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Chuckling, I kissed his temple and pushed all negative thoughts from my mind. “How are your legs?”
“Still trembly, but I think I can walk without falling now.”
“I’ll carry you.” I waited as he untangled himself from me.
“I’ll break you.”
“You think so?” I dismounted the bed and stood.
“I know you’re all sculpted because you do the gym thing like a bro,” he said as I pulled off the condom. “But I’m way too heavy for you. You’ll throw your back out and end up all hunched over like an old man and you won’t be able to fuck me again until you’re better. Nope. Not worth it now that I know you can dothat.”
“You think so?” I tied off the condom and tossed it on the bed. I had to change the comforter anyway since Nick had made two wet spots on it.
“I know so.” He got to his feet. “I’ll just be careful so I don’t—eek!”
“You were saying?” I arranged him in my arms and started toward my bathroom.
“How are you not dropping me?” He clung to my neck.
“Because you’re not nearly as heavy as you think you are. And because I’m stronger than I look. Did you know I work out with Vlado?”
“Are you a powerlifter too? Is that why you’re so comfy?”
“I do powerlift. Not sure what that has to do with being comfortable.”
“Don’t you worry your pretty little head about that.” He grinned cheekily. “And just an FYI, I’m never walking around you again now that I know you can carry me without dying.”
Still chuckling, I carried him into my bathroom, bracing for his exclamation when he saw the lavish space.
15
NICK
“Canyou drop me off away from the entrance? Maybe down the street a bit?” I asked Vlado from the passenger’s seat of Evan’s town car as he drove me to a rehearsal at Crimson.
“Oof, now I know how my mom felt the one and only time I asked her that as a teenager.” He smiled teasingly. “I didn’t think I wasthatembarrassing.”
“You’re not. But this car…”
He patted my thigh. “I get it. But you know I can’t. It’ll leave you vulnerable.”
“I know.” I sighed. “Thanks for not being a dick about this and demanding to come in. I can explain the car and the drive, but my friends will lose their minds if they think I’m in danger. No way can I tell them I have a bodyguard.”
“Your friends really care about you, don’t they?”
“They do. And they’re not just my friends, they’re my family.”
“Can I ask something about your coworkers?”
“Sure.”
“The twins…”
“What about them?” I bit back a grin at his sudden hesitation.
“Is it weird for them?”
“Is what weird?”
