A Song for Harlan by L.C. Chase

Author:L.C. Chase [Chase, L.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance, contemporary
Publisher: Wild Roan Press
Published: 2021-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

FOR THE WHOLE AWKWARD, silent drive back home, Harlan berated himself for offering to let Ben stay with them. He still wanted Ben—badly—but he didn’t want Ben in his space. Not around Tanner. The small ranch was their haven from the rest of the world. It was security and safety, and Ben was a one-night deal. Okay, a two-night deal, plus breakfast. But Ben’s life was as unsettled as a life could be, and while Ben had been friendly and polite with Tanner at breakfast, he’d already proven that’s just how he was. It didn’t mean he actually liked kids.

And what did Harlan care, anyway? Ben wouldn’t be around long enough that his leaving would break their hearts. As soon as his truck was fixed, he’d be gone.

Except Harlan knew his son. Tanner had a way of making everyone he met a best friend, and Ben was a highly likeable guy. Harlan could stress that Ben was merely an old friend paying a short visit until he turned blue in the face, but Tanner would still ask when he was coming back with a hope in his eyes that would break Harlan every time. Harlan hated that deep down he’d be asking himself the same thing.

How was he going to balance the next couple of days wanting Ben in his bed but not wanting him in the house? He jumped out of the truck and into a foot of snow when they got back to the ranch. At least he had work and chores to keep him distracted from Ben and his gorgeous face, sexy dimples, and lean, hard body.

“Go on inside and make yourself at home,” he forced himself to say as he met Ben at the front of the truck. “I have chores to do.”

He whistled, and Cooper and Charlie came racing around from the back of the house—where they had a dog door to come and go through as they pleased—and danced around him and Ben. Even the damned dogs were already smitten with the man.

“Can I help?” Ben asked, sounding eager as he bent down to pet the dogs.

“Nope,” Harlan threw over his shoulder as he headed for the barn.

“I know my way around a barn,” Ben called after him. “Helping out where I can around here is the least I can do to repay you for looking out for me.”

Dammit. Harlan stopped, and his shoulders slumped. No should have been the only answer, but he could put Ben to work shoveling stalls while he worked the horses in the indoor arena. Then he’d have more training time while keeping Ben at a distance.

Harlan turned around. “Fine.” He pushed his hat back and rubbed his forehead. “You got any boots other than those fancy ones?”

Ben shook his head, and the bright light in his eyes began to dim. Harlan cursed himself for how well that didn’t sit with him. “I got a pair that’ll probably fit you in the mudroom. Drop your gear and meet me in the barn.

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