“I take the warning,” Gary said. s**t! When had he forgotten he was toying with a shark? Or at best, a piranha that would take fast, furious bites out of him given the chance. For some reason, his desire to toy with Drake was making him vulnerable. Maybe that was the problem. How did one break down another person’s barriers without exposing a part of oneself? “You haven’t answered my question. When did you last have s*x?” Gary wasn’t even sure if he cared to hear—he just couldn’t think of how else to deflect the moment. “Too long.” “For this to work, you’re going to have to be more forthcoming than that.” Gary threw Drake’s own words back at him. To his surprise, Phillip Drake laughed…softly, but definitely a laugh. “If you’re asking for time in years, months, and days, you’re out of

