Total pages in book: 95
Estimated words: 91864 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 459(@200wpm)___ 367(@250wpm)___ 306(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 91864 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 459(@200wpm)___ 367(@250wpm)___ 306(@300wpm)
But a few days in Detroit meant a few days without the possibility of fucking around with Ethan. It wasn’t like we were seeing each other all the time or anything, especially during the busy workweek. We both had jobs we were dedicated to, but something about being on the other side of the country made Ethan seem so fucking far away.
After I’d called him about my nightmare the week before, I felt comfortable texting him throughout the day even just to hear how his day was going. For being a guy who—at first glance—I thought was kind of full of himself, I’d learned he kind of had a reason to be. No, Ethan Harris didn’t bluff about much. He was a pretty awesome guy…and definitely full of surprises.
When my dinner came to an end, I headed to my rental car.
I pulled out my phone and called Ethan, almost without even thinking about it.
We’d only texted since that night we spoke on the phone, but I wasn’t ashamed that I wanted to talk to him. Goddammit, I wanted to hear that deep, resonant voice of his again.
In some ways, I felt like I should have been throwing up all the stop signs. Been freaking out about the fact that I was in a little over my head. I’d met plenty of people through my life, had plenty of sex—enough to know the difference between what meant nothing and when there was actually something there. I didn’t know if it was just because we shared a common respect for each other on account of what we’d lost, but regardless of the reason, it was something I wanted to explore.
“How’s my Straighty doing?” I asked as soon as Ethan answered.
He groaned. “He’d be a lot better if you were at the office, sucking his dick right now. I’ve become addicted to that mouth of yours.”
“That’s like the least straight thing Straighty could have said.”
“Appropriate, considering everything we’ve learned about Straighty these past few weeks.”
I laughed. “Fair point.”
“How was your big, important meeting?”
“We’ll find out if the client gets back to us. Right now, he’s a hot commodity, so he can choose any firm he wants. I did everything short of offering him a virgin sacrifice.”
“Only because I doubt you’d have an easy time keeping your hands off a virgin.”
I laughed, more than I should have as I walked through the parking garage behind the restaurant.
“Oh, you make Ninja sound so greedy.”
“I like it when he’s greedy, especially if it involves my dick.”
“Well, once he gets back, he’s going to be particularly greedy, so you might have a big problem on your hands.”
“Not sure if my hands are going to be necessary.”
I shook my head, grinning as I reached my rental car. I fished into my pocket and pulled out my keys. “You’re extra frisky today. You must be in a real good mood about something.”
“Well, my lover finally bothered to call me during one of the most boring days of my workweek, so what could put me in a better mood than that?”
I could tell by the way he said it that he was just teasing by using the word lover, but I enjoyed the name as well as the playfulness in his tone.
I got into the car and started the engine.
“So what are you up to tonight?”
“I was going to head out to a bar with Lee.”
“Oh, you’re already cheating on me?”
“What? No. I’m not fucking around with anyone else.” I said it quickly, defensively—surprisingly so in response to what was an obvious joke.
Ethan chuckled, and he must’ve known he had the upper hand right then. “I was kidding. I assumed we were messing around with whoever.”
Heat raced to my cheeks. “I—just—”
“Is Ninja getting jealous?” He almost sang the words, like he was amused as fuck by how bothered I was.
“What? No. I mean, you can have sex with anyone. I assume it would mainly be women anyway, right?”
If he wanted to fuck around with women, that didn’t seem like such a big deal, but for some reason, I felt like I should be able to monopolize any gay sex he was interested in.
“You worried now that I know I have a prostate I’m going to be running around trying to get every man in town up in there?” he asked.
I growled, fucking growled like some primal urge was overtaking me.
“Oh, Sean, I haven’t seen this side of you before. I like it.”
“I figured if you wanted to explore more with that, you would have come to me.”
“Relax. I’m just giving you shit. And it’s kind of cracking me up hearing you get all jealous because you think I’m running around town giving it up to every other guy when I haven’t even done that with you.”
“But you plan to?”
“Play your cards right, and you’ll see.” Despite his evasiveness, I could tell he was just as interested in exploring that as I was, which was enough to subdue some of the jealous feelings that were overwhelming me. “But seriously, you need to get back here…because at the very least, I need a tight piece of ass to help me relax after some of the fires I’ve been putting out.”