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AIDEN
Thank fuck. Everyone’s still asleep.
I exhaled slowly as I walked my Grindr hookup to the front door. I hadn’t meant for him to spend the night, but he’d turned out to be a decent lay I hadn’t wanted to let go too soon. With my extensive experience in the bedroom, it might surprise most people how often tops left me unsatisfied.
Ricky—at least that was the name I’d been whispering last night—stopped at the door and turned to me with a lazy smile. My fairy godmother had come through for me. Not only was Ricky well-endowed, and had the expertise to use his weapon to cause mass destruction, but he was kind of hot.
He looked like boyfriend material, and he’d played the part too. He’d been nothing but a gentleman on our date, though I could have done without his family history. The only thing I’d been interested in was his dick, and he’d delivered big time.
“Theo, last night was amazing.”
I tried not to cringe at the fake name I’d given him. Maybe it’d been a bad idea to take him back home with me last night. I should have suggested we stay at a motel. But a certain someone in this house had pissed me off. I hadn’t been able to resist beingthe one to win the war this morning. As loud as I had been,hehad to have heard how well Ricky rearranged my guts last night, and this morning.
“It was,” I said. “Thank you. I really enjoyed, well, you know what I enjoyed.”
“Good. I was hoping you also felt the chemistry between us. I have a confession to make.”
Oh shit. Didn’t he see I was trying to get him out of the house before Mr. Shitty Stepdad of the Year woke up? After last night, our fight was inevitable but I’d rather have it without an audience.
“We can talk all about it on the app later.”
Nope, we wouldn’t. I would block his profile the minute he left. He looked too needy. He was doing too much when I’d been very straightforward with the fact I just wanted to be fucked into the mattress.
“Nah, I have to do this now.” He inhaled deeply. “I haven’t done anything like this before. Never met any of the other guys on the app. Don’t you think it’s a sign the first guy I went out with turned out to be you?” He swept his gaze over my body. “What I’m trying to say is, do you want to have dinner later? I’d love to get to know you better.”
I chuckled uneasily. “I think you got to know me pretty well last night.”
His tongue knew every inch of my body. What more did he want? Most guys were okay with thewham bamand not sticking around for anything else.
“I meant without the sex.” He walked up to me, placed his hands on my ass, and squeezed. “You seem like a pretty awesome guy, Theo.”
“Theo? Who the fuck is Theo?”
I jumped athisdisgusted voice behind us and looked over my shoulder. My stepdad stood at the foot of the stairs, scowling atRicky’s hands groping my ass. The mottled flesh of the right side of his face turned an angry shade.
Ricky didn’t seem to take the hint. “What does he mean?”
Jackson marched up behind me and stopped a couple of feet away. “Remove your hands if you want to keep them.”
My hackles rose. “You can put your hands on me wherever you want, Ricky.”
Ricky jerked away and threw his arms in the air anyway. “I’m sorry, sir,” he said, making it worse. “I didn’t mean to offend you.”
There it was. If I’d even been remotely inclined to go out with him, he killed it the moment he bent over to kiss my stepdad’s granite hard ass.
“Never mind him,” I said, turning my back to Jackson. “He’s just my stepdad, not a real one.”
“I’m real enough to throw him out of my house,” Jackson growled at me then flicked his gaze to Ricky. “Is there a reason you’re still here?”
“I’m waiting for Theo to answer whether he’d like to go out sometime.”
“No,” Jackson barked. The hostility radiating from him was giving off World War III vibes.
“No?” Ricky echoed.
“That’s right. The answer is no. Not because there’s anything wrong with you—whatever your name is—but because he doesn’t want a relationship. You don’t even know his real name. This is all a game to him. Save yourself the embarrassment of him not returning your calls and fuck off.”
