As the crowd at the bar helped Priest out, he kept those serious eyes on Robbie as he walked in his direction, singing as though he did this every day. Robbie’s hands started to shake as Priest got closer, and when he walked down the stairs, Julien stepped out from the wings and joined him and began to sing the second half of the duet.
Robbie sat stunned and speechless. It wasn’t every day two of the sexiest men on the planet serenaded you in a crowded bar with a classic that was just this side of ridiculous.
He couldn’t stop the grin from hitting his lips, nor the tears he swiped away from his laughing eyes, as they sang their way over to him. When they finally reached the side of the booth, Priest ran his fingers down Robbie’s jaw and leaned in to kiss him lightly on the lips.
“Oh my God,” Robbie said, his eyes blurring from sheer happiness. “You’ve both gone mad…”
Julien held his hand out to Robbie, and when Priest did also, Robbie laughed with glee as he was pulled to his feet alongside them. Julien then angled his mic toward Robbie and said, “We might have, princesse. But love will make you do crazy things, oui?”
Robbie beamed at Julien and nodded, and then happily leaned into the microphone, aiming the biggest, goofiest grin at Priest as he belted out the chorus.
Priest’s eyes twinkled, and Robbie’s entire body flushed with pleasure as he thought, Let them say we’re crazy is right, because he didn’t care what anyone thought about them. He loved these two men, and it had never been more obvious that they loved him back.
Nothing was gonna stop them now.
* * *
AFTER THE SONG was over, the three of them didn’t stay long. Priest gladly handed his mic off to the bartender, and before he could ask Robbie and Julien what they wanted to drink, Robbie was touching his arm and saying, “Can we maybe, um, get out of here?”
Priest nodded, knowing he would’ve given Robbie just about anything he asked for. But when they all stepped outside and Robbie slipped his hands into his pockets instead of taking theirs, Priest had to wonder if their grand gesture was a little too late.
They walked to the Range Rover in silence. Priest opened the front door for Julien, and once he was inside and the door was shut, Priest looked over the roof to see Robbie watching them with an expression Priest hadn’t thought he’d ever see again.
His lips were slightly curved, his cheeks flushed, and when Priest walked around the back of the SUV, Robbie tracked his every move, as though he were afraid Priest was about to up and disappear.
When he reached Robbie’s side of the vehicle, Priest leaned by him and pulled open the door, and after Robbie climbed inside, Priest came around to the driver’s seat and buckled in.
That was when Robbie sat forward between their seats and said, “So…you two must really love me to sing Starship in public like that, huh?”
It was the first thing Robbie had said since they’d left the bar, and as his voice floated in the air between them all, Priest’s lips quirked at the sides at the same time Julien chuckled.
Priest turned his head toward Robbie. “Maybe a little.”
A delighted smile curved Robbie’s mouth, and he leaned forward and pressed a kiss first to Priest’s lips and then Julien’s. “Or…maybe a lot?”
The spark they’d so desperately missed reappeared in Robbie’s blue eyes, and Julien said, “Maybe you’ll have to wait and see.”
Robbie let out a pleased sound in the back of his throat as he sat back in his seat in complete silence the rest of the way home.
Chapter Thirteen
CONFESSION
Sometimes it takes time to realize you love someone, and sometimes it happens in an instant.
AS THE THREE of them stepped onto the condo’s floor, Priest watched Robbie and Julien as they walked hand in hand down the hallway.
Julien had just whispered something in Robbie’s ear, and when he giggled and rested his head on Julien’s shoulder, Priest’s heart ached at the picture they made. Side by side they were the same height, but where Julien was broad and toned, Robbie was long and lean, giving them a completely different physical appearance.
When they reached the door, Julien got his keys out. Robbie looked at Priest and said, “Bringing up the rear?”
Priest chuckled. “Actually, I was admiring the view and thinking what a lucky man I am.”
When the door was unlocked, Julien pushed it open and Priest walked up to hold it for his men. As Julien stepped inside, he held his hand out for Robbie, who took it, but was still staring at Priest with a kind of wonder in his eyes until Priest winked at him.
“Damn,” Robbie said as a blush hit his cheeks, and then he quickly turned away, shaking his head, as Julien led him inside.