Nicholas POV

I uncapped a bottle of beer and proffered it to Luke. “Thanks” He muttered while collecting it.

I picked another bottle for myself, I uncapped it and drank from it.

“If I'm not mistaken, right now Nicholas, you seem happy” Luke said as he dropped the bottle on the table.

“Is it really obvious? I grinned and he just scoffed.

“You've not really been yourself since you lost the last contract to Alexander, and all of a sudden, you are happy,” He said, looking confused.

I smile while I gulped from my drink.

“Don't you want me to be happy?” I asked, wryly.

“Don't misunderstand me, bro, what...