Billionaire Mafia's Manny
Chapter 65

Chapter 65: Chapter 65

Zeno sighed softly, he’d been expecting that "talk" from the moment he saw Sebastian that night.

"Alright," He replied.

After their shower, they left the bathroom and dressed up.

Sebastian casually wore one of Zeno’s sweatpants and leaned against his wardrobe, watching him button up his pajama shirt beside the wardrobe.

As he stared at Zeno, he found him to be cuter than he was yesterday, he felt himself yearning to touch him again, to just be close to him.

What would that kind of feeling be called?

He pushed himself off the wardrobe and walked to Zeno.

"Come here," Sebastian gently placed his hand on Zeno’s side and drew him closer.

Zeno was surprised to see Sebastian removing his hand and stopping him from buttoning his shirt.

He looked down and saw that he had missed a button which Sebastian was now helping him fix, "Oh, thank you..." Zeno felt his cheek getting hot; he wasn’t used to this type of Sebastian, he was giving him nonstop butterflies in his stomach that night.

"Done," Sebastian said but didn’t step away from Zeno.

They stared into each other’s eyes, their chemistry and sexual tension shooting off their eyes and charging the air around them.

They didn’t know who moved first but their faces were drawing closer and closer to each other’s until their noses touched.

Sebastian was still contemplating whether to cover the remaining distance between their lips or not when Zeno leaned in and kissed his lips.

Before Sebastian could react, Zeno was long gone, sitting on the side of the bed.

Sebastian blinked, his heart hammering inside his chest; the last thing he needed right now was a teasing from Zeno, his mood wasn’t right for teasing; his mood was set for dominating. He wanted to dominate Zeno, but he couldn’t help it anymore, and Zeno kissing him like that fueled his flames.

"You..." Sebastian paused, feeling speechless for the first time.

’Fuck this,’ He cursed in his head.

Zeno gently patted the bed beside him, "You said we needed to talk,"

Sebastian fixed a hand in his pocket and sighed, "Mm." He replied.

He walked over to the bed and sat beside Zeno; he turned his head to the side and stared at him, keenly observing him.

"How are you feeling? Health wise," Sebastian asked softly.

He had already touched his body and felt his normal temperature, but he just needed to know if Zeno felt any discomfort within.

Zeno was confused for a second; he didn’t understand why Sebastian was suddenly asking about his health. Had he secretly planted something in his body that’d slowly kill him so he’s asking to know if his poison was effective.

Sebastian saw the look in Zeno’s eyes and scoffed lightly, "I’m asking a genuine question, Zeno. You’re feeling alright, right?" He asked again.

Zeno realized that Sebastian was serious so he nodded, "Yes, boss, I’m fine..." He was wondering why Sebastian was genuinely asking about his health, it was a first.

Sebastian nodded, he looked behind him and saw Zeno’s phone lying on the bed.

"The video I sent to you in the morning, why did you not reply to it?" Sebastian questioned in his calm voice.

"What video?" Zeno asked, immediately turning his head to look for his phone.

Sebastian frowned at him. Was this him pretending not to have seen his messages all day?

He should have known better that he couldn’t be fooled easily. But he remained quiet, waiting for Zeno to finish his act.

Zeno opened his phone and went to Sebastian’s inbox; truly, there were tons of messages and voice notes.

He clicked and the first thing he saw was a video of Ken punching a small punch bag in the arboretum.

Sebastian was starting to believe that Zeno really didn’t see the messages as he said; the look on his face was that of surprise as he read through the series of texts sent by Ken... well, him asking him when he would return home.

But why had he ignored his phone all day? Was he really enjoying his time with Nicholas that much?

Zeno’s smile fell as he played voice note after voice note sent by Ken.

He felt horrible.

Why didn’t he check his phone for once? He knew why; he’d wanted to avoid checking on Sebastian but he never expected to miss Ken’s important messages like this.

He replayed the first voice note and looked up at Sebastian.

"I... I’m sorry, Ken must have been sad all day..." Zeno apologized.

"Just Ken?" Sebastian questioned, locking his eyes with Zeno’s.

