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I caain while I worked in the diner, trying to concentrate on steak and eggs, when all I could think about was the way his eyes burned into mine as he fucked ers, I did what I could to not think about the night before--and the fact that I’d slept with a man for the first time in my entire life As in forty winks Mr Sand about this at all, when Chad Bow like he was headed out to Montauk for so Pleated navy shorts, spiffy white Sperrys, and a sale Salan around his shoul--And there it was He tied it into a perfect loop around his broad shoulders and popped a pair of silver aviators onto his blond hair

"You look like so on his popped collar The Popped Collar "J Crew called, you’re wanted on page sixty-nine"

He preened, his tan skin pinking under , he gave ave htening my apron Could he see? Could he tell? Surely he couldn’t--

"Main

"Oh, you know exactly what, Little Miss Crushing on a Far on a farh that the entire diner fell silent Which never happens Forks hovered,open, and every pair of eyes was on ing by the glint in his eye, Chad was picturing Leo naked

A wave of embarrassment flashed overput out there And I was pretty sure Leo wouldn’t like his business out there either

"Mhed quietly

"Don’t start ru the tines of his fork to line up with the paper placemat "It’s justit’s not like that" I looked around to see if people were still watching And listening

Ninety-nine percent of the diner’s custo and doubtless passing it through the town’s phone tree But one older fellow at the counter was glaring a hole into the back of Chad’s shirt

I blinked Surely he couldn’t have a probleots nome to face him "That’s Herman" He smiled and tipped his coffee toward Her volleyed back at hi back his coffee, the man tossed a few bills onto the counter, then stormed out of the diner Unfortunately, the door did not hit hiood friend, I see" I leaned h he’d brushed it off like it was no big deal, I could see that it bothered hi ?"

I hoped that the ansas no, that , and only a feere assholes Especially in this tohere half of the businesses flew rainbow flags outside

Chad shifted on his stool "No, that doesn’t usually happen here That’s a big part of the reason we decided we could h school, that kind of thing would have killed , and then thought of ten great coave ine how hard it would be to hide that big a secret To pretend to be so I wasn’t

"I wish I knew then, in case you wanted soh about this," he said disht!"