Page 55 of Touch In Excess

“Yes,” Rami said. There was more to it than that, but he liked that Skye knew even that much.

“I’d wager that sometimes—maybe not often, but every now and again—there was an income or class disparity, but the two of them fell in love despite that. And one took care of the other.”

“Like a modern-day stay-at-home spouse,” Rami said.

Skye let out a trembling breath. “Mm. Or a partner who adores their significant other and wants to do everything in his power to give him what he can so he can follow his dreams.”

“I understand what you’re trying to say,” Rami told him. “I…I want to finish this. If I give up now, it’ll feel like the sacrifices I made were for nothing. And I don’t mind the idea of people watching me as long as you are too.”

Skye sucked in a breath and nodded. “I will be.”

“But I want you to be the one to bid tonight. I want you towinthe bid. Please.”

“I can win the bid,” Skye vowed.

“Even if it’s more than?—”

“I don’t care how much it is,” Skye interrupted him. “If it’s more than you need, you can take me out to dinner.”

Rami burst into a fit of laughter, burying the sound against Skye’s front. “Yeah, okay.”

“Repeat?”

Rami lifted his head and repeated himself through his smile.

Skye’s grin matched his own. “What am I bidding on next?”

“Tonight,” Rami said. “While I’m using your toy, you have to be in the other room. It’ll be for the person to choose how I come. Any way they want me to.” Rami cupped Skye’s half-hard cock through his pants and rubbed. “Any way they fantasize about.”

“Shit.”

“If you don’t want?—”

“I want,” Skye said in a rush, cutting him off. “Sweetheart, I really, really want.”

Rami swallowed thickly, both of his cocks now hard and throbbing. “The live after that will be to fuck me. I need you to win that too.”

“Consider it done,” Skye vowed. “And then it’ll be over?”

“Yes.”

With Skye’s money, Rami was already close. With the way his viewers would drive up the other bids, he would meet his goal and then some. He’d be okay, exactly like he wanted. Only better, because it would be Skye. Because he’d get to keep this after it was all over.

Skye tugged him close again, leaning in, and they kissed until Rami’s alarm went off. He broke off reluctantly, then took a step back. “I have to start the live.”

“And I have to start my laptop because I will be damned—in the literal sense—if I let anyone else get to choose anything else for you.”

“I like that,” Rami told him.

Skye gripped him by the chin—hard, possessive, and perfect. “So do I. Have fun with that tonight, sweetheart. But remember while you’re on the video, however good it feels on your own, I’m going to make it feel even better after.”

Rami’s whole body shook with a tremor. “I like you.”I love you. Those were the words he wanted to say, but as much as Skye told him they were doing this on their own terms, he was going to wait for that. He needed to be sure—to know it wasn’t just because Skye was the first person who was good to him.

He had enough already. He could be patient for that—and for everything else that was to come.

Fourteen

Skye was setup in the living room on the sofa with the blinds closed and most of the lights off. He was too far away to hear the noises coming from Rami’s bedroom, even with his hearing aids all the way up and the background filter turned on. But that was fine.

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