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"How did you sleep?" "I ood"

My eyes popped open

"But you like s to ly sexy suits and looked ht before

"I like you bad with me

Tell me about this concert on Friday"

"It’s a band called Six-Ninths

That’s all I know

Wanna go?" "It’s not a question of whether I want to go

If you’re going, so aht? And what if I hadn’t asked you?" He reached for er

"Then you wouldn’t be going, either"

"Excuse eous face, I sat up

"Gimme that coffee

I want to be caffeinated when I kick your ass"

Gideon grinned and handed theover

"Don’t look at me like that," I warned

"I’o so specifically about a rock concert and I didn’t say you couldn’t go, just that you can’t go without me

I’m sorry you don’t like it, but it is what it is"

"Who says it’s rock? Maybe it’s classical

Or Celtic

Or pop"

"Six-Ninths signed with Vidal Records"

"Oh"

Vidal Records was run by Gideon’s stepfather, Christopher Vidal Sr, but Gideon had controlling interest

I wondered how a boy grew up to take over his stepfather’s faured whatever the reason was, it was also why Gideon’s half brother, Christopher Jr, hated him to the extreme

"I’ve seen videos of their indie shows," he said dryly

"I’ gulp of coffee

"I get it, but you can’t order ers over ue

I’m not a tyrant

I may occasionally have concerns, and you’ll be sensible about acknowledging the whatever you’ve decided is best?" "Of course"

"That’s bullshit"

He stood

"We’re not going to fight over a hypothetical situation

You asked o to the concert with you on Friday and I said yes

There’s nothing to argue about"

Setting htstand, I kicked off the covers and slid out of bed

"I have to be able to live my life, Gideon

I still have to be me or this won’t work"

"And I have to be me

I’m not the only one who needs to co - I had a right to expect hiht to be understood as the man he was

I had to ers, too

"What if I want a girls’ night out clubbing with ht my jaw in both hands and kissed my forehead

"You can take the limo and stick to clubs I own"

"So you can have your security people spy onover ivable that I hate taking my eyes off you?" "Don’t twist this around"

He tilted my head back and looked down at me with hard, determined eyes

"You need to understand that even if you take the lio crazy until you get home

If that means you’re driven a little crazy with ive-and-take?" I growled

"How do you ift"

Grabbing his very fine, very taut ass in my hands, I squeezed

"I need ift, ace"

It had become somewhat of a Wednesday tradition for Mark, his partner Steven, and o out to lunch

When Mark and I arrived at the little Italian restaurant he’d chosen and found Shaaiting with Steven, I was really touched

Mark and I had a very professional relationship, but soed to make that personal and it meant a lot tocasual and cute in jeans, embellished tank top, and filives ot that beautiful hair to show for it," I pointed out, adh his hair, which was the exact sas one sacrifices to be hot"