“You’re going to need to explain that.”
He looks so confused I want to laugh, but instead I just grin.
“You see, one time when Lucy was drunk, she told us that spitters are quitters.”
Linc howls out a laugh, one that has him bending at the waist and him clutching his stomach. “Jesse… he didn’t just get a kid like that, he’s got a wife like that too.”
I nod. “Dude, you have no idea.”
We’re laughing when we exit the restroom. Within seconds flashes blind us. Paparazzi.
I turn to Linc and give him a look that says, “Fuck”. He nods.
We return to our table, pay the check, and when we go to leave, they’re all over us. Asking personal things—private things.
“No comment. Move,” I growl. I’m not as big as Linc but I’m big enough to shove these assholes out of my way.
A black SUV pulls up and the door opens. Cage.
“Get in,” he tells us.
When the door closes, Cage levels us with his stare. Sera cringes.
“If you were anyone else, fucking around in a bathroom in a public restaurant wouldn’t make news. But you’re not just anyone,” Cage begins.
I don’t even try to justify what we’ve done. Why bother? The media has already condemned us.
“So, what? We can’t act like a normal couple?” I ask.
“No, you can’t. Not right now,” Cage replies.
“Fuck that. If I want to give my boyfriend head in a bathroom, I’m gonna do just that. Let them talk.
“Ethan,” Sera begins.
I shake my head. “No.”
“It won’t be forever,” she adds.
“God damn it!” I shout, my temper surfacing for the first time in a long time. “It’s bad enough I need to be in therapy for all the fucked-up shit, the god damn world doesn’t get a say.”
“E,” Linc says softly, grabbing my hand and threading his fingers through mine. “We didn’t even think. We never had to.”
“You do now,” Cage says, his tone losing the bite. “You’re in the spotlight. It was a conscious decision, and now you need to be conscious of your every move when the media is present.”
“How bad is it?” I ask.
Sera turns to me and rests her hand over mine and Linc’s. “It’s ugly. It’s cruel.”
“We said media blackout, but I need to see this.”
Cage nods. He holds up his phone.
LINCOLN RAMIREZ GETTING SOME OF ETHAN’S ASSHCROFT?
Ramirez and Ashcroft were spotted today at Nunzio’s Italian Family Restaurant, but their behavior was anything but family-like. The two disappeared from their table—both entered the restroom. When a patron tried to enter, the door was locked, and he heard sex noises coming from within.
A family establishment with high-class clientele and these two have a quickie in the bathroom. Their actions are deplorable. What if the door hadn’t been locked and a young child entered?
