Undercover (Vino and Veritas) by Eliot Grayson & Heart Eyes Press LGBTQ

Author:Eliot Grayson & Heart Eyes Press LGBTQ [Grayson, Eliot]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heart Eyes Press LLC
Published: 2021-03-28T16:00:00+00:00

10

Gabe

I knew what was going to happen a second before, like that instant when you could see two vehicles were about to collide and go up in flames.

Even as used to my brother as I was, I couldn’t believe how quickly Dave had managed to antagonize Alec, and I needed a minute to regroup. Maybe laugh a little. Or cry. Something. The room had some entrances along the side that led to various working parts of the factory. Right now, they had large potted plants in front of them.

We could hide behind one. I desperately needed to hide behind one, maybe with a whole bottle of Prosecco. No, one in each hand.

But then I spotted Adam Whipley, Middleton’s VP of sales, worming his way through the crowd, blinding white teeth on full display like a shark with a top-dollar dentist.

Oh no, no no…

“Gabe!” he said a little too loudly. “I didn’t know you’d be here!”

I did my best to dodge, but he came in for the hug like a heat-seeking missile, wrapping me in his muscular arms and letting his hands slide down past my waist, not quite far enough to count as groping. My face smooshed against his shoulder. God, he always smelled like he’d bathed in aftershave. Expensive aftershave, to be fair. But enough to drown in.

When I managed to extricate myself and take a step back, one of Adam’s hands still lingering on my waist, I bumped up against Alec. Who’d been standing so close it probably looked like the opening salvo of a threesome.

Adam’s hand got trapped between Alec’s body and mine, and he wriggled it to pull it loose.

Alec didn’t move a muscle. He was a wall of heat and tension at my back.

Adam’s smile went a little fixed, and he got his hand out at last, taking a single step back. “I’m sorry, I didn’t notice you’d brought someone,” he said, looking over my shoulder at Alec.

The two of them definitely shared some physical traits; Adam’s black hair was ruthlessly slicked back, but his dark eyes and broad build made him very much the same type.

So sue me. I had a type. And generally pretty bad taste to go with it.

I’d only slept with Adam once, after another party much like this one. And he never, ever let me forget it.

“Adam Whipley,” Adam went on after a moment, when Alec hadn’t said a damn word. “VP of sales, and Gabe’s very close friend.”

“Alec Borodin.” Instead of trying to go for a handshake, Alec slipped his arm around my waist, tugging me back against him more firmly. Almost indecently, even. He spread his fingers over my abdomen in a possessive gesture that maybe should’ve made me mad—but really, really didn’t. Very close? Seriously? “Gabe’s date.”

Adam rolled his eyes, and his smile widened. “Of course you are. For this evening, anyway. Gabe, call me tomorrow. We’ll get together again. I enjoyed last time.”

He nodded, turned, and sauntered away, leaving me pressed up against over six feet of seriously annoyed date with my jaw hanging open and my heart pounding with fury.

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