Ted MacTaggart's overbearing father is still trying to control his life, even from the grave. His will insists that, in order to inherit the family company, MAC Superior, Ted must be married by his twenty-fifth birthday -- and the marriage has to be "real." As in the board of MAC has to sign off on it.<br><br>Ted could fight the will, but then the handsome, artistic Ryan Costa, an old friend from school days walks back into his life, offering to be his groom-of-convenience. Ted draws up the contracts and Ryan, who has family medical bill problems, agrees gladly to the terms. Ted, emotionally walled off and afraid of his attraction to Ryan, also suggests they should keep their relationship strictly professional. Caring for people has always proven a weakness for him. Now isn't the time to start.<br><br>It's not long before Ryan's charm breaks through Ted's walls, but Ted isn't his own worst enemy in this case. Other forces are vying for MAC Superior, and even when their relationship is becoming the real deal, its shaky foundations land Ryan and Ted in trouble.

Poor Little Rich Boy

Ted closed the box and pushed it behind another one, so when Ryan realized it was still out here he’d have to look for it, and have no notion Ted had seen. Ryan’s door was shut as he walked by. Ted nearly paused. Nearly went back, picked up the box, and delivered it in person. Just like one of the boys in the DVDs, Ted could arrive at Ryan’s door and offer himself up on a platter. Ryan wouldn’t tell him no. Ryan would pull him into his arms and kiss him and—


Just the idea of it made Ted’s dick swell dizzyingly fast. The feeling of it rubbing off on Ryan’s ass in his lap was seared into his mind permanently. He remembered, and remembered, and remembered.


Ted kept walking until he closed his own bedroom door behind himself. He leaned against it, feeling weak. He wasn’t laughing anymore, he finally noticed. In fact, he was terrified of how suddenly, desperately horny for Ryan he was.


Chapter 30