ALL WEEKEND IâD remained convinced there was no one dumber than Iâd been in leaving that warehouse on Saturday. Sinâs shouts of release haunted my every waking thought, and the memories of him getting off on that bed?
Why the hell hadnât I stayed again?
Turned out the email theyâd sent to my agent had a typo in the address, leading me straight to Sin instead of the shoot in Soho. Some would call that a simple mistake.
Me? Iâd call it fate. Especially with what landed in the inbox of every one of my friends, save Preston, come Monday morning.
âHoly shit, get a load of this.â West twisted from his position near the front of the luxury Sprinter van my friends and I took to Astor University every day and tapped the screen of his cell phone. ââXes Entertainment presents a night of Sin this Friday at the Lure nightclub. Introducing our risingâin the waysâstar, a man thatâll inspire all your deepest, darkest fantasies. Youâre invited to come (at least once) to meet our hot new obsessionâSIN.ââ
West turned his phone around to show us the photo, but my stomach had already flipped at the mention of his name. As my eyes caught on the mane of blond hair and those whiskey-colored eyes, I realized my memories of Saturday didnât do him justice at all. God , he was sexy. Even if Sin wasnât his real name, it fit him perfectly.
One by one, all the guys pulled out their phones, ignoring the fact that our driver, Scotty, had pulled up to the main gates of Astor. I opened my email to the invitation weâd all been sent and scrolled down. A video had been attached, and I clicked on it before I thought better of it.
That wasnât just any video. It was Sin sprawled out on that bed in the warehouse, completely naked and touching himselfâ
âDonât have to tell me twice,â Travis said, watching over my shoulder. âIâm down.â
âOn your knees?â Eastâs eyes glittered as he smirked.
âIf thatâs where he wants me.â
âProbably the only time youâre so accommodating.â
âAccommodating is the right word.â West snorted. âLook at the size of that thing. Our porn subscriptions are paying off.â
West zoom-pinched the screen as everyone crowded in, but there was no need for it. You could see Sinâs âthingâ a mile away. Hell, you might even be able to see it from outer space.
âI donât think Iâve ever seen a dick that big in person,â East mused.
Daireâs eyes landed on him, his perpetual scowl in place. âYou own a mirror, donât you?â
East gave him a droll look. âYouâre just jealous thereâs something scarier than you in this van right now.â
Travis busted out laughing as Preston angled his head to the side, a wince marring his all-American good-boy features.
âThat looks like it would cause serious damage. Not sure Serena would enjoy something that, umâ¦big.â
âMaybe you should take her shopping one day and show her some options.â West smirked. âIâm sure polite missionary style gets boring after the millionth time with the same person. Shake things up, add some spice to your life.â
âBy offering to split her in half?â Travis grabbed his stomach and started to laugh. âWhy donât you show JT? Iâm sure the golden boy could do with a littleâ¦loosening up.â
Westâs eyes latched on to Travis. âShut the hell up.â
âOh, someoneâs touchy.â
â
is still making shit right after listening to you assholes in the first place. I donât need you yapping about our sex life.â
Westâand his new boyfriend, JTâwere never going to let any of us live down the bet weâd issued West at the start of the fall semester. Getting back at the dean of Astor by corrupting her son seemed like a good idea at the timeâuntil West went and fell for him instead.
Never thought Iâd see the day that the biggest playboy of our group had a boyfriend.
As everyone in the van bitched amongst themselves, it gave me the opportunity to melt into the background and try to get my own dick under control, because the second it caught sight of Sin again, it had stood up ready to say hi.
âCan you assholes get out?â Daire said from the back seat. âIâd like the day to be over with at some fucking point.â
West reluctantly pocketed his phone, and we all piled out to head into Astor. As we made our way inside the gates, I fell back and took another look at my phone.
Jesus, Sin really was something to look atâand no, not just his cock. Once you got past , his body, face, and sheer animal magnetism made for one hot package.
He was all male, kind ofâ¦primal, in a way. Like a lion, with those amber eyes and that long mane ofâ
âYouâre awfully quiet back here.â Preston moved into step beside me, and I quickly turned off the screen. âYou okay?â
âYeah.â I nodded and slipped my phone into the pocket of my jeans. âI was just, uh, wondering if Gavin got here on time this morning, thatâs all.â
Lies.
âHe didnât come home last night, and I know itâs hard for him to get back after spending the night at Joeyâs.â
There, that sounded plausible enough. My younger brother, Gavin, was dating a guy who lived in Queens, and that was a good hour commute from the Upper East Side. That seemed like way too much effort to me, unless you were madly in love. But Gavin was a dreamer, and apparently Joey was worth the trek, though many of us disagreed.
âIâm sure heâs around here somewhere.â Preston scanned the courtyard, most likely on the lookout for his girlfriend, Serena. He was the only one in the group who wouldnât be drooling over the email of Sin, but I knew if the rest of us went to the club Friday, heâd still drag himself there to hang.
And we were definitely going.
My hand itched to reach for my phone again, and that was when I realized it was gonna be a looong fucking day of torture before I could get home to do exactly what my cock had wanted from the second Sinâs name had been mentioned.
