Free Lexington Black by Savannah Smythe Page B

incapable of holding down a decent job. Now you're drunk
and embarrassing everybody. It's time you grew up and took some
responsibility for once in your life!'
    'Fine. I'll start right now,' Rob leapt to
his feet, narrowly avoiding a waiter with a platter full of food,
and strode out of the dining room. He hoped no-one would try to
follow him because right then he really wanted to hurt someone.
    He went out into the hotel grounds. Even
though it was raining, he was desperate for fresh air. Without
really thinking about where he was going, he headed for the woods.
Someone called after him but he ignored them. He just wanted to be
away from everybody. When he was sure he could not be seen he
stopped and punched a nearby tree as hard as he could.
    'Ouch,' a voice said, milliseconds before he
did. The pain was excruciating. He clasped his hand and leaned
against the tree he had clouted, gasping "fuck, fuck, fuck," under
his breath. His knuckles were bloody and had begun to throb.
    'Let's look at that.' Lex gently took his
hand and examined the torn skin on his knuckles. 'You're
bleeding.'
    With the pain, the anger had dissipated. Rob
laughed deprecatingly. 'I should know I'll never win a bout with a
tree.'
    'Families suck, don't they?'
    'You heard our little drama?'
    'I was checking out and heard it all. I had
no idea your family was so entertaining.' He was standing very
close, still holding Rob's hand.
    'When are you leaving?'
    'I'm being picked up in half an hour.' He
lifted Rob's wounded hand to his lips and brushed them softly
against the broken skin. 'Come back inside. I'll get you cleaned
up.'
    Rob pulled Lex down to kiss his lips. He
wanted him more than he had wanted anyone, ever. He knew it for
sure and embraced the knowledge with the hunger of a man denied
sustenance for too long. The dark horizon beckoned beguilingly to
him. He shuddered with delicious anticipation at the image of him
and Lex, sprawled sated and entwined on rumpled sheets.
    'I'm definitely coming to New York,' he said.
'I don't care how I do it. I'm coming.'
    'I knew you would,' Lex said, his eyes
shining. They rested against the tree, Lex pinning him against the
bark with his weight, his tongue working its way into Rob's mouth
again. Their lust was rampant, unapologetic, their faces damp with
rain and moisture from their roving tongues. Lex slid his hand
between their bodies and palmed Rob's cock. He mumbled approvingly
against Rob's lips as he felt it pulse in response to his
manipulation. Rob weakened at the sensation but he wasn't in a
position to return the compliment. One hand hurt too much and the
other was trapped behind his back.
    'We need to clean up that hand before I come
in my pants just from kissing you,' Lex gasped when they finally
broke free.
    'Good idea.'
    In the Reception area, Rob saw Geri looking
around, wondering where he had gone. He sneaked past her and went
with Lex into the men's cloakroom. As soon as the door was closed
and they had checked no-one else was in there, Lex pulled him close
and kissed him again. Rob felt the delicious indistinct thrill of
their erections vying for dominance against the other as their
tongues thrashed the inside of their mouths.
    'Some lousy nurse I am,' Lex panted when they
broke free again. He went to the basin and ran some warm water. He
examined Rob's hand again. 'You've only grazed it. Still needs
washing though. This might sting a bit,' he said as the water
washed over Rob's skinned knuckles.
    It hardly stung at all. Rob was more aware of
the minimal amount of time they had left. It was running out like
sand through an hourglass.
    Lex lifted his hand from the water and
wrapped it in one of the white hand towels. Rob turned his face up
to him again, tacitly inviting him to kiss his lips. Lex did not
disappoint. He fell into the kiss like a drowning man, pushing Rob
against the tiled wall and steaming up his glasses.
    'You're one hot fucking bastard,' he rasped
in Rob's ear. 'How am I going to