Chapter 68. Where Is She Headed?

Charles sat up in bed, back against the bed stand as he turned the paper Mario had given him front and back again. He had been staring at it, unable to sleep.

"Charles," Lucien had called him earlier. "See my brother out."

"Yes sir."

After Lucien had left for upstairs, Mario had gotten out of his seat and walked up to him. Mario stood so close to him, it made him uneasy so he started to look around to confirm no one else was in the room with them.

He felt Mario's soft hands when he brushed his cheeks softly and then his chin. Mario had chuckled. "Relax, will you? No one's watching."

"I'm at my boss's place," He thought he should remind him.

Mario's smile displaced him, made him swallow down the dirty things that were coming to his head. Mario took off his glasses slowly and stared into his eyes, his smile not leaving his lips, and then he leaned in and kissed him; a soft, s