Married To A CEO. Omega
Chapter 52 - Forty-Six

Chapter 52: Chapter Forty-Six

LEO

"Can you please stop shifting your position in every five seconds for fuck’s sake, Leo?" Ruth irritatedly snorts. "And stop twitching your face too. I am this"-He pinches his fingers-"close to smack it off your face."

"Shut up." I bark, equally irritated.

As if I am doing it on purpose. I went too far last night and now my whole body hurts like it’s being torn apart. Like someone have ripped my limbs off and then stitched them back to their sockets.

"So, why did you call me?" Ruth asks, clasping his hands over my desk as he leans forward a little, "You usually don’t call me in your office."

"Well, I wanted to have a nice peaceful talk with you." I copy his posture, "But we are collaborating with a Chinese client and the CEO is expected to come to the company today and there is a ton of work for me to do after one week of rest, so I couldn’t just slack off to meet with you and the thing I am about to discuss with you is just as important as my other works."

"And what can this be?" Ruth wonders out aloud, "I don’t have a good feeling about your ’important talk’."

"Me neither." I agree with him, "So how long do you plan to hook up with John without making anything official?"

I got straight to the point and with Ruth’s unwavering expression, he anticipated it when I said it was an important talk.

"There is nothing going on between us." Ruth shakes his head, "So what makes you think that I will make it official?"

"You are the one who is making the world think that you two are something, Ruth." I say pointedly, "What the fuck is a goodbye kiss when you guys aren’t even together? And it’s been more than two months since you guys started it. Ruth, tell me one thing honestly, have you ever slept with someone more than two nights?" I ask exasperatedly. "Even your longest date before this lasted two weeks, not to mention two months."

"So, you’re telling me to break things with john?" Ruth sniffs as he raises an eyebrow.

"I am not telling you anything like that." I shrug , "All I am telling you is how long do you plan to hide your feelings from yourself? Is it fun to hurt yourself?"

"Look who’s talking." Ruth scoffs, "How many times do I have to tell you, Leo, that I don’t have any kind of feeling for John. He is just a sex toy I am using to satisfy my needs."

"And lying to yourself again." I sigh, "Why are you doing this to yourself Ruth? Do you still blame yourself for Alice’s death?"

This is a question that needs not to be answered since the answer is obvious. He does. Without any doubt he does. The look when he heard Alice’s name tells me that he does. He hasn’t moved on from the incident that happened two years ago. He is still stuck on that pouring night from two years ago.

"I was the reason she died." Ruth lowers his head, his eyes watery with grief, regret and guilt. "I couldn’t save her."

"It’s not your fault!" I retort, "She died in an accident. There was nothing you could do to save her! You might be a doctor but you are not a God!"

Ruth just sniffs but doesn’t say anything.

Alice was the one Ruth loved the most. They dated for a long time. And I am quite sure if Alice was still alive Ruth and she would have been married by now. Ruth really loved Alice and Alice too loved him dearly. But nothing good lasts forever.

It was the fall two years ago. At that time Ruth was just an ER doctor. Alice was there to pick Ruth up from work, they had some plans together. Ruth got out of the hospital to meet up with his lover. They waved at each other happily but the moment Ruth started to go to the car a truck hit it.

The driver of the truck was drunk and so the crash was very merciless. Alice’s body was completely crushed to a mush. She died on the spot but even so Ruth desperately applied every method to save her. But as she was already dead it was all futile. Since then Ruth has locked up the door of his heart, refusing to let anyone in. Believing that he still loves Alice and nobody can take her place inside his heart.

But his inner self knows too that John has knocked in that iron door and he has unconsciously let John in. He is in love with John. Even if he doesn’t want to admit it, he is. So in love that he is scared to lose him. I can understand his feelings.

"But...If I was a bit more capable that time I think I could have saved her." Ruth’s fist clenches as he chews on his bottom lip.

I take a deep breath, "Okay listen, Ruth. What do you want to do now? Don’t you think it is about time you let John go if you don’t plan to make anything official?"

Ruth stalls, "Huh?" He asks, his eyebrows knitted. "What did you say?"

"Isn’t it simple?" I have started to lose my temper too, "If you don’t love John then you have to let him go. He is not yours. You can’t forever keep playing with him. He has a life on his own too. You need to let him go so that he can live his life too. You are being selfish, Ruth."

Ruth opens his mouth to say something but chews on them. He can’t get anything out of his mouth. How can he? After all, what I said made sense. He is the one whose actions don’t make any sense. I want neither him nor John to get hurt. So, it is better to force them to stop here. The more they get closer the more it would hurt to part away.

"If you don’t do it then I will have to tell Erwin about this Ruth and you know he won’t take the whole matter very finely." I subtly say.

"Are you threatening me, Leo?" Ruth raises a brow.

"I am not." I snort, "How can I? After all, you are my best friend. I can never do something like that to you but, it is my responsibility to protect you from anything that will hurt you. And I know the thing with John will hurt you more than the night two years ago. That night there was nothing I could do about it but now I have. I can prevent you from getting hurt again. So, you have to listen to me and cut all ties with John."

Ruth was the first person aside from my grandparents who made me feel like I could rely on him. Made me feel like I am not all alone.

When I was sent to boarding school, I was often bullied for my second gender which is not very uncommon in our society. But I was never used to that kind of treatment and always struck back. And that brought me more bullying and harassment.

One day when I was in the bathroom, some of the bullies splashed dirty water over me and that day I was wearing a white shirt, so it was quite uncomfortable for me to walk around like that. That time Ruth stood up for me and covered me with his clothes and afterward he would always stay by my side and protect me from getting hurt again. Now it is my chance to repay him for what he has done for me for the past years.

"I understand." Ruth slowly shakes his head, "I will talk to John about it and end it as soon as possible and move on with my life. If that satisfies you."

"That’s good." I smile, "I am glad you understood what I meant to say."

"But in return can I bring Joe to your house this Sunday?" Ruth suddenly beams with a smile.

"Oh Joe? Please." I agree, "I haven’t seen him for a while now. When did he come back from your family home? How is he doing?"

"He is fine." Ruth hums, "A week ago."

"Okay, bring him home. I will be waiting for you guys."

Just then three firm knocks grab our attention toward it, "President, president Liu Feng is here." Kevin swings open the door.

"Let him come in." I get on my feet. So does Ruth.

"Good evening, Mr. Snow." A fine black haired man steps into the room. "It’s a pleasure to meet you."

His face is handsome with black eyes and some fine Chinese features and he is tall but his body isn’t anything special. He is neither too masculine nor too skinny. And he is an alpha. Maybe not a dominant one but he is one.

I walk over to him and extend my hand for a hand shake, "It’s a pleasure to meet you too, Mr. Liu."

And now, the way Liu Feng’s eyes sparkle as soon as he grabs my hand, I think I just attracted another alpha with my charisma.

What a pain in my neck...