Page 36 of Just a Bit Guarded

Not yet.

Gadiel’s heart dropped.

An acidic, nauseating feeling twisted his stomach. “No,” he said. “I want you to leave now, not in a week or a month.” The more this dragged on, the worse this... thing would be. It was still manageable. Probably. “Get out.”

“No.”

Gadiel glared at him, feeling a sudden rush of hatred upon meeting Will’s firm, steady gaze. God, hehatedhim. That arrogant dick probably thought he was doing the right thing, but all he was doing was fucking him up more.

“I already told you,” Gadiel ground out in his nastiest, harshest tone. He needed Will to leave. He needed him to leave now. “I don’t want you here. I don’t fucking need you. Go away.”

“You’re lying,” Will said. “You don’t want me to go.”

“Who is full of himself now? I already told you—any cock would do. You aren’t special.”

Will gave him a flat, unimpressed look, as though sayingI know how bad you have it for me.

Flushing with a mix of fury and humiliation, Gadiel turned and strode toward the door.

“Gadiel!”

He ignored him, striding out of the apartment and into the penthouse level lobby. He’d show Will how serious he was!

The first man he saw was an unattractive, middle-aged man in a suit.

Gadiel strode toward him, but he was grabbed from behind before he could reach him.

“Enough,” Will barked.

“Let go,” Gadiel gritted out. “I have places to be, cocks to suck—”

Will threw him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and marched back to his apartment.

Dropping him on the carpet in the living room, Will glared down at him, his jaw working.“Are you out of your fucking mind?”

“What?” Gadiel said, meeting Will’s angry gaze with his own. God, it was so good to see Will finally lose his composure. “It’s not my fault you didn’t take me seriously. I was very serious. I would have done it—sucked that ugly man’s cock right there, with you watching me.”

Shaking his head, Will glowered him. He was breathing hard, anger and disbelief rolling off him in tangible waves. He looked a step away from throwing Gadiel over his knee and spanking him.

The thought made Gadiel’s insides go all molten, his cock hardening.

God, there was something wrong with him. It wasn’t even about being spanked—it had never been his thing—it was the thought of Will putting his hands on him and being all angry andfocused on him. It wasn’t that he wanted to make Will angry. He just wanted some real emotion. He wanted to make Willsnap. He didn’t know what would happen if Will snapped, but he wanted to find out. He wanted—needed—Will’s attention on him, intense and single-minded. Gadiel was beginning to realize that he was hopelessly addicted to it, to having Will’s attention. The mere thought of Will leaving soon only made him more desperate for it.

“Fine,” Will ground out, his eyes burning a hole in him, his gaze like a physical touch. It made Gadiel’s skin prickle, his nipples tightening and his crotch aching. God, he’d never wanted a man so badly. Had never burned to be held down and fucked, hard and deep, until he could feel him against his fucking heart, bruising it forever.

“Fine?” Gadiel repeated belatedly, unsure what Will meant.

Will stared at him for a long moment, his face difficult to read.

Then he reached down to his belt and unbuckled it.

Gadiel’s eyes widened, his heart beating faster. “What are you doing?” he whispered.

“What does it look like?” Will said, pulling the zipper down. “You won’t scare me off that easily, Gadiel. You want cock that badly? You can have mine.”

Wetting his dry lips with his tongue, Gadiel shook his head. “You—you can’t mean that.”

“What’s the matter?” Will said. “Didn’t expect me to call your bluff?”

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