I grabbed her wrist, stopping her fingers, which were only inches from my cock. “What are you doing?” I frowned. She kissed me and I pushed her back and kept my hand on her shoulder to keep her at an arm’s distance. “What the fuck, Kathy?”
She huffed. “Oh come on! Are you telling me that you feel nothing for me?”
I shook my head. “Jesus Christ, I knew this was going to backfire on me.”
“What does that mean?” she snapped.
“You and I pretending to be a couple.”
“Are we really pretending, though?” she asked and tried to scoot closer, but I kept my arm up, keeping her at bay.
“We are not a couple, Kathy. I am gay. I’m also in love with Aiden. I thought you were over me anyways,” I said.
“I was… but then I felt a connection between us the more we hung out together,” she said, then sat back against the seat cushion. I lowered my hand and released her wrist because it looked like she was giving up her seduction.
“We’re friends… that’s all I wanted to be with you, Kathy. I have no interest in being anything more than that,” I said, trying to make myself as clear as I could on the matter.
She huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. “I don’t see how you can cancel women out, I mean, have you ever tried having sex with one?”
I shook my head because the blows she was dealing me were more powerful than the ones I got in the ring tonight. I was actually feeling lightheaded at the moment. “Kathy, I get that you have feelings for me, but I’m not interested. I think we need to end this arrangement. We can do it quietly and we can even blame it on me if you want to. Say I cheated on you with another woman if it makes you feel better. But I’m done pretending to be your boyfriend.”
There was no way I could continue with the charade with her lusting after me the whole time. I was hoping this wouldn’t happen, I did like hanging out with her. But what I viewed as a good friendship, she was making it out to be something more.
“I don’t see why you’re willing to give up everything to be with someone who’s playing you for a fool,” she said, which sparked my curiosity.
“What the fuck are you talking about?”
“Aiden and his boyfriend, Seth.”
I scoffed. “Seth is just his friend.”
“According to Dirty Laundry, they are more than just friends. Seth was quoted saying that they were lovers. Now, I know why you needed a beard, but what’s Aiden’s excuse? My guess is he didn’t think he’d be caught cheating on you,” she said.
“Where’s the article?” I needed to see this shit with my own eyes.
She reached into her little purse, pulling out her cell phone and doing some searching. “Here.” She handed me her cell and I read through the sleazy article and saw the pictures of Aiden and Seth together. The two looked to be out enjoying dinner. From what I could see, they did look very intimate.
“See, he’s cheating on you. He wants to be with someone who can take him out in the open. Not with someone he has to hide in the shadows with. Someone who has to pretend like he’s straight in order to be with him. You need to move on from him, Macio. He’s going to ruin you, trust me,” Kathy said. “I mean, even if it’s not me you want to be with, it shouldn’t be him.”
I tossed her cell into her lap and turned away from her. My mind was swimming with thoughts of Seth touching my man and I was pissed that Aiden hadn’t told me about the article. Was he trying to hide something from me? I didn’t see him cheating on me… I mean, he’d been completely honest with me about everything. He wouldn’t cheat, I just wanted to know what Seth’s deal was. Was he trying to move in on my fucking territory or what?
“I’m just trying to look out for you, Macio,” Kathy said.
“I just want to be left alone, Kathy, okay?”
“Fine.” She sat on one end of the limo and I sat on the other.
When the driver pulled up to our hotel, we both climbed out. I didn’t bother to hide that I wasn’t as happy as I was when I first left the arena. The media flashed us with their cameras as I led her inside, ignoring all of their questions. We made it to our two bedroom suite. She slept in one room and I had the other, and both rooms were separated by the length of our suite. Since we were a couple, having one room made sense just in case anyone started prying.
I opened the door to see the living room and dining room empty. Kathy went into her room and I walked towards mine. When I opened the door, there was Aiden sitting on the bed.
“We need to talk,” he said.
“I agree.” I closed the door and placed my jacket and championship belt on the chair. This wasn’t the kind of reunion I had been looking forward to, but I knew we needed to talk about Seth. I bet that was what he wanted to clear up. “You go first.”
“I didn’t appreciate coming to your hotel room, only to find an escort naked on your bed,” Aiden said.
I frowned. “What the fuck are you talking about?”
