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"What?" I asked Damien, trying my best not to slap his gorgeous face right here, right now.

"Well I really need someone to assist me with this business, so I it's best if I have someone capable who can help me," Damien tried to explain. He knew I was mad, so he did his best to say the right words so he wouldn't make me even madder.

"Alright then. When will he leave?" I asked next.

Damien sighed and answered, "Babe he just got here."

Great, now I'm acting like an asshole now.

"Fine, do whatever you guys want," I say as I slowly moved closer to him.

Then I gently touched his cheeks and whispered in his ear, "And jerk off with him too while you're at it because I'm not giving you ANYTHING tonight."

Damien growls.

I smirked and patted his cheeks before turning around and going back to the room.

I slammed the door and threw myself towards the bed.

Maxon O'Conner. Why the fuck did he have to be so pretty?

And why can't Damien just tell him that we're kinda busy today and he should just come back tomorrow.

"More like my personal assistant," I suddenly remembered Damien say.

"Damien I fucking hate you!" I shouted under my pillow like a teenager who's rebelling.

I quickly sat up and practically slapped myself when I realized something.

Why the fuck am I acting like this?

Why should I be jealous over a man like him?

I'm Dane fucking McCartney. Damien practically dedicated his whole life just to protect me. Ever since we were young, we've already been together. I might not have known it before but Damien has been by my side for years.

He would never replace me after all that.

Are you sure? – Inner Conscience.

My eyes suddenly widened from realization.

Unless...

"Is he actually tired of me?" I suddenly asked myself; my whole body shivering just by having the thought of it.

"Is he?" I asked again.

I quickly stood up from the bed and ran towards the mirror.

I looked at myself and checked if I still looked...okay.

Well, I don't really look old. But my skin isn't as soft or as smooth as before. And my stamina isn't as good as five years ago too. I might not be able to have sex with him 3 times a day anymore like how we did in the past.

"It's been a while since I've been here," I suddenly heard Maxon say from outside the room, automatically shifting my attention to his soft voice.

I quickly ran towards the door and pressed my ears against it.

"Yeah, I only got this place back a few days ago," Damien answered.

Oh god, I'm having major flashbacks when I eavesdropped on Damien and Jonathan back at the apartment.

"And as always, you have beer on the fridge," Maxon says, and then I heard footsteps, probably he was getting closer to Damien.

"Where's Mr. McCartney by the way?" I heard him ask.

Alright, they're talking about me now.

Damien paused, but then he quickly answered, "He's kinda tired. We...we just moved so he wanted to rest."

"Oh, you just moved? Then shouldn't we celebrate? I'll cook dinner for you guys if you want. You know, like before," Maxon suggested.

Like fucking before.

What the hell were these two? I'm starting to doubt they were just coworkers.

"W-Well...if you don't mind, then sure, why not. I kinda miss your cooking anyways," Damien happily answered.

I clenched my fist and moved away from the door. My face now burning because of complete anger.

Damien, if this is how you want to play then let's fucking play.

*****

"Dane...Dane," I heard someone call out.

I slowly opened my eyes and saw beautiful blue eyes directly staring down at me.

"Dane, are you still mad?" I heard Damien ask before I could even completely wake my whole body up.

I opened my eyes wider; my vision finally becoming clear. I sat down and looked back at Damien, "I wasn't mad," I lied as I stretched my arms.

"Well if that's the case then let's go," Damien said instead, not even going to double check if I was really mad or not.

"Max did the honors to cook something for us tonight," he continued.

Oh yeah, I fell asleep because I was stressing myself over that. Thankfully I already cooled down thanks to my quick nap.

"Come on," he says as he reaches out his hand so he could help me.

But I ignored him and got up on my own. Then I went out of the room and saw Hunter sleeping at the sofa and Maxon already sitting at the dining area.

While I was approaching the dinning area, Maxon immediately stood up and said, "Oh! Mr. McCartney! Good evening."

I looked at him and nodded my head, "Good evening."

Damien quickly follows behind me. He was once again about to pull the chair for me but I quickly sat on my own.

Damien was obviously embarrassed, so he just casually cleared his throat and sat down beside me.

"Mr. McCartney I-"

I quickly stopped him and said, "Day. You may call me Day."

Maxon smiles like a goddess and nods his head, "Well...Day...I hope you don't mind but I cooked something for you guys as a congratulations for the new move."

I already knew about that but I acted surprised anyways.

"Is that so? Then let's go ahead and give it a taste," I say as I took my spoon.

I took a portion of the food and tasted it since it looked like Damien and Maxon was waiting for me to do so.

I closed my eyes and savored the flavor, and my god was it good.

"It's delicious," I sincerely told him.

There's no point if I act like a bitch here. I'm a fucking 30-year-old man; I should be matured enough in these kinds of things.

"Well I'm glad," Maxon says with a wide smile, and then he started eating now too.

I could see Damien looking relieved, like he was half expecting me to act bitchy about the whole Maxon cooking for us thing.

