Total pages in book: 82
Estimated words: 77930 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 77930 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
Kace nodded. “Actually, he said my jello shots were too sweet when I had him at my party, too. Maybe the guy’s just a prick.”
From the other side of the table, Adam, Emmett, and the other guy let out a riot of laughter. Apparently Adam wasn’t paying attention to me at all, and was having a great time of his own.
Something welled up inside my chest—something completely unexpected.
Pride. I was fucking proud of Adam.
As dinner went on, he flew right past all of my expectations, holding his own in conversations with the marketing guys and then also with Kace and his football player friend, chatting along with everyone and making some jokes himself that got the whole table laughing.
If I’d met Adam tonight, I never would have even known he had any social anxiety. And I knew how much it must mean to him that he was able to fit in with every single person here.
I knew it was something he’d needed and deserved for his whole life.
I was watching him blossom, right in front of me, and it gave me another wave of affection for him that I didn’t know what to do with.
I wasn’t supposed to feel affectionate for him. I was just supposed to film filthy videos with him and maybe, maybe get fucked, if he wanted it, too.
I was finishing my main course when Adam pulled out his phone for a moment, tapping something out before slipping it away again. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and when I got a moment to take it out without being rude, I jumped at the chance.
Adam Richardsen: Check the OnlyShots video. Also you look really cute across the table. I like you in that suit.
I couldn’t keep a smile off my face. I tried to hide it, but Kace gave me a nudge.
“Looks like somebody just got a promising text,” he said. “Guess you’re still having more fun than you let on, huh, Chase?” he teased.
“Shut it,” I told him, and he just laughed.
I excused myself from the table and got up, making my way to the long, dim hallway that led to the restrooms.
I checked the OnlyShots video and my eyes opened wide.
There were over a hundred comments on the video. Usually, Adam’s videos got far less than that, and in the first couple of hours, they often got only a few. The video had been up for about ninety minutes now, and people were flocking to it.
EggplantBoi4: Who’s the voice? Holy shit this is hot.
Plzblastmeeee: subscribed instantly
Henryxtralong913: MORE
Daddyzcutiefav: two new favs fuuuuuck
The comments went on and on. I kept scrolling, and more kept appearing. I felt like a kid on Christmas morning, seeing all of the praise the video was getting, including from hundreds of people who were brand-new to Adam’s channel.
The video seemed to be getting tons of views from new people who specifically were searching for terms like “first time gay,” and the new people loved it just as much as Adam’s existing followers did.
As I was standing in the hall looking at my phone, Adam turned the corner and came toward me.
“I can’t believe this,” I said.
“They really like it, Chase,” he said.
I felt giddy. “You and me,” I told him, and he brightened instantly.
“I love it when you say that.”
I checked behind him, making sure that the table was completely out of view. It was completely hidden around the corner of the hallway.
So I pulled Adam into my arms, crushing my lips to his in a kiss. I couldn’t help myself.
“So hot,” I muttered against his lips as he sucked on my lower lip, the hunger coming out in him just like it had in the car earlier. “Do you know how many guys are coming to the thought of us right now?”
Adam moaned softly. “All I want to do is get out of here and come all over you, right now.”
I groaned. “Adam.”
“Is that too much?” he whispered, squeezing my waist with one hand. “I’m not proposing marriage, Chase, I just want to be inside you—”
I pressed my lips to his again, breathing in his scent. “You can say whatever the fuck you want to me,” I said as I pulled back. “But I need to be on good behavior for the rest of this dinner, so stop making me harder than a fucking rock and go back to being the star of the evening.”
Adam rolled his eyes, but he smiled. “This dinner is going a lot better than I expected.”
“Yeah. They love you. All of them,” I said.
I wasn’t jealous, but I hated how my words made it sound like I was.
“I haven’t even been stumbling over what to say,” Adam told me. “Every time I start to get a little nervous, I just look over at you and I know that I have nothing to worry about. Even if I fuck something up, you’ll still be on my side. You know?”