Falling into the Abyss

Both Ethan and Roland agreed not to speak out about their being together. After all, the Earth Alliance government has always discouraged the relationship between public employees and foreigners, and may even be deducted three to five points of moral value. Affect the year-end assessment. They didn't meet many times in the Energy Bureau, but sometimes Roland would deliberately detour past Ethan's office. The two of them didn't speak, but just smiled at each other when their eyes met. Ethan would also look inside when he passed those laboratories. If he saw Roland wearing a white coat and fiddled with instruments intently, he would be very happy all afternoon.

Even his assistant secretaries were whispering, saying that Ethan became much more cordial during that time, and even if he made serious mistakes, he was not scolded by him.

In the afternoon, after get off work, as long as Roland didn't work overtime or had a meeting with other researchers, he would knock on Ethan's door at about dinner. Sometimes Ethan made dinner, sometimes called takeaway. Both of them liked movies and ancient history. They talked for several hours. At night, they had **** in Ethan's bed. Roland is very gentle to him, and very skilled. It's just that Ethan secretly hopes that he can be more rude.

Of course, he couldn't say such a shameful wish.

They occasionally go to some restaurants or movie theaters far away from where Ethan lives on dates, so as to avoid being seen by people they know and reporting to their superiors. Ethan didn't feel wronged at first, and even liked the feeling of cheating. Roland secretly left the kiss on his cheek when there was no one, quietly hooked his calf under the table when he was in a meeting with the chief, and patted his **** without a trace when he passed by. Little movements made his heart beat faster, and he was excited and excited.

But after a long time, he was gradually lost in a daze.

In the month when breakthroughs were made in the new metal synthesis technology, the bureau held a dinner party in which all relevant researchers and administrative staff were invited to participate, and each person was allowed to bring a dancing partner. Obviously, from choosing the venue to determining the dishes and arranging the security guard to contact the band, Ethan is solely responsible for it. He, the main person in charge, naturally has to participate. He didn't bring any dancing partners, thinking that he didn't have time to dance anyway.

But soon he regretted it.

He saw Roland walking in slowly in a tailored indigo blue suit. Next to him, there was an Omega young man with a delicate and lovely appearance holding his arm. His smile was as bright as the spring breeze. He stood on tiptoe and whispered a few words with Roland. , And that Alpha will laugh loudly. Regardless of their height and appearance, the two people are so matched, they stand out in the crowd, arousing an enviable admiration.

Ethan was standing on the second floor and listening to the person in charge of the hotel to check the number of people present, but he did not hear what the other party was saying. His gaze wandered back and forth between Roland and the new engineer from the Energy Bureau in his arms, and a big hole suddenly appeared in his head.

"Mr. Eldridge?" The person in charge's somewhat puzzled call pulled him back to his responsibilities. He tried to make himself calm and calm to confirm the late guest list, and then went back down the stairs to the second floor.

At this time the band had already played a classic and cheerful pop tune, and people soon came to the center of the dance floor in pairs, twisting their bodies between the light rhythms. Ethan stood by a dimly lit pillar outside the dance floor, watching Roland and the engineer dancing in the middle of the dance floor. Obviously there was no spotlight, but Ethan felt that the two people seemed to shine. Their dance steps are so harmonious, and the smiles flowing between their eyebrows are so touching, even the people around them are applauding.

Ethan has never been good at dancing. He often moves stiffly on the dance floor, his face is embarrassed, and he will slip away if he can't hold it for ten minutes. He could never dance so harmoniously with Roland.

At this moment, he suddenly hated himself a little bit, but he hated the young man with a bright smile rotating around Roland even more.

Ethan was depressed all night, except when necessary to communicate with the chef and director, or to help guide the way when the guests could not find the bathroom. The rest of the time, he held a glass of champagne and sat down silently. Beside the tall bay window, occasionally glanced at the crowd who was laughing at Yan Yan. He had already arranged everything in the banquet in an orderly manner, when to serve the first main course, when to serve the second, and when to invite the chief to speak, everything was proceeding according to the schedule, even without him, nothing would happen. trouble. Looking at the lovers around him, he felt more and more unnecessary.

He thought about leaving early on the excuse of being unwell, but in the end he stayed until the end of the banquet. He didn't know why he had to torture himself. He kept watching Roland and the many men and women around Omega and Beta joking, and even the always cold Tai Feng was amused by his jokes. He could see how popular that Alpha was, and how could such a popular man be attracted to him alone?

Ethan was confused and suddenly lost all sense of security. He wanted to catch Roland, but he didn't know what to do.

When the banquet finally ended, Ethan took a few people to help the hotel people clean up the meeting place as usual, and he was busy until two in the morning. He put on his coat and gloves, wrapped himself tightly, lowered his head and stepped into the cold air outside the gate. The winter on the space station was terribly cold. He just wanted to go home quickly and bury himself in soft bedding, wrapped in layers. He walked towards his aircraft, but suddenly found a person standing in front of it.

