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āDonāt worry about him, or what anyone else might have heard.ā He glanced at the love bites on Darrenās neck then traced each one with his fingers. āThese, though, will let everyone who saw you come back here with me know who you belong to for now.ā Lee knew it was the wrong thing to say immediately, but it wasnāt like he could take the words back.
āFor now,ā Darren repeated, his shoulders tensing as he turned away. āWeād better go before Laine breaks the door down.ā
Everything about Darrenās flat tone seemed wrong. Lee surged forward and caught Darrenās wrist. Darren stopped and Lee tugged until Darren gave in and faced him. Another round of banging on the door lit the wick of Leeās temper. āJust give us two goddamned minutes,ā he snapped, studying Darren, trying to figure out how to fix the mess heād just made.
āYouāve got a hundred and twenty seconds,ā Laine growled, and Lee knew that would be exactly the amount of time Laine would wait before breaking the door down if they didnāt open it.
āDarren, look at me,ā Lee urged when Darren seemed determined to stare at the floor. Lee almost wished he hadnāt made the demand when he saw the hurt in Darrenās eyes, but he simply couldnāt make any promises, not to make Darren or himself feel better. āI need to talk to you about Stefan. There were some things in his last letters that I didnāt understand. Will you please come to my room at the motel? Iām in room sixāā
Darren was already shaking his head. Lee plowed on, determined to make Darren agree to meet with him. āFine. We can meet here, or wherever you live, anywhere you want. I wonāt touch you if thatās what youāre afraid of. Just listen to me, tell me if Iām reading too much into what Stefan wrote.ā Lee stopped, dangerously close to begging when Darren shook his head again. He resigned himself to doing just that when Darren finally spoke.
āIām not afraid of you doingā¦touching me,ā he whispered, his cheeks tinting darker with each word.
āThen what?ā Lee knew he was scowling, but he couldnāt understand why Darren looked at him with fear-filled eyes. āI wonāt hurt you. I donāt expect you to put out because I sucked you off.ā Heād hoped, yearned, but he wouldnāt have ever forced.
Darrenās bitter laughter was as shocking to Lee as a bucket of ice water would have been. āI donāt think that either. You wonāt want anything to do with me once I tell you why Stefan died, and thatās what scares me.ā
Darren turned and walked to the door, unlocking it and leaving Lee in stunned silence.
Chapter Five
Darren knew he was lucky that Virginia only chewed him out and sent him to work in the kitchen after what heād done in the office. He should have told Lee no, but how could he when Lee had knelt down and eagerly sought his dick? Darren hadnāt been touched in so long, and even then, he hadnāt had a blow job anything like the one Lee had given him.
Maybe it had been because both he and his partner at the time, Cody, were both inexperienced, but the only other blow job Darren had been given had been justā¦less. Less intense, less exquisite, less everything. He couldnāt help but wonder if actual anal sex would be better too, because his one time topping had felt pretty amazing, albeit way too brief. But being on the receiving end had hurt so much heād thought he was being ripped in twoāwhich was pretty much what Cody had said it felt like to him when Darren had topped. They hadnāt had another chance to see if it got any better.
And he wouldnāt get a chance to find out with Lee, not if he went and talked to the man like he knew he should. He understood Lee wasnāt interested in anything other than a quick hook-upāheād made that clear with his āyouāre mine for nowā comment. Darren was sorry heād acted like a wounded lover over that when he should have appreciated Leeās honesty.
It was just that itād felt so good to be touched, not just the blow job, but touched like he mattered, like someone cared. Probably it had been stupid to pretend it meant more than it did, but Darren hadnāt been able to stop the little fantasy that he could have someone who loved him, wanted to do the things Lee had done. Leeās words had slapped Darren back to reality, though, and once Darren told himā¦
Darren set the clean dishes down and wiped his hands on the dish towel. He was going to talk to Lee. Stefanās brother deserved to know how Darrenās selfishness had led to Stefanās death. It didnāt matter that Darren hadnāt killed Stefanāif he hadnāt let his hormones overrule his common sense, Darren would have been with Stefan, and Stefan wouldnāt be dead.
āYour shiftās over. Laine and Severo are here to take you home.ā
Darren sighed. He didnāt particularly want to face either of those men right now, but if he really was going to talk to Lee, surely he could be strong enough to tell Laine and Severo he didnāt need their charity. Maybe heād luck out and avoid another lecture. Virginiaās had been embarrassing enough.
āLet me get my backpack.ā Darren avoided looking at Virginia as he walked around her. Sheād let him stay and finish his shift today, but part of his punishment for getting raunchy in the office, as his boss had put it, was a week off without pay. The money didnāt really matterāit wasnāt like he earned a lot or had any billsābut
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