Page 135 of The Forever Vault

“No, it’s fine.”

“I should be grateful I didn’t video call.”

“I’m decent, you can make it a video call.”

“Well, I don’t know how decent you are.” Ty laughed at his own joke as his goofy smile filled my screen.

Luke: Okay if I talk to Ty? He just called.

“Tell Cam I said hi!”

Cam: Yeah. Like you said, I should get some rest. Love you.

Luke: Ty says hi. Love you more.

“What’s up, cage boy?”

“Not that.”

I had to laugh. “I bet you won’t be complaining on your wedding night. Is this the longest you’ve gone?”

“That’s a very personal question, Lucas Rivera.”

“Bullshit. We share everything, and I’m guessing it’s not. I bet when Declan was in Australia last year he had that shit locked down.”

“Maybe, but I didn’t call you to get drilled–shut it–about our kinks. I’m calling to check in on you. You doing alright?”

“Oh yeah, I’m good.” I flopped back against the pillow. “Is it weird that part of me’s relieved I don’t have to compete in the Olympics again?”

“No, it’s a huge load taken off your back.”

“Because I certainly didn’t feel like this a few days ago.”

“Well, that means you’re processing it a lot quicker than I did,” Ty answered.

“I think it’s because I was already helping Cam process it.”

“That makes sense.”

I asked if he had heard about Josh yet and explained what happened, which led us into discussing the security for his wedding, and if there was anything I could do to help that wasn’t security-related.

“Hey babe, your lips ready for some action?”

“Dec! I’m on a video call!” Ty turned the camera away, but I had already seen Declan’s hard body.

“Hopefully not with your mom?”

“It’s Luke.”

“Eh, he’s seen it before.”

“Well,” I interrupted, “I’m going to let you and your lips go enjoy themselves.”

“Sorry about that, bro.”

“It’s fine. He’s right, I have seen it before. Not that impressive!” I yelled loud enough that hopefully Declan heard me.

“You’re cute when you lie. Night, bro.”