"Flash," he promised sagely, nodding a little. "Trust me, Ash, I know what I'm talking about here. Adrian's a very fancy dude... he shows up in a big puff of smoke and flashes money around and offers to take you to places no human can go. Big. Fucking. Deal." A roll of his dark eyes and he hit the joint again when he got it back from Ashley's fingers.
"Call me old-fashioned, but love like what you and Julian have is really something special and inspirational, you know? Something the rest of us bachelors can aspire to. You guys are on the same wavelength, you 'get' each other. Best friends and boyfriends, which is for sure the best way to go because if the shiny wears off the sex, then the comfortable friendship is still underneath like support beams. If a fling collapses, there's nothing there, no foundation. Hollow inside."