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.“My place,” Jason said over his shoulder.“Or rather…the place where I’m staying.”“Hotel?” Seth frowned.“Yeah, more a condo.Has all the amenities of home or those of a resort, whichever you want.Very private.Right on the beach.”“You don’t live here? You don’t stay with your folks when you come to town?”Jason jerked around, eyes wide.“Noooooo.Don’t get me wrong, I love my family like crazy, but I need my space.I need quiet time to think and I’ve been known to keep strange hours when a story hits me.”Seth supposed that made sense.“So…where do you live?”Jason flicked his fingers through the air.“I have a place in the desert.”“I’m going to need clean clothes.”Jason grinned and started walking backward.“Oh, you won’t need any clothes tonight.” Then he turned and hurried on.Seth whipped around to the cooler, removed the bottles, lifted the thing over his head, and dumped the ice and water over his 44BEST LAID PLANShead.Now he could walk.45BEST LAID PLANSCHAPTER 6Jason sank behind the wheel of his dad’s truck, started her up, and put the air conditioner on full blast.It did nothing to help him calm down.Too bad he hadn’t been as clever as Seth.They could have shared the cooler’s icy water.Although, considering how mouth-watering Seth now looked with his T-shirt plastered over his chest and abs, it was probably a good thing they hadn’t.Jason couldn’t have resisted him.He was having a hell of a time resisting him now.Sheer will and seat belt kept him in place, both on the shy side of being too flimsy to restrain him.He turned the vents so the cool air blew in his face.Jason fanned his T-shirt in an effort to cool down, then forced what he hoped was a nonchalant smile in the event Seth looked his way.He didn’t.Jason breathed a sigh of relief when Seth got into his truck, 46BEST LAID PLANSthen let the façade drop.He was tense, nervous, anxious, and so afraid he was going to screw this up.One night, that’s all he had.One night to last them both a lifetime.A night of memories and hot sex.Of showing Seth there was more than sex to being gay; that love, tenderness, and compassion were also a core part of their lives—just like every other human on this earth.Jason felt sorry Seth never experienced any of those emotions in his frenzied sex romps.Felt sad Seth hadn’t known the sweet touch of another in the night, of feeling arms wrap around him while he slept, of coffee in the morning, of waking up and stretching into each other.He had one night to open that world to Seth.One night to give himself what he’d wanted all these years.One night to banish the fumbling and inexperienced clutches of two seventeen-year-old virgins.One night…and then he had to let go.Seth had made it clear relationships weren’t for him.Jason loved him enough to let him go.He didn’t know if that made him the greatest guy in the world, or the biggest fool.He grabbed his pike of an erection and pulled it to a more comfortable position.Then he lifted a wave and watched in the rearview mirror as Seth returned it.“Here we go,” he muttered, and pulled away from the curb.He’d treat this like any other date where the end goal was tumbling in the sheets.Granted, those were with more experienced partners.Men who could seduce as well as be seduced.Jason would get none of those coy looks, double entendres, and subtle caresses.Nope, not only was Seth a novice when it came to gay sex, the man also clearly had no concept of foreplay.The enormity of what Jason hoped to do tonight wilted his 47BEST LAID PLANSerection.Hadn’t he sworn off one-way relationships? Now here he was, breaking his own rule because he had to have the one guy he couldn’t get out of his system.More revenge? Was he trying to prove to Seth what he’d missed all these years?Yes to the last, but more because Seth needed to know how great it could be.Now all Jason had to do was make it great and not give in to the urge to indulge in one of those wham-bams of which Seth was so fond.As for revenge…Jason had purged that well in his writing, despite his recent bidding war over the house.Like he needed more guilt where Seth was concerned.Jason shook his head.At least it had brought them together, opened Seth’s eyes, and taken them to a point where Jason was probably as scared and unsure as Seth right now.Jason threaded them along side streets, hoping to avoid the worst of the rush hour traffic hogging the freeway.It still took a while to get across town and to the gated resort.A security guard waved them through after Jason showed his pass and requested clearance for Seth.Jason pressed the remote on the dash when he neared his two-story condo.The garage door yawned open.Jason eased inside, hopped from the truck, and waved Seth in.It was an easy fit with room to spare.A punch of a button turned interior lights on as the door closed once more.“Come on inside.” He motioned Seth to follow him.Jason knew if he stopped, if he let himself within two feet of Seth, Jason would have him in his arms a second later.“I’d say we could both use a cold beer right about now.The traffic alone warrants that.”He swung open the adjoining door to white tile pavers and a floor plan vast as the ocean shimmering through the west-facing 48BEST LAID PLANSfloor-to-ceiling windows.Shielding built into the windows adjusted with the sun, darkening as necessary without obscuring the view and the deep-set redwood patio that overlooked it.Furnishings were shades of blue with only the gray granite breakfast bar and a spiral staircase to the bedrooms above offering a change.“I’ll defrost a couple of steaks, toss together a salad, a couple of baked potatoes…” He was blabbering, trying to hide his nerves and…other things suddenly on alert.The door clicked shut behind Seth.Jason didn’t bother to look to see his reaction to the place, or to them finally having privacy.“Bud Light okay?” he asked.“I have a bottle of pinot chilled
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