“I met with a potential client and convinced them to hire us,” Peter said. He was still a little surprised he’d managed to pull off the meeting given how agitated he’d been. Merchant and Dawn still hadn’t figured out which of the Light Energy executives had targeted Chad, and it was driving him crazy. It was getting to the point where he was giving serious consideration to going after the whole lot just to make sure the guilty part didn’t get away with it.
“That’s great,” Chad said, sounding honestly pleased.
“It’s a pretty big contract, so yeah.” Peter reached across the table and grabbed Chad’s milkshake, taking a sip just to taste. Chad narrowed his eyes but didn’t object to the theft. Peter smiled at him. “They wouldn’t have signed with us if it weren’t for the fact that we sold off the mercenary division.”
“So you don’t regret that?” Chad sounded nervous, like he still couldn’t believe Peter valued him over his business.
Peter shook his head. While it was true that making money had been his number one priority for a long time, Chad coming along had bumped it down to a very close second. He still cared intensely about making Tank Security successful, but not at the expense of his relationship with Chad.
“No. You’re worth it. Besides, it looks like it’s actually going to pay off in the long run.”
Chad blushed, ducking his head and smiling. Peter slid the milkshake back and Chad busied himself by taking a sip. When he put the glass down he had a milkshake moustache, and Peter couldn’t help but push to his feet and lean across the table to lick it off.
The milkshake was good, but it tasted even better on Chad.
“You’re ridiculous,” Chad said, blushing even harder. Peter grinned, feeling utterly self satisfied and happy with himself. Looking at Chad, sitting there in his sweats and tank top like he was some kind of alpha frat boy, Peter couldn’t believe how head over heels in love he was.
“So did you really film us earlier?” Chad asked when his glass was empty. He sounded both mortified and turned on by the idea, and Peter let his mouth widen in a wolfish grin.
“I did,” he said, loving the way Chad squirmed. “Do you want to watch it?”
Chad hesitated for a second, but then he nodded.
Peter rose from his chair and slid his phone out of his pocket, licking his lips as he navigated to the video. He was about to walk around the table to show it to Chad when he had another idea.
“Come on,” he said, turning around and beckoning for Chad to follow. “Let’s watch it on the TV in the living room.”
Chad followed him out of the kitchen, and Peter almost laughed at how nervous he looked.
“Are you ready to see your pornstar debut?” he asked, taking a seat on the couch. Chad sat down next to him, his hands folded in his lap and his gaze fixed on the dark screen of the TV. He licked his lips and nodded.
With a few taps on his phone, Peter sent the video to the TV, but his attention was focused on his young mate.
He couldn’t wait to watch Chad’s reaction to the video.
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