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Glancing up, it took me a few seconds to spot the glowing red eyes peering from behind a big pipe on the high ceiling. My mouth quirked up. “Hi, Kit.”
Goliaths’ mothperson wrestler gracefully flew down from the ceiling and landed in front of me.
“Heard something the other night,” they said slyly, rocking back on their tarsal claws.
I perked up with interest. I loved a bit of gossip. “Noice. What?”
Instead of telling me, they drawled, “It was at the pool party.”
I chuckled. “I bet a lot of shit came out that night. Half the guys were wasted.”
“You weren’t though, were you?” They were eyeing me with a tiny smirk.
I shook my head. “Nah, I was driving. So what did you hear?”
“Weeeellll…” They drew the word out, glancing around and moving closer. Grinning mischievously at me, they lowered their voice to say, “Sounded like a certain fae assistant having the time of his life in the house with a certain werewolf bodyguard.”
I froze in place. Heat flared over my whole body, my cheeks on fire, before I grabbed their arm and yanked them into the storage room, closing the door behind me.
“Wh-what did you hear?” I whispered. Fuck, what if they’d heard me telling Seb about my tail? I didn’t want anyone else knowing about that. It was private.
Kit snickered. “Just a very familiar voice moaning Seb, Seb, Seb through the bedroom window behind me.” They sobered and gave me an earnest look. “I moved away after I heard it, bro. Swear.”
“Um, th-thanks,” I got out in a strangled voice, sweating under my shirt with embarrassment.
“So what’s the deal?” they whispered eagerly. “You and Seb fucking on the reg? Sounded like you were really into it, bro. You know, before I moved away.”
“Um… um…” What did I tell them? I could not tell them he was giving me sex lessons. That was so freaking embarrassing. Which meant the only alternative was…
“We’re dating,” I blurted, flushing even hotter, my belly fluttering with something. “But, um, it’s… it’s really new and… we’re not really telling anyone right now…”
Kit nodded emphatically. “Nice. Cool. Seb seems really great. Kinda quiet, but super chill.” They chuckled, crossing their arms and eyeing me with a raised brow. “Biff and Gabe will be disappointed when they find out. So will Dan. And Carl. And Heidi. And Vince.”
I squirmed with a weird blend of relief and guilt and managed a weak laugh. “Y-yeah, I… guess so.”
“But I’m really happy for you, dude.” They reached out and squeezed my tense shoulder. “And I won’t say anything until you two go public with it. Then I’ll brag about knowing before everyone else.”
“Y-yeah, thanks,” I said weakly, rubbing my hot cheek. “It’s just… Holt might get pissed. We don’t know how he’d…”
Kit snorted. “As if he can say anything when he’s just hired T-bone.”
“He’s the boss though,” I mumbled. “He can do what he wants.”
“Can’t imagine him caring, though.” Kit shrugged. “What’s it got to do with him? People date their co-workers all the time. Look at Gabe and Biff. Holt doesn’t give a shit about them fucking in their dressing rooms.”
“That’s true,” I croaked.
“Either way, your secret’s safe with me, bud.” They lightly punched my arm. “You know I just had to tease ya about getting dicked down in the boss’s spare bedroom.”
I managed to laugh. “Yeah.”
“Anyway, I’ll leave you to it.” They opened the door. “Come hang out with us soon, yeah? You haven’t been around for a while.”
The guilt intensified, swirling with the jittery feelings already making me fidget. “Yeah. Sorry. I’ve just… I had more to do while Holt was off…”
Kit chuckled. “I get it. See ya, Lark.”
The moment they were gone, I powerwalked to the office to see if Seb was there, still overheated and a little jumpy. When I opened the door and saw him sitting on the couch doing his crossword, my heart thudded hard.
