The corridor was too quiet after Lila left, her footsteps fading into the distance.
Adrian stood still, hands tucked into his pockets, watching Ethan like a predator circling prey.
Adrian Blackwood (Mc)
(voice low, amused)
A letter, huh. I should’ve guessed. It’s always the dramatic ones that get you.
Ethan’s shoulders were rigid, his jaw set. He refused to meet Adrian’s eyes.
Ethan vale (Ml)
(cold)
Drop it.
Adrian Blackwood (Mc)
(stepping closer, smirk tugging at his lips)
You built years of hatred on words I never wrote. Tell me, Ethan, do you always take everything at face value?
Ethan finally turned, eyes blazing.
Ethan vale (Ml)
You expect me to believe you? After what you—
He stopped himself, teeth grinding. Adrian caught the hesitation. A rare, tiny crack in Ethan Vale’s armor.
Adrian’s smirk softened into something sharper.
Adrian Blackwood (Mc)
You don’t know, do you? You never actually knew if it was mine.
Silence stretched between them. Heavy. Unforgiving.
Then, a voice cut through the tension.
Sienna Cruz (Adrian bff/assistant)
(appearing from the corner, arms crossed)
Okay, did someone order front-row tickets to a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers showdown, or am I just lucky?
Both men turned toward her, equally irritated.
Ethan vale (Ml)
(snapping)
This doesn’t concern you.
Sienna Cruz (Adrian bff/assistant)
(rolling her eyes)
Oh, please. When two men nearly set a boardroom on fire with their unresolved sexual tension? It concerns everyone.
Adrian chuckled, the sound low and deliberate.
Adrian Blackwood (Mc)
(teasing)
Hear that, Vale? Even she can see it.
Ethan glared at them both, his silence heavier than words. Then, without another look, he walked away—his long strides echoing against the marble.
Adrian watched him go, smirk still plastered on his lips. But inside, something was stirring. Doubt. Memory. The faint sting of that night years ago, when everything had collapsed.
For the first time in years, Ethan Vale wasn’t certain.
Comments
Dusk
When two HOT men... 😂
2025-09-09
1
Mumu
That’s how you know that’s she’s a bl lover 😂
2025-09-13
2