man.” “Bridesmaids!” “No. I gave up hiding in closets years ago. I haven’t done much good with my life, but I can hang my hat on being honest about who I am. I can pretend to be your gay partner.” “Whoa. You will not be my gay partner. End of story. Business partner who happens to be gay, but not my gay partner. You can come and get whatever sick joy you can get out of making me miserable, but there will be no hooking up. Not with you. I don’t fuck assholes.” Duncan ignored the sly smile Sebastian flashed. It was the only way he could agree to accept Sebastian’s help. Right now there was a gift horse right in front of him and he was going to hop on its back and ride it to his sister’s wedding. “Deal.” They went back to finishing the game they had started. Several minutes later, Duncan said, “And thanks.” “My pleasure. You’re a lot cuter when you’re happy than when you’re sad, my big lumberjack.” Duncan picked up a ball and tossed it toward Sebastian, making sure it didn’t come anywhere near hitting him. “Careful.” Sebastian said while laughing. “I can’t afford for the price gouging contractor to come back and make any repairs.” Duncan couldn’t believe he was going to be spending ten days trapped on a ship with Sebastian. His heart raced, thinking of the two of them sleeping in the small cabin. He had no idea how he’d be able to fall asleep while accidentally bumping against Sebastian’s skin or getting Sebastian’s hair stuck in his mouth or feeling his morning erection pressing him in the back. He would be stuck with a ten-day erection of his own that Sebastian would certainly torment him about, or decide to try to do something about. But at least he was going to be able to go to his sister’s wedding.
6 Duncan D uncan and Sebastian boarded the ship as soon as its check-in lines opened. Duncan’s family wouldn’t get there for a couple of hours. He had forced Sebastian to get there earlier so they could get settled and make sure they had the best chance of not looking like lovers sharing a room. Good luck with that. Duncan had risked a brief glance at Sebastian while waiting in line to get their room key. Sebastian was wearing a tight, peach-colored shirt, and even tighter baby blue shorts. He looked amazing. Duncan had already caught himself glancing at Sebastian’s impressive bulge several times during the limo ride from Duncan’s house to the ship. Their hands had bumped against each other a couple of times while waiting in line to board the ship. Duncan had forced himself to not grab ahold, but it had been a challenge. Sebastian smiled the cocky smile that said he would have his way at Duncan. That smile made it much easier for Duncan to keep his hands to himself. Worrying that any move could be the one that ruined things with his family had nearly paralyzed him. Please keep reminding me that you are just a player. “It’ll be fine,” Sebastian whispered into Duncan’s ear. “No one will tell you’re gay. They’ll be too dazzled by my fabulousness.” Sebastian’s soft, minty breath tickled Duncan’s ear and made him have very gay thoughts of shoving Sebastian on the bed as soon as they got to their room and taking advantage of the flirtations that he had been teasing Duncan with the entire morning. Would it be so bad? Would his parents even care? He didn’t know, but he wasn’t about to ruin his sister’s wedding by forcing their hand and destroying everything. Especially for a player that would probably leave him once he had finished with him. Despite his fear of disaster, Duncan had a bad feeling that his resistance would break down during a weak moment. Sebastian was just too pretty and too willing. A time and a place for everything. Speaking of which, maybe there was a time and a place to be gay on the ship and a time and a place to not be. Would Sebastian agree to something like that? Duncan shut down that line of