NADA.
Will was a formidable opponent, that was for sure, and it was clear he wasn’t going to make this easy.
Lawyers never did.
“You need to know something, Will, and I’m sure this is breaking all kinds of rules as a friend, but I’m willing to take the chance for both you and Corbin. I’ll deal with him hating me later.”
Again, that intrigued him.
What could make Corbin hate his friends? Will knew how much he loved the two men.
“What do I need to know?” he asked, figuring it was something he didn’t care to hear, but curiosity killed the cat more times than not.
Well, here went the rules and friendship. Corbin had every right to hate his guts after this.
“The reason Corbin didn’t call you was he had been undercover working, and it went south.”
Will figured from the way his face looked. He had a plethora of injuries. It looked like he ran face-first into a wall.
A few times.
It didn’t matter to Will. Corbin was still handsome.
Blackhawk continued, and this was the questionable part. He was going to betray Corbin’s right to privacy.
“He was sexually assaulted on his undercover job. What you saw was him running because he’s afraid you’ll be sickened by what you find out happened to him.”
That hung there.
Immediately, Will was horrified because he absolutely wasn’t expecting that.
He stopped him.
“Wait. What did you say? Did you just say that Corbin was sexually assaulted?” he asked, his heart racing in his chest as that overwhelming need to go back to that condo and protect him hit Will hard.
In.
The.
Heart.
Ethan nodded.
“You heard me right.”
Will was a smart man, and now, everything began making sense. The broken arm, the broken teeth, and how he was pushing him away.
“Oh, God,” he said, the tears drying up, and instead, that rage coming on at who did this to him.
“Is that why he doesn’t want to be with me? Because of that?”
Ethan nodded.
“He’s afraid that you’ll find out the details, and then you’ll run. That will break him even more, so he’s saying goodbye first out of terror. He’s so afraid that you’ll leave him if he can’t have sex ever again.”
Jesus.
Christ.
