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“It’s an emergency, okay? I wouldn’t have called, otherwise.”
“Like, you’re bleeding out from an artery, emergency? Because that’s what 911 is for—”
“No, not like that kind of emergency.”
“So, it’s more like a … serious situation, then?”
“Fine. Yes, it’s a serious situation. A very serious situation.”
“Wait. Is this a ploy to get me over there so I can help you move something?”
“Jesus, no. Why would I do that?”
“I don’t know. It kind of seemed like something you might do.”
“Look,” David said, with as much patience as he could scrounge up, which wasn’t much. “Just get over here, all right?”
“Like I said, I’m working, so—”
“And like I said, I don’t care. Get over here.”
“What’s the magic word?”
David decided he needed better friends. “Fuck you. Just get over here.”
“That’s not the magic word.”
“Please.”
There was a long pause before Evan said blandly, “That wasn’t very heartfelt, but all right. I’ll be there in fifteen. And you’re going to owe me for this.”
“Whatever. Just hurry. And don’t bother to knock. Just come in.”
Chapter 22
An excruciating fifteen minutes later (in which David left several more messages for Paige), Evan arrived.
“Honey, I’m home!” he called out after letting himself into the loft.
“It took you long enough, asshole,” David called back. “I’m in my bedroom.”
“Jesus. I said I’d be here in fifteen minutes, and it’s been fifteen minutes,” Evan said, his voice getting louder as he got closer to the master bedroom. “So, what kind of serious situation is—” the rest of his sentence died as he cleared the doorway and saw David. For a moment, Evan just stood there, trying to assimilate what he was seeing—his naked friend oiled up and handcuffed to his bed. “Holy shit.”
“I need you to get me out of these,” David told him, shaking his arms and rattling the chain.
“Well, I have to say, this is not at all what I was expecting to find,” Evan said, pursing his lips and trying not to laugh. “Why are you trussed up like this?”
“That’s none of your business.”
“It kind of is, considering I left work for you, leaving that idiot, Lars, in charge while I’m gone.”
“Just get me out of these,” David demanded, rattling the chain again, while trying to maintain some modesty. He was sure he looked awkward with his hips twisted and his legs bent to keep his junk from being on full display, but he didn’t need any comments about that right now; he’d already given Evan more than enough to work with.
Evan began moving slowly into the dimly lit room, his amusement making him impervious to David’s impatience, but not to his obvious embarrassment. “If it makes you feel better, I’ve seen worse.”
“No, it doesn’t make me feel better.”
Evan grinned, only to stop as he spied a bit of crimson material on the floor. Bending over to pick it up, his eyes widened when he realized it was a very sexy, see-through bra. “Well, now. What have we here?”