"So, what were you guys doing while I was asleep?" I asked, not really suspicious or anything, just genuinely curious.

"I just finished signing the files Max brought here for me, then I helped him cook for dinner. That's all," Damien answered as he continued eating.

While we were eating, there was once again a familiar buzz sound coming from the elevator.

Every one of us stopped eating.

"Huh? Who could that be? At this time of the day too," Damien asked as he wiped his mouth with a napkin and stood up from his seat.

I was wondering who the unknown person was too, but then my eyes widened when I remembered what I just did earlier while I was acting out of anger.

I quickly stood up from my seat as well and said, "Damien I kinda-"

But I was too late because Damien was already looking at the screen with surprise.

Damien slowly turned around and faced me. He had an expressionless face as looked at me.

I faked a calm smile as I said, "I kinda invited him."

Damien stares at me, then he takes a deep breath and looked at the screen again.

"Welcome," Damien says with a monotone voice.

Maxon stood up as well as he asked me, "You guys have another visitor?"

I don't answer him as we waited for the elevator to arrive.

My heart was beating like crazy as the door of the elevator finally opened.

"Wow, nice crib," , my best friend and ex-boyfriend asked as he went out of the elevator.

Yup, I just did THAT.

"Oh, you must be the man who Day has been talking about before. Damien, right?" Todd asked as he faced Damien.

Damien looked calm and shook Todd's hand.

"It's nice to finally meet you," Todd continued but Damien doesn't say anything back.

Todd was holding a fruit basket too, so he gives it to Damien and said, "I appreciate you guys inviting me. And I'm kinda glad you were able to settle in, in such a big...penthouse."

Ever sine Damien got back, I actually haven't talked about Todd before so he might not be aware that Todd and I went back to our old relationship, which was being best friends.

And during the days that Damien was gone, I was able to tell Todd a few things about what Damien really is. Maybe not the whole thing but Todd knows he's the man I called out when we were kinda...kissing.

Oh god I still cringe when I remember that.

"Todd! You came!" I shouted as I walked towards him to give him a hug.

"Well you called, and who am I to decline my best friend right?" Todd asked as he hugged me back.

When we parted from the hug, I quickly asked, "So, how's you and " emphasizing the words wife and kid so Damien could stop sending death stares to Todd.

"Oh, they're fine. Zeus finally knows how not eat the crayons, and my wife started doing yoga every morning so she doesn't scream at me much anymore," Todd explains, making me laugh.

I actually know that already since we basically just talked at the café a few days ago, but it looked like Todd read the atmosphere so he was kinda helping me out.

"He's married?" Damien finally asked.

I was about to answer when Todd suddenly said, "I am actually, which was why I was wondering why Day isn't mar-"

"Alright Todd! I'm pretty sure you got back from your company and you're pretty hungry. Maxon made really good-"

"Maxon?" Todd asked as he sees Maxon approach us.

"Hi, you must be?" Maxon asked as he looked at Todd.

"Todd Cooper, management head of Zeus modeling Agency," Todd proudly told Maxon.

He likes saying that now.

"So you named your kid Zeus because of that?" Maxon asked with an impressed expression.

Todd genuinely smiles and said, "I did. That place was where I got my first decent job and where I actually met my wife."

"Wow, that's so sweet. I'm Maxon O'Conner by the way, Chairman Hunt-"

"Alright! Come on, let's all sit down and eat!" I quickly stated as I gestured at the dinning area.

Todd nods his head and sits down next to Maxon.

I walked towards the table too but Damien quickly grabs my arm and whispered, "Why didn't you tell me you and Todd Copper became fucking friends again?"

I gulped and whispered back, "I was gonna tell you okay."

I pulled my arm away from Damien and sat down. Damien takes a deep breath and places the fruit basket on the side before sitting back on his chair as well.

I was jealous earlier that I ended up calling Todd so Damien could get jealous too. It's obviously working, but why do I feel so bad about it now?

"So you're Day's best friend?" Maxon suddenly asked, and Todd nodded his head as an answer since his mouth was already filled with food.

"And ex-boyfriend," I heard Damien whisper under his breath, making me kick his feet under the table.

Todd might have noticed how Damien was just glaring at him so he quickly drinks some water and looks at Damien, "I don't want you to feel uncomfortable towards me Damien, okay? I'm going to be straight up to you since we're all grownups here. Day and I go way back and we decided to have a clean and mature breakup. I hope you know that-"

Todd wasn't able to finish because Maxon suddenly chocked on his food.

Every one of us looked back at him as he quickly drank some water to clear his throat.

"Pardon me, I was just surprised. Todd is Day's...he's the guy you were talking about before?" Maxon suddenly asked Damien, quickly making me and Todd look at Damien.

Instead of answering, Damien glares at Maxon, making Maxon flinch.

"So you've been talking about me already? Well I guess I don't need to explain things then," Todd calmly says as he takes a sip of his wine next.

