Lush in Lace by A.J. Ridges Page B

guessed.
    The truth of his words stole the breath from
my lungs. “I won’t spend my life chasing after Scott Lush,” I
replied adamantly. “I deserve better.”
    “You deserve to be happy, little brother. I
only wonder if you can do that without Scott?”
    Sadly, I wondered the same damn thing.
    ****
     

Chapter Eight
     
    -Jamie and BJ-
    “What’s wrong?” BJ asked Jamie, knowing
immediately that his husband was upset.
    “Scotlan is no more.” Over the last hour,
Jamie had come to terms with the fact that he had no control over
the outcome of Rylan and Scott’s relationship, but he was no less
concerned.
    “Shit!” BJ hissed. “What the hell did Rylan
do now?”
    “Rylan! Don’t you mean Scott?” Jamie bit
back.
    “I don’t know, do I?” BJ replied
confused.
    Jamie ran a frustrated hand through his hair.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to snap at you. I know we promised not to let
our brothers’ fighting get between us. It’s just that Scott told
Rylan that he was only experimenting.”
    BJ shrugged.
    “That’s it? You don’t think that was a pretty
shitty thing to do?”
    “Yeah, but I also think it’s bullshit. If
Scott wanted to experiment, he would have chosen someone else.”
    Jamie lunged at his husband and threw his
arms around him in a big bear hug.
    “Uuuughhh.” BJ stumbled back a step but kept
his husband tightly wrapped in his embrace. “What was that for? Not
that I’m complaining.”
    “I love how we think alike, that’s all.”
    “So, does that mean you’re thinking we should
fuck right now because that’s what I’m thinking?” BJ smirked, and
Jamie could feel the truth of his husband’s statement pressed up
against his stomach. BJ was always ready to fuck. It was one of the
ways they were so compatible.
    “No!” Jamie swatted at him playfully. “I was
thinking we should get our brothers to work things out. Maybe you
could talk to Scott and get him to admit he has feelings for
Rylan?”
    “Fuck no.”
    “Why not?”
    BJ sighed dramatically. “Because we also
promised we wouldn’t meddle in other people’s love lives—ever.
Remember? Especially not family.”
    “But—”
    BJ pressed his finger against Jamie’s lips,
cutting him off. “I love you, and I’d do anything for you, but do
you really think Rylan wants me to talk to Scott about his
feelings?”
    “No, probably not,” Jamie admitted.
    “Definitely not. Our brothers need to work
things out for themselves, and they will. They’re both smart guys.
It may take them a while, but they’ll find a way to make things
work, even if that means they don’t end up together. I know how
much you want their story to end in a happily ever after, Jay, but
you gotta be prepared for the fact that things may not work out
that way.”
    Jamie sighed, placing his forehead against
his husband’s chest. “I know. You’re right. How did you get to be
so smart, anyway?”
    BJ shrugged and hugged Jamie tighter. He
hated to see his husband upset. “I got it from you.”
    “Probably osmosis.” Jamie nodded in
agreement.
    “What?”
    “Osmosis,” he repeated. “You know like when
one thing passes into another thing. I think my smarts are rubbing
off on you. My guess would be because you have your dick inside me
so much.”
    BJ chuckled loudly, shaking his head. Leave
it to Jamie to come up with osmosis. The man never failed to
surprise BJ, which was the very reason he loved him so much. “So
what you’re saying is I get smarter the more I fuck you?”
    Jamie shrugged. “Pretty much.”
    Pursing his lips, BJ pretended to seriously
consider Jamie’s outrageous claim. “Interesting, but maybe we
should test your theory?” he advised, slipping his hands inside
Jamie’s jeans and cupping his bare ass in his palms.
    “N-now? Your brother’s still upstairs. Don’t
you at least want to talk to him?”
    “Nope. He’ll figure it out, and he knows I’m
here if he needs me,” BJ said, pulling Jamie in closer and