Chapter 9
Rafael
After moping around all evening at home, vacillating between jealousy over Conner—which he knew was stupid—anger that he hadn’t been brave enough to lay out his heart to Dustin, and wanting to get laid, he’d decided the only thing to do was to hit the club and find someone to help him forget Dustin for the night. Someone who was just looking for a quick f**k.
When he’d arrived at the club, he’d eyed a couple of guys who’d made it clear they were into whatever he wanted, but something had stopped him. He knew his heart just wasn’t up for the whole song-and-dance with a stranger, only to be alone again later. He gave one more sweep around the club, but nobody made his pulse quicken.
Until Dustin had walked in with a man he’d assumed was Conner. He hadn’t taken his eyes o
