Broken

SEVENTEEN

Adam's POV

I'd been busy with my work when James barged into my office. In his hands were a few files and a plastic bag. A beautiful aroma hit my nose, making my stomach growl. The bag definitely had food in it, because James had his food grin on.

"Why didn't you come here this morning?", I asked while I looked into the bag.

"I, too, have an office, you know?"

I rolled my eyes and took out the contents in the bag. Just as I was about to eat, I heard a gasp form James. Looking up, I saw that he was looking at my hand.

"What is it?"

"You don't have your ring on! Where is it?"

I raised a brow at him.

"It's at home. I left it there."

He looked at me, his shocked expression not showing any signs of disappearing.

"You what? I mean, this is good but........what made you remove it?"

I ate my food, and took a gulp of the juice he'd brought.

"I figured that it was time I did."

He smiled then, as if he knew what was going on.

"It was because of Leila, wasn't it?"

A small smile was about to reveal itself, but I shoved food down my throat, making sure that he wouldn't see it.

At that moment at home, I'd been brushing my teeth when I saw it. I played with it a little, but it didn't feel right anymore. My finger felt naked without it, but a smile couldn't help but make itself present. I put it in a small box and placed it in the box that had Katherine's pictures.

"It is!! Finally, mate."

"What do you mean by that?"

He rolled his eyes then, opening up his beverage.

"I saw how you were looking at her on the sports day we had. You had that dooey look in your eyes."

He laughed then, making me wish that I'd worn it today to avoid this.

"I'm kinda sceptical though."

He stopped laughing when he heard that, and put on a serious expression while he shoved more food into his mouth. He rose his brow, signalling me to continue.

"Would she be with me, even though I have a kid?"

"What? That's your reason?! Emilia and Leila are like two peas in a pod. They get along very well, which, is actually a good thing for you, come to think of it."

I thought more while I ate my food, when there was a knock and someone I wasn't expecting to see entered.

"Jane!"

She smiled at us and made her way to the other free chair.

"I see that you still eat in the office, boys."

James laughed then, making me smile at how we were still connected after so long. Jane, James, Katherine and I played together in high school and became the best of friends. We all had different dreams, and had vowed to achieve them.
James and I wanted to be businessmen, while Katherine wanted to be an artist and Jane a fashion designer. We had all done well in our dreams, but we had lost our connection with Jane because she'd left for Italy to pursue her dream while we stayed and went to college.

"Sometimes. We do it when we're super busy."

She laughed then, looking at the disarray on my table. We had a few conversations and then James left the two of us in the room.