Tim snorted. “She was totally unfair. And then none of our friends would speak to me, because they blamed me for your death, and it wasn’t like I was the one recklessly driving. And then Morgan came by and said that everyone in the office had heard rumors that I had cheated on my boyfriend and he died, and he said that we shouldn’t see each other anymore because it would look too suspicious.”
“Shocker,” Adam mumbled. “Is it petty to say ‘I told you so’?”
Tim just shot him a dirty look before continuing. “So I went to his house after work, and we got into an argument on his frontstep, and his wife heard the whole thing. Which is totally what he deserved.”
“You totally outed him on purpose!” Adam accused.
“Well, yeah! He led me on! He deserved it!” Tim defended.
“That issohypocritical,” Adam muttered. Even the lesser demon was nodding in agreement.
“Then the asshole had the nerve to fire me! For excessive lates and absences! When half of those lates and absences were his fault!” Tim whined. “And now I have no job, and all our friends are mad at me, and the apartment was in your name, so I had to move back in with my parents, and you ruined my life!” Tim finished.
“You really don’t think any of that is your fault?” the lesser demon asked, staring incredulously at Tim.
“Of course not! Adam shouldn’t have left all worked up, and Morgan shouldn’t have lied to me, and Steven shouldn’t have told anyone what happened, especially in light of the fact that I was grieving. It was so heartless of him. And for Morgan to break it off and fire me? It’s despicable!” Tim ranted.
“Was he always this… narcissistic?” the lesser demon asked.
“Did none of them understand what I was going through?” Tim whined. “This has literally been the worst year of my life! I can’t believe you went and crashed the car and died, Adam! Ialwaystold you that you weren’t the most careful driver! You should have listened to me!”
“I’m sorry, you asshole—I was distraught that I just found out my boyfriend was cheating on me,” Adam snapped.
“Oh please, like you didn’t know we were over. I mean, you barely even paid any attention to me for the last few months!” Tim griped.
Adam gasped. “I was working overtime! To pay the credit card bill you racked up!”
“Yes, well, the only reason I racked up that bill was because—” Tim started, but then it was like a switch was flicked, and although his mouth was moving, and he was undoubtedly still complaining, they couldn’t hear him.
“Thank demons,” the lesser demon said. “I was about to do something rash, and I know how Adam dislikes the sight of blood.”
“Was he always like this? What did you see in him?” Minos asked, looking at Adam incredulously.
Adam just sighed. “No, he wasn’t always this bad. Or maybe he was. I don’t know. He was charming and funny and he promised me so much when we were first together, and then… I don’t know. Anything that went wrong was never his fault, and at first I believed him when he blamed others for his misfortune.
“By the time I realized how he really was, we were already living together, and I guess… I guess I was stuck in a rut with him. We had a place and we shared all the same friends and I thought that I should work to fix things. Only it was only ever me that needed to fix things, and nothing was ever his fault. Or he’d go off on some sob story and I’d feel bad for him. Really, him cheating on me is probably the best thing he ever could have done for me,” Adam finished.
Sure, Adam hadn’t really wanted to die, but he didn’t regret anything.
“You know, big guy,” Adam said, turning in Minos’s lap to face him, “if Tim hadn’t been such an ass, I never would have met you.”
“Ah, my soul, you give him too much credit. Perhaps it would not have happened so soon, but I have no doubt that whenever, wherever, I would have found my way to you,” Minos murmured, and then their lips pressed together, and Minos licked inside Adam’s mouth.
Adam groaned in appreciation, pressing his hips into Minos and grinding against the hard length beneath him. Their tongues pressed together, and Minos nipped at Adam’s lower lip, pulling it gently between his teeth as Adam moaned.
A gentle throat clearing was all that stopped Adam from riding his demon off into the sunset, and he looked over his shoulder.
“Sorry, Your Infernal Majesties, but…” and the lesser demon nodded toward Tim, who had finally stopped talking and was instead gaping at Adam and Minos.
Minos sighed this time. “Yes, I suppose we must do something with him.”
“Let’s go back to Cutie and Scowly. I have an idea,” Adam murmured, turning around and giving his sexy demon one last scorching kiss.
Chapter 4
Minos
Minos carried Adam out of the judgment chamber and back to Limbo, Tim gaping at them all the way. He did notice Adam sticking his tongue out at his ex, but Minos wisely refrained from commenting on that.
