Page 48 of The Hookup Mix-up
We lie on our stomachs with the computer in front of us, but while I’m watching the screen, I can tell Theo is watching me. It weighs heavily on me until I can’t take it anymore. “What?”
“Was that about coding or something like that?”
Ugh. “Yes.”
“You like tech stuff.”
I sigh. I hoped he’d missed that. “It’s not important.”
“Everything about you is important.”
Warning bells ring inside me, creating a damn orchestra of chimes. But also, there’s this quiet voice I can’t ignore, one that admits, I want to be important to you… “Puppy…”
He rolls his eyes. “Not because I want to be your boyfriend, but because I’m your friend.”
“So, you know what I mean now but not all those other times? Like when I was flirting with you?”
He chuckles huskily. “You like tech stuff,” he says again.
I pause the show and let the word, “Yes,” fall out. Why does he have this control over me? It’s foreign for me to feel so comfortable with someone, to let them see the many parts of me I’ve already shared with Theo.
“Why don’t you want to like it?”
“Ty’s dad is a tech mogul, remember? That’s how he made his money. I don’t like enjoying things he does. I don’t like being good at things he’s good at.” Because it wasn’t me he ever wanted to share that with. I wasn’t the son he gave his name to or the person he’d wanted to inherit his company. Not that I want it, I don’t, but knowing I wasn’t even a part of it at all hurts too much.
“You deserve better than him. You deserve…everything. You’re basically my favorite person, and I’m not saying that because I’m high. Okay, maybe I’m saying it because I’m high, but that’s not why I’m feeling it. I just wouldn’t allow myself to let the words out if your brother didn’t have some really good weed.”
A laugh jumps out of my mouth, one I didn’t expect, so couldn’t try to hold back. “I’ll tell you a secret.”
“What is it?”
“You’re basically my favorite person too. Now can we watch this show? You can’t get me into anime and then deny me.”
He’s looking at me all goofy in a way that shouldn’t be as cute as it is. “Yes, we can watch.”
I hit Play, then wrap my arm around Theo and pull him close. The tips of my fingers dance along his nape, and he moans, snuggling closer. It’s not even annoying that we’re cuddling the way Ty and Brax were. At least not tonight.
It’s still dark when I feel Theo moving around in the bed. His ass presses against my dick, which immediately wakes up that part of my body.
I groan.
Loudly.
“Sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you. I have to pee.”
“Totally not making noises because you woke me up.”
“Then why are you?” he questions, and I shake my head and roll over to my back. My bed is against the wall, so he’s going to have to climb over me to get out. When he does, he pauses while straddling me, no doubt feeling my erection. “Oh.”
“Yeah…oh.”
“I left you with blue balls again.” He doesn’t get off me, which means his very sexy ass is resting right on top of my hardening dick.
Electric sparks light up my spine, my body sizzling with desire for him. “You’re killing me. Go take a piss and come back.”
Maybe by then my cock will calm down some.
Theo does as I say, sneaking out of the room in his underwear. I reach down and cup my bulge, rubbing it with my palm. Damn, this man turns me on.