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Logan swallowed back whatever caustic remark he was about to make, and then he looked to Priest, who was standing silently, watching the exchange. “Remember what I said to you.”
Priest nodded, but Robbie wasn’t about to let that go. He was too pissed off to keep quiet now. “Actually, if you could leave his and Julien’s balls intact? I rather like them where they are.”
Logan’s head whipped back around to Robbie. “This has disaster written all over it, and you know it.” Before Robbie could say anything else, Logan turned and stormed out of the office.
Priest studied Robbie, who was staring at the empty doorway, clearly wanting to go after Logan, and when Robbie looked over his shoulder at him, Priest said, “Go on. I’m sure he hasn’t gotten far.”
Robbie grimaced and said, “I…I just can’t leave it like that.”
Priest understood. He could see the war waging in Robbie. Despite Robbie’s showy I’m independent attitude, deep down he wanted to please those he loved, and that was one of the things that drew Priest to him. It was one of the things he wanted to explore further. But right now, that side of Robbie was stuck between a rock and a hard place, Priest being the hard place.
“Go and make up with him, Robert. You’ll be happier if you smooth things out.”
Robbie bit down on his lip and nodded. “Okay. I’ll only be a couple of minutes.”
“Take your time,” Priest said as he sat back down and Robbie walked to the door. “And Robert?”
“Yes?” Robbie said, looking over his shoulder.
“Julien and I—we’re very happy that you wanted to take a risk with us.”
Robbie grinned. “I still want to. I’ll be right back.” And with that, he disappeared out the door.
HOW DARE HE, Robbie thought as he stepped out of Priest’s office and shut the door behind him. How dare Logan be so fucking judgmental and, well…stupid. He was so damn mad, not to mention embarrassed, and as soon as he found Logan, he was going to kill him. Or at least yell at him some more.
Robbie marched down the hall to where Logan’s office was, hoping to find—yep, there he is—the infuriating man inside. Logan’s door was shut, but he’d flipped the light on and was pacing back and forth in front of the large wall of windows at the far end.
Robbie remembered the Christmas party when Tate had dragged him in there to avoid a public spectacle. He wrapped his fingers around the door handle and pushed it open, and when Logan stopped and glanced over his shoulder, Robbie felt his heart stutter a little. Sweet God in heaven, he is too good-looking for one man to be.
His reaction to Logan was nothing out of the ordinary—it had been that way from day one, and he suspected most people felt the same way when they met him. But where Robbie would usually look at Logan and wish somewhere in the back of his head that he could one day be his, he found that desire was now…gone.
Instead, he took in Logan’s alert eyes and pissed-off scowl, and was reminded of Priest’s stern mouth and Julien’s ability to zoom in on everything he was feeling, and felt the need to make Logan, his friend, understand that he was happy.
“Hi,” Robbie said as he stepped inside. Logan said nothing, just turned away. Robbie shut the door and walked farther into the office, and as he looked around, he saw Logan’s degrees on the walls, books lining several bookshelves, and on his desk was a photo of him and Tate.
It was a beautiful shot—they were in tuxedos and standing on a balcony with candles all around them and snow falling. Robbie reached out and picked it up, tracing his fingers over the image. “Is this from your wedding?”
“Yes,” Logan said without looking Robbie’s way. “I’m sure Priest and Julien have a similar one.”
Robbie looked at Logan’s back, shocked by the venom in his tone. “Would you stop it?”
That finally had Logan facing him. “Why? It’s the truth. Do you not like to hear the truth?”
Robbie put the photograph back down and walked around the desk, his eyes never leaving the man he’d always fancied himself in love with. “Why are you so angry?”
“What?” Logan snapped, and Robbie arched an eyebrow.
“Why are you so angry about this?” he said. “It’s not like this is the first time I’ve been with two men. You of all people know that. So why are you so angry about this? You were the one who told me they were interested in the first place.”
Logan’s eyes narrowed to slits, and when he took a step closer to him, Robbie stood his ground.
“I told you that night because you were down on yourself,” Logan said, his hands going to his hips. “You thought they were jacking you around and I figured it would be a boost to your ego. I didn’t tell you so you would go and fling yourself into their arms.”
