Total pages in book: 82
Estimated words: 77930 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 77930 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 390(@200wpm)___ 312(@250wpm)___ 260(@300wpm)
“Yeah,” he said with a grin as he handed me the open bag. “Cashews are better. “
“No way,” I said. “Pistachios are clearly the superior road trip nut.”
“I’ll show you a good road trip nut, if you know what I mean,” Chase joked.
I snorted and shook my head. “And that’s why I know you’re the best boyfriend ever,” I told him. “Jokes like those.”
“That’s why you’re going to keep me around, huh?” Chase said.
“Damn right.”
We had just gotten onto the main mountain highway that led to Aspen. When Emmett Waycott had invited a big group of the Fixer Brothers and TV crew to a summer cookout party at his mansion in Colorado’s fanciest ski town, both Chase and I had jumped at the chance to say yes.
And now, only a few weeks after we’d decided to make it official and actually date each other, we were going on our first short road trip together.
“How far away is Aspen, again?” Chase asked.
“Three and a half hours,” I told him. “A very easy road trip, in my opinion.”
“I bet it’s an awesome place to be in the summer,” he said, looking out his window. “None of the wintertime ski tourists. Just lots of mountains and beautiful green grass.”
“We both know Emmett lives large,” I said as I drove up one of the many curved mountain roads we’d be driving on today. “I think that guy made more money before age 25 than most people do in a lifetime.”
“And he’s still so invested in his business,” Chase said. “If I had as much money as him, I’d just fuck off and paint all day. And film stuff, still, of course.”
I glanced over at him for a moment and he looked at me at the same time, too.
“Are you thinking what I’m thinking right now?” I asked.
“I think you know I am.”
“We film a secret video while we’re there,” I said. “We can go out on a short walk after lunch, maybe. Find a little tucked away corner of the mountains, and…”
“And I can get on my knees for you on a picnic blanket,” Chase offered. “The followers would fucking love that.”
My cock was already hardening at the thought of it. “You are so fun, Chase.”
I could never have imagined telling anyone about what I filmed myself doing, let alone that I’d find someone who was just as into it as I was.
Over the past few weeks, there had been plenty of times where I’d witnessed Chase get spooked about all things involving a committed relationship. There was one morning where he woke up next to me in my bed, turned over, and blurted out to me that he was worried he was spending too much time at my place. He’d slept over for three nights in a row, and had opened up to me in a panic, asking if it was “too much” that he’d been there that long.
I’d softy chuckled, hugged him close to me, and kissed the top of his head. Chase could spend as much time as he wanted in my place, and I’d only be happier for it. I told him so.
Truthfully, I even found his little freakouts to be charming. Chase had seemed so confident and untouchable when I’d first met him, and I never would have thought anything could bother him at all.
I liked that he’d let me into his heart in a deeper way. Shown me the things he was scared of. The parts of himself that he thought were shameful.
And I loved all of them.
When we pulled up outside of one of the nicest houses I’d ever seen just over three hours later, Chase had just woken up from his nap in the passenger seat.
“See?” I teased him. “I was exactly right about how you’d be on a road trip.”
“And I didn’t snore?”
“You didn’t,” I said. “You made a cute sighing sound at one point, though.”
His smile was so contagious. He leaned over, pressing a kiss to my lips before he looked out the front window.
“Holy shit. Is this Emmett’s house?”
“Pretty amazing, huh?”
It was a modern, wood-and-glass mansion tucked into its own little section of the Aspen mountains.
“Looks like Shawn and Nathan are already here. That’s their brother Tristan, too. Charlie said he’s coming, right?”
“I think the gang’s all going to be here,” I said. “Emmett Waycott’s motto seems to be the more, the merrier.”
Chase reached over and rubbed my shoulder. “You going to be okay? I know it’s a social event.”
I pulled in a long breath. “You want to know something crazy? I hadn’t even thought about that. This is the kind of party that would usually make me nervous, but I feel really good, actually. I know these guys, by now. I really like them. And I have you here with me.”
Something twinkled in his eyes. “And you’re ready to…”