Secretly Dating the Lionman
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She left them after another hug with Bennett, and Cris collapsed against him.
“You know I’m going to kill you too, don’t you? Your mom and an exhibition? I haven’t got time to prepare for this.”
Bennett dimpled at him. “You’re welcome, and you have more than enough paintings completed for the space. You just need to choose the right ones. Uh… Tata’s already picked them out, to be honest.”
“Let me guess, they’re all Petrovski buildings.”
“You got it.”
“And what about the one of you?”
Bennett shook his head. “That one’s going to a private collection.”
“It’s on the wall in our bedroom,” Cris pointed out.
“And that’s where it’s going to stay.”
Cris shook his head. He wasn’t going to argue. Being able to share a bedroom with the man he loved was more than enough. An exhibition, a management job, and a boyfriend? “Pinch me,” he said suddenly. Then he yelped when Bennett pinched his ass. “Okay, I’m not dreaming.”
“Put him down, Benny,” Mikey said. “You can grope him later.” He’d appeared out of nowhere, and Ramon’s arm was wrapped around his shoulders. They both carried two bottles of beer and handed one each to Bennett and Cris. “Dan sent them over.”
Cris turned to the bar and mouthed “thanks” at Dan, who saluted him.
“Well done, Lionman,” Ramon said as he tipped his bottle at Cris.
“Former Lionman,” Cris corrected. “Now just Cris Peters.”
“Congrats on the exhibition,” Mikey said, and he raised his own bottle. “You must be good. Tata’s very fussy about who he exhibits in his buildings.”
Cris turned to Bennett, who nodded.
“He wouldn’t have agreed if he hadn’t seen your work. He personally picks out each piece of art to go in his buildings.”
There was a lump in Cris’s throat, and he had to swallow hard to speak. “I don’t know what to say.”
“Drink your beer,” Mikey suggested.
Bennett tipped his bottle at Cris, and his expression promised so much more later. “To my boyfriend, manager and artist. To us.”
Cris clinked his bottle with Bennett’s. “To us,” he said softly. “To us.”
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