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interested.” And now I’m a liar. “You’re not my type.”
    “That’s funny. You’re not mine, either.”
    “Then why are we still standing here?”
    “Because you’re a challenge,” Adam said. “And there’s nothing I like better than a challenge.”
    For some reason, Adam’s words bothered Deke. He didn’t like being some game to be won, especially not with Adam. He wanted Adam to want him for him. Where the fuck did that come from? I don’t give a damn about anyone.
    “Don’t waste your time,” Deke replied. “I don’t have a heart.”
    Adam snorted. “Everyone has a heart. They just need the right person to help them find it.”
    Stubbornly, Deke shook his head. “I’m a lost cause when it comes to love.”
    Adam’s smile disappeared instantly, and a glower replaced it. “No one’s a lost cause.” He growled. “Not even you.”
    Deke shrugged. “Whatever. I have to go.”
    “Feel free. I’m not stopping you.”
    Yet again, Adam’s words disturbed Deke. He didn’t seem bothered that Deke was rejecting him or that Deke was going to walk away. However, Deke didn’t feel the same way. Stupidly, he felt rejected and lonely. I’m being ridiculous. I don’t need him…or anyone else.
    Clearing his throat, Deke offered Adam his hand. “Have a nice evening,” he said. “It was…” Trailing off, he knew he should say something nice. It was the polite thing to do. But unlike earlier with BR, he couldn’t force himself to be polite. The words just froze in his throat. “Interesting.”
    Adam clasped Deke’s hand, shaking it sociably. The moment their skin touched, electricity shot up Deke’s arm and being social fled his mind. He wanted this man, and he wanted him—now.
    For a second, Deke actually considered leaving the party with Adam. He thought about taking him somewhere else so they could be alone. He imagined what it would be like to fuck this man, to spill himself inside of him. He pictured Adam’s naked body beneath his, the feel of Adam’s wide chest and his taut stomach skin-to-skin with his hard cock rubbing against his. Oh, God. Stop it.
    “Interesting, indeed,” Adam replied.
    Puzzled, Deke glanced at Adam. The other man’s heavy-lidded blue eyes were no longer looking at his face. He’d dropped them lower—much, much lower—to Deke’s clothing-covered cock. Unabashedly ogling Deke’s crotch, a sensual smile lifted Adam’s too-kissable lips. “Among other things,” he added.
    Shaking his head partially in irritation and partially in begrudging amusement, Deke muttered his good-byes to Adam and spun on his heel. He stalked off without another word. But as he passed BR, he heard Adam call out, “Hey Deke, I think I’ll help you find that missing heart of yours. But you might want to prepare yourself because I never give up.”
    Pretending not to hear Adam, Deke kept walking.

Chapter 3
     
    Present day…
     
    Exhaling his frustration, Deke returned to the present. He blinked a couple of times until his eyes came into focus. Once the parking lot he was standing in reappeared in his vision, he cursed himself viciously. He had to get a grip. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to turn his back on Sarah and Adam in the backseat of his Mercedes and walk away.
    He sucked in a breath of fresh air then opened his mouth to say something through the back windshield. But he quickly snapped his jaw shut and tore his eyes away from the two people who mattered most to him. Despite his body’s protests, he forced himself to leave. He didn’t help Sarah out of his car like he should. He knew Adam would take care of it. And he didn’t tell them where he was going. They would figure out he was going to her apartment on their own.
    He just left them behind.
    As he strode through the quiet parking lot, Deke knew he was being a giant prick, but he couldn’t seem to help himself. He assured himself that it was better this way . But deep down, he wasn’t convinced. In his heart,