Risk Everything on It by K.A. Mitchell

Author:K.A. Mitchell [Mitchell, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63476-754-5
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

SOME THINGS defied all of Jax’s understanding. The view through the door into Dane and Spencer’s kitchen for one. Gideon handed off dishes from the sink as Spencer dried them and put them away. Jax didn’t think he’d ever work out how Dane not only had two guys in love with him, but managed to have them cozily together at dinner as if they were in a poly triad. Hmm. Maybe they were and Jax had just missed the announcement.

Nah. Gideon kept a careful but polite noncontact distance from Spencer as they cleaned up.

“What?” Dane leaned back in his dining chair, following Jax’s gaze. “Want something else to eat?”

“No. It was great.”

Dane and Spencer had put out a healthy spread for Thanksgiving. Skinless turkey was always good protein, and the veggie dishes hadn’t been overly buttery. The sweet potatoes cooked with cider and raisins had reminded Jax of the food at the Ethiopian restaurant. He’d had two helpings.

“Hand me that platter.” Gideon’s voice came through from the kitchen.

It wasn’t as if Gideon and Spencer hadn’t always been civil to each other, whatever still went down between Dane and G sometimes. Jax got the difference between fucking and feelings. They all—well, maybe not Theo—did. But when there were feelings, how did you not want to smash a dish over the head of the guy who had basically won?

Jax was probably closer to Oz than he’d been to any guy other than his friends. He was hoping that if all those compliments from Hanson Rede led to something where Jax had lots of work in New York, he could spend more time with Oz. Take another sublet, find some other cool new restaurants together. But he wasn’t planning on them buying a bedroom set they’d both be sleeping in. Still, if Oz moved on, no way would Jax end up standing around doing dishes with the new guy. He’d be way too fucking jealous.

Hell, Spencer made Jax self-conscious anyway, so fucking smart, and all his traveling to spots on the planet Jax couldn’t even spell to google them. He carried his wineglass out to the kitchen.

“Christ, Jax, I asked you if you were having more wine five minutes ago,” Gideon complained.

“Sorry. Changed my mind.”

“That would mean you’d have to have one.” Gideon reached for the glass.

“No need to wash it.” Spencer intercepted him, grabbed the glass, and finished off the little puddle of Shiraz. “Clean enough.”

“Yeah, until there’s a little purple in it next time it comes out of the cabinet and your—Dane—with that freakish memory of his, calls me up and bitches me out.”

“I have never bitched in my life.” Dane came up and took the glass from Spencer, then hipped Gideon out of the way to dip it in the sink of soapy water.

“Never?” Jax asked.

“Since I have an eidetic memory, I would know.”

“I think the dispute is over the word bitch.” Spencer grabbed the glass back and wiped it dry. “And as counterpoint I offer the trip to

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