Pride and Politics[Men of Holsum College 6] by Daisy Harris

Author:Daisy Harris [Harris, Daisy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781622418831
Amazon: 1622418832
Publisher: Siren Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-09-27T12:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five: Ohio

Hunter scanned through the numbers on his phone. His hand was still shaking slightly from the fundraising dinner he’d just been to in which Jed had gone out of his way to stand directly behind Hunter at every possible opportunity. The guy was such an asshole, but at least seeing him again made Hunter realize something—intimidation was no joke.

That, and Hunter owed a couple people an apology.

He clicked onto Brooks Price’s phone number and saw Brooks’ face pop up on his phone screen. Man, the guy probably didn’t want to hear from him, but Hunter needed to at least try.

He doublechecked that the doors to his and Steve’s suites were dead bolted, so if Steve came back early from helping the other staff clean up from thepress conference, he wouldn’t be able to walk right in.

Then Hunter hit Send on the call.

It rang a few times, long enough that Hunter started hoping it would go to voice mail, but then Brooks picked up.

“Hunter Ford? Wow. Never thought I’d see you on my caller ID again.” Brooks sounded less angry than Hunter would have expected. After all, he had demanded that Hunter never talk to him again only six months earlier.

If anything, Brooks sounded amused he’d called.

“Yeah, well…I wanted to see how you were doing. You liking your new job?” Hunter wasn’t ready to launch directly into what he’d called about. He didn’t want Brooks to think he was in a twelve-step program where he had to call every person he’d wronged.

“Yeah. Hours suck ass, but you know me—I like to be busy. Wish I had more time for my fiancé, though.”

Hunter blinked, wondering what Brooks was talking about. “You’re straight now?” Considering Brooks had slept with practically every gay man at Holsum College, Hunter would have been extremely surprised to find out that the guy secretly liked girls.

“No, man. Me and Matt. We’re getting married next spring.” Brooks sounded as happy as Hunter had ever heard. Hunter never would have pegged Brooks as the settling-down type, but monogamy appeared to be agreeing with him.

“Wow. Congratulations.” Hunter wasn’t sure what else to say. He felt even guiltier for the way he’d tried to break Brooks and Matt up, though. Apparently, the guys really had been in love.

“Yeah. And I know my mom’s gonna insist on sending you a wedding invite. You don’t have to come, though—it’s cool.”

Hunter frowned. “You’d still invite me to your wedding after all the shit I did to you?” Brooks must have changed a lot since dating Matt to suddenly be so forgiving. Then again, Hunter had never known Brooks to carry a grudge for long. He was too pleasure seeking to waste much energy being angry.

“Why not? I’m sure Matt’ll be all pissy if you come, but if it weren’t for you, I never would have asked him out in the first place.” He paused to let out a chuckle. “And my mom’s inviting, like, 500 people. It’s not exactly anintimate gathering.”

“I can imagine.” He’d met Brooks’ mother once at a parents’ day at school.

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