Total pages in book: 93
Estimated words: 91507 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 458(@200wpm)___ 366(@250wpm)___ 305(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 91507 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 458(@200wpm)___ 366(@250wpm)___ 305(@300wpm)
Applause rang out around them, louder than any that had ever shaken the walls of Switch before. The cheer that roared from the audience was a celebration of love in the purest form.
When they finally stopped spinning, Hop’s cheeks were flushed and his eyes glossy. “I love you too,” he said. “Now take me home and fuck me, please.”
It was Z’s chuckle that brought reality back into focus. “Okay, lovebirds, time to leave before you give the people a show they weren’t expecting.”
The DJ came over the speaker congratulating Rafe and Hop and promising more entertainment later. The music rose and the Sassy Boyz led Rafe into the dressing room. Hop kissed and nibbled his neck, still glued to Rafe’s front like an octopus, and Rafe wasn’t about to let him go.
* * *
It still took three hours to get Hop out of there. The Sassy Boyz danced their second routine, and Hop insisted on following through with his plan to use the Sassy Boyz to land the Prince party, despite Rafe’s arguments.
In the end, only a promise on Gigi’s part to have Prince call Rafe the next day appeased Hop.
Finally, he had Hop in his bed. They were together again, and this time he’d never let Hop go.
“I don’t ever want to be anywhere else, but right here, inside you.” Their kiss was a leisurely relearning of each other.
“Sounds good to me.” Hop lifted his hips to meet Rafe’s thrust.
“I love you, pet.”
“I love you, sir.”
“Tomorrow we’re getting tested. I want to make love to you with nothing between us.”
“God, yes.”
Rafe kissed his lips. “Now let me hear your cries.”
As much as Rafe wanted to last, their orgasms came upon them with startling speed, and all too soon Hop was arching beneath him and shouting to the ceiling and Rafe couldn’t keep his own at bay.
Much later, after cleanup and cuddling, Hop lay with his head on Rafe’s chest, fingers playing over Rafe’s skin absently.
“My parents loved each other once,” he said.
“They must have.”
“I mean, really, really loved each other. My mother never married because she was still hung up on him.”
“Wow.”
“I’m the reason they split up.”
“How do you mean?”
“She didn’t want me growing up in that environment so she broke up with him.”
Rafe tightened his arms around Hop and kissed his head. “I’ll have to thank her.”
“Why?”
“By sacrificing her love, she saved both of us.”
Epilogue
Three weeks later...
“Are you certain?” Hop’s mother hugged him for the tenth time in the last hour.
“Positive.” Hop kissed her cheek.
“You can always come back if he turns out to be a terrible housekeeper. What about food? Who’s going to feed you?”
“We’ll feed each other.”
“It’s just so soon, I don’t understand the rush to move in together.”
“It may seem rushed to you, but I feel like I’ve waited years for this.”
Her eyes softened as she folded another shirt and placed it in his suitcase. “Call me every day.”
“Once a week at least.” Hop laughed at her stricken expression. “Kidding, I’m not abandoning you.”
Rafe entered his room, sweaty from loading Hop’s boxes into Fitch’s truck. “Got another one ready for us?”
“Make sure my boy eats properly,” his mother said.
Rafe slung an arm around her shoulders. “I’ll take good care of him, I promise. How about dinner at our place on Monday? Hop has the night off.”
She smiled warmly up at him. “I can do Monday.”
“Great. I’ll invite my family so we can all get to know each other. Sound good?”
“All of them?” They still hadn’t found the time for him to meet Rafe’s mother or brothers, but they had met up with his sister for coffee last week.
He and Lori had bonded as soon as she’d cracked her first joke. From that moment on, Hop had considered her the sister he’d always wanted. They’d gone shopping together and chatted on the phone sometimes.
“Mom has been nagging me about meeting you.”
“Oh. Okay.” He turned to the closet to grab the last of his clothes. Sisters were great. Moms? They were scary.
It took all afternoon to move Hop out of the apartment even with the help of their friends. When the last box was dropped in Rafe’s bedroom, Hop fell backward on the mattress.
“I never would have agreed to this if I’d known how exhausting it would be.”
“You haven’t started unpacking yet, get your lazy butt up.” Rafe tickled his ribs.
Hop wiggled away from the torture. “I’m not being lazy. I’m saving my energy for later.”
A hungry smile stretched Rafe’s lips. “Careful, pet, I’m not so modest that I won’t take you right here, right now, without caring who’s around to hear you moan.”
They’d gotten their results two days ago, but hadn’t been together since. Tonight would be their first night as roommates and also the first time they wouldn’t use protection.
Rafe’s threat sparked the desire Hop had been fighting all day. He wrapped his legs around Rafe’s waist and blinked up at him.