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  Cam leaned forward, caging Jesse’s head in between his arms. Jesse thrust up hard and cupped Cam’s balls with his other hand. Pride surged through him at Cam’s cry.

  “Fuck!”

  Cam’s whole body shook. Jesse thrust hard again, and Cam lit up like a firework. His eyes went wide, and he came hard with another cry, streaking Jesse’s torso with his cum. He collapsed down on top of Jesse, his cock still pulsing and his lips pressed close to Jesse’s ear.

  “Love you,” he got out, his voice harsh, and Jesse came, too, the orgasm tearing through him like wildfire.

  The pleasure spun out longer and longer, so intense Jesse nearly sobbed. He lay limp and stunned in its aftermath, his breaths still coming fast when Cam pulled off. He tried to rouse himself as Cam cleaned them up with what he guessed was a T-shirt, but his eyelids refused to cooperate.

  “Sorry,” he muttered. He managed a dopey chuckle, and Cam shushed him.

  “Let’s sleep,” Cam whispered. He drew the sheets up around them and turned out the lamp, and they held each other close while dawn broke over the world outside Jesse’s window.

  I could get used to this, he thought, before he slipped back under into sleep with a smile on his face.

  Chapter Twenty

  “He’s very charming,” Maureen said with a sigh. “But in such a genuine way.”

  Cam smiled at his mom. He dried the last pan and hung it on the rack. “Yeah, he is. Jesse never says anything he doesn’t mean.”

  “I see why you care for him so much.”

  There was a roar from the living room that sounded suspiciously like Jesse. Last Cam knew, he’d been playing with Lily and George. It was a terrifying but entertaining prospect that made Cam grin so wide his cheeks hurt.

  “I’m glad you brought him to dinner. It seemed like he enjoyed himself.”

  “He did,” Cam said without hesitation. As Cam expected, Jesse got along beautifully with the loud and chaotic Lewis clan. He’d only been subjected to Cam’s parents and siblings, but Cam thought they were more than enough for the first meeting.

  Of course, it was no surprise he’d impressed Cam’s family. He’d brought a bouquet of flowers for Maureen and a six-pack of Frank’s favorite microbrew to start, but from the eldest to the youngest Lewis, he’d won them over. He’d even offered to help Maureen with the dishes after dinner, but Lily and George clamored for his attention, and he’d given in to their demands with a smile.

  If Cam hadn’t already been smitten, he would be now.

  “Let’s go see what they’re up to,” Maureen suggested. She tucked a hand into the crook of Cam’s elbow, and they walked toward the living room together. Cam paused in the doorway, taking in the scene in front of him.

  The tabloids might have dubbed Jesse the Playboy of Manhattan, but two months after he and Cam had become a couple, he was roughhousing with kindergarteners. And appearing to be having the time of his life.

  Jesse was under attack from Lily and George, and his arms flailed as he died a horrible and dramatic death, complete with gurgling noises. Lily and George cheered after the final death rattle, and Lily planted a small rainbow-striped sock on his chest.

  Cam glanced at his father, who offered him an amused smile.

  “The knights have vanquished the dragon who held the villagers hostage.” Frank nodded toward the array of stuffed animals arranged in a small fort of chairs.

  “Ah,” Cam said, then clapped. “Well done, Sir George and Sir Lily!”

  Lily gave him a withering glare. “I’m a lady. Ladies can be knights, too, Cam.”

  “Of course,” he said in a grave tone. “Thank you for informing me of the proper title.”

  Jesse glanced up at him from the floor. “Well, Lady Lily and Sir George vanquished this dragon most thoroughly. I have learned my lesson and will go forth and bother no more villagers.”

  “If you promise to be good, I’ll make you a knight too,” Lily said, brandishing her cardboard sword. She just missed whacking Jesse in the face as he sat up.

  He deftly avoided the sword and smiled at her. “I promise no more villagers will be harmed on my watch.”

  Maureen leaned her head against Cam’s arm. “He’s lovely, Cam. Are you sure you two won’t want kids someday?”

  Cam gave her a stern look. “I’m sure. We are sure.”

