Henry Kato is in a really bad mood. One of his rude, annoying, and mildly offensive co-workers has been bugging him for weeks about the upcoming office party. To get him off his back, Henry enlists the help of his best friend Luke to go with him as his plus one.<br><br>What Henry doesn't expect is for Luke to blurt out that they're engaged. Which they're most decidedly not. Even if Henry wishes it were true.<br><br>Do they have what it takes to convince everyone the engagement is real? Or will they burn up in smoke before the night even gets started?

Pretend You Are for Five More Minutes

Once, while Henry was in the middle of a conversation with a few of his coworkers, Luke excused himself from the table. When he came back, it was with two plates of food. Henry hadn’t even realized that the dinner buffet had been brought out, but Luke made up a plate for him. Chickenfrancesewith a scoop of antipasto. He picked the olives out for him already since Henry simply loathed olives.


Before he started eating, Henry smiled and watched Luke as he dug into the mashed potatoes and beef tenderloin on his own plate. Some of those potatoes fell off his fork when he noticed him.


“What?” he asked. “What’d I do?”


“Nothing,” Henry whispered, and leaned in close to press a tender kiss to his brow. “You’re just the best.”


Luke’s face lit up with a smile, and instead of answering with some smartass, sassy remark, he kissed Henry back and said, “That’s only because I have the best friend in the world.”


Chapter 9