Watching Kevin going at it in the middle of the night, fierce and merciless, was almost enough that Neil forgave him. Kevin was more demanding of himself than he was of anyone around him. He set his standards impossibly high and tried for them with everything he had, and he didn’t understand why others wouldn’t do the same.
Andrew was daring him to cross a line, to give up a little more of the lie that was Neil Josten. It went against everything Neil knew to give in, but he’d chosen his path. He’d chosen Andrew.
“What would it take to make you stay?”
The question was so unexpected Neil had to turn back.
“What?”
Andrew laughed quietly at his shock and leaned forward.
“Name it and it’s yours. It doesn’t matter what it is so long as you stand your ground here with us.”