"Male models? What’s going on with you lately? First, you’re trying to buy a bar, and now you’re planning some kind of male model show?" Alex sounded half-amused, half-suspicious after I pitched my idea.

"I’m just having a little fun. Can’t you tell?" I replied with a laugh, brushing it off like it was no big deal.

But Alex wasn’t buying it. He squinted at me, that detective instinct of his kicking in full force.

Whatever. I rolled my ...