âYou two maybe want to pick up the pace?â East called over his shoulder. âI ordered breakfast for eight fifty, sharp.â
âAye-aye, captain.â I gave a mock salute as we followed the rest of the guys inside the main building of the university, heading to the lounge area weâd commandeered our first day here at the school.
It was a private room, one that was usually reserved for professors, but from the moment weâd set foot in the halls, the space had become ours.
It was obnoxious, I knew that, the way we somehow managed to take over anything and everything we wanted. Our favorite spot in the courtyard. The first spot in any line. But at the same time, it was kind of expected from us. Everyone knew our parents, therefore they knew the amount of money the seven of us brought to Astor. So if we wanted somewhere private and professionally decorated, then the school wasnât going to give us too much shit about it.
We entered the opulent space full of traditional wood-paneled walls, beautiful velvet couches, and leather clubman chairs. It was easy to tell which one of us had had the main say in décorâEast. It looked like some high-end cigar club, not a college hangout spot.
I dropped my ass into a chair and pulled my phone back out, pretending to hit up my social media pages. But instead I opened the email sitting in my inbox, taunting me to take another look. I turned the volume down and hit play again, propping an ankle on my knee.
It wasnât that Iâd never seen a good-looking guy before. Hell, with the industry I was in, you could randomly throw a quarter and watch it bounce off a tight ass. But Sin was different. He wasnât polishedâunless you counted the oil Anita had rubbed all over himâand angular. He wasnât all full lips and perfect posture and gait. He was raw and earthy and made you want to get down and dirty with him.
fucking dirty.
âSo, Van, you gonna be able to make it to this party Friday?â Travis turned his head in my direction. âOr you got work this weekend?â
I didnât care if I had a meeting with the pope this weekend. Iâd be canceling it for a chance to see Sin again.
âNothing this weekend, so Iâll be there.â There was no way I was letting this opportunity slip through my hands. It was like fate me to see Sin again. It had literally delivered him to my inbox for the price of three hundred dollars a year.
Travisâs lips curled. âMaybe you could give him some tips on the best way to angle himself for the light.â
âI donât know,â West piped up. âConsidering the size of the piece of equipment heâs working with, I think heâs got a pretty good handle on his angles. The fact it didnât block out the sun was .â
âWhat was impressive?â
My eyes widened at the sound of JTâs voice, and I slid down in my seat.
âUhâ¦nothing,â West said.
I snorted, then clapped a hand over my mouth when West glared.
âNothing, huh?â JT could see right through that shit. West was the worst liar ever.
West cleared his throat and walked around my chair to go and greet his guy. The rest of us all turned and practically burned holes in his back. If he was about to be handed his ass like the last time JT caught him in a lie, we all wanted to witness it.
âWell, nothing important.â West kissed JTâs cheek, thenâholy shitâhanded over his phone. âI was just telling Van that I didnât think this guy needed lighting tips for his dick. Not when heâs handling it like itâs a goddamn lightsaber. Thing is lit up like a weapon.â
JT took in the video of Sin working his âweapon,â and he looked truly horrified.
âAw, donât look so shattered, Golden Boy.â East chuckled. âWest came to terms with his inadequacies years ago. If you want to try something that big, Iâm sure he could find it in silicone.â
âOr better yet,â Travis interjected, âthey might sell replicas of Sin at his coming-out party.â
Fuck, I hadnât even thought about that. But as the idea took root and started to percolate, so did my dick. The idea of being able to watch him and use hisâ¦
to get myself off? That was something I could get behindâor more like get my behind.
âUm, I think Iâll pass,â JT said, handing the phone back like it was a snake that might bite him. A long, thick python. âThat looks painful.â
âTry not to be too insulted by that,â Daire said as he crossed the room and threw open the door. âIâm out. Only so much talk about dicks I want to hear.â
As Daire exited, West led JT over to where heâd been sitting on the couch and pulled him down on his lap.
âComing-out party?â JT said as West wound his arms around his waist and nuzzled into his curls.
âYeah, itâs Friday. Think you can swing it?â
JTâs lips twitched as he glanced back at West. âI mean, not as far as that guy, obviously. But if you think youâre going to a coming-out party for a porn star on your own, youâve got another thing coming.â
âI donât want another thing coming.â West smoothed a hand up JTâs thigh, making him blush. âJust you.â
It wasâ¦
to see West so obviously content in a relationship when heâd never been in one in his life. But seeing him all heart-eyes over the golden boy made something inside of me feel restless. I enjoyed being a couple, enjoyed having someone to kiss and make out with, and I enjoyed having someone to give my body the attention it was so clearly lacking.
But I had a leg up here, an ace I could play that no one in this room knew about. Iâd met Sin, talked to him, been the one he was eye-fucking while filming this very scene, and if the gods wanted me to attend his party, I wasnât going to go and purchase a replica of the guy.
No way. I was going to get the real thing.
He wanted me, and I wanted him. So why couldnât we have a night togetherâ¦without cameras?
The jarring sound interrupted my thoughts as the door behind me was pushed open again and East got to his feet and clapped his hands.
âOh good, breakfast,â he said, waving in the delivery guy, who was balancing a tray of coffees in one hand and holding several bags in the other. âNow, who ordered the sausage?â