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He just knew he’dtiht now, as they ate bad food and acted like kids, everything else was gone—the career he hated and the anxiety he felt every time he had to do it Parker, New York, all of it disappeared, and it was just Matt and Oliver again

CHAPTER EIGHT

They finished the rest of their cereal in near silence When they were done, Oliver pushed his boay…not sure what to say It eird, not knohat to talk to Matt about Or at least, not feeling coers, it didn’tor not When he ith Miles and Chance it didn’t ht now felt heavy and aard What had happened to them?

“You didn’t have to cut your date short because I’m here, Ollie I feel bad,” Matt told him

Oliver huffed He’d really fucking hoped he wouldn’t have to talk about this “It wasn’t you He has this…” Oliver alainst it “He wanted to have a threesoot there, and his roommate had dinner and ith us He went to his room while Eddie asked me if I wanted to sleep with both of them”

“Oh shit You’ve gotten fucking dirty since I left” They both chuckled, and then Matt nudged his ar Did you care about him?”

“No” The answer came easily “I probably should have just fucked theood tiht have; it would depend on his mood He was pretty sure Matt would have too Maybe Eddie was right and he was too uptight

“Nah That’s not you I always admired that about you—you’re true to who you are no matter what”

Stunned, Oliver opened hiscame out He wasn’t sure what to say He sure as hell hadn’t expected Matt to tell him he admired hied Matt about his own relationship earlier

“I’m always surprised there’s not more romance in those books you write,” Matt added “You’ve always been ruled by your heart” Now that prompted Oliver to speak

“You read my books?” He wrote thrillers, his h his books sold well, it still gave him a thrill of shock when someone read them Especially someone he knew