Sex, Lies and Celluloid by Chris Owen

Author:Chris Owen [Owen, Chris]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

As it turned out, neither of us went into the office until after lunch. I woke up spooned around Celia and slipped into the shower. Then I made her coffee and spiked it for her.

"Hair of the dog," I said as I handed her the mug. She was blinking slowly and muttered something, but took the cup and drank it while I dressed. I'm lucky in that I don't get much of a hangover, even when I've gone to bed completely sodden.

A couple of cups of coffee and I'm good to go.

One spiked cup seemed to do the trick for Celia and she said, "Good morning," as she got out of bed and shuffled into my bathroom. She came out a new woman; showered and smiling. "Gotta run. Lunch date, remember?"

"It's that late?"

"Almost noon. I need to run home and change."

Damn. I'd had no idea. I thanked Celia for her company and kissed her as she was heading out the door, then went into the kitchen and poured myself another cup of coffee.

I hadn't been tailing Daniel all that long. How had I fallen so hard? Was there really a way out of this mess I'd gotten myself into? Did I deserve a way out? I wasn't proud of the things I'd done; watching Daniel with other men, tailing him more to satisfy my own curiosity than my client's. How was he ever going to be okay with that?

I was counting on Celia more than I really wanted to.

I was putting the bottles away and throwing out the remains of Celia's Chinese feast when my Treo chimed at me from the living room. I went out and picked it up, my 162

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stomach in a knot. I'd forgotten I'd sent a message. A drunken one. To Daniel.

The words were short, and there weren't many of them. " I think I need you, too. So no. I'm sorry."

I felt worse for Daniel than myself as I read his message for the fourth time. I was trying to be optimistic and hanging onto the idea that we might at least be able to see each other on the QT despite his marriage. Daniel wasn't even letting himself entertain the possibility. Or maybe he had and decided he couldn't handle it, or handle the responsibility, or handle the spin if it came to that. Whatever it was, I could read between those very short lines.

He was alone, and in pain.

Quickly, I forwarded the message to Celia with a note that read, " Sent him a drunken 'I need you' last night. This was his reply. Help?" Then I replied to Daniel. " Door is always open," I said simply, and sent it off.

Then it was time to get my act together and figure out where to go from here. I thought for a moment about going to the office, but what would I do there? I assumed Daniel was at work today, but I didn't know

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