Protect him

Matthew picking up his boss to work repeated, for a week, and then another, and another, till it became a month. Yup, he's been picking William from his residence and cooking then eating their breakfast together at his boss residence have been his new found routine. One reason for this, is that the people who weren't happy by the corporation were being violent and getting worse day by day. It doesn't bother Matthew what those people are going to do to the corporation, his worry is only for William. That's is why his been keeping his boss safe from the rallyist outside his residence.

They already hired a team of security personnel to protect William from his residence and at work, but Matthew is the only person outside the family who can freely go in and out of William's home. William also opted to ride with Matthew to work while the team of security personnel were escorting them, and since Matthew insisted to.

It is another day. Matthew was standing in front of his mirror, fixing his suit, then stopped when he realized that the plan on taking the corporation down that they been working on for years seems to stopped in a month. He's been enjoying himself while being around William and keeping him safe, that when Zach called him earlier this morning, he came back to his senses.

"I'm sure he's an ally." Matthew said to himself in the mirror, unsure, so he just finished fixing his tie and disregarded his thoughts and continue doing his routine in the morning before going to his boss residence.

At William's residence. The usual, Matthew preparing for their breakfast and William was just sitting on one of the kitchen stools and watching his secretary do things for him. But this time, a statement came out of William's mouth mindlessly and impulsively, shocking the both of them.

"It would be nice if you'll live here, you're like a househusband."

It took a whole minute for William to clear his throat just to make a noise because he was bothered that Matthew was offended by his impulsive statement because of the silence.

While it took another minute for Matthew to sink the words in his brain, and when it did, a smirk made its way to his face and faced his boss who were seated on a stool behind him. He placed both of his arms, crossed, on his chest and asked,

"Do you want me to? … for you?"

William who was worried that his secretary might be offended by his remark, vanished and gaped at the man in front of him, when he recovered after a while, he felt his face burned up. Suddenly he felt self-conscious with Matthew's eyes on him. He avoided Matthew's eyes and came up with the first excuse in his mind to escape the situation.

"I'll go get my phone in my room." William said and hurriedly exited the kitchen.

He was in the middle of ascending on the stairs when he realized that he's holding his phone in his hand and he never felt that embarrassed all his life thinking his secretary caught him lying just to escape the situation. 'Fuck.'

Back in the kitchen, Matthew can't contain the smile in his face because of his boss' remark and actions. Thinking of how adorable William looked when blushing played in Matthew's mind like a broken record that when he continued cooking, and after he finished everything, from cooking to setting the table, he looked like a fool, smiling like that.

It didn't take William a while to arrive at the dining table. He snorted from time to time, seeing Matthew smirking at him while they eat. After they've eaten, both carried their dishes to the sink and as usual, William cleaned the dishes while Matthew stayed, leaning near the sink, facing the kitchen counter.

Matthew then laughed remembering what happen earlier, then William followed suit, thinking what happen earlier, dumb and funny. They laughed it off then they started a normal topic, just to start a conversation while William cleans and Matthew waits.

When it's time to go to work, Matthew and William went to the garage where Matthew parked his car. Matthew then alerted their escort through an earpiece that they'll be leaving for work. After that, Matthew picked up the earbuds from the dashboard and connected it to his phone. He played a chill music and he planned to handed it to William as he usually does, but since William were busy checking his schedule in the tablet, Matthew puts the earbuds on William's ear, causing the latter to froze, ears turning red.

Gaping, William looked at his secretary who just smiled at him teasingly. Overlooking what Matthew did moments ago, William returned to checking his schedule and listened to what Matthew played on his phone. He always listens to music on their way to work to silence what the rallyist were saying, he admitted to Matthew that he can get affected by their words so it's actually his secretary who suggested for him to listen to music while on their way.

After securing their route to the building and the parking lot, both William and Matthew stepped out of the car after the security team exited theirs. William and Matthew together with 2 members of the security team went to the elevator and went to their floor, while the other members of security team were going to secure the perimeter outside and inside the building to assure William's safety.

That's their new routine for two weeks now, always on guard, surrounded with body guards. If not for Matthew suggesting to hire a security team for William, the corporation won't bother to do the thing. It's actually an advantage for Matthew, more people hate the corporation now, but he can't bare to see William hurting because of them, as much as he can, he will spare William from his plan, he's innocent.

'He's innocent' is just another reason for Matthew sparing William from all of this. 'I like him so I want to protect him' is his greatest reason for doing that.