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.”“You lucky dog!”Alex looked smug.“The Lord taketh away and the Lord giveth.”“Damn, I want to see you do it! That would be so hot!”Alex shook his head.“Oh, no.That’s, like, a ten-year anniversary reward or something.”“What?! Are you saying I have to marry you to get to watch you perform autofellatio?”Luke was teasing, but Alex suddenly lookedembarrassed.“Who said anything about marriage? Our first date was August 10th, so you have nine years and nine months to go.At a bare minimum, we both have to still be breathing, and you have to be in my good graces at the time this offer expires.”“Is this like the tier thing? Can I knock off months with good behavior? Flowers? Trips to Mexico? Unrequitedblowjobs?”Alex tapped his chin thoughtfully.“I’m negotiable.”“Oh, man,” Luke moaned.“Make a list.Please.”Puzzle Me This | Eli Easton52They lay there content for a few minutes.Luke couldn’t help picturing it.In Technicolor.“Dammit, that is so worth the chair,” he finally said.“It really isn’t.I’d much rather go hiking up Henneman Hill with you and Trevor every morning.”Luke thought about it some more.“Okay, but it’s close.”“Yeah,” Alex admitted with a satisfied smile.“It is.”ON HALLOWEEN Alex hosted a Wheels and Meals potluck at his apartment and invited Luke.Luke could tell Alex was excited about introducing him to his friends.Alex’s sister was going to be there, and Luke was nervous about meeting her.He rejected his first three costume ideas as being too nerdy and ended up going as a noir detective in an old brown suit, skinny tie, and a fedora he picked up at a thrift shop.Alex was dressed as a vampire, and he looked so hotwhen he opened his apartment door, Luke got a little hard.His dark hair was slicked back and his skin whitened.He wore kohl around his eyes and his lips were blood red.His white shirt had a flounced front open almost to his navel, and his pants were tight and black.A red-lined satin cape completed the look.“Mmmm.A blood sucker.How appropriate.” Lukehummed.Alex laughed.“The heat-o-meter scores before you even say hello.I’m flattered.”Luke leaned down, putting his palms on the arms of the chair.“You deserve to be flattered.You look sexy as hell.”Puzzle Me This | Eli Easton53“You’ll get red lipstick on you,” Alex murmured when he was inches away.“So I’ll be a transvestite noir detective,” Luke replied, undeterred.The kiss was yummy, and then it was hot.Someonecleared their throat.“You do remember there are people here, Alex?” awoman said, sounding a tad disgusted.Luke shot up.“Oh, sorry.I thought I was early.”A young woman who was dressed as a witch looked himup and down.“Not that early, honey.You must be Luke.”She held out her hand.“Luke, this is Amy, my sister.Aim, this is Luke.” Alex sounded a little breathless as Luke shook Amy’s hand.Amy looked like a tough cookie.And she didn’t exactly look pleased to meet him.Then again, he’d been caught sucking her brother’s tonsils.Her brother in his wheelchair.“Nice to meet you,” Luke said.Amy arched an eyebrow.“Alex has told me a lot about you.He said you work from home and you’re a gamedesigner?”“Amazing memory, your brother.”Alex laughed.“What company do you work for?” Amy asked.Did shenot believe him?“City Shark Games in San Francisco.I lived there for five years, but last year they instigated a work-from-home policy.So I get to live here and they get to pay me less.It’s a win-win.”“Sounds progressive.”Puzzle Me This | Eli Easton54“Yeah.There’s a lot of competition for talent in the gaming industry, so companies are always trying to come up with new perks.”“And why would you want to leave San Francisco to live in State College?” Amy still sounded doubtful.Like maybe he was making all this up and he was really an ex-con from the state penitentiary.“Geez, Aim.Why don’t you ask for his W2?” Alexgrumbled.“Well, I’m from Pennsylvania,” Luke answered.“It was fun living in California for a while, but I guess I’m just not a West Coast kind of guy.”“Oh?” Amy said with a not-very-nice smirk.“You look like a West Coast type to me.”Luke smiled just as sincerely.“Funnily enough, there are gay men everywhere.It’s like a plague [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]