  “Well, all right. I was just asking.” She gave him an impish smile. “He’s good with George and Lily. Your brothers have been hanging on his every word, too. You know you’re not getting out of here until they play a video game with him.”

  “I know.” Cam grinned. “But that’s how he is. He’s good with everyone.”

  “Hard to believe he’s so wealthy and powerful,” she said under her breath. Jesse’s hair was disheveled, and his shirt creased in a few places. He was gorgeous. Ignoring the fact that the shirt was bespoke and his haircut had cost a small fortune, he didn’t seem out of place in the suburban New Jersey living room at all.

  “I forget sometimes,” Cam admitted. “Or as much as I can when we’re spending time at his loft near Madison Square Park, anyway.”

  “I’m sure he likes that,” Maureen said. “That the money doesn’t matter much to you.”

  “I think so. I know a lot of people have been into Jesse for what they can get from him. He knows I want him for, well, him. Although when those storms came through the other day, I didn’t argue when he suggested I use one of the Murtaghs’ cars to get to and from the club. I don’t take him up on an offer like that often but…”

  “That shows he wants to take care of you,” Maureen said. “He simply has more means to do it than most.”

  Cam nodded. He suspected part of the reason Jesse warmed to the Lewises was that they treated him exactly like any other guy Cam ever brought home.

  They had been surprised when Jesse mentioned Cam had applied for a passport so he could join Jesse on some of his trips in the future. With the school year about to start, they’d have to wait for the holidays, but Cam looked forward to it, and his parents seemed excited for him.

  “Wanna play again?” Lily pleaded. She tugged Jesse’s arm, and he shot a “help me” glance in Cam’s direction.

  Cam strode into the room. “Well, it looks like I missed all the fun!”

  “You did,” Jesse said. “I’ve been vanquished and knighted.”

  “Busy night,” Cam quipped. “But we have about an hour before we have to leave. You want to get in a game with Dan and Arthur?”

  “Sounds good.” Jesse stood and attempted to straighten his rumpled clothes.

  Lily let out a wail of protest, but Cam crouched down beside her. “Hey, Lily-Bug, remember, you and George got your turn playing with Jesse. You’d be mad if Dan and Arthur hogged all the time with him and you didn’t get any, right?”

  Lily’s lips quivered but she nodded. “Yeah.”

  “Then is it fair for you to do that?”

  She shook her head. Cam smiled at her. “I know I’m not quite as awesome as Jesse, but would you maybe play with me for a while?”

  “I s’pose,” Lily muttered. But her face quickly brightened. “Oh! I need to show you my doll. I gave her the measles!”

  Cam glanced over at his mother, who gave him a helpless shrug. “Don’t ask,” she mouthed at him.

  Lily returned a few minutes later, brandishing a doll covered in hideous green spots. “See!”

  “I don’t think the measles are usually green, Lil.” It appeared she’d used marker to make them.

  She gave him a scornful look. “It’s a new kind of measles. And I’m a scientist searching for the cure! You can help.”

  Cam took a seat on the floor while Lily dumped out a bin filled with various toys. “What are these for?” he asked.

  “Research.”

  “Got it.”

  Lily chattered away about the best way to research a cure for the green measles, and Cam glanced around. Cam’s parents were curled up in an oversized chair t
ogether, surveying the room with contented smiles on their faces. Jesse sat on the couch between Arthur and Dan, with George on the floor by his knee.

  A lump rose in Cam’s throat. He hadn’t been searching for someone to build a life with. Or to fit in with his family so well. He’d never expected to find it with Jesse. But he’d found it nonetheless. And Cam knew exactly how lucky that made him.

  Forty-five minutes later, Cam encouraged Lily to put away her toys. She did so with a mournful noise but didn’t put up too much fuss.

  Cam leaned over the back of the couch and rested his chin on Jesse’s shoulder. “We should head out, babe.” They had time before they needed to leave, but goodbyes took a while in the Lewis house.

  “Sure.” Jesse glanced at Cam’s brothers. “Sorry, guys.”

  “Aw, man,” Arthur said. But he saved the game and set down his controller.

  “Thanks, Arthur.” Cam pressed a loud, smacking kiss to Jesse’s cheek.

  “Gross,” Dan muttered.

