Chapter 151: Everyone, meet my boyfriend
Andrew nervously followed after Maxwell as they entered into the building proper. He knew he must have looked like a complete newbie with his head on a swivel, but he couldn’t help it. This was the company his boyfriend ran. Of course he was going to be interested in it!
"Now, don’t get your hopes up. We aren’t as nice on the inside as the A & D Firm is." Maxwell teased, glancing back at Andrew with sparkling blue eyes. "We don’t have a cafe, but there is one just down the block." Maxwell told him and Andrew nodded as he took in the dark wood furnishings, rich accent colours, and the sleek black and gold tile.
God, it screamed wealth, and also screamed Maxwell.
Everything was neat, tidy, in its place. He was sure every decoration was placed in that exact spot for a reason. From the lush dark green of the trees and plants that decorated the space, to the rich wood tones and gold accents. It should have felt like they didn’t blend well, but everything meshed together in a sense of style that Andrew could only describe as Maxwell.
"I-I’m not expecting you to have a cafe in your lobby, Max. My old company didn’t have that either." Andrew told him and Maxwell chuckled.
"It just doesn’t sit right for me to have a research company running a cafe, you know? Who is to say that we aren’t putting something dangerous in our lattes?" Maxwell’s teasing words were making Andrew relax slightly, but only slightly.
Everyone they passed was staring at Andrew with wide, shocked eyes, and Maxwell wasn’t doing anything to help it. Maxwell had taken Andrew’s hand in his own, flaunting to everyone that was looking, which was everyone, that they were together. Andrew could feel sweat rolling down his spine already.
"You wouldn’t do that." Andrew told him, glancing around at the leather couches and glass table tops that were clearly used for clients to wait at. A few people were sitting down there already, and Andrew wondered if they were waiting to meet Maxwell, or someone else.
"You’re probably only one of a small group who’d believe that, Andy." Maxwell told him, turning to smile back at him again. "Alright. Let’s go get your badge and your welcoming package. I told your new department not to come up and greet you because I was going to take you on a quick tour of the company." Andrew nodded, swallowing the saliva pooling in his mouth as he followed behind him diligently.