damned, the kid might be growing a pair.”
“What’s the plan then, Romeo?” Clayton asked, elbowing EJ who wasn’t very impressed with the blow to his ribs.
“I don’t know yet, but I’ll let you know when and where, and you better all be there to witness it.”
“Tell you what…I have a deal for you,” EJ spoke up, “you find a bride, sorry groom, and you can get married right in my backyard. I’ll take care of everything from the minister, right down to the cutlery. Deal?”
Yes it would have sounded like a crazy offer to just anyone, but if you ever had the opportunity to step into EJ’s backyard you would have jumped at the proposal too. It was massive, with a green expanse of carefully groomed Kentucky blue grass and borders housing the most beautiful highbred roses and exquisite blooms from around the world. It would be the perfect location for the ceremony to take place. I had to take a minute to mentally control myself, so as not to jump up and down like a cheerleader gone wild.
EJ offered me his hand, he even had a trifling smile on his face as I reluctantly placed my hand in his and shook without saying a word. I was dubious, but determined to show them all.
“It’s settled then, Saturday the seventeenth at five pm,” EJ said, pointing his large finger at Clayton and Tobias. “We’ll all be there, right boys? Suits and ties and don’t forget a gift for the happy couple.”
They agreed with a groan, no one generally said no to EJ.
“But,” EJ snapped, eyeing me.
I knew it, this was why I was so ambiguous. With EJ there was always a but.
“I don’t want to see or hear another fucking thing about that God damned Will, am I clearly understood? Get that fucking thing out of my sight, it’s been a fucking pain up my ass for months now. And…on July eighteenth married or not we will burn that fucker and bury the ashes in a shallow unmarked grave. Once it’s a pile of unrecognizable ashes a few feet under, then I’ll be a very happy man.”
“Pfft…” Tobias puffed. “I can’t wait to see that day, the day Mr. Edward James Michaels is elated…you gotta make this happen kid, I’ll even help you find a guy. We’ll circuit every gay bar from here to Canada if we have to!”
“Get to fucking work, Toby,” EJ growled. “Let’s all get to work, okay?”
I left my brothers to hash out the details, deciding to step out into the hallway before all the hot air threatened to suffocate me when I immediately noticed Harley my sexy god standing with his back turned to me. I fought to suppress my fantasy of walking over and caressing that perfect ass of his, palming each cheek while I talked dirty into his ear, before I could totally root myself in my fantasy however, he closed the filing cabinet drawer and swiftly turned, catching me gawking, as usual. There was a tiny hint of a smile at the corner of his delicious mouth, as delicious as I could imagine it being without ever having a taste. God I wanted a taste so bad.
“Dyson,” Harley said, casually with a nod.
I was such a moron that I stood there staring while he walked away. I slapped my palm to my forehead and rolled my eyes. Harley must have thought I had lost my ever-loving mind.
Sitting at my desk, my concentration fixed on my computer screen, I got the feeling I was being watched and peered over the rim of my glasses to the door. There stood Harley Cooper in all his glory. Fuck he was beautiful with his back against the doors frame, one foot propped up and his arms crossed over his large chest.
“Can I help you?” I managed to ask without falling to my knees, although that wasn’t a bad idea. I cleared my throat.
“I have a problem with my paycheck? You told me to drop by today so you could fix it?”
“That’s right I did, what seems to be the problem?” I asked, as he sauntered towards me with his hands in his pockets.
A pair of tan slacks and a crisp white button down shirt, never looked so good. With his