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However, we were going out to the parking lot where we could be seen, and although some strides had been made in the acceptance of gay men, they weren’t enough that I’d chance some homophobic bigot starting a scene because the public display of affection was between two men instead of a man and a woman. If they were that stupid, then obviously the gene pool needed to be cleansed, but Mark was supposed to fly under the radar. If the WBIS learned he’d been jailed for disturbing the peace because of a CIA officer, he could well lose his job. And he did love it.

I’d been surprised when he’d admitted he would walk away from it if Trevor Wallace, the man who ran the WBIS, refused to back him up against those senior directors who were like a burr under his saddle.

Still, I preferred that it be his choice and not something into which he was forced.

He opened the coat closet in his entryway and took out his charcoal gray bomber jacket.