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Of course.
Kaz sighed and shoved his fingers through his hair again. Egin did it. Levitz saw
him, took the murder weapon from him and tossed it into Eric s car.
Wow.
Kaz grinned. I had a little extra help in this case. The whole thing with Eric kind of
gave the entire situation a shove. That doesn t usually happen.
Damien stared at him a moment. Oh. I see. Well, some good came of our
association then.
What s that supposed to mean?
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Damien s face fell. He released a sharp breath. I m sorry. That s just me getting
snippy because I m tired and want to know what s going on with& you& and me. But
you re busy now.
Kaz sighed. I m not busy, actually. I m off-duty. He glanced at his watch. Nearly
one in the morning. Well, for the next four hours, at least. And I kind of wondered the
same thing about you.
Damien s expression brightened a bit. I think you have the wrong idea about me
and Eric. Or at least about how I feel.
Kaz s heart gave a small flip. You two seemed& close.
We are close. He s been a dear friend to me when I needed one so badly. I felt safe
enough with him to make an attempt at having a normal love life. But that doesn t
mean he and I are each other s& destiny. Damien said the last word in a suggestive
way and Kaz felt a small jolt through his middle. After all, Damien had waited here all
this time for him to finish this case. How easily he could have left, with or without Eric,
but he hadn t.
Kaz cleared his throat, a movement without which he d be unable to speak at all.
Are you saying I m your destiny? The question popped out before he could think
about it.
Damien lowered his gaze and his cheeks got that charming blush in them. I think
so, he said softly.
Like pressure let out of a valve, Kaz grinned. Maybe this was what it felt like to
have the sky open up and pour good fortune down on a guy. Well, that s good to
hear.
Damien smiled, that dazzling curve of his lips that also reached into his green eyes.
I guess you can give me a ride home.
Kaz s heart flipped over. I guess so. Plenty of cabs running at this hour.
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Kaz paid the cab driver and got out, closing the door behind Damien. That damn
lump was back in his throat and his stomach felt pulled tight, like thick elastic, making
it difficult to eat. He d never quite experienced anything like it before and could only
chalk it up to falling in love. It was a high in itself and he felt as if he didn t need food at
all. He needed only Damien.
On the sidewalk in front of Damien s house, Kaz turned to him. Damien stood
there, also looking up at Kaz. Kaz grinned though his stomach now flopped around like
a landed fish. Why do I feel like a teenager out on a date? he asked softly.
Damien looked up, seemingly shy, but he didn t speak.
The light from the street lamp cast Damien s face in shadows but gave enough
illumination to see his expression. Which rocked Kaz to his toes. That protective feeling
Damien gave him now surged again. In spite of Damien s inner strength, something
about him was so damn& vulnerable. Why it bothered him in this moment he wasn t
sure. All he knew was he didn t want to see Damien hurt again.
Kaz, is something the matter?
Damien sounded worried and the question made Kaz suddenly understand what
was bothering him. Damien, I don t mean any offense by this question, but& well& are
you sure that Eric is really going where he said he s going? There, that s what it was. If
Eric lied to Damien again, Kaz felt he d hunt the guy down and rough him up to his
own satisfaction. Damien had been hurt enough.
A silence followed in which Kaz sensed the other man s surprise, but then Damien
stood up straighter, staring at him. Why, Detective, you re protecting me, aren t you?
Kaz grinned. Well, yeah. I don t want to see you hurt again.
Damien s hand landed on his arm. Thank you.
A thrill tingled up Kaz s arm where Damien s fingers rested. He was about to lean
forward and kiss Damien when Damien spoke again.
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I already thought of that. Eric promised me he d really go to Mimi s, said he d call
me when he gets there and said he d put Mimi on the phone to verify. He also promised
that when I called him in the future, I could call Mimi at home and he d be there. He
looked down. I hope Eric finds happiness there, he added softly.
There was sadness in the tone, a tinge that made a curl of jealousy wind its way
through Kaz s middle. You feel rejected, don t you?
Damien s gaze whipped to his. No& I-I mean, I m sorry I wasn t able to help him.
He shrugged. It was nothing personal, I guess. It would explain a lot. His fingers
tightened on Kaz s arm. I m sorry. I don t mean to go there. It s stupid. Seeing him just
brought up all these old feelings. I don t mean romantic feelings for him, I swear. Just
all the emotions, the inadequacy, the sadness I always felt. He looked at Kaz again.
You asked before why you felt like a teenager on a date?
Yeah. Kaz stared at him, captured by Damien s beauty but also alert.
Conversations with Damien never went the way they would with anyone else. He was
incredibly interesting. Intelligent. Alive.
I think it was because you were tuned in to how I was feeling. I was seventeen
when Eric and I met each other. I was back in that place. And& this is no offense to Eric,
but back then, if I d met a guy like you, I d have thought you completely out of my
reach. A dream I could never have.
Kaz reached out and cupped Damien s cheek. His fingertips slipped into Damien s
hair while his thumb caressed the man s perfectly sculpted cheekbone. That s how I
felt about you, seeing you up there, dancing, he said. Like you were some
unreachable god. Yet here you are, one of the most human people I ve ever met. It
sounded like a strange thing to say but felt true. And Damien s response made him glad
he d said it.
So are you, Kaz. He leaned closer.
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Damien s breath caressed Kaz s lips. Kaz s nerve endings, already fired up, crackled
as if jolted with electricity. Maybe it wasn t possible he could know Damien was the one
after so short a time, but that was how it felt.
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