Bad Boy

"Aiden…" Matteo immediately said warningly but was stopped when Charles held up a hand.

"Your brother isn't going to do anything to her, Matteo. Besides, we should take these private matters somewhere more―" Charles's eyes scanned the office, and immediately, a few employees ducked under, pretending to be earnestly working, "―private, don't you think?"

An unspoken conversation passed purely through their gazes, and eventually, Matteo gritted his teeth and held a hand out in the direction of his office.

"After you, then," he said. 

Before he followed his father into the office, he turned back and glanced at Amelia one last time. Amelia offered him a smile, which he quickly returned, but it was wiped off his face when Aiden enthusiastically waved at him.

"Don't worry about Amelia," Aiden said.