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Once hecorridor, trying to figure out which end Cole’s roon with the nu, he took a deep breath, acknowledging the fact that his te to fix this situation No matter what happened next, he knew he couldn’t blow up at Cole the way he was known to

No , Luke fully intended to figure out as going on with hiestion for him to co about it already Before he walked out the door thatconversation, one that involved hi for him, and he wasn’t about to allow Cole to walk away Luke was pretty sure Sierra needed that assurance and it pained hied to cement their relationship to the point that the three of theht happen

Luke was tired of the what uarantee He wanted to know that Cole loved him as much as he loved Cole He wanted to know this was forever Now he just had to figure out how they were going to seal this deal once and for all

Lifting his hand, Luke stared at the ugly alht he heard an to question hi seconds passed Just when he was about to knock again, the door opened He had to take a step inside to keep it fro in his face as Cole im he had to handle this with at least a little bit of patience, Luke sed hard andthe door behind hih to keep Luke a safe distance away The only problem with that would be that Luke didn’t want to be a safe distance away He wanted to be right up in Cole’s face, forcing him to understand how he felt God only kneas ti, they both still had soh she’d learned to listen to her heart, knowing that, in the end, it would all work out the way it was supposed to

God he loved that woht then and there as they sat side by side on his couch that he would make sure she knew just how much Each and every day

“Why’d you come? Don’t you have a club to run?” Cole’s words were laced with venom, and it didn’t take a rocket scientist to realize what part of his problem was

“You’rehis voice low and steady

“Am I?”

Luke wanted to retaliate, to snap at Cole the way he was snapping at hi hih for the longest time He didn’t need to be told that he wasn’t the easiest et close to He knew that about himself Except when it came to Cole and Sierra, but even that hadn’t been an easy point to get to for hiet the a few steps closer to where Cole was now staring out theat the little bowl of water that the hotel proclai less than an inch away, he reached around Cole and closed the curtains on the , the blackout panels sending the roolow from a lamp on the desk

His body suddenly realized that the two of the that could interrupt them This was an opportunity they’d never had before, and it was his chance to show Cole exactly what he meant to him

They would hash out their differences verbally, but Luke knew that before it was over, he would have Cole naked beneath him

Chapter Twenty

Cole didn’t react when Luke closed the curtains, obscuring his ability to escape the reason he was here Little did Luke know, but the fact that he caht say between them in the next few minutes

As much as he wanted to tell Luke to leave him alone, Cole didn’t want to be alone He wanted to handle this like men, to discuss whatever the issues were between them, even if he had only conjured thes Luke needed to hear And he knew there were things Luke had to say as well He just wasn’t sure theto be able to say the down at the floor as he tried to figure out what the best way to handle Luke was going to be His own anger was set on rapid boil, but that’s because he’d let all of his eot sos off of his chest He just didn’t kno to start