Page 110 of Bulletproof

“Yeah, but I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about a room full of guys going at it. Tonight, I watched Jaden get fucked by at least twenty guys. At one point, there was a circle around him, and they took turns, one after another, with him sucking guys off at the same time.”

“And did he enjoy that?”

“Aaron enjoyed watching him do it, and Jaden kept checking to make sure he was watching.”

“Okay, so he must’ve enjoyed it, then.”

“I have to tell you that when I was fucking him, I was imagining it was you.”

“How lovely. Thank you.”

“Jory,” he said, hands on my biceps, “I⁠—”

“Jory!”

I looked across the yard and found the owner of the voice. Jaden was walking fast to reach my door.

“Hey,” I said, yawning, “can I sleep in your room and you sleep here with him?”

He made a face. “Our bungalow is a lot nicer.”

“Then get some of his buddies to move him ’cause I need a bed.”

He coughed. “Why is he in here?”

“That should be fairly obvious,” Hayes answered him.

“What?”

And I realized that not only was Aaron drunk and drugged off his ass, but so was Jaden. He was having a hard time focusing on me.

“Look at me,” I said.

Jaden’s eyes were back to being brown with the help of contacts, and I told him Aaron had thought he had gone to his own room.

“What?” Hayes was incredulous.

“You’re not helping,” I told him before turning back to Jaden. “Go get those guys Aaron was drinking with to come move him. They should still be on the deck.”

He nodded. “Okay, Jory, I’ll be right back. Sorry about him.”

“It’s okay. Everything’s fine.”

Once he was gone, I asked Hayes to watch Aaron while I changed into my sleep shorts. When I opened the bathroom door, he was right there.

“Is he okay?”

“He’s fine,” he said, reaching out, putting a hand on the side of my neck.

I brushed the hand off and moved into the room.

“Jory.”

My eyes flicked to Hayes.

“You realize that compared to you, Jaden, though young and pretty and buff, is just a cheap imitation. I mean, I have met some beautiful boys in my life, and some of them are kept in much more lavish style than Aaron keeps Jaden, but they’re all the same—manicured, tanned gym bunnies.”

“Make your point.”