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Chapter 86

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Jason had somehow arranged for ice-cream at lunch. With marshmallow topping, and cherries, and cinnamon and coffee flavors as options. Colby might’ve never been more in love.

Back at work, lying in Will Crawford’s elaborate Regency-plush bed, he rolled his head across pillows to watch the object of that love. Jason was talking to Jill a few feet away; she’d had a few notes about clumsiness and care and relief and performance. Stephen Lanyon was an excellent ship’s captain and a hearty leader and a man in love; Stephen had not been asked to play nursemaid much. Jason had been almost toogood, in the previous take: tender and delicate with him.

Jason nodded, listening. His shoulders stretched implausibly broad under Stephen’s shirt; his trousers clung to his waist and hips and legs in fascinating ways. Colby wanted to peel every bit of period-accurate clothing away and press that hot tanned skin against his.