Race With a Heart
Chapter 213: The Plea

Chapter 213: The Plea

Arthur Floyd had three handsome and attractive men in front of him that evening. They were all sexy in their own way, and it was too hard for the young actor to decide which one to start hitting first. Um, it’s really a headache. So Floyd decided to observe them first, and then devise a suitable strategy.

Kevin and Jack turned out to be in the bloom of love and trust. The most difficult thing is to get in among such people, because at that moment the other person is the whole world to them. It was possible to separate such lovers, but it was an investment far more than the three weeks Arthur had left to spend in this city. In fact, Moore was a staunch monogamous at this point in his life, and it seemed Lambert was also. Floyd felt frustrated because the behavior of these two lovebirds not only prevented him from satisfying his own needs, but also painfully reminded him of the young actor’s own loneliness. Arthur thought it would be good to have someone to share your life and your heart with, as the two did.

Floyd has yet to give up either Kevin or Jack, but before working out a good strategy to get them, he will have to focus on the target Nelson had given him.

Martin, however, was completely unavailable. The boy gave the impression that he lives in his own world and his thoughts are several hundred kilometers away. Arthur tried to use some of his seductive tricks on him, but the young driver didn’t even notice. He was so indifferent to Floyd’s charms that it even hurt the young actor. It hurt him very much.

Martin seemed to have too much of a problem on his mind to be able to focus on anything else at the moment. Arthur was just terribly unlucky with the timing. Floyd tried to cheer him up, to convince him to confide, but he felt as if he had encountered a completely impenetrable wall in Martin. The boy was just too focused on his problem. Arthur understood this, yet he was sorry that his charm was completely ignored.

This whole dinner did not move him forward in the conquest of any of his hearts and bodies, but at least it allowed him to gather information in order to plan a new strategy.

Arthur was about to go out into the fresh air to rethink his plans when someone knocked on the door of his room. When the actor opened, the man standing in front of him introduced himself as Michael Moore’s secretary and announced that his boss wanted to meet Floyd. Now.

***

Michael Moore was waiting for Arthur in the car. The actor greeted him very politely and took the place indicated to him. He had no idea what one of the country’s most powerful businessmen had come to see him with, but he began to feel uneasy.

As soon as they were on their way, Moore handed a printed sheet of paper to him and asked:

"Do you recognize it?"

Arthur glanced at the text and blushed. Shit, that was the comment he wrote underneath the article about Jack Lambert. A comment in which, claiming to be an informed source, Floyd reported that Lambert is a gay man who has the son of Moore Corporation as his lover. The evidence is there, it is enough for someone to take care of the matter.

The comment was completely anonymous, but the head of Moore Corporation handed him a hard copy of the comment. How did he know it was Floyd? Most importantly, what is he going to do about it?

"Wondering how I know about your little joke?" Michael asked.

Arthur was a good actor and he could pretend he didn’t know anything, but if Moore had come to the source of the comment with his information, it would only hurt Floyd to act stupid.

"Yes," he admitted.

"Do you think I don’t have the power to find out about these kinds of comments before the world knows about them? Don’t you think I know people want to use my son’s private life to destroy my corporation? You think I’m gonna let them? Kevin is my son and Jack is the man Kevin loves. Do you think I’m going to let some kind of bastard ruin any of them reputation for fun? "

No, Arthur didn’t think that. Arthur hadn’t thought about the ramifications of writing this comment at all. He just wanted to cause confusion in the Fergus Stables.

"How did you know it was me?" Floyd asked.

"You used your own telephone. Do you think it’s a problem to track your number and subscriber data?"

"This is against the law..." Arthur muttered.

"And what about this? You are an actor, you know perfectly well what reputation means for a public figure. You can either challenge my lawyers or politely admit that your comment was a mistake and forget about the whole case. You see, the bomb you set with this comment has already been disarmed."

Arthur Floyd really had no choice.

"I am sorry."

"I’m glad you’re not stupid. Because you see, I have one more offer for you... "

***

Steve Paxton stood in the window of his private clinic room, staring out the night window that overlooked the beautiful Osaka Castle, which looked like an oriental fairy tale castle in the night light.

"I wish Martin could watch it with me," Steve said.

"You can come here on vacation," Karl replied.

Paxton was wearing a bandage over his ear. Yesterday he underwent a very complicated operation, which was almost a hundred percent successful. Steve was probably healed by now, and once everything has healed and stabilized, he will be able to return to normal life and possibly to the track as well. Of course, they would only get certainty over time, but the odds were now ninety-five percent, not five.

So Steve should be happy, but his mood was getting worse each day.

It was Steve’s decision to leave without Martin, but the idea came from Karl. The boy had to train, that’s one, two, Paxton had to focus on his health, not on the romance, and three...

As for the third reason ...

Karl Walton walked over to Steve and put a hand on his shoulder. Now they were both staring at the beautiful view outside the window.

"Steve, you’re too stressed," Karl said softly. "Martin is doing great. You really don’t need to worry about him. He even had dinner with Jack, his friend and some actor ... "

Walton felt a twitch in Paxton’s arm and pressed it a little harder.

"Don’t think about him," Karl added. "Think about yourself. You know that we all want you to get better as soon as possible. Especially me ... "

"I want to go back to racing too ..."

"You know I’m not talking about that. I don’t mean racing. I mean you. "

Steve lowered his head. He was really in bad shape, in bad mood.

Karl touched his cheek lightly.

"You are my dearest friend," Walton continued. "You know about it. Believe me that I’ve always loved you the most in the world. Once upon a time I had to let you go. I thought after what happened, you just won’t be able to be with the man. I had to accept it. I had to start making a life without you, but you ... "

Paxton took his hand and removed it from his face. He did it gently but firmly.

"Karl, let’s not go back to that," he asked. "You are my best friend..."

"Okay, I won’t go back to the past. I want to talk about the present. About today. Right now. Now I see your loneliness, your suffering and sorrow, and I suffer. I want to help you, I can help you, you just have to open up to me."

"I don’t know what you’re talking about" Steve wanted to step back, but Karl took his other arm as well. Steve would have to use more force to free himself. He did not do it.

"You do know! You know very well! I thought I was over now! I probably was, but you started dating a man and I ... I started loving you that way again!"

"Karl, I don’t want to hurt you. You’ve been with me forever. Thanks to you, I went through the most difficult moments of my life. I got this operation thanks to you. I am extremely grateful to you but ..."

"Steve, you don’t understand!" Walton exclaimed, almost desperate. "You don’t understand how painful it is to love you this way!"

"Karl, please ..."

"No, it’s me, who is begging you. If you are unable to give me your heart, I understand. It hurts, but... I understand. But let me just once, just once ... your body. "

"Karl ..."

"This one time. I swear I will never come back to this topic again. "

Walton met Paxton’s eyes and waited for his answer ...

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