With Abandon: With or Without, Book 4

away,
    looking at the come.
    Aubrey smiled in return. After scooting backward, he bent and lapped Matt’s cheek clean.
    Matt chuckled and clutched the back of Aubrey’s neck with both hands.
    Aubrey nipped Matt’s bottom lip and thrust his tongue inside his mate’s luscious mouth. For several
    minutes he lingered, kissing Matt. When he pulled back, he wiped the remaining come from Matt’s face
    with his fingers.
    Sighing and stretching, Matt closed his eyes, looking for all the world like a boneless heap of
    contentedness.
    Aubrey stayed still, watching, until his heart stopped racing and his breath evened out. Lying down
    next to Matt, he pulled him close and breathed in the comforting, now-familiar scent of his mate. He rested his cheek against the top of Matt’s head and closed his eyes.
    Huh, imagine that. His headache was gone.
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    Chapter Fifteen
    The smell of bacon teased Matt into full wakefulness. Stretching his arms over his head, he yawned
    and smiled. Oh yum, breakfast. His stomach concurred by growling. Sunday was the last time he’d had a real breakfast. A granola bar here and a donut there on weekdays just didn’t cut it. He really missed his dad’s homemade breakfasts every day of the week, but he was just too lazy to make a sizable meal every
    single morning.
    “I already told you I’ve people looking into it.” Aubrey’s agitated voice came from the other room.
    Who was he talking to? Matt listened for a few seconds. No one answered back. Aubrey must be on
    the phone. Wait. It was Thursday . What was Aubrey still doing at home? And what was with the bacon?
    Matt rolled his head to the other side, searching for the clock. 6:13 a.m. Dang, why was it so dark in here? Oh yeah, Aubrey had closed the blinds last night. If he repeated what he did after he shut the blinds, Matt could get used to not waking to sunshine. Last night was…wow. If he hadn’t already been hard, he’d have gotten that way just thinking about it.
    But this was not getting him answers. Something’s afoot. Matt giggled at his own idiocy. Sometimes it was a good thing no one could read his mind.
    Swinging his legs over the edge of the bed, he stretched again. He ran his hands down his face and
    encountered something crusty. What the—? Oh yeah, Aubrey had marked him again. He grinned, hurried
    to the bathroom and peered in the mirror. Yep, a flakey smear of dried semen covered his left cheek. He had two hours before he had to leave for school and Aubrey was still here. Maybe they could repeat last night? Matt’s dwindling boner came back with a vengeance.
    After washing his face, a trip to the toilet and dressing, Matt went to the open part of the condo as
    quietly as he could. Aubrey was still on the phone, but he turned and smiled at Matt.
    Matt returned the gesture. He didn’t want to disturb his mate’s conversation. He suspected it was a
    business call. He tried to listen and distinguish the voice on the phone. It was a female, but not someone he knew.
    “Call the credit-card companies and see if there have been any recent charges. I’ll let you know if I
    find out anything on my end.” Aubrey handed Matt a glass of orange juice. The lady on the phone started talking again, her voice high-pitched, whiney and broken like she was crying. She hurt his ears, so Matt tuned her out.
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    He wasn’t the only one, because Aubrey snapped out a “Hold on” and covered the receiver with his
    hand. Leaning in to kiss Matt’s cheek, he asked, “I didn’t wake you, did I?”
    Basking in the show of affection, Matt shook his head. “No. Is that bacon and eggs?” His stomach
    rumbled again.
    “And sausage, toast and hash browns. Give me a minute.” Aubrey turned back toward the stove and
    took the skillet off the burner. He shrugged the phone between his ear and shoulder and put the sausage on a plate. “I’m going to Reynolds Hall in a few hours. If you hear anything at all, I expect a call on my cell phone. I gotta go.” He pulled the receiver from his ear, hit end and tossed it on the counter before turning back to Matt. “Do you have any tests today or tomorrow?”
    Shaking his head, Matt maneuvered the barstool out and sat down. He wondered at the cold response
    toward the woman on the phone, but since he had no idea who she was or what she’d done, he decided to
    let it go.
    Whoa, wait a minute. Aubrey was going to Reynolds Hall?
    “Good.” He turned back to