  “You’re jealous because you’re not dating anyone,” Arthur sneered.

  Dan tossed his controller on the couch next to him. “Meh, there’s a guy on my soccer team who’s pretty cute. I think I might ask him out.”

  The entire room fell silent.

  “Anything you want to tell us, Dan?” Maureen asked.

  “No,” Dan said. “Just that there’s a guy I might ask out. So, bite me, Arthur, I might not be single for long. And it was my brother’s PDA that grossed me out.”

  Cam remembered a girl Dan had dated the year before and the various crushes he’d had throughout the years. “Are you bi, Dan?” he asked.

  “Duh.”

  “Oh,” Maureen said. “We had no idea.”

  “Well, now you know.” Dan shrugged. “Besides, Arthur knew.”

  All eyes turned to Arthur, who stared back like he couldn’t figure out why anything happening qualified as a big deal. “What? His news. Not mine.”

  “I hope asking him out goes well,” Jesse said. “As a fellow bi dude, I wish you luck.”

  They bumped fists, and the lump that had been in Cam’s throat returned full force.

  “Well, you’ll have to tell us all about him!” Maureen said.

  Dan groaned. “This is why I don’t tell you guys anything. Everyone in this family is so nosy.”

  “You get used to it eventually.” Cam patted him on the shoulder. “But we should head out.”

  Jesse stood and they said their goodbyes, and Maureen and Frank followed them out.

  “Do you want any leftovers?” Maureen asked at the door.

  “I think we’re fine,” Cam said.

  But Jesse nodded. “If you can spare some blueberry cobbler, I could go for that. It’s the best I’ve ever eaten.”

  Maureen beamed. “I’m so glad you liked it! I’ll send some home with you.” She hustled toward the kitchen. “You wait right here, and I’ll be back.”

  “You made her day, you know.” Frank held a hand out to Jesse.

  Jesse shook it. “It was delicious. There’s a strong possibility it won’t last until tomorrow morning.”

  Frank gave him a broad smile and patted him on the shoulder.

  “Here you go,” Maureen said a few moments later, holding out a massive container of blueberry cobbler. “Now give me a hug.”

  Jesse hugged her, but when he pulled back, Lily and George each latched on to a leg. He looked down with a grin. “Err. I seem to have growths.” He gently tried to shake them off, but they clung tighter. “Barnacles, maybe.”

  “You can’t leave!” Lily wailed. “We were having fun!”

  “Ouch.” Cam pouted. “I’ve been ousted as their favorite.”

  His mom offered him a sympathetic smile.

  Frank crouched down and looked at Lily and George. “Now, we’ve talked about this. I know you want to play more, but Cam and Jesse have plans tonight. It was nice of them to come all this way to see us. If you ask nicely, they might come over again. But if you’re rude and demanding, they might be less excited about coming back.”

  Lily’s small shoulders heaved, but she let go and so did George. “Okay.”

  Jesse crouched down, too. “I would love to come back. And maybe sometime Cam and I can have all you guys over for dinner at my place,” he said. “How does that sound?”

  Lily’s despondent expression shifted. “Do you have toys at your place?”

  Cam covered his snort with a laugh. The toys Jesse owned were extremely adult in nature. Jesse glared up at him, no doubt guessing what Cam was thinking. It had only been two days since he’d slipped a ring over Cam’s cock and balls, then tortured him with a vibrating prostate massager and a blow job until Cam had begged to come. How could he think of anything else?

  “I’ll make sure there’re things you could play with,” Jesse said. Which Cam suspected meant he’d go out and buy something outlandish and wildly fun to have on hand for Lewis family visits. Thank God, Jesse’s loft had fancy climate-controlled storage units in the basement of the building because kids’ toys did not mesh with Jesse’s home décor aesthetic.

  Lily wrapped her arms around Jesse’s neck. “Bye, dragon man. Remember you’re a knight now, so you have to behave.”

  “I’ll try,” Jesse said. He dropped his voice to a whisper. “I’m not always very good at that.”

  Lily sighed. “Me neither.”

  “We’ll have to keep working at it then.”

  Cam’s lips twitched at their exchange. He was still smiling when he and Jesse extricated themselves from his family’s grasp and made it out to the Range Rover.

