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to lie to him in all the time they had been together. He doubted the man would start lying to him now, especially not over something so damn important. If Vinnie felt as though there was any possibility that Race wasn’t interested in them, Vinnie would tell him.
    Ari had to believe that.
    By the time they pulled up in front of Dorian and Artie’s house, his doubts were back. When Vinnie brought the truck to a stop on the street in front of Dorian and Artie’s and turned it off, Ari just sat there and stared at the lit-up windows of the house.
    “Ari?”
    “We should probably just go in as friends, you know?” Ari glanced at Vinnie to see if the man understood where he was going. “He’s scared and right now, if we come on too strong, he’s going to rabbit.”
    “Possible.”
    Ari didn’t want to hear that. He wanted Vinnie to argue with him. “So, how do we handle this?”
    Vinnie smiled. “As friends.”
    Ari rolled his eyes. “You’re a lot of help.”
    Vinnie chuckled as he climbed out of the truck. “You love me and you know it.”
    Ari sighed. “Yeah, I do.”
    Vinnie grew serious. “Then listen to me now. Race is interested, but he is scared. He still has some maniac hunting him. The best thing we can do for him right now is to be there for him in whatever capacity he needs. We’ll worry about all of this other stuff later.”
    “I know you’re right,” Ari said. “But I just can’t help feeling that we could lose Race if we’re not careful.”
    “Ari, we don’t have him yet, so there is nothing to lose.”
    “Oh, yes, there is,” Ari mumbled as he climbed out of the truck and shut the door. They had so much to lose if Race didn’t accept their unusual arrangement. Ari had no doubt that he and Vinnie would continue on as they were, but there would always be a hole that could have been filled by the beautiful redhead.
    Ari felt as though his heart was trying to climb into his throat as they walked up the path leading to the front porch and then climbed the steps to the porch. Vinnie glanced at him before knocking on the door. Ari tried to put a smile on his face, but he was too nervous. He was pretty sure it came off as a pathetic grimace.
    His breath stopped moving through his chest when the door opened and Race stood there in all of his beautiful glory. His bright red hair had been gelled, making the tips stand up. His white dress shirt was in deep contrast to his glowing skin. His jeans hugged his hips like a second skin.
    And Ari wanted to lick every inch of him.
    Damn .
    “Evening, Race,” Vinnie said because Ari seemed to have swallowed his tongue. “Are you ready to go to dinner?”
    Race grinned as he nodded. “Yes. Just let me tell Dorian and Artie we’re leaving and then we can be on our way.”
    “You might want to bring a jacket,” Ari said, finally finding his tongue. “There’s a slight nip in the air tonight.”
    Race grinned. “Okay.”
    Ari groaned when the man turned and walked away. “Damn, would you look at that ass,” he whispered to Vinnie. It was the sweetest ass he had seen in a very long time. Vinnie had a nice ass. Hell, Vinnie had a great ass. But Race’s ass was a thing of true beauty.
    “I’m looking, I’m looking.”
    “We’re going to have to beat them off with baseball bats at the Rusty Nail.”
    Vinnie nodded. “Uh-huh.”
    Ari’s eyebrows rose as he glanced at Vinnie. “Did you bring one?”
    “No.” Vinnie looked at him. “Did you?”
    Ari sighed. “No.”
    “Maybe Dorian has a gun we can borrow.”
    Ari chuckled. “Maybe.”
    Before they could say more, Race came back into the room, carrying a jacket over his good arm. Ari smiled at him, a real smile this time. “You ready to go?”
    “Yep.”
    Ari waited until Race got a little closer before holding the front door open for him. If nothing else, Race would remember Ari’s manners.
    “Thank you,” Race said as he walked out of the house.
    Once they got to the truck, Ari made