Zeno froze; he read the meaning of the look on Sebastian’s face and couldn’t believe it.

Did Sebastian miss him?

"What do you mean?" Zeno asked quietly.

He wanted to hear from Sebastian so that he’d know he was not assuming things.

Sebastian sighed and shook his head, "Never mind the messages, Ken’s just a kid..." He paused, sighing quietly.

"How was your date?" Sebastian asked with a neutral face.

Zeno opened his mouth to deny that it wasn’t a date, but he recalled that Sebastian had seen Nicholas kiss him in front of the mansion, there was no sense denying it now.

"It was...okay, I guess," He shrugged.

Sebastian clenched his jaw, Zeno’s reply meant that he really enjoyed himself with Nicholas.

"So, you were too excited to ignore my messages, and you couldn’t even say a thank you for what I did for you last night?" Sebastian leaned closer to Zeno, raising his hand to his neck.

Zeno drew back, staring at Sebastian’s face. "Last night? What happened last night?" He asked, recalling that he had woken up in Sebastian’s room last night and had been wondering all day about it.

Sebastian frowned, "Are you saying you don’t remember telling me how much you loved me?" Sebastian whispered in Zeno’s ear.

Zeno’s chest vibrated from the quickened heartbeat. He did what?!

When did he say that to Sebastian? Why? Was he already in love to be confessing it unconsciously?

"I did?" He questioned, his voice slightly shaky.

Sebastian drew back a little and started into his eyes, "You should ask yourself; can you love me?" Sebastian questioned quietly, feeling his heart drumming in anxiety for what Zeno might reply.

For a second, Zeno saw that familiar look he’d seen in the eyes of those paintings in Sebastian’s eyes.

He almost believed that there might be something between them but it was gone before he even looked twice.

It was all in his head, maybe because he wanted to find love, his brain was deceiving him by showing him signs of love in the eyes of a man who was incapable of loving.

Zeno was lost...he didn’t know how to reply to such a direct question from Sebastian. He knew Sebastian was taunting him, he could never love him.

"I-"

"Never mind," Sebastian suddenly stood and moved away from him.

He saw the panic in Zeno’s eyes, the indecision and disinterest.

"You don’t have to look panicked, Zeno, I’m just teasing you. We both know that love can never happen between us, after all, it’ll ruin my reputation to be in a relationship with a man... You already have Nicholas; loving me is not an option, you can be with whoever you want to be with," Sebastian quietly spoke as he went over to the fridge and took out a bottle of water, gulping it down to know if it’ll help cool his heating body.

Zeno chuckled sadly.

Sebastian was among those who judged, he hadn’t realized the beauty of unbiased love.

He stood from the bed and walked up to Sebastian, standing behind him.

"I know we can’t be anything to each other, boss, but I want you to open your heart to others; it doesn’t matter the gender; love is something everyone deserves, even you," he placed a hand on Sebastian’s shoulder.

"I know there is a man, a human, behind your tough exterior, just in case you find someone who warms your heart, please, do not let society dictate your life. It’s your life at the end of the day," Zeno said in a soft tone.

Sebastian clenched his hand around the water bottle but didn’t crumble it.

He turned his head to the side and asked, "Have you?"

Zeno stared at the side of Sebastian’s face, "Have I what?"

Sebastian turned to fully face him.

"Have you found the one who warms your heart?" He looked right into Zeno’s soul, his face serious as he waited for Zene to respond.

Zeno bit his lips and looked away from him.

"Is it Nicholas, perhaps?" Sebastian moved closer to him.

Zeno sighed, "And, if it were him, would you terminate our contract and let me go?" He asked in a whisper.

In the blink of an eye, Sebastian covered the distance between them and kissed Zeno’s lips.

Zeno was made breathless in a second, the kiss was hot and punishing, as if he had said something he wasn’t supposed to say.

Sebastian placed a hand behind Zeno’s neck and waist, pulling him closer to himself and tilting his head to the side to deepen the kiss.

Zeno was losing his breath, he placed a hand on Sebastian’s chest and gently pushed him away, breathing harshly.

Sebastian held Zeno’s jaw up with his fingers and asked, "Did that answer your question?"