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begin to explain, it
     
just didn’t feel right. It should have. But it didn’t.”
     
Lance walked up to his side and said, “I know we’ve only just met. But I can’t say
     
I’m disappointed to hear that.”
     
When they reached the next block, Lance pointed to a renovated warehouse.
     
“There’s where I live,” he said. “I have this huge loft with an oversized fireplace in the
     
master bedroom.”
     
Rush laughed and said, “You’re a sneak. You’ve been leading us toward your
     
place since we left the bar. I thought you were walking me home .”
     
Lance smiled. “I was, to my home.” Then he put his arm around Rush and
     
whispered, “Come on, let’s go inside. I’ve never met anyone who makes me feel the way
     
you do. And I swear that’s not just a lame line. I know it sounds like one, but it’s not,
     
seriously. If you knew me, you’d know I’d never take a new employee home with me this
     
way, especially the first night I met him. But you’re different. I knew that the moment I
     
saw you sitting at the table in the nightclub. I have a good eye—it’s part of my job.” Normally, Rush would never go home with a man he’d just met. It wasn’t in his
     
character. He preferred getting to know someone first; romance and compatibility were
     
the most important things to him in any relationship, and sex came second. And it didn’t
     
have to be romance with shooting stars and explosive fireworks. He didn’t need
     
expensive jewelry or designer clothes. It only had to be something simple, like checking
     
the tires on his car, or knowing what his favorite color was, or remembering the foods he
     
liked to eat.
     
But Rush couldn’t deny there was something different about Lance. So when
     
Lance started walking toward the warehouse where he lived, Rush allowed him to lead
     
the way. They crossed the street in silence; Lance’s arm was around his waist the entire
     
time. Rush focused on remaining calm, but he could feel his heart thumping in his ears.
     
By the time they reached the old-fashioned freight elevator inside the warehouse, Rush’s
     
full erection was bursting in his pants.
     
Lance pushed a button to get to the top floor. Rush glanced between Lance’s legs
     
to see if he was just as excited. When Lance lifted his arm and his jacket rode up, Rush
     
saw that the front of his pants was extended and the head of his erection was pointing up
     
toward the waistband.
     
Rush took a bold step forward and reached down between Lance’s legs. He’d
     
never in his life done anything with this much audacity to a virtual stranger. He pressed
     
his palm into Lance’s crotch and said, “It looks like you’ve just pitched a tent in your
     
pants.” After he said that, he was sorry. It was just as lame as what Lance had said to him.
     
But Lance didn’t seem to notice. While Rush fondled his erection and the elevator
     
jerked upward, Lance turned toward Rush and looked into his eyes. He stared for a moment without speaking, then reached for the control panel on the elevator and pressed
     
the stop button. The elevator came to a sudden halt between the second and third floors. It
     
jerked up and down fast and Rush fell into Lance’s arms. While his cheek was pressed to
     
Lance’s chest, Rush said, “Someone might catch us. This could be dangerous.”
     
“I don’t care,” Lance whispered, running his hands down the back of Rush’s pants.
     
He was breathing so fast he had difficulty speaking. “I want you now. Right here. I don’t
     
want to wait.” Then he reached down with both hands, unfastened Rush’s pants, and
     
pulled them down to his knees. When his hands went up again and he grabbed Rush’s ass,
     
he moaned and said, “You’re body is so hard and yet your skin is so soft.”
     
They could have fooled around just like that for a few minutes, with Rush’s pants
     
down around his knees and Lance grabbing