Dennis’s pov“I’ll have to start going back to work,” I said as I handed the food to the nurse. “But can you give her this when she wakes up? She needs to eat something.”“Sure thing,” she said as she placed the food onto the counter. “If there is anything we need from you we’ll notify you.”“Thank you,” I said before walking out of the room.On my way out of the hospital, I thought about the conversation I had with my mother and found that she was right. Maybe I had overreacted with Alex. Sure he had acted like a total douche but I needed to be patient with him.The only way to survive this one year with him would be to be his ally and not his enemy.Besides, how hard would it be?That was when it hit me that it would be pretty hard. It was Alex we were talking about. He was a pain in the ass.I got back to the office and saw him sleeping on his desk. In that moment I found him strangely attractive.This was the first time I was finding him attractive as I admired his features.His
Dennis’s pov“What were you two discussing outside?” She asked as soon as I got in as the nurse left us alone.“Oh… you know,” I smiled. “Stuff.”I sat on the bed beside her as she placed her hand on my lap. I could see her veins showing a green hue through her skin and saw how skinny she was getting.“I can feel it, you know,” she said. “My body shutting down.”“Don’t say that mum,” I sighed. “I’ll find a way to get you that special treatment you need.”She smiled. “I know you can do it. But I’m more worried about you. You really work so hard.”It hit me that it was when I had gotten married and gone for that dinner date with Alex’s parents.“Yeah. I must have had a lot to do last night.”“You showed up late last night. Work seems to be keeping you away from home. It’s almost like you’re married to work.”I laughed nervously and sighed.“Is something the matter? You know you can talk to me, son.”I nodded. But how do I tell my mother about my marriage without even coming off as weird
Dennis’s povI walked down the stairs and away from Alex. He was beginning to piss me off.Privileged and spoilt that’s what he was.“Congratulations!” Someone yelled at me as I gave a half hearted smile and waved before walking out of the company. A wave of fresh air hit me. One that wasn’t filtered by the air conditioning.I looked around me and shook my head. I needed to get home and see if my mother needed help. After all, this company would still stand whether I was here or not, but my mother had only me.Waving a taxi down, I got in and headed home and when I got to the apartment, I found Lydia at the door, trying to buzz her way in.“What are you doing here?” I asked as I paid for the cab and walked to her.“I’m here to see you,” she said with a smile as I scoffed.“I have nothing to say to you.”“Oh come on Dennis,” she sighed. “We just had one fight and you’re already losing your mind over it.”I almost lost my mind but looked around the street. It would be stupid of me to l
Alex’s povMy father slid a document over to me as he pointed to it with a shrug.“My terms are there,” he said. “Read through and tell me what you think.”I looked at it and sighed. “Dad, you can’t be serious.”“Go through it,” he said. “Before I put you back as the acting CEO, I need to know you can follow rules and can be trusted. I don’t see what the problem is. This should be a piece of cake, don’t you think?”I opened the document and found that it was a contract with terms I must meet before becoming CEO and taking over the company when he finally stepped back. “Jesus, I can’t believe this dad,” I said to myself “Are you fucking kidding me?”“Language.”“I don’t care about that. What is all this? You really can’t trust me huh. Even when I’m married you still are not ready to hand this company over to me. What would it take for you to even see me as a person to trust?”“All you need to do is sign the damn document Alex. Why are you going over the top with all of this?”I shook
Dennis entered his apartment and sighed as he closed the door behind and leaned against it.He didn’t know what to do. He was already tired from all that was going on. He slowly walked to his mothers room to see her still sleeping. With a sigh, he looked at the clock and shook his head. He would have to find something to do if he wanted to save his mother from whatever trouble she was going through.He got a message from alex as he opened it and smiled.“I reached home on time. Thanks for asking,” Alex had texted.Dennis rolled his eyes as he closed his mothers door and went to his room. He started to undress himself as he caught a glimpse of his body in the mirror.His packs could be mistaken for mounds of hard cakes and he had an athletic body to show that he was not a pushover.He got naked and laid in bed with his blanket covering his body. Now he wondered what his life would be like now he was no longer single but married to his boss.***“Arnold?!” Alex yelled in anger as he g
Alex folded his arms with a frown. “Did you think you were going to live away from me? What kind of marriage do you think we have here?”“I just didn’t think of that,” Dennis sighed and leaned over the table with his palms rubbing his face. “Well, now it’s on the table and we have no choice but to do this. We shouldn’t even be thinking about this but whatever.”Alex pointed to the document. “Sign it so we can get on with our lives.”Dennis looked at the document and started to think of his sick mother at home. This was a very good opportunity to ask his new husband for the finances for his mothers health. But his mind started to bug him that it was too soon.He opened it and found the terms of their arrangement, including the rules guiding it, the end and start date. “What’s this that said that in public we should kiss and even lap each other if need be to show our love to each other,” Dennis asked as Alex shrugged.“It’s needed,” Alex said in an offhanded manner as he sipped his dr