  After Jesse started the vehicle, he turned to look at Cam. “You look happy.”

  “I am.” Cam reached over and squeezed his thigh. “Thanks for coming today.”

  “I had a nice time.” Jesse smiled at him. “They’re great.”

  “They’re nuts, but I like them.”

  “That’s kinda how I feel about you.” Jesse pulled away from the curb.

  “Hey!” Cam protested with a laugh.

  “So, Dan, huh?”

  “Yeah, didn’t expect that,” Cam admitted, shaking his head. “Never a dull moment.”

  Jesse chuckled. “I suspect that’s an understatement. But I love the way they handled it.”

  “Pretty low-key, huh?”

  “Well, I’m sure it helped you’d already come out.”

  “Sure. But they didn’t have a much bigger reaction with me,” Cam said. “We make a big deal out of some things, but not the ones most people do.”

  “I can see that.”

  They were silent while Jesse focused on the GPS’s directions to the Holland Tunnel.

  Cam was lost in his own thoughts when Jesse spoke again. “What do you think about moving in together?” Jesse’s tone was casual, but the topic was anything but.

  Move in together? Cam twisted in his seat and looked at Jesse, wondering if he’d heard right. “Well, we’ve talked about the idea before. In a ‘someday’ sort of way,” he said and kept his voice as neutral as he could manage.

  “I know.” Jesse glanced at the rearview mirror. “I think maybe someday is approaching. You spend most of your time at my place, anyway.”

  “I do,” Cam agreed. “But there’s a huge-ass difference between me having a place I don’t use much and me moving in on a permanent basis.”

  “There is. And I never expected to feel this, much less say it aloud, but I miss you when you’re not there, Cam.”

  His heart felt like it was suddenly too large for his chest. “I miss you, too.”

  “And I like knowing I’ll be coming home to you,” Jesse said.

  Truthfully, his place already felt like home to Cam. Though he loved Brooklyn, both of his jobs were in Manhattan. It was a relief to take a short train ride to Jesse’s place rather than the time-consuming trek via ferry and train to DUMBO. But the hassle of commuting between boroughs wasn’t the reason Cam wanted to move.
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br />   It wasn’t the snoring roommate and water dripping that made it hard to sleep when he was at his loft. Jesse wasn’t there. Cam would move to Albuquerque if Jesse wanted it. And he felt genuine surprise that he’d brought up the idea of cohabitation so soon.

  “Well, we’ve got a couple of options,” Cam said. “My lease is up in a few months. I could wait and move into your place then. Or I could start moving my stuff into your place and look for someone to sublet.”

  “I’ll start clearing out closet space,” Jesse said. “Think you’ll miss Brooklyn?”

  “A bit,” Cam said. Just like that, they were going to move in together. Surreal. “But it’s worth the trade-off.” And Cam meant a hell of a lot more than the short commute and cushy digs.

  “There are a couple of things we should talk about first,” Cam said while he mulled over what living together would mean for their relationship. “You own your place, right?”

  “I do.”

  “So, I’m guessing you won’t be charging me rent.”

  Jesse grimaced. “I hadn’t planned on it. Please don’t tell me you want me to out of some misguided sense of pride.”

  “No, I don’t. I would like to contribute to utilities and groceries, though.”

  Jesse opened his mouth, then closed it. “Sure. And I’d like to splurge on you occasionally. Like when we take a trip to London, I’ll cover your travel expenses.”

  “Keep it to a dull roar, and you’ve got a deal, Big Money.”

  Jesse snorted. “This is not the kind of shit I ever pictured when I thought about relationships.”

  “Well, you’ve never been in a relationship with me before,” Cam teased.

  “True.”

  The Holland Tunnel spit them out onto Lower Manhattan’s streets. Cam glanced at the GPS and realized Jesse was on the way to his place in NoMad. Our place, he corrected himself. “Aren’t we going to Under tonight?”

  “We are,” Jesse said. “But I want to change first. Lily did a number on my shirt.”

  Cam chuckled. “The first rule of hanging out with the Lewis family is always bring a spare set of clothes.”

  “Noted.”

  “Don’t you keep a change of clothes at the bar?”