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Everyone in the salon watched hio, their expressions rife with curiosity
Especially when he started grinning
Finally he’d be able to get a clear-cut answer froht answer, because he loved Chris He wanted a life with hiain wanted Dare or Trace to feel the need to visit his salon
As he did at the beginning of eachall the printers with ink and paper, putting fresh toiletries in all the bathroo batteries in the smoke detectors and bulbs in all the laes on his desk, with a calendar of upco important was processed as it came in
Like the file Trace had requested, which Chris had handed over that
The hall clock showed it to be a few minutes before six Finished for the day, Chris detoured through the house to the backyard, where Dare stood at the grill turning ribs Shirtless and in trunks, Spencer talked softly to Trace, ore an unbuttoned shirt over khakis while he pored over papers opened on the patio table
Dressed in a rainbow hue of sue chairs They had their bare feet up, cool drinks in their hands as they talked quietly
Sargie and Tai noticed Chris first, drawing the attention of the others One by one, they turned to stare at him
"What?" He looked down "Didhis papers, Trace straightened "Alani and Jackson aren’t coht"
"Selfish bastard," Chris said without heat "Guess you’ll all have to do without rinned "I’uys and her, she’ll win every time"
Reluctantly, Dare turned to fully face him "Before you do that, why don’t you see what Matt wants?"
Chris froze Damn it After three beats of utter silence, he let out a breath "He’s here?"
"On the dock," Spencer explained, and he soentle
Fuck that Chris didn’t want anyone to be gentle What he wanted he couldn’t have, but he’d deal with it And yet his chest constricted with suffocating emotion…and elation
Matt was here
He went to the end of the patio, looked down the hill, and there was Matt sitting at the edge of the dock, once again with his pants rolled up and his feet in the water
Trying to look unaffected, Chris glanced at Priss "You invite hiain?"