Chapter 16

After a waitress had been and gone with their drink orders, he leaned forward and pitched his voice lower as he said, “You scrub up well, by the way. I haven’t been able to stop staring since you got out of the shower.”

Aaron averted his eyes, looking pleased and shy at the same time. “Thanks. You don’t look too bad yourself. Which is pretty much the understatement of the century.”

He wanted to lean even farther and kiss the faint stain away in Aaron’s cheeks, but Xander knew that was going too far. Instead, he sat back and stretched his legs, settling for the nudge of his foot against the other man’s.

“So you have to tell me about what you do when you’re not fighting fires. Regale me with your brilliance.”