by Ally Decker
"You're doing Illuminations?" Her voice got at least an octave higher than usual, but she was… Greg was going to play in the best musical of the season, maybe the best in recent years. "Who are you going to be?"
Greg smiled. "Curtis. I'm playing Curtis."
Sylvia couldn't help herself. She threw her arms around him and kissed him as hard as she could. Curtis was the main character's ex-best friend who caused the emotional pivot for the entire musical. And now Greg was going to play him.
He laughed when they pulled apart. "I had a feeling you were going to like that."
She beamed and kissed him again."Okay, I'm listening. What's the second thing?" she asked, settling back down. "It will be hard to top that, but—"
"I love you."
She froze with her mouth still open. She wanted to ask him to repeat it, to make sure she heard him right, but that was stupid. There was only one thing to say.
"I love you, too."
This time, it was him who leaned in for a kiss and soon she was lying on the pillows on the floor with Greg over her, laughing and making out.
"Did I top the news about the musical?" he asked at some point, brushing his nose against hers.
She laughed. "Yes," she told him, pulling up to steal another kiss. "Yes, you did."
Broadway might have to take the second seat to this one.
EPILOGUE
Ten months later
"HAVE I told you lately how much I love you?" Sylvia asked, leaning in to whisper as they sat down on their seats with the perfect view of the stage.
Greg chuckled. "Only every other hour since I've shown you the invitations. I'm not complaining, though. I'll miss it if you stop doing it after tonight."
"Unlikely." Sylvia sat back in her seat and looked around, probably trying to find some of her idols. There was a lot of them tonight, Greg knew.
"I hope so. I knew you'd be much more excited about this than about the Golden Globes or Oscars, but I didn't anticipate this."
Sylvia turned back to him with a grin and a shrug. "What can I say? It's the Tony's! It's been my dream for, I don't know, two decades or so."
Greg grinned back. "I aim to please."
"Aren't you a prince charming," Charlie muttered from his other side, and it got him an elbow to the arm from Greg.
"Shut up, you."
Charlie smirked and exchanged looks with Sylvia. "As I said, charming."
"Why are we sitting next to you, again?" Greg said with an exaggerated sigh.
"Because you love me," Charlie told him.
"We both do," Sylvia added, and Charlie snorted, reaching out to fistbump with her.
Greg chuckled and shook his head. These two were now basically best friends, and sometimes, it seemed like they lived to make fun of him. But before he could say anything more, the sound over the stereo told everyone to take their seats. The show would be starting in three minutes.
"Ten dollars say I'm going to win, and Greg here's going to lose," Charlie whispered loudly enough for a woman in front of him to snort with laughter.
"You're on." Charlie was up for the best lead actor, and he was up for the best featured one. Greg was pretty sure it would happen exactly the way his friend said, but he couldn't let the challenge go. Besides, he would be happy to pay up that ten if it meant Charlie was going home with an award tonight.
"My ten dollars is on both of you winning," Sylvia told them. "Now shut up."
Charlie nodded and sat back in his seat. Greg reached out to tangle his fingers with Sylvia's and raised their hands to kiss her knuckles.
"I love you."
She grinned at him right before the lights dimmed. "Good. I love you too. Now, shut up."
The show was just getting started.
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The stories of the men you met in this book continue in New York City Fixers trilogy:
By Your Rules
Nate & Claire
A man used to saving everyone. A woman who doesn't need saving.
By Your Side
Shawn & Alicia
Falling in love with your boss is never a good idea. Or is it?
By Your Heart
Dean & Marissa
Neither of them thought they'd ever get a second chance on love. They were wrong.
And a stand-alone sequel to the main trilogy:
Falling For the Best Man
Kevin & Charlie
Two men meet at the week-long wedding party and get swept into a summer camp romance. *M/M romance*
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