Chapter 24

“I didn’t tell her, but Connie figured us out. Don’t worry, though. She won’t say anything.”

Elijah nodded. “I won’t worry. I trust her if you do. Jane probably suspects, but she won’t bring it up unless I do.” He was silent for a moment, and his thumb never stopped moving. “Still, we should be more careful.”

His implication did not go unnoticed, but Sam couldn’t find his voice to speak again until they were almost at Elijah’s house. He had to let go of Elijah’s leg in order to make the turn onto his street, but as he did, he decided to hell with his own fears. Worst case scenario, he’d have one last hot weekend with Elijah—because he didn’t think the other man would kick him out of bed, even knowing that Sam wanted to stay in it. And best case…

“I don’t want to stop seeing you after we wrap.”

“Yeah. Okay. Me neither.”