It's Roland.

"Can you take me in for one night?" The man smiled charmingly.

Ethan let him get on the plane and turned on the automatic navigation system while sitting in the driving position. The aircraft automatically ascended into orbit and quickly glided across the bustling and lively space station Long Street even at night. Ethan said nothing, silently watching the neon glow outside the window.

"Unhappy?" Roland asked.

"No, I drank too much, dizzy."

"You're just unhappy. I can tell." Roland's blue eyes stared at him quietly, "Is it because I came to the banquet with Yanni?"

Being said to be the central issue, Ethan felt like something was stuck in his throat. He really wants to punch the man in front of him, do you have to **** ask? ? He was obviously with him but brought another person to the banquet. When his heart is really made of steel, wouldn't he be jealous?

But he always felt that he had no position.

Although they were lovers in private, they never let anyone know. Ethan didn't even tell his family. This always made him feel that his relationship with Roland was shameful and might end at any time.

He knew that Roland would leave the Earth Alliance sooner or later, and that he would have to part ways. Their so-called love relationship can only last until then. Ethan thought he didn't mind. Who is in love now for marriage? Don't they all meet together, just be together when they are in love, and break up when the fate is over?

So I don't seem to have any confidence to lose my temper now.

"Who you take has nothing to do with me."

Although I wanted to say it in a calm and waveless voice, it sounded so sour.

Roland suddenly held Ethan's hand on his thigh and squeezed it lightly, "We are just friends. He said that he had no partner, and neither did I, so let’s come together with two people. I’ve been watching you all the time, but I dare not come over to find you, the moral value system of your Earth Alliance is too terrifying, I am always afraid that it will hurt you."

Ethan snorted, and just wanted to retort, but suddenly something happened. There seemed to be nothing wrong with an aircraft obliquely in front, and suddenly changed lanes forcibly and collided with the aircraft in front of them. A sharp alarm sounded from Ethan's aircraft, and the autopilot system began to brake hard, but it was too late. Their aircraft collided with the two aircraft in front.

At that moment, only Roland yelled something, and then he rushed over, holding Ethan tightly in his arms. There was a violent shock immediately, and Ethan heard a loud noise, hit his head **** the glass, and lost consciousness.

He was not seriously injured in the car accident, only a few stitches on his forehead. Obviously, most of the shock was absorbed by Roland, who was protecting him. Alpha broke a leg and took more than a month of recuperation to walk on the ground.

Ethan no longer cares whether others can gossiping, even his work is deserted, and he goes to the hospital every day. He brought food to Roland, helped him with his legs and feet, went to the bathroom to wash, and brought him several books from his own home to relieve his boredom. Roland said with a smile, knowing that a broken leg would be able to live this kind of meal and open his mouth to stretch out his hand, so he broke his leg earlier.

But Ethan couldn't laugh. He still clearly remembered Roland's body tightly surrounding him, the power that shocked him when he blocked all upcoming disasters. He still remembered that when he saw Roland unconscious in the hospital and blood stains all over his body, the pain and fear in his heart seemed to be torn apart by life.

He has never been so afraid of losing someone. I'm afraid I didn't even have such a strong fear when I learned that my mother had cancer.

It was the car accident that made Ethan understand that he probably fell in love with Roland. He wants to be with him, just to be together.

After Roland was discharged from the hospital, the plaster on his leg had not been completely removed. In order to facilitate the care of him, Ethan took Roland to his home temporarily. The Energy Bureau seemed to be doing business as usual, but the director called him to the office and asked a few questions about why Roland was in his car when the accident happened, and why it was rumored that Roland had moved to his house. The reason for Ethan's prevarication was that Roland lent the aircraft to a friend that day, so he kindly took him for a ride. Taking Roland home was just to repay his life-saving grace. The director nodded, asking him to pay attention to his words and deeds, and not to follow the truth, so he started discussing with him about sending the next batch of researchers to Mars to continue the Zero Project, and told him to sort out the transmission from Mars. The dozens of research results reports that came were briefly summarized into a key report. He had to submit it to the State Council another day. As soon as Ethan got it, it was ten o'clock in the night. Because the director rushed to ask for it tomorrow, and there was another one at home. The patient who can walk hasn't eaten much yet... Ethan hesitated for a while, but decided to take the information home to organize.

Ethan had never done such a thing before, because the top secret of Project Zero should not leave the director's office. But he thinks that he will only bring back the last few copies, and the smart computer at home has been heavily encrypted and is very safe, and there should be no problems. He then stored the information in his personal information database and called a taxi home.

In the distant future, when all the truth came to light, Ethan probably recalled from that time when Roland used some method to crack his encryption program after he fell asleep, and obtained his ID verification number and password, and then started. Collect research data on Project Zero and send it back to the Ophiuchus Alliance.

He even began to wonder, was the car accident really accidental?