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Lake wasn’t as unobservant as he pretended. The entire staff of the club was aware of Jesse’s interest in him. Lake might have acted like he didn’t know but he had. And so did his friends. The hickies were enough of a statement. Well that and the fact that Jesse had walked Lake to work and kissed him goodbye. In front of everyone.

“So, I heard a rumor.”

Lake jumped as he spun around.

Dom was draped across the front of the desk.

“What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be at work?”

“We’ll see, I was at work. But one of the servers here came to grab a coffee and shared a little tidbit with me,” Dom said.

Lake had a feeling he’d been ratted out. “You should be at work.”

“My shift is over. And I just had to see with my own eyes that my little friend got him some loving last night,” Dom replied.

“I would have told you myself,” Lake told him.

“Except you weren’t home when I woke up and still weren’t home by the time I left for work,” Dom pointed out. Reaching out, Dom cupped Lake’s face. “Hey, pretty!”

“Hey.”

“Are you happy?” Dom asked softly.

“So happy,” Lake confessed.

Leaning forward, Dom rested his forehead against Lake’s. “Was it everything you imagined?”

Closing his eyes, Lake nodded. “More.”

“And he was good to you? Didn’t pressure or—”

“He was wonderful to me,” Lake assured him.

“Then I’m happy for you.” Dom pulled back. “And we should celebrate!”

Lake laughed. “How?”

“Slumber party?”

Lake shrugged. He was sort of hoping to spend the night with Jesse again.

“You’d rather celebrate with your Daddy, am I right?”

“Yeah, kind of,” Lake admitted.

“How about a little day this weekend?” Dom suggested. “Ezra works the early shift at the coffee shop on Saturday. Both you and Brandon are on late shift and I’m off so we could start right before lunch. I bet I could even talk the boys into sharing those vegan nuggies that we bought.”

A little afternoon? That sounded like the best way to celebrate to him. “Yes!” Lake rushed around the desk to hug Dom.

Dom hugged him back even though Dom wasn’t as touchy-feely as Lake was. “I’m really happy for you.”

They drew back when someone cleared their throat.

He grinned at Jesse watching them with a soft smile.

“Oh! Hey there, Jesse,” Dom said slyly. “Nice job on staking your claim.”

Lake’s face heated.