Page 99 of Julien (Confessions 2)

“He was waiting to hear more details before he told you. If the situation had been different, he would’ve already talked to you about it.”

Robbie swallowed, trying to make sense of everything he was hearing, and then Julien said, “He’s still the same man he’s always been, princesse.”

Robbie knew that. In his mind, he knew that Priest was exactly the same person he’d come to know and trust implicitly over these past few weeks, but… “I feel like I know nothing about him. And everything I thought I knew feels like a lie. Even his last name. The name I call him. That’s a lie.”

“Non, it’s not. He chose that name for a very particular reason, and as for Jimmy? He’s been out of Priest’s life for a very long time. Since he was a little boy.”

“But he’s not, is he? Not really,” Robbie said, as he stared across the car into Julien’s questioning eyes. “He’s the reason Priest doesn’t sleep. He’s the reason he never slows down, never stops, never has peace. Jimmy ruined that little boy.”

Julien brought their hands up to his lips and kissed Robbie’s knuckles. “Or he made him fight to be the man he is now,” Julien said. “This is a shock, I understand that.”

Robbie shook his head as Priest’s words from that intimate moment the two of them had shared back in L.A. came rushing back to him: There has to be trust, honesty, and total transparency…or this kind of relationship won’t work.

“I need to,” Robbie drew his hand away and shoved open the door to the SUV. “I need to think about this. It’s not a conversation I can have right now.”

Julien nodded and climbed out also, and as he walked around the front of the vehicle, Robbie noticed he was looking around them, and he felt his pulse spike. What is he checking for?

“Let’s go upstairs,” Julien said, and held out his hand. “Priest should be home soon, and you can ask him anything you like.”

Robbie crossed his arms over his chest and followed Julien as they walked over and got in the elevator, and as he watched the doors shut, he couldn’t help but wonder what other secrets the two men he’d fallen in love with were keeping from him—and was he ready to hear them?