body needs to heal.""Yeah, but right now I'm getting hungry." Hendry drank his water before grumpily getting out of bed and followed Sloan to the kitchen. "How's work?""Meh, it'll still be there tomorrow." Sloan waived his hand to let the matter go, though he still told him about the meetings Sloan had rescheduled and gave Hendry details about the internal meetings that he takes notes for his boss to look at later."And by later, I mean tomorrow though I still think that it'll be too soon for you to go to work.""I'm bored," Hendry complained."I know, but I thought me being here was distraction enough for you." He winked and that finally got Hendry to smile. Sloan didn't tell him about Brody's visit, he was concerned that it'll trigger his drinking. He was going to wait until he talked to Brody before going through with his