Page 28 of Bad Cowboy, Tennessee

Max Baby Blue

If anyone is going to have their tongue on a cock, it would be yours on mine. Not the other way around.

Draven Lyons

Is that right?

I said what I said.

Then why couldn’t you say it to my face, ten minutes ago?

Because you pissed me off. Now I’ve had time to think. I don’t trust you, Draven.

Good. You shouldn’t.

Don’t try to intimidate me.

You’re the one asking for my mouth on your dick. Straight much?

Straight or not, a tongue is a tongue.

Finally something we agree on.

Is that why yours is pierced? Better for when you’re giving head?

One of the reasons.

Even if I was curious about men… I’m not curious about you. Fucking your throat would be payback. Like I said, just a tongue.

…You’re hard just texting me about this, aren’t you?

Guess revenge gets me off.

So we agree on two things.

I still don’t trust you. Not in my town, not with me. Don’t expect me to act like a doormat for you just because I’m a nice person. You’re not going to get “nice” from me.

Okay, Baby Blue. I know you’re totally in control, and totally straight. But if you find yourself curious again about what my tongue ring really feels like on a cock… all you have to do is ask.

Chapter 5

Max

All the usual suspects, I thought as I walked into the Red Fox Diner, my eyes scanning the red leather booths and the long breakfast counter.

The sound of clinking silverware and conversation filled the air, and the whole place smelled like pancakes, butter, and coffee.

This place was always busy around lunchtime. Most of the booths were packed full of elderly people with newspapers, young teenagers huddled over for gossip, and people on their lunch breaks.

No black cowboy hats in sight, though.

He’s not everywhere in Bestens. Chill out.

Was I glad or disappointed that Draven wasn’t here?

I was still pissed off. It had been a few days since he’d stopped in at the Hard Spot.

A few days since I’d seen him around my parents’ property, either. Lily said he was staying somewhere else and had “gotten busy,” but she’d been busy, too. Finally, today, I was meeting her for lunch.

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