Young At Heart by Kay Ellis

Author:Kay Ellis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wayward Ink Publishing
Published: 2015-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

THE CHARITY dinner took place in one of the city’s most prestigious hotels. Devon had been to functions there a couple of times. Mark held his arm lightly as he guided him through the crowds of expensive suits and glittering socialites to their table. Devon took his seat and looked around the room with interest.

He recognized a few business associates at neighbouring tables, and several famous faces from film and television. To his surprise, Antonio was seated a couple of tables away with yet another new and boyish young man hanging on his every word. He hadn’t mentioned the dinner, or the latest love interest, to Devon. After three months, could it be Antonio was tiring of babysitting him? Or did he simply want a rare night to himself and the chance to get his wicked way with a willing young man? Devon caught Antonio’s eye and waved, but made no effort to go over. Let the man enjoy his evening without having to deal with Devon’s problems for once.

Across the room, a large group gathered around one of the tables burst into raucous laughter, causing heads to turn their way. Devon glanced over, curious to know which celebrity in their midst was the subject of so much fawning attention. A few people moved away to take their seats, opening up a gap in the group, and Devon found himself staring into a pair of dark-brown eyes that were painfully familiar. Jesse smiled slightly as his gaze met Devon’s, and Devon swore his heart flipped over.

God, Jesse looked good, a million miles away from the drugged-out mess he had been the last time Devon saw him. He was dressed in black Armani with a crisp white shirt and a pale-blue tie. Fuck, he was wearing the same tie he had tied Devon up with the night he broke into his apartment. Did that mean something? No, there was no way Jesse could have known Devon would be there. He was wearing it because it was a nice tie, not for sentimental reasons.

The group dispersed as the time for the meal to start neared and Jesse moved away, apparently reluctant to break eye contact until he was forced to by the woman who grabbed possessively at his arm. Devon recognized her. Stella Van Rooyen was only a few years younger than he was, a wealthy former glamour model who was something of a minor celebrity due to regular appearances on second-rate reality television shows and a long string of affairs with younger men. Why the hell was she with Jesse? Or, more to the point, why was Jesse with her? He was about to begin filming his own show. Surely he had no need of a bitch like Van Rooyen to help his career. Being seen as her latest conquest could only damage his reputation. Nobody would take him seriously once his association with Stella became public knowledge.

“Want me to go over there and kick his ass for you?” Mark murmured in a conspiratorial whisper.

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