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leaving.”
     
    “I know what you can do about Nathaniel,” Jaime said with a moue of disgust. “Ignore him. You already know what he’s like, and if you weren’t upset about Sophie, you wouldn’t have given his comment a second thought.”
     
    “I know,” Srikkanth replied, “but I was upset about Sophie, and he does live here. We knew when he moved in that he wanted a quiet place to live. That’s why you moved up here—so he could have the downstairs bedroom and be away from more of the noise.”
     
    “Whose name is on the deed?” Jaime demanded. “Yours, not his. He can deal with it or find another place to live.”
     
    It wasn’t quite that simple. Srikkanth depended on the rent from his housemates to pay the mortgage on the condo, especially now that he was going to have the extra expense of a baby. He’d have to look for a smaller place if Nathaniel and Jaime moved out. He wasn’t going to worry about that tonight, though. He had enough to worry about with Sophie and getting through the night.
     

     

     
    The days fell into a routine for Srikkanth, sleeping when Sophie slept, feeding her every two hours, grabbing a bite to eat when he could. Somewhat to his surprise, he found that he didn’t miss work at all, his fascination with Sophie sufficient to fill his days. The suggestions for dealing with colic seemed to work far better during the day than at night. Jaime continued to be Srikkanth’s rock, taking Sophie for half an hour or more each night so Srikkanth could get in a run.
     
    For his part, Jaime enjoyed the time he spent with Sophie, even beginning to seek excuses to spend more time with her and Srikkanth. When she wasn’t colicky, she was an engaging baby, her personality becoming clearer and clearer with each passing day. He hated to hear her cry, more because he knew how much it upset Srikkanth than because it bothered him. He knew enough about babies to understand that she was uncomfortable and that it would pass, so he simply held her and rocked her or walked her around the house until she quieted down or until Srikkanth returned from his run. He’d also gotten really good at ignoring Nathaniel’s glares and deflecting his comments before they could upset Srikkanth even more.
     
    About three weeks after Sophie came home from the hospital, Jaime went upstairs as usual to take Sophie so Srikkanth could go for a run. The sight that met his eyes stole his breath and made his heart pound faster in his chest. Srikkanth sat on his bed, bare to the waist, Sophie in only her diaper cradled to his chest. Srikkanth’s skin was dark against Sophie’s slightly paler coloring.
     
    “You’re going to spoil her,” Jaime said, trying to keep his voice steady. He’d seen Srikkanth shirtless before, but not often and always in the process of changing clothes rather than simply sitting around without a top. At the moment, though, Srikkanth didn’t seem to have any intention of getting dressed, and that was doing all manner of things to Jaime’s libido. He reminded himself that he had a boyfriend of sorts at the moment, but it wasn’t like he was acting on the sudden attraction. There wasn’t any harm in acknowledging another man’s attractiveness if he didn’t do anything but look, was there?
     
    “The nurse at the hospital said I should hold her this way,” Srikkanth replied calmly. “She said bottle-fed babies don’t get skin-to-skin contact while they’re nursing, so they need it at other times to help with bonding.” He sent Jaime a beatific smile that went straight to Jaime’s cock. “I don’t know if it’s doing her any good, but it certainly feels good to me. She’s so soft and smooth.”
     
    Staring at Srikkanth’s chest, Jaime thought Sophie wasn’t the only one who was smooth.
     
    The doorbell rang, followed swiftly by Nathaniel yelling for Jaime. “Your date’s here.”
     
    “Shit,” Jaime muttered, forgetting for a moment that Sophie was in the room.