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“No!” she said.
Wes’s face reappeared and he sighed. “She’s a tough boss.”
He looked happy and content though. It made me smile. “We’ll let you go,” I said. “We’ll do lunch or something when we get back.”
“Sounds good,” he said. “I hope whatever you’re figuring out is okay.”
I pulled Luke against me, to his spot in the crook of myneck, and kissed the side of his head. “It’s pretty damn good,” I said.
Wes chuckled, but then he seemed to get it. “Oh. Holy shit. Okay, well, about time, I guess.”
Luke looked up at the screen. “I know, right?”
I sighed. “Yeah, okay. I know, I’m a dumbass. Like I said, I’m figuring shit out. Give me a break.”
Wes laughed, nodded. “Okay. Well, I’ll catch ya later. Be good.”
I ended the call and slid my phone onto the railing. Luke looked at me. “So, you just told Wes, huh?”
“Well, yeah.” Then it dawned on me. “Oh shit. Did you not want me to do that? Are we keeping this a secret? I didn’t think... If you’re not okay with it?—”
“No, it’s fine. I just didn’t expect you to . . . want to . . . come out.”
“Come out?”
Oh.
Oh.
Fuck.
“Well, I’m not really. I’m not coming out as anything. I’m not anything. I’m just... I’m with you. Aren’t I? Is that what we are? Together? Because I just kinda assumed...”
His lips twisted in half a smile. “Together, huh?”
“Well, yeah.”
“I’m okay with that.”
“Good.”
“But no coming out.”
I wasn’t sure if I was missing something.
“Do I have to come out as anything? I’m not... anything. I mean, I was pretty sure I was straight up until a few days ago, but I’m not into guys. I’m Luke-sexual. That’s all.”
He smiled more genuinely this time. “That’s fine.” Then he nodded back inside the house. “Come on. Get your shoes.”
Shoes?
“Why?”
“I thought we could go to the market. You need to get some stuff, right? You came here with nothing.”
True.
“Sure.”
