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Chapter 137

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Evan couldn’t not watch. James was here, James had come for dinner, James was standing right next to him and drinking from his glass, and James was everything he’d ever wanted and exactly the person he’d be completely terrible for—

He had one hand clutching the countertop. He forced his fingers to loosen. “How—how is it? I’m not a good judge really. Jason says I have the taste buds of a five-year-old.”

“Well, that’s a disturbing idea.” James tossed a smile at him. “I like this. Which is a relief, because I know less than zero about mead, and it was expensive.”

James wasn’t pushing. Wasn’t asking questions. Was sharing a joke with him. As if they were in this together, here together, a them instead of two separate people—

Evan wanted that so badly he thought he might scream. Colby and Jason knew, and they knew why he couldn’t, and they’d done this anyway, because he’d made the mistake of admitting to Jason that he would want to try, if he could, if he thought—