Ace in the Hole by Ava Drake

Author:Ava Drake
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 9781634773102
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-06-30T19:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

STILL in a state of minor shock, Christian stepped into the suite behind Stone, who insisted on playing bodyguard for him from the elevator down the hall to the hotel room. Old habits died hard, apparently.

Although, hell’s bells, his careful habit of keeping his private life far, far away from his professional life had kicked the bucket spectacularly tonight. He needed a long, hot shower. He was sore and messy, but damned if he wasn’t so exhilarated he could hardly see straight.

Which was exactly why they could never do that again. For the first time in his life, he was tempted, genuinely tempted, to walk away from the career he’d constructed so carefully over so many years. He was ready to throw in the towel and give it all up for Stone if the man would have him.

Which, of course, would never happen. Stone was so busy staying in perpetual motion, running from whatever demons dogged his heels, that he couldn’t—or wouldn’t—slow down long enough to have a real relationship, let alone a permanent one. Christian might be a fool for love, as it turned out, but he was no dummy when it came to reading people. And he was not wrong in his assessment of Stone Jackson.

The message light on the phone was blinking, and Christian moved over to it, hoping against hope it was Jack calling to tell them he’d be back shortly. Or at least to check in and let them know he was alive. The bastard.

“Good evening, Mr. Brandeis. This is the Miami Morning Show calling. We were wondering if there’s time in your senator’s schedule for a live, on-camera interview tomorrow morning.”

“This is the Miami Enquirer. We’d like a quote from the senator on this evening’s incident. He’s being touted as a hero for protecting his attacker.”

“This is the Tampa Examiner. Does Senator Lacey have a comment on the attack against him earlier?”

The next half-dozen messages were more of the same. Nothing from Jack, though. He watched through the open bedroom door as Stone stripped off the senator’s suit. The jerk was doing that on purpose to tantalize him. And it was working.

He picked up the TV remote and pointed it at the television without taking his gaze off Stone, who was kicking off Jack’s boots and peeling out of the pants. Damn, that man was built like a rock. He wasn’t thick, but he was hard. Everywhere.

“—visiting senator and possible presidential hopeful defends himself against an attack and then protects his assailant from police in this dramatic footage from tonight’s Latin Chamber of Commerce event….”

Oh. Shit. He’d really, really hoped the media wouldn’t pick up on the incident, but he knew better. A senator protecting his assailant from the police was sound-bite gold.

“Hey! That’s me on the news,” Stone exclaimed from the doorway. “Cool!”

Christian actually felt the blood draining from his face as he prayed that the footage would be of poor quality and not show Stone’s face too clearly. “People who know Jack are going to see this.

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