Page 21 of Out of Nowhere

A small noise escaped his throat when Seo-jun’s arm slipped around Dex’s waist.

“I am. And who are you?” Seo-jun had to lean forward to be heard, which put his mouth next to Dex’s ear. Without thinking, Dex leaned back into him and turned slightly so he could watch Seo-jun’s face.

“I’m Raheem. Dex and I met last night after you had to leave for that work emergency,” Raheem shouted back at them.

“Oh, did you, now?” Seo-jun sounded displeased. Having this conversation at this volume was ridiculous, but Dex wasn’t about to interrupt.

“Had someone broken into the nursing home?” Raheem asked. Of course, Seo-jun had no idea what Raheem was talking about, but you wouldn’t be able to tell that from looking at him.

Without missing a beat, he said, “False alarm. Were you coming onto my boyfriend after I left?” Seo-jun tightened his arm around Dex, his fingers brushing the edge of Dex’s ribs. “Because I’m a very jealous man.” He moved his mouth closer to Dex’s ear. “Aren’t I, Dex?”

Dex nodded, swallowing hard. Seo-jun’s other hand came around to rest on his stomach, and he began stroking it with his finger, sending chills cascading down Dex’s back.

“Not after I found out he was taken,” Raheem said. “You can’t blame me for approaching him, though, can you?”

“I cannot,” Seo-jun agreed and then his teeth sank into the edge ofDex’s ear. Dex was so stunned, he couldn’t move, but he managed a polite smile at Raheem before the man disappeared into the crowd.

His heart beating wildly, Dex swallowed hard and reluctantly eased out of Seo-jun’s arms. Leaning close to his ear, he said, “Thanks for that. Last night when he approached me, I didn’t know what to say and just blurted out that my boyfriend had left due to an emergency, and then I made up that stupid story about the nursing home. The, uh, bite on the ear was a nice touch.”

Dex didn’t imagine the shiver that ran through Seo-jun when Dex had his lips so close to his ear. His cock pulsed in his pants at the thought of Seo-jun’s ears being sensitive.

“It’s probably better that we act like we’re together anyway.” Seo-jun’s hand resting on Dex’s back felt hot and possessive.

“You don’t mind?” Dex asked.

“Do I look like I mind?” Seo-jun asked. He glided his hand around and up Dex’s shirt to the part that was see-through. “This is very revealing. As your boyfriend, I don’t know if I like people looking at you in it.”

Seo-jun was fucking with him, but Dex couldn’t stop the blush that quickly suffused his cheeks. His attempt at a laugh came out strangled.

If Seo-jun keeps this up, this is going to be a long night, he thought.

Chapter Fourteen: Seo-jun

The third time Seo-jun caught himself listening to the Taylor Swift’s song “Lover” while thinking of Dex, he erased it from his Spotify playlist only to upload it again a day later. He liked to think about how Dex had looked when he’d said he loved the song, eyes wide and face lighting up. He wanted to see Dex look like that again.

He had to admit, he also liked the song.It would be nice to belong to a person like that, he thought as he took a shower, the song playing on his phone propped on the counter. Seo-jun’s relationship with Haru certainly hadn’t been like that.

When he finished showering, Seo-jun turned off Spotify, and looked at himself in the mirror.

“Seriously, Seo-jun? Are you a twelve-year-old with a crush?” he asked his reflection. Shaking his head, he grabbed a towel off the rack and dried off.

Standing in front of his closet in his apartment, he looked through his clothes with a critical eye. It was their fourth night going toTrend, and a Tuesday. So far, there had been no sign ofthe vandal. He was just about to grab a pair of black jeans when he spotted something on a hanger in the back that he’d forgotten he owned. Smiling, he put together an outfit that was sure to…

Towhat?

He’d been teasing Dex a lot lately, testing the waters, yes, but also because a blushing Dex did things to him. He was pretty sure Dex was into him, too. But how to proceed? Seo-jun was sailing in uncharted waters.

Picking up his phone, he pushed play, listening to the words of “Lover” for several minutes while imagining what it would be like to slow dance with Dex.

Can I go where you go?

Can we always be this close?

Forever and ever…

Seo-jun closed his eyes. He wanted to see that look on Dex’s face again.

A half hour later, dressed in a pair of leather pants he’d once worn clubbing that had been stuck in the back of his closet for years, coupled with a snug white T-shirt, Seo-jun pulled his car up to where Dex was waiting for him outside the mansion’s gate. Seo-jun’s eyes swept over him. He was wearing a pair of cream-colored chinos and a black button-down shirt, and with his tan and the thin layer of stubble on his jaw, he looked incredibly sexy. As Dex lowered himself into the passenger seat of Seo-jun’s black Mercedes GT Coupe, Seo-jun hurriedly rearranged his cock in the constrictive pants he was wearing.

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