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.Not a wrinkle or stain marred her crisp white apron.She gazed at the empty dishes and lifted her brows.“Guess he was hungry,” Andreas replied.After taking a few moments to himself in the bathroom, clearing his mind of the nervous tension Jabez stirred up in him, Andreas returned to the spare bedroom.Dressed in a dark blue, long-sleeved shirt and black trousers, Jabez appeared even larger and more imposing.He was taller than Andreas by at least half a head, and his shoulders were broad enough to brush the door frame on either side when he walked through it.“I’ll show you around first.Then you can have a soak like Dr.Ahim suggested.The mineral spa is guaranteed to take away all your aches and pains.I’m so glad I put one in.”He glanced at his companion to find him examining the artwork on the walls as they walked down the hall.“You like the paintings? Simone’s a great talent.I bought these at her first gallery show, and I’m trying to help promote her work.She deserves success.”Jabez dismissed the paintings with a grunt and looked down at the floor instead.Andreas felt foolish as he realized he was trying to impress this man, not with his wealth, but by showing he wasn’t attached to it.A patron of the arts and rescuer of damaged gladiators—oh, he was a real man of the people.By the time he’d shown Jabez most of the downstairs, the kitchen, dining room, living room, and game room, it was apparent his guest’s energy was flagging.“I’ll take you outdoors another time,” Andreas promised as he led him through the weight room to the spa and pool area.The blue-green lights shining from underwater, coupled with plentiful vegetation, gave the room the ambience of a forest grotto.Swimming laps in the pool every day had become an almost meditative exercise for Andreas.It kept him in shape but also cleared his head and centered him.The adjacent smaller pool set in a grove of tall ferns contained all the restorative minerals found in natural hot springs.A soak in it at the end of each day had also become part of his routine—when he wasn’t being rushed from one event to another by Timon.He gestured toward the changing room.“I have extra swim trunks if you…”Jabez was already removing his clothes.His unbuttoned shirtfront revealed bruised bronze skin, somehow all the sexier seen in a slice rather than completely revealed.But then he shrugged the shirt off his shoulders and Andreas changed his mind.The man looked equally stunning completely shirtless.He sat on the flagstones that bordered the pool and removed his shoes and socks, then rose again to unzip the fly of his trousers.Andreas was busy removing his own shirt but paused to watch the other man slide his pants over his hips along with his briefs.In a second he shucked off both of them and stood as naked as a Grecian statue at the edge of the pool.Andreas felt carved of stone himself, incapable of even breathing while he stared at Jabez’s beautiful body and his half-erect penis jutting from a thicket of brown hair.The man exhibited no self-consciousness but dabbled his foot in the water, then stepped into the pool.There were no air jets to churn the surface into foam, only clear water with wisps of steam rising from the surface.The water rippled around his legs, then his body as Jabez slowly sank into it, seating himself on the ledge that ran around the perimeter.Andreas broke from his trance and let go of the shirt dangling from his fingers.Jabez was staring at him now, making his flesh burn.His cock rose and swelled at the knowledge it was about to be exhibited for this stranger—for there was no way Andreas could only strip to his shorts when Jabez was completely naked.He wasn’t usually uptight about a little nudity but right now felt like raw meat on display for a hungry panther.With feigned nonchalance, he took off his shoes and the rest of his clothes.He was acutely aware of the electrons vibrating in each cell of his body.His cock thrust before him like the throttle on his jet-glider, and he hurriedly padded to the bath and submerged himself into the water.A quick glance at Jabez’s face assured Andreas it wasn’t his imagination; he was being watched with the keen concentration of a big cat considering its quarry.The things the pair of them could do to each other while soaking in this delicious heat tumbled through his mind, but he forced the images out of his head.He met Jabez’s gaze head-on.“So, what do you think? Will this place do for a while?”“Don’t have much choice, do I?” He paused a beat, then added in a less gruff tone, “Beats the Fight Palace.Guess I don’t mind.”There was a moment’s silence disturbed only by the quiet splash of water and the hum of the pool’s filtration system.In the distance, even through walls and windows, Andreas could hear the constant low gonging of the huge wind chimes out in the garden.The otherworldly music was calming.“Where will we work out?” Jabez asked.“Upstairs.I had a studio built when I thought I might be a painter.Great lighting, plenty of room.I’ll order mats and gear today, and it should be outfitted by tomorrow.You tell me what I need, and I’ll get it.”He shook his head [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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