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THE itineraries told them which classy restaurant they were expected at for whicha place for lunch the next day was a decision they didn"t have torooolds for the holidays—as the hostess led the four other diners That would leave two empty seats besides them, and they"d be able to socialize with relative ease Zane pulled out a chair and nodded for Ty to sit down His lips twitched as he watched Ty and waited for the show to start Zane didn"t intend to stay quiet, but he definitely ier talker of the two

Ty glanced at hi

“watch this” as he sat down in the seat Zane had picked for him Zane wouldn"t consider Ty an attention whore, but he definitely didn"t ht either In another life, he probably would have reat actor

Ty greeted the other diners happily, s the saot when he turned on the charh, uninhibited and unfettered by Ty"s usual tough-guy ie Zane didn"t try to hold in the amusement or the smile—no reason to He sat down, a bit back froe and casually cross his long legs, and rubbed his hands together a bit They were dry frootten froot out of the elevator

Tythe the names of their fellow diners in return

It was, after all, part of their job to identify the short list of naiven Two names, to be precise: Vartan Armen and Lorenzo Bianchi, the other twobesides Corbin Porter Zane certainly didn"t expect to go through the list of a few thousand passengers one by one, but they had to start soood a place as any

“And how is everyone this afternoon?” Ty asked therandly as he reached over and took Zane"s hand in his beneath the table They weren"t being overly obvious with public displays, simply because Ty had claimed it lacked class to be all over each other all the tied to exude merely a subtle closeness that was all too familiar, the same kind they shared when in private If Zane"s eyes happened to linger a little longer while watching his “husband”… well, ould bla

Ty continued to chat idly with the others, asking about their favorite things to do on board, including the Christhout the cruise, and places to visit when they made port Zane tried not to s, listening to “Del” chatter Ty was not what one would classify as a chatterbox On the contrary he was—and Zane should have known better than to be surprised—a very competent conversationalist

Zane turned his attention to the roo content to take in the scenery as he studied their surroundings: eency exits, s, safety measures, hidden cameras, other vacationers, loads and loads of decorations He listened with half an ear until a waiter of Hispanic extraction, dressed neatly in the khaki-colored pants, white button-down Oxford, and navy blue sweater that was the crew unifor out a single sheet luncheon menu

After hearing a variety of requests rattled off by the other passengers, the waiter stopped and looked at Ty expectantly Ty looked up at hiotten to peruse the menu

“Anything you like, doll,” Zane spoke up s