Chapter 5

“Hey, wait a second! The elevator’s over here!”

I gave him a look over my shoulder. “I’m taking the stairs.”

“So am I.”

I’d been fumbling with the buttons of my jacket, but I whipped my head up at that. I’d been kind of worried Theo was playing with the straight—well, kind of straight—boy, but even though he was grinning, there was an expression in his eyes…My erection, which had vanished at the first sign of perceived danger, was back with a vengeance.

Theo grinned at me, and I knew—I knew—that once we were in the stairwell he would have his hands all over me. I liked that idea. I liked it a lot, and I was pretty sure my smile told him that.

Spike chewed irresolutely on his lower lip, then rushed across the space between us and threw himself at Sweetcheeks. “What if he…what if he dies?” His voice was thick with tears.