Secrets and Things (MxM)

Note:

- Nero and Leo are back! I hope you enjoyed the Aiden/Erwin segment.

- I wish I had an editor. Grammarly is my current editor.

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POV: Nero

"... I need you re-tell the clusterfuck you just said but in a coherent manner. "

Matthew frustratedly sighed. "Nero I don't have to re-explain everything."

I sent him the meanest look possible. I was non-verbally telling him that I was about to snap his neck right there and then. By the visible gulp and shiver, it seemed he got the message. It stopped him from packing his stuff up but didn't stop him from releasing a defeated sigh, however. "Fucking fine! Long story short, I need you to go to TB Bank and meet up with Leo and the accountant as my replacement in about an hour. I've got you cleared for the day so you can go home straight after that."

My heart fluttered at Leo's name and immediately stomped the butterflies brutally. "Why?"

My manager threw his hands into his hair and tugged at it, clearly irritated. It was a wonderful sight. "I already explained why! It's also the reason why I want to go now but you're not letting me."

I just ignored his complaint. "... Why do I need to go to the bank?"

"Oh my fucking god! You need to go because I just found out my wife is pregnant and I need to leave so I can celebrate it with her, like right this instant."

This motherfucker... I pinched the skin of my forehead and closed my eyes. "So you're telling me," I emphasised slowly, "you're ditching an important meeting and work for something that isn't really an emergency and can be dealt with later? Oh, congrats by the way."

"Thanks," he said before his tone turned stern and his face heated up slightly in embarrassment. "I'm not neglecting work! I'm a great employee thank you very much. Instead of leaving it be, I'm sending someone else in my place so I'm technically getting it done. Can I leave now?"

The response was immediate. "No. You need to tell me why it specifically has to be me who has to go." I noticed that somewhere in our conversation, Matthew packed up everything and looked ready to bolt out the door. The only thing stopping him was me and his patience was beginning to wear thin.

"Because," he grated out, "although you're the newest addition to the team, you're the next best thing after me. You're smart, responsible, loyal, etcetera. I am wasting time here but my point is that you are capable to do whatever needs to be done and I trust you with. I'm also plotting against you but that's not important."

I was touched throughout that entire response but he had to say the last thing and brought a frown to my face. As much as I wanted to ask what the fuck he's plotting, I knew he wouldn't give me an answer so I left it be, for now. Plus, I may have a general gist of what he was trying to do and if my hunch was correct, I was going to suffocate him with Raziel. "I don't even know what I'm meant to be doing or what's happening. You're ditching without a rundown!"

Matthew handed me a file. "This," he pointed out, "has everything you need to know. Just read it on the way to work and you're good to go. Got any more stupid questions? No? Great, I'm going then. Bye!" And with that, he sprinted out of his personal office, letting the door slam close behind him.

I rolled my eyes at his antics and opened up the file handed to me. How is that man not fired yet? The file didn't clearly tell me what was wrong so it took me about twenty minutes to finish reading and figure out the issue. The file just gave a bunch of numbers related to stocks and the company's funds but there was an anomaly among the figures, meaning there was some sort of issue that's arisen with the finances, which was a pretty big deal so it made sense why Matthew was required there. I honestly didn't know how the bank was involved or how they could help but if I were to guess, it might be a fault on their part. The irregularity couldn't be explained just by looking at this but I assumed Leo had more context behind it, so I guess I just had to ask him when I got to TB.