The Retired CEO's Guide To Being Spoiled

Chapter 330: The Reality of Romance

He remembered Ethan telling him earlier that he had just gone to meet Louis and Kieran not long ago. How was it that Louis already looked as though he had fallen into a very deep slumber?

Right at that moment, Kieran approached, the sound of his slippers shuffling against the floor echoing softly: "Is it not because of the mess you two made? He spent the entire night sorting it out, then immediately caught a flight here. It is only natural that he is exhausted."

To make matters worse, after arriving at their home, the man did not even have a proper bed to sleep in, forced to lean exhaustedly against someone else in such a miserable state.

At first, Julian did not quite understand, merely following Ethan’s gaze to look at the two men resting their heads together. Coincidentally, at that exact moment, Felix was carefully tucking a stray lock of hair behind Louis’s ear. Perhaps feeling a bit ticklish, Louis shifted slightly, burrowing even deeper into Felix’s embrace.

Felix was roughly the same height as Louis, but Felix was a military man. The physique forged by rigorous military training was nothing to joke about.

Observing the intimate demeanor between the two of them, what else could Julian possibly fail to understand?

One only needed to look at Kieran’s utter lack of interest in throwing even a single glance in their direction to understand everything.

Before Ethan married Julian, no one in their friend group had ever engaged in a proper, serious relationship. Being wealthy young masters, they all possessed at least a few playboy tendencies, moving from one woman to the next without a second thought. Of course, there were also those who stayed far away from both women and men, such as Ethan or Felix.

Indeed, that enchanting demon was a member of their own circle, the very person who usually put on the most prominent display of a flirtatious and romantic playboy. Working in show business, there were undeniably countless temptations.

Louis and Felix’s relationship was one of physical intimacy.

This relationship... calculating it, had been going on for nearly five years.

They had no one else on the outside, nor did they engage in any frivolous affairs. Yet, they stubbornly refused to give each other any sort of official title or status. During the first few years, they even pretended to be nothing more than ordinary, sworn brothers within the group. Perhaps they had grown tired of the charade, finding it too bothersome, so they eventually just came clean on their own.

While Kieran was lost in his rambling thoughts, Julian was simultaneously being educated on the romantic history of the two men.

Julian’s curiosity was excessively obvious, so much so that Felix, who had his head bowed, had to lift his eyelids, shooting a bland glare that nevertheless carried the lethal force of a strict warning in his direction.

Julian shrank his neck back, tickled by the man’s breath, and hurriedly pulled down the hand covering his eyes, muttering softly, "What kind of ulterior motives could I possibly have? I am just... feeling a bit surprised. Seeing Louis normally so arrogant and flirtatious, yet when he sleeps in Felix’s arms, he looks just like a large cat that has had all its claws retracted."

The moment Kieran finished speaking, the person curled up on the sofa suddenly stirred. Louis furrowed his exquisite brows tightly, letting out an irritated grumble at being disturbed by the noise. Felix immediately shot Kieran a bone-chilling glare. His rough hand, heavily calloused from handling firearms year-round, instinctively began to pat Louis’s back gently, the soothing motion so practiced and skillful that it would leave anyone speechless.

He did not look like his usual carefree and frivolous self in the slightest.

It was only then that Louis shifted his gaze over to Ethan and Julian, who were standing not too far away. He sat up straight, smoothing back his messy hair, and let out a scoffing laugh. "Are you two ancestors finally willing to show your faces? To be perfectly honest, after handling the media for the two of you, I might have just aged several years."

However, upon hearing this, Julian’s expression changed slightly.