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Brodie placed a hand on my shoulder. “Come sit with me.”
Michel opened a bottle of champagne and placed it on the bar top. I grabbed it and followed my friend over to the big couch in the corner of the room.
“What happened?” Brodie asked as we sat down.
“Nothing happened,” I snapped, taking a swig from the bottle. “The bartender is coming back to the hotel with me, and Dawson is off my back. Everything is fucking perfect.”
Brodie leaned forward. “Is it possible that?—”
“Don’t, Dee. Don’t go there. This is not you and Van, all right? Dawson and I are… this isn’t a love story. We’re just… I mean, I’ve got these feelings, but nothing good can come of it. It’s temporary.”
“He looked pretty upset when he saw you dancing with those guys.”
“You noticed?”
Brodie nodded. “Never seen him look at you like that before.”
I swore and downed another mouthful of champagne. “That’s not my problem.”
“Then why do you look and sound miserable?”
“Because I—” I paused and looked around. “If you dare breathe a word of this to anyone, I swear I will personally remove your balls.”
“Ouch, pinky swear it is.”
“I’m serious.”
“Go on,” he urged me.
“Lately, I’m having a hard time, well, getting hard. For anyone excepthe who shall remain nameless.”
Brodie stared at me with his mouth wide open.
“Dee?”
Brodie shook his head and ran a hand over his face. “Sorry, I think I’m in shock.”
“You’re not the only one,” I mumbled.
“And yet, you’re bringing that bartender back to the hotel?”
“I figure now that Dawson’s out of my sight, and if I can relax enough, everything will be fine.”
“You know I went through something similar before Van.”
“I remember. You were extra snarky because you hadn’t gotten laid in months.”
He nodded. “Other guys just weren’t doing it for me. My heart knew it wanted Van, and only Van, and my body finally caught up.”
“There’s no heart involved here. Just lust. And that’s easily dealt with,” I replied, taking another swig from the bottle.
“You know, it’s okay to like a guy.”
I coughed and shook my head. “What are we? Back in high school?”
“You never want to let anyone get close to you, Iain. As social as you are, you only have a handful of friends and no romantic relationships, just hookups.”
“Well, I am a rockstar fuckboy,” I quipped. “I have a reputation to live up to.”
