“Y’alldidn’t hit it off?”
Beaushook his head in response and Ethan continued to regard him in the shadows.The blue lights from the dashboard highlighted the hard angles of his face,making him even sexier. If that was even possible.
“Dinner?Dancing? Movies?” Ethan asked, encouraging Beau to talk. After all, Beau wasthe one who wanted to chat.
“Dinner.”
Somethingniggled at Ethan when Beau answered. There was a question lingering somewherein his subconscious, but he couldn’t think clearly enough to put the wordstogether.
“Hisname was Joe. I met him one afternoon when I went into Austin for parts. He wasthe first guy to ever approach me like that. I was stunned. And a littlecurious.”
“Alittle curious?”
“Yeah.I’d just come to terms with the fact that I’m not straight.”
Ethannoticed that Beau didn’t say he was gay. He had specifically stated that hewasn’tstraight. Did that mean he was bisexual?
“Wereyou attracted to him?”
“Hewas a decent looking guy. I’d talked to him on several occasions because he ranone of the parts stores that I frequented. Outgoing, funny. So yeah, I wasattracted to him.”
“Andhe took you to dinner?”
“Wemet at a restaurant in Hutto.”
Ding.Ding. Ding.The warning bells sounded in his head,and Ethan immediately remembered what he had wanted to ask Beau. “That’s whenyou saw Blake?”
Beau’shead swiveled slowly until their eyes met across the cab. “Yeah. I saw him.”
“Withanother guy?”
“Yeah.”
“Andyou didn’t think to mention it to me?”
Beau’seyebrows furrowed, his shoulders tensed slightly. “It wasn’t any of mybusiness.”
Fairenough. Ethan knew he could find all the reasons in the world to argue, butdecided against it. The fact that Blake wasn’t part of his life anymore didn’tbother Ethan. He wasn’t fond of being cheated on, but it was in the past.
“So,you and Joe. Dinner.”
“Yeah,”Beau said, a small smile tipping the very corners of his lips. Ethan fought theurge to lick his own lips because he was suddenly extremely interested inkissing the man.
Butfor some reason, this talking thing… he kinda liked it.
Chapter Nine
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Beaudidn’t particularly want to go into the specifics of the clusterfuck of a datehe’d had, but he liked that Ethan was asking questions. For now, it looked asthough the guy had dropped all of that tough exterior. Then again, he washalfway through his second beer and who knew how many he’d had at Moonshiners.Ethan’s inquisition may be based purely on liquid courage, but Beau consideredit progress regardless.
“Wemet for dinner. At first, it was nice. Normal. We have a lot in common from awork perspective, so we didn’t lack for anything to talk about.” Beauremembered the instant that night had taken a downturn. “We were halfwaythrough the meal when Joe mentioned sleeping together.”
Ethan’seyebrow cocked in that sexy way that Beau liked. He was obviously interested inthe story. “Were you planning to sleep with him?”
Beaulaughed, glancing back out the front window as his face heated withembarrassment. He had never been the type to openly talk about sex – at leastnot when he wasn’t having it. “No. I hadn’t considered it at that point.”Glancing back at Ethan, Beau noticed the skeptical look. “What?”
“Youwent on a date but hadn’t considered sleeping with the guy?”
