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    could see them together, too. Lots of reasons. None of them negated what Rick had said, though.
    “I think that’s doable,” Jared replied, matching Rick’s tone.
    “Do you top?”
    Another blink. “Why?”
    The touches along his hand lengthened. “Do I need a reason other than wanting you to fuck me?”
    His hand jerked in Rick’s, startled more than anything else.
    It didn’t break the contact, but it was enough to pull Jared forward, his eyes darting around for a moment to see if anybody was listening.
    “Why are you so surprised?” Rick’s quiet question yanked his focus back, only to see that he had leaned closer, too. Now their noses were only inches apart, and he got another hint of 37
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    the man’s sexy scent. “You think because of what I do, I’ve sworn off sex?”
    “No, it’s just…” His hand fluttered in Rick’s direction.
    “Look at you.”
    “Are we back to that again?”
    “I don’t think it’s such a bad assumption to make. You’re built like a linebacker. Nobody thinks of linebackers taking it up the ass.”
    Rick smiled at his blunt language. “Clearly, they don’t know what they’re missing then. But if you don’t top, that’s okay. I switch, no problem.”
    “I didn’t say I didn’t top.”
    His nostrils flared, and his pupils noticeably dilated more.
    Rick’s desire was a potent beast between them now, one Jared was having more and more trouble not acting on. “But…?”
    “No buts.” Jared licked his lip. When had his mouth gotten so dry? “If that’s what you want, why are we here?”
    “I promised you a drink.”
    “I think I’d like the other choice more.”
    “And you’ll get it. I promise that, too.”
    Jared was going to hold him to it.
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CHAPTER 4
    The nerves he’d felt approaching Rick’s door earlier that night were nothing compared to the excitement bubbling beneath his skin at approaching it the second. Rick was nothing but a bundle of surprises. Down to earth, Jared had expected. Gorgeous and muscled and preferring to bottom than top? Not so much. Wanting Jared to bend him over and fuck him into the bed until neither one of them could walk—as Rick had whispered hot and heavy in his ear during the cab ride back to his apartment—had definitely not been on the radar.
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    solid, lickable muscle. A perfectly molded ass that not even his off-the-rack pants could ruin the shape of. A very distinct bulge at his groin, the one that still had Jared’s fingers tingling from groping in the taxi. All his for the next eight hours. Rick wanted to get pounded into the mattress? Jared was more than happy to oblige.
    The door swung open into darkness. Casting him a soft smile, Rick tilted his head toward the interior, then vanished inside without uttering a word. Jared followed, bound to him by the invisible threads of their desire. He nearly collided with Rick’s back where the man had paused to snap on a small lamp, but after catching himself, closed the rest of the distance to wrap his arm around Rick’s waist.
    Rick groaned, grinding back against Jared’s erection.
    “You’re killing me here.”
    “I’m killing you?” Jared smoothed his hand downward, finding the thick line of Rick’s cock and squeezing. “You’re the one who had the dirty mouth in the cab. I think you’re getting exactly what you deserve.”
    “Not yet,” came the ragged reply. “But hopefully soon.”
    He engulfed the hand Jared had on his cock and led him away from the door, his path unerring through the apartment.
    Jared was too focused on the broad back to waste time looking around. The only room he cared about was the one Rick was intent to reach.
    That one mirrored its owner to a T. A large bed was shoved into the corner, proof of a man used to being on his own and not