“I want to know what was in
that letter,” Manny said an hour later, when Hamlin told him what Jakie had
said.
“You’re the B&E expert,”
Hamlin pointed out.
“I thought you were too.”
Hesitating, Hamlin shook his
head. “I can do it and have, but once I got sent to London I sort of lost the knack because there
I worked more like I’ve heard Rick did.”
“More like, how?” Manny
asked, knowing what the reply would be, and not certain he wanted to hear it.
“Seducing the people I had
to get information from,” Hamlin said, not looking away. “And before you get
pissy about that, it generally was in name only, not actually bedding them. Pretty words for the ladies, ego boosting for the men, playing them until I
found the items I needed.”
“Alright, I understand that.
And I’ve got no right to got upset, I’m hardly a virgin, not after five hundred
years.”
Hamlin chuckled softly as he
pulled Manny to him. “I would have been very worried, and shocked, if you had
been. Although the idea of being your first holds a certain appeal.”
“Mijn liefde, if that had
been the case you probably wouldn’t have survived our first night together.”
“I almost didn’t,” Hamlin
replied with studied seriousness. “Hell, I almost didn’t survive this morning.”
Manny rolled his eyes. “Uh
huh. Seems to me you were doing more than alright from what I remember. And if
we keep this up I’m going to want to drag you into my room here and have my way
with you again, which would not be a good idea.”
“It would also make me late
for work, something I can’t afford to be.”
“I told you—“
Hamlin put his hand over
Manny’s mouth. “And I told you, I’m not going to be a kept man. It’s not much
of a job, but it gives me a feeling that I’m contributing, not leeching off of
you. So drop it.”
Removing Hamlin’s hand,
Manny said, “It’s dropped. I promise. Now kiss me because I have the feeling I’d
better show up to monitor study time or there will be hell to pay later.”
“With pleasure.” Hamlin
kissed his quite thoroughly before giving him a light shove in the direction of
the door. “I’ll see you in the morning. And please, be careful if you’re going
to try to find that letter. If it’s even still around.”
“I will be. Ik hou van je.”
“Love you too,” Hamlin
replied softly, watching him leave.
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