Page 11 of Awkward Silence


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I want him.

The air thickens. My pulse kicks. It’s suddenly harder to breathe.

He reaches for his glass of bourbon.

I reach for my throbbing dick, pressing down to relieve some pressure. I don’t even try hiding it.

“Alex…” he groans into his glass.

Jesus.

Say my name again.

“Alex…”

Fuuuck.

I pick up my glass and it’s empty, but I hold on to it anyway.

“Mm-hmm?”

“Would you like to come home with me?”

And there it is.

The million-dollar question.

Would I?

Would I?

Oh, who am I kidding? Iso fucking would.

Even though I’m not gay…

Right?

My hand trembles slightly as I set the empty glass down, heart pounding louder than I’d like to admit. I look straight into those ridiculously dark eyes.

And for once, I don’t look away.

Yeah.

I definitely could be gay.

“Yes, Elijah. I’ll go home with you.”

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ALEX

My leg bouncesas we pull up to Elijah’s home, not surprisingly located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. This posh neighborhood oozes wealth, and I can’t help but marvel at my surroundings as his high-performance luxury SUV swiftly enters an underground garage and slips into a private, walled-off parking space.

Excitement cruises through my body as we step into the elevator and climb thirty-five floors,yep, straight to the penthouse.When the elevator doors open, we enter directly into his expansive entryway.

And I’m in awe.

Financially, I do really well for myself—verywell, actually—but this? This is a whole other level of wealth.