Nesto nodded again. “They both are, and they deserve to be fucking carefree and happy after all the shit they’ve lived through. At least Yin’s started going to therapy. Ari needs it too.”

I almost wanted to go back to talking about Easton, because all of this stuff was heavy and too close to home. As if I conjured him up, I heard a knock on my open apartment door and turned around to see him standing in the hallway outside, holding a bottle of something.

Nesto just chuckled beside me. “What were you saying about the ‘just friends’ plan, P?”

I wasn’t going to answer.

I stood up from the stool I was sitting on and walked over to the door. I probably looked like a slob in cutoff sweats and an old Yankees tank top.

He, on the other hand, looked perfect.

He still had on his work clothes. Gray slacks that fit him like a glove with a green-and-blue gingham shirt. No tie. When I looked down, he was barefoot, which for some reason only made him look hotter. Everything about Easton turned me on so fucking much.

I waved him in from his perch on my door. “Hey. Come in. We’re just unpacking. These guys have been helping, but they need to go soon. Nesto has to go back to the restaurant and these two have school tomorrow.” I turned to Yin and Ari who were standing close and holding hands.

Ari kissed Yin’s head and nodded. “Yeah, this one has classes at SUNY Cortland, so he needs to be up early. We should be heading out.” They got moving as I pointed at the bottle and raised my eyebrow in question.

“Oh, just some bubbly to toast your moving day.”

Easton handed it to me and walked inside to say hello to the guys. I went to the fridge and put the bottle in to chill. By the time I got back, Nesto was unsurprisingly pushing Ari and Yin out the door.

“I need to be in by 6:30, so I can be there for the rest of the dinner service.” He looked at his watch. “If you guys need a ride back we gotta go now.”

He talked while looking at me, a shit-eating grin on his face.

I mouthed, I know what you’re doing as I worked very hard at keeping a straight face.

Ari and Yin were ready to go in seconds and within a minute I was walking them to the door. Easton was sitting on my couch watching it all unfold, that placid expression he almost always wore on his face.

Before finally getting the hell out of my apartment, Nesto waved at Easton. “See you later, man. Take care of this guy for me. Feed him too, we haven’t even had time to order food.”