Quinn nodded and looked back at Jake, rolling his shoulders and cracking his back. “Better, actually. Considering we should have worn ourselves out after the bath, I’m pretty impressed with the Epsom salts.”
“Sorry again about last night. I swear, I don’t usually have that problem.”
Quinn kissed him on the forehead. “Not a problem. If you cum fast, that just means we can go another round that much sooner next time.” All so easy, so simple when they were alone.
Jake chuckled, then backed away. “I don’t want to interrupt, but I kind of need to pee before we get going.”
Quinn nodded and stepped toward the door. “I can get going anyway. Have to get back to work.”
“Work.” Jake sighed and fixed him hard with his gaze. “Really consider what you’re doing, and take breaks if you need. There’s no reason to subject yourself to bullshit like that if it’s just going to hurt, you know?”
Quinn smiled and stepped out. “I’ll take it under advisement.” He closed the door, then went for his wallet and keys and slipped out into the hotel room.Maybe I should take that more seriously. They would understand if he needed help on a job that big, right? And everything to do with the job set his teeth on edge.
“Quinn?”
He froze and whipped around to see Ozzy walking his direction, the widest smile possible on his face. The world shattered, then came back together, then shattered again.
“Ozzy. Hi.”
He jerked a thumb over his shoulder. “Were you in Jake’s room?”
“Discussing the house. He had some questions about the gaming room and I offered to come over instead of trying to do it over the phone.”
“Right.” His eyes narrowed, then he chuckled. “Easier lie to sell when you’re not wearing the same clothes as yesterday.”
Quinn’s body barely worked, but he forced himself to silently turn and walk toward the elevator bank.
Chapter twenty-four
Jake
The house was infull swing when they pulled up, Linda and her crew really putting in the hours, and it was starting to look a hell of a lot more like a real project, a place to call home. Compared to the mess when they’d first arrived, even the outside was a damn sight better. The porch and the fence were back up the way they should have been. The entire front entrance had been lined with beautiful flowers and shrubs, the lawn was clipped neat, and they were laying pavers to create a path from the sidewalk and the driveway up to the front door.
They piled out and went to get mics and take a quick run through hair and makeup. Then they went inside for the morning meeting with Eliza and Mason. She led them through what they would need to do for the actual show, and Mason kept them on track for the renovation, so it was the usual order of operations.
As Jake headed up the stairs and into the house, Ozzy waved at him. “Hey. Come here a second, before we start.”
Jake walked up. “What’s happening?”
Ozzy shrugged. “You tell me. I saw your boy toy walking out of your hotel room this morning when I was headed downstairs.”
“What are you talking about?” Jake’s body tightened up, but he knew he had to play this cool.
“Quinn, obviously. Unless you’re really spreading your legs wide while we’re here. Kudos, if that’s the case. Getting laid is a pretty good perk for a job like this.”
“I’m not getting my rocks off all around Springfield.” Jake pulled his shoulders up higher. “Why are you so interested in whether or not anything might be happening with Quinn? You interested? You should ask him if he’d be down.”Maybe if you got laid, you wouldn’t be so fucking annoying.
“Not my type. Too meek.” Ozzy clapped him a couple times on the shoulder. “I’m not judging you for having some fun. He’s into you and he’s here and it’s not like he looks atrocious or anything.”
“I’ll let him know your evaluation of his looks.” Jake pulled his shoulder away. “We have a meeting, I think.” Jake headed inside before Ozzy could push any further on the subject and tried to screw his head on straight. Once he was around the corner, and he checked to see that Ozzy wasn’t following behind, he pulled out his phone.
Hey, did you run into Ozzy this morning?
Yeah. Told him we were meeting about some stuff for the gaming room.
Probably stick to seeing each other at my house from now on.
I’m sorry.
