“What do you mean by Milo licking his wounds?”
Grant gestured to the photos. Patrick inspected them. They were the same pictures he’d received over the last month, but this time the mystery man wasn’t cropped out. It was Milo.
“What the fuck?” was all he could say.
“You’re welcome,” said Grant.
“For what?”
“Giving you the biggest story of the year, and I don’t even want paying.”
“What makes you think I’d run this? I don’t believe in outing people.”
“That’s admirable, but I think you’ll run the story. If you don’t, I’ll send these pictures to all of your competitors. How will it look if everyone else but you prints the story, and the mystery man is your assistant? Won’t look too good for you now, will it? Playing favourites when it’s in the public interest to know that the deputy prime minister has a fetish for being railed by twinks.”
Patrick felt sick. Grant was right. If he didn’t publish the story and everyone else did, their reputation would be fucked. If he ran the story, it could destroy Milo’s life. There was no win out of this situation. Grant had to want something else.
“This is about Jason, isn’t it?”
“Knew you were a smart man, Patrick. Look, he’s my husband, and he’s had his fun. Now he needs to come home with me.”
“What makes you so certain he even wants to be with you?”
“I’m ready to forgive him for what he did to me. I know he didn’t mean to cheat on me. I was away a lot on business, and that boy loves getting dicked down, doesn’t he?”
“Don’t talk about him like that.”
“He’s my husband, Patrick. You’re the one who’s fucking a married man.”
“Wait. Did you just say he cheated on you?”
“You really didn’t look at the envelope, did you? Very honourable. But it doesn’t change the fact he cheated on me, and not just once, it was multiple times.”
Patrick was speechless. Jason had cheated on Grant? His sweet boy was a cheater? He couldn’t believe it. He didn’t want to believe it. The boy he’d fallen in love with would never do something like that.
“I think I should talk to Jason first.”
“Just look in the envelope and there’ll be all the evidence you need. I know what happened to your mother, Patrick.”
“You keep her out of this,” he snapped.
This was all getting too much. The revelation about Milo, Jason being a cheater, and now Grant knew about his mother...
“Does Jason know why she killed herself?”
“I told you to keep her out of it,” he shouted.
“Got a temper on you. Has Jason been pushing your buttons as well? That boy loves a spanking, doesn’t he? Did he tell you he’s never had a daddy before? He was bullshitting you. He used to love calling me daddy when I tied him down and fucked him for hours.”
“Get the fuck out!” shouted Patrick.
This got the attention of others and two security guards appeared.
“Just think about what I’ve said, Patrick. You’ve got a week to break things off, or those pictures get distributed.”
Grant stood up with a smile, unfazed by the security guards. One went to touch his arm, but the look from Grant had him cowering away.
“Just look in the envelope, Patrick. Maybe then you’ll believe everything I’ve told you.”
