Page 24 of Primal Urges

Jake nodded like the horny pig that he was.

“God, I have no idea why I love you,” she said, clearly not upset about the whole dancing while hard incident. “So what are you doing here?” Alexis asked, turning her attention back to their newest guest.

Cade held up a tray of coffees.

“Thought you all might like a cup.”

“Fuck yes,” Jake cheered, jumping around Alexis and pulling a cup loose from the tray.

That was awfully kind of Caden.

Lucas didn’t realize that the three of them were the “bring each other a coffee out of the blue” kind of close.

Cade passed a cup to Alexis and then walked over to where Lucas was standing.

“I wasn’t sure how you take your coffee, so I grabbed some cream and sugar on the side.” He passed the tray, pulling a cup free for himself.

“Wow, that was really nice of you,” Lucas acknowledged.

He wasn’t sure how a straight man would react if he said that it was a sweet gesture. Knowing his luck, the man would punch him in the face, then resume drinking his coffee. So, to be safe, he decided to keep his response as generic as possible.

“Nah, it was nothing. I was out grabbing a cup and thought I would see how the lessons were going.”

“Don’t you live on the other side of town?” Jake asked, lifting his lid and taking a sip.

Caden’s lips parted, appearing annoyed that he had been called out on his actions. “I like to walk, asshole.”

Lucas tried not to smile. It was really sweet that Cade had gone out of his way to bring them all a coffee.

What are you doing? Don’t go falling in love with some sexy-ass straight boy when all he’s done is buy you a coffee. Did you not learn anything?

Lucas hated that voice of reason inside his head. The bastard had taken up residence ever since he’d met his ex. He liked to remind Lucas when he was being dumb and idiotic.

The jerk was right. He needed to calm down and not make this into more than what it was.

A coffee.

That’s it.

Nothing more.

“So, how are they doing?” Caden asked, lowering his voice as if trying to prevent the neighbors from hearing.

“Nailed it. Ready forDancing with the Starsand shit,” Jake responded with that over-confident tone Lucas was starting to recognize as his default setting.

“Actually, they’re doing really well. Alexis has such grace that she can move her body into positions few are able to. And Jake? Well, he’s got the ego of a rock star.”

“And a dick to match,” Jake added.

Another slap against Jake’s chest. This one made Lucas chuckle.

“He’s actually a really good teacher,” Alexis noted, taking a step toward them and giving Lucas one of her warmest smiles. She really was a pretty woman.

Lucas could feel his cheeks flushing. He really missed dancing and singing, and teaching Alexis and her fiancé had reminded him just how much.

“Want to see what we learned?” Alexis asked.

“For sure,” Caden answered, taking a step aside and positioning himself in a viewer’s stance.

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