“Care to tell me what you were thinking back there?”
Matthew said the words the moment the door between the basement and the main floor closed. The very second they were standing alone. He’d been holding onto the question for so long, that when it finally did come, it was a physical relief.
It took a bit of time for Gavin to answer, though—a long moment where he did nothing more than study Matthew’s face.
“You’re cheating,” Matthew said in a low, strained voice. Gavin was, too; Matthew could tell. Gavin was searching his head and trying to get a read on what he was thinking. “Just answer the question without trying to figure out what I want you to say.”
Gavin smiled. “I prefer to think of it as using what I have going for me instead of cheating. But in all honesty, I wasn’t exactly sur