"How did you guys do it? After years of being together, you were able to go back as best friends," Maxon asked, obviously surprised that Todd and I didn't even look like we broke up or even became together to begin with.

"I guess when we were...together...we acted like we were still best friends with each other. So when we broke up, it was just easy to go back to being best friends. The priorities just changed," Todd explained.

"Isn't it weird?" Maxon asked further.

Todd chuckled and answered, "Nope."

"Then isn't it weird that you're eating dinner with the man who took your chance of being together with him again?" Damien suddenly asked, shocking me.

"Damien!" I quickly scolded him.

But Todd shook his head and answered anyway, "Well I'm mature enough to understand that my relationship with Day can really only be to this extent. And as his best friend, I will not act badly towards the man he loves who actually left him for five years."

Fuck.

This is not going to end well.

"I had my reasons on why I had to leave," Damien answered, obviously angry.

Maxon and I looked at each other, obviously trapped on the two's sudden argument.

"Well if that's the case then okay, I'm just glad you're back. But I hope you know while he was alone and devastated, I was with him the whole time. So I don't think it's right for you to treat your lover's best friend like this," Todd fired back.

"Alright, I think we don't have to-"

The two completely ignored me as Todd suddenly continued, "Oh, did I just say lover? I meant fiancé by the way. He's your fiancé right? Or did you forget?"

"Todd that's enough..."

Damien quickly stood up from his seat and said, "I lost my appetite."

Todd stood up as well and faced Damien, "I don't know why Day even waited for someone like you."

"Todd I said that's enough!" I now shouted as quickly stood up as well.

"Mr. Todd Cooper, you don't have to concern yourself with my relationship with Dane because we're doing fine," Damien calmly answered, but I knew he was inches away from punching Todd.

"If it was fine then he wouldn't call me all of a sudden because his supposed fiancé wouldn't even give him a chance to spend his time with him after leaving him for all those years," Todd finally said, and all I could do was put my head down from embarrassment.

What the hell did I do?

"Day fucking waited for you asshole. I'm his best friend, and seeing him so devastated for all those years broke me. You fucking treat him right...you fucking make sure that Dane didn't make a big mistake of waiting for you," Todd angrily stated.

He then pats my back and said, "I don't want him calling me again because he's sad and because he's simply down."

I slowly lifted my head to look back at Todd.

Todd smiles at me and continued, "The food was great. I'm sorry if I made a scene, and I'm sorry but I have to leave too. I know I just got here but I'm actually really busy, I just needed to see if Day was doing okay."

"I-I'm...I'm leaving too," Maxon quickly says, standing up from his seat as well.

Damien and I didn't say anything as Maxon took all his things so he could go too.

"Thank you for today," Maxon stated, but no one answered.

"Alright, then we'll be leaving," Todd said as he goes to the elevator first, Maxon following behind him.

Both of us didn't say anything for a couple of seconds. Then suddenly, without even saying anything, Damien walks towards the room.

I quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him so he could face me, "What the hell was that about Damien?" I asked him.

"Why did you invite Todd here?" Damien asked back instead.

"Todd? Well Todd's my best friend! Can't I invite my best friend over?!" I shouted at him now since I was finally losing it.

"He was your fucking ex-boyfriend Day! There was something between you two before! How on earth would you expect me to just calmly sit there and watch you two act like nothing even happened between you two?!" Damien now shouted back at me.

"Then how the fuck do you think I felt when Maxon was here?!"

"Well Maxon and I had never fucked each other!" Damien shouted, and that was the only thing he had to say to finally make me slap him.

The two of us became quiet.

I angrily looked at him as the tears in my eyes finally fell.

Without looking back at me, Damien said, "I asked you Dane...I asked you if you were okay with this and you said yes. Why did you lie? You could have told me you weren't happy about it, but instead you tell someone else about it. How on earth was I going to know?"

"What the fuck did you want me to say then? That you need to halt all your plans and all your dreams and visions because I want you all by myself?" I asked him, the tears still falling out of my eyes.

Damien quickly looks back at me and answers, "Yes! That's exactly what I wanted you to say!"

"Then what the fuck does that make me then?!" I shout back.

When Damien didn't say anything, I continued, "I don't want you to wake up one day and realize that you could have done more with your life than just protecting me."

Tears finally fell out of Damien's eyes as he answered, "Don't you understand? You're my entire life..."

"And so are you to mine," I quickly answered him.

"I did not wait for five years just so I could fight with you," I honestly say. Then suddenly, Hunter barks, making the both of us look away from each other.

I took a deep breath and said, "I need some fresh air," I say as I walked towards the elevator.

Hunter quickly runs towards me and goes inside the elevator with me.

I looked back at Damien who was just staring at me with his cold blue eyes, not moving an inch from where he was standing. Then, the elevator finally closed, and the only thing that I was staring at was my reflection on the elevator door.

"You idiot. You fucking...fucking...idiot."