Laying in bed with his boss who was holding him like he was an anchor was giving Sloan goosebumps. He knew that he had to keep his feelings in check. He had a crush on Hendry for the past two years now, hell, he was calling it a crush as if he was still in high school. In truth, his emotions were all over the place every time the man stepped into his personal space. Which Hendry carelessly does more often than he'd like, not that he opposed his behavior. Just like now as Sloan held the man who was emotionally wrecked because of his best friend.Sloan always thought that it was stupid when people be the third wheel. Yet, there he was and he was being that stupid person who was pining over his boss. But when morning came, he didn't realize that he fell asleep the whole night. Truthfully, he knew that it was the best sleep he had in years. "Sloan?" His name was hoarsely whispered by the handsome man who stirred awake in his arms. "Morning, boss, um...I didn't mean to oversleep. Uh, I s
After Brody got back from dinner at Callie's parents he remembered Hendry's call, also his short text telling his best friend that he was at dinner with Callie's family. But it was not until Brody got home and saw the takeaway bags on his front door that he realized Hendry had left in a hurry. He could've easily left them in the fridge, he has keys to Brody's house and that was when he knew that he had hurt his best friend's feelings.It was late and the damage had been done, so he decided to wait to patch things up the next day. Brody decided that he was going to bring Hendry's favorite coffee and bagels for brunch. And that was how the next day when he lets himself inside Hendry's apartment, Brody found not only Hendry was still in his bed, but he was naked. His limbs tangled with his assistant's, looking like they had thoroughly fucked themselves to exhaustion.Brody should've left the second he saw them. It was not the first morning he saw Hendry naked in his bed with one of his c
It has been three weeks since Callie helped Brody with his frustration. She loves him on a deeper friendship level she knew she'd do anything for him. They've always had that certain kind of relationship, even when there was Hendry between them. Callie knew that they belonged together. She was confident that their friendship will last more than any relationship she'd have. She had understood how both were struggling with one another. She wanted nothing but to be his best friend in his happy place. She knew being with Hendry would make him happy. Callie also knew that marrying Brody will be a whole lot of messy conflicts. She knew that there was no way in hell that her love for her best friend would trump Brody's love for Hendry. And at some stage, she had accepted it. That was also why she kept on getting back and forth to go all the way with her best friend. She wanted him, the man was sexy. Callie had seen glimpses of how the man was blessed below the belt. He was thick and hung. G
"For your information, I didn't want to attend this stuffy convention in the first place," Hendry grumbled, though he was at least glad that he have Sloan to accompany him. "You have to make an appearance. This won't take long. People need to kiss your ass and you need to play nice and listen while I'll collect some business cards for your marketing team. We've done this dance before, you weren't this annoying when we were here six months ago." Sloan knew that his boss is usually a pleasant person, he'd try not to be one of those uptight titled executives. But Hendry had been sour-faced and hadn't been himself since the day Sloan rescue him from the side of the road after coming back from Brody's. "Okay, I guess, I can pretend to be nice for a couple of hours if you promised to kiss me and make me feel better after this." Hendry made a dramatic sigh while Sloan smiled and his cheeks flushed. "I can certainly do that," he batted his eyelashes making his boss laugh, then Sloan pulled
It was lunchtime with Vera that made Sloan head out early, leaving his desk and walking to the small restaurant one block away from the office. She was already there when he arrived. Vera said that she had an appointment nearby after lunch. It was why she had called her brother the night before for their lunch date. "Mom told me that she worries about you," Vera asked when the waiter left the table with their order. "Was there even an appointment, or is this your way of butting into my life?" He drinks his glass of water trying to calm himself down. Sloan knows that his family meant well and he needs to keep his cool. "Sloan, you're my only brother. I care about you. Are you seeing someone?" Her eyes locked into his, just like they did when they were kids and she wanted him to tell the truth. Those days it was as simple as how she had made him promise that he wouldn't tell Mom and Dad when he saw her kissing their hot next-door neighbor who Sloan had the biggest crush on growing up.
It was all sunshine when Callie finally arrived with her fiance Brody at the beautiful resort located on a small island which name she already forgot the second she stepped onto the soft sandy beach. The small chartered flight dropped them off at the dock. Their belongings were taken care of by the staff as Callie let Brody take her hand and guided her to the receiving area of the resort. "We should sort out the room first before meeting your family." Brody decided while Callie was too busy looking at their surroundings. It was a perfect cozy resort. It was big but not too big. Certainly not what Callie had expected of her cousin that could be over the top sometimes. When the invitation arrived, Callie dreaded coming to her cousin's wedding. Then, her mother told her that she was to bring Brody with her. Callie had felt the intimacy would be too much, but after what happened between them recently, she was having mixed feelings about the trip. "Callie, Brody, you're finally here." Ca
After the family dinner, Callie's cousin pulled her aside. Callie thought Corrine looked beautiful, she was glowing with happiness for her upcoming nuptials. It really showed how she was really in love with her fiance. That fact was the one thing Callie was not expecting from her cousin. Since they were kids they had been close, though Corrine and Callie knew that every summer they had to part as Callie and her family packed up to go to their lake house while Corrine was stuck with her boring summer activities. Year after year everything was good until one day Callie's dad decided that summers were not enough and he uprooted their lives to climb up the social ladder, moving to join the wealthy. Growing up, Corrine was one of the wild ones. She was the first one to talk to Callie about boys when they were barely legal. They were close, as close as two teenage cousins growing up in the suburbs can be. Like regular teenage girls, they giggled their way through many mischievous weekends
When it was time to get ready for another day of work, Hendry was still reeling from the fact that it was a shocking thing for him to have feelings for another man since Brody. He blamed it on his need to feel better about himself. Being with Sloan was a familiar thing. Though deep down he knew that what he had between him and Sloan was more than just a thing. Sloan, was his PA, his employee who had been working for him for years. The man had known about the back-and-forth situation between him and Brody and he was there when it all turned to dust. Hendry had felt some deeper connection with the younger man, it all escalated the moment he saw Sloan's bruises. Hendry witnessed how fragile his lover's expression was, since then his insides had been gnawing, and his instinct had told him to protect his lover. "Mr. Camden, do you really need my company for the weekend? I do have another appointment to attend to." Hendry noticed when Sloan was being cheeky after he said that he wanted to