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I float awake to the sound of voices.
“Quick,” someone hisses. “Oh my God, they’re so cute. Get a picture.”
“Don’t,” Seb’s voice warns.
“But it’s your first ever cuddle, mate! We need to memorialise it!”
I hear the shutter of a phone camera and stretch, rubbing my eyes. “Hmm?”
My pillow moves, and I look around to see I’m still on the sofa with Sebastian. He’s got an arm around me, and I’m cuddled up against his side. Cami is asleep on his lap, her tiny lips moving slightly as she dreams.
“Oh. Sorry. You’re very comfy.” I wipe off his shoulder. “Did I drool on you?”
“Don’t worry. This is a very absorbent shirt.”
I glare at him. His mouth twitches.
“I’m making this my background,” Cyrus announces by the door, jabbing at his phone. I turn to see him and Jack kicking off their shoes. Jack is beaming, practically bouncing on the spot with excitement. Which seems like an overreaction, no matter how cute the picture is.
“Why do you look like you’re about to piss yourself?” Seb mumbles.
“I just checked the mailbox,” Jack says, waving a fancy-looking black envelope. “We got an invitation to the AGAME Summit.”
Sebastian sits up immediately, the annoyance falling right off his face.“What?”
Jack nods. “It came in the post.” He drops the envelope on Seb’s lap, picking up Cami and jogging her in his arms. “Trust a tech company to use snail mail, huh? Missed you, chameleon.”
Sebastian shakes out the letter, frantically scanning its contents.
“What’s the AGAME Summit?” I ask groggily.
“It’s a video game and app convention in New York,” Cyrus explains, dropping onto the sofa next to me and leaning against my side. I flush as his bare arm presses against mine, suddenly remembering the last night we spent together.
I clear my throat. “And it’s a big deal.”
“Verybig deal.” He reaches for my hand. “All of the biggest tech brands will be there. It’s invitation-only, and they only invite a handful of newbies every year.”
“Wow! Congratulations, guys!”
“It’s in two weeks,” Seb says, scanning the letter. He glances up at Jack. “Can you do it?”
Jack nods firmly. “I’ll have to.”
“Do what?” I ask.
Cyrus stretches next to me, unsubtly wrapping an arm around my shoulders. “Well, sugar, there’s not much point attending an app conference unless their shiny new app is up and running, is there? The amount of sales they’ll get from talking at the conference alone will be phenomenal. And future investors want to see exactly what they’re buying into.”
“What does that mean? You’re launching in two weeks?” I frown. “Launch date isn’t for over a month, is it?”
“We’re just going to have to speed up the timelines,” Seb says, turning the letter over and producing a pen out of nowhere. Jack snatches the letter back before he can start scribbling down notes.
“Don’t you dare deface it. I’m gonna frame it,” he insists. “Hang it in my bedroom.”
“Nerd,” Cyrus yawns, nuzzling into my neck like a cat. “Missed you,” he murmurs in my ear, his lips brushing my ear lobe. “Thought of you all weekend.”
“I missed you too,” I say honestly, and he smiles, white teeth glinting. Sebastian stands, and I frown up at him. “Hang on, though. What about what we just talked about? Does this mean you won’t be able to spend time with Cami?”