Chapter 18

He craned his neck to see who’d attacked him. His heart skipped a beat as Joel stepped into his view. The ginger man was naked and handling a butcher knife.

“Joel?” Sam said in a whisper. “What happened? Did youknock me out?” The smile he received as a response made his blood run cold. “Why?”

“You’re holding me back,” Joel said as if the answer was obvious. “I had no idea there were so many opportunities here in New York.” He waved his hand around the room. “I can do porn. I can have sex with a lot of different guys. Visit any club I want. I can’t do that tied down by you.”

“I don’t understand,” Sam said, his head swirling with thoughts. “We’re in a committed relationship before we came here. You swore you wouldn’t leave me.”

“That was back in Indiana,” Joel said with a touch of irritation. “There’s so much more for a guy like me here but only if I’m unattached.”

Sam struggled against the ropes but they were too tight. “What does this have anything to do with your stalker?”