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Robbie cocked his head to the side. “You did?”
Julien nodded as he picked up his usual glass of vegetables and took a sip. “I did. I figured you’d like them there. But I thought you might hesitate because of your run-in with Logan. I know how important they are to you.”
Robbie grinned and threw his arms around Julien’s neck, kissing him on the cheek. “You’re the sweetest. You know that, right?”
Julien ran a hand down Robbie’s back and then tickled his side, making him laugh and squirm away. “I’m fairly certain the sweetest person in this room is the one with the pinkest cheeks, princesse.”
Robbie brought his hands up to cover each side of his face, and then rolled his eyes. “It’s my ma’s fault. She blushes like this too.”
“I think it’s quite lovely,” Priest said from across the counter as he raised his coffee cup to his lips.
“It’s embarrassing. I can never hide my feelings around you two.”
“Good,” Priest said, and Julien added, “We never want you to hide from us.”
“Oh, I’m not hiding. But, like, Priest? I could tell him that he has the biggest cock I’ve ever had inside me and he wouldn’t blush, he’d just say—”
“Thank you,” Priest deadpanned.
“See,” Robbie whined. “It’s seriously annoying how arrogant you are, but it totally works. And you,” Robbie said, looking at Julien. “You’re all sexy and sensual and French. I mean, shit, how am I not supposed to blush every time you say something to me? This is going to be seriously bad when you meet my family.”
Priest’s hand froze with his coffee cup at his lips, and he replayed Robbie’s words over in his head. “Will that be sometime soon?”
Robbie frowned at him and said, “Huh?”
“You just said, ‘This is going to be seriously bad when you meet my family.’ I was just wondering if that was going to be sometime soon.”
Robbie’s lips parted on a soft oh. Obviously not realizing what he’d said, he looked at Julien. “Um, well…” He grimaced and looked back to Priest. “I might’ve accidently invited them to the opening too.”
“Accidently?” Julien asked as Robbie hopped off the stool and started to pace, running a hand through his hair.
“Yeah. It was back when you first told me about it. I was talking to my ma about my nonna, and then she mentioned her cooking, and the next thing I knew, I was inviting her and my sisters. Shit. I don’t know what happened.” Robbie stopped and whirled around to face the two of them, his eyes looking slightly crazed. “What am I going to do? They can’t come. One look at me with the both of you and they’ll know what’s going on here.”
Priest didn’t mean to, but a chuckle slipped free, and Robbie pinned him with a fierce stare. “Are you laughing?”
Priest was about to deny it, but Robbie’s horrified expression made the chuckle turn to a full-on laugh.
“You are laughing. Have you lost your mind? This is not funny.”
Priest shrugged, finding this turn of events highly amusing—as did Julien, judging by the grin on his face. “You’re the one who invited them.”
“And I just admitted that I didn’t know what the hell I was thinking.”
Priest finished his coffee. “I think you did.”
“What?” Robbie said, his eyes almost bugging out of his head. “You think I did it on purpose? You have lost your mind.”
Priest went and rinsed his mug out and put it in the sink, then walked around the island, stopped in front of Robbie, and said, “I think you’re proud as hell of Julien—just like I am. And you wanted to show him off.”
Robbie opened his mouth as if to argue, but then he pursed his lips. “That’s beside the point. This is not good. They’re going to know,” he said, and looked to Julien. “One look at me with the both of you and they’re going to know. I can’t hide it.”
Priest leaned in to kiss his cheek and said, “When did we ask you to?”
“Oh…um.” Robbie floundered a little, and then twisted his hands together. “So you’re not upset that I invited them?”
Julien got to his feet and came over. “I’m glad you invited them, princesse. It’ll be nice to meet the people who helped mold you into the man you are today.”
“And then, see, if you say something like that…” Robbie touched his fingers to his cheeks.
“You’ll turn pink and we’ll want to eat you.” Robbie shook his head and turned to Priest, who kissed him hard and said, “Stop worrying. Unless you confirm anything, all your family can do is speculate.”
Robbie sighed. “I suppose. And it’s not like it would be that huge of a shock. I’m not exactly the most conventional person in the world.”
“Just the way we like you,” Priest said, and then stepped around him to pick up his briefcase. Once he had that and his keys in hand, he turned back to Julien. “Are you still planning to call Gail back today?”
