“Damn, and I thought Caden was big,” Lucas remarked before realizing what he had said was not in his head. His man lightly smacked him across the chest.
“No dick for you later,” Caden huffed.
“I can’t believe you actually did it!” Ace laughed, his eyes darting over at Nikolai.
“Did what?” Reid asked, suddenly realizing that there was more to this generous gift than pure kindness.
Nikolai looked up at him, chuckling.
“Oh! Did he give you the lime-green booty shorts as well?” Ace asked, still laughing uncontrollably as tears began streaming down his face.
Eyes narrowing, Reid turned his anger toward Niko.
“Yes… Why do you ask?” Reid growled, still staring at Niko but speaking to Ace.
Niko finally stopped laughing.
“Okay, so a few days ago, Ace and I hijacked a truck carrying summerwear to one of its outlet stores on the West Coast. The clothing was all brightly colored stuff that I knew you wouldnever be caught dead in—but apparently Ace thinks looks good on him.”
“Hey! It does!” Ace argued.
“Sure it does, my little sunshine,” Nikolai responded. “Anyway, Ace dared me to give you the booty shorts, pretending that it was a legitimate gift. You know, to see if you would tell me to fuck myself or actually wear it. By the way, I think you scared a few families wearing those shorts out on our run this morning.”
“You let him wear them running? Wow, you are a next-level kind of supervillain,” Ace noted, looking impressed and horrified at the same time.
“And the swimsuit?” Reid asked, placing his hands on his hips as he waited for an explanation.
Niko chuckled once again.
“I never thought you would actually try to squeeze your ass into that tiny little thing. But hey, you're some kind of magician because you somehow managed to squeeze that monster into that thing. Not sure where your balls went though.” Nikolai chuckled once again.
Reid felt his murderous rage begin to boil.
“Here.” Nikolai relented, reaching into his bag and pulling out a pair of normal-sized black swim trunks. “I got you these as well.”
Yes! His balls would finally be able to descend from his throat.
“And here I thought we were friends,” Reid huffed, grabbing the trunks from Niko and storming back to the truck to change. He wasn’t actually mad; he just wanted to make Niko feel really guilty.
“Still can’t believe you went through with it.” Ace chuckled at Niko.
“I’m sorry, babe,” Nikolai called after him.
He was going to get the bastard back.
18
NIKOLAI
Watching Reid and the guys hang out, it was like they had all been friends for years.
Reid was funny, charming, and easy to get along with. The guys all loved him. And why shouldn’t they? The man was awesome.
“He’s a good man,” Marcus said as he lowered himself down onto the blanket next to Nikolai. “You can tell that he really cares about you.”
“Of course, we’re old friends,” Nikolai said, a hint of his Russian accent coming out as he spoke.
“Has he said why he’s here?” Marcus asked, still watching Reid, who was chatting with Ace and Blade.
