Between Passion and Honor--A Sexy Historical Gay Asian MM Erotic Romance from Steam Books by Melody Lewis

Author:Melody Lewis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steam Books
Published: 2013-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

Five years later…

“Tamazaki-san, here are the papers you requested.”

The voice caused Akihiro to look away from the window and turn his attention on the man who had just entered the room, a man in his late twenties who had been in his employ for a few months now.

“Thank you, Minobu,” Akihiro said, accepting the scrolls.

When the man left, Akihiro unrolled one of the scrolls and spread it out on the table, studying the figures written on it. With the abolishment of the feudal system and the emergence of a new government, he was no longer a noble, but in the past year, he had managed to acquire some rice fields in the countryside so that he was now running a business selling rice and sake, as well as some stables so that he could breed horses for those who needed them. He was doing quite well, too, with more than twenty men working under him. Although he no longer lived in a castle, the house he lived in was quite large, as well, with enough rooms to house a decent-sized family, which those around him kept persuading him to start. He would just shrug them off, however, just as he kept on refusing the marriage interviews that others attempted to arrange, saying that he had no interest in marrying because he was occupied enough with his business.

In truth, he was just waiting for someone, the only person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

He looked out the window, at the cherry trees that had just begun to blossom, the slivers of pink drifting with the late afternoon breeze and scattering all across the yard, and sighed. No longer feeling like working, he folded the scroll in front of him and stood up, intent on taking a walk in the garden to somehow lift his spirits.

As he walked, his thoughts, as always, drifted to that evening when he had held Hitoshi in his arms. Many times, he feared that Hitoshi would never come, the image of him lying lifeless on some distant bloody field constantly plaguing him, making Akihiro wonder if maybe he should have just stayed at the castle, but always, he would force himself to be strong and to keep hoping, telling himself that Hitoshi was an excellent warrior and that he always kept his promises.

Hitoshi.

Capturing a cherry blossom in his hand, Akihiro clasped it close to his chest and uttered a prayer that Hitoshi would come home soon.

“Pardon me, Tamazaki-san,” the voice that had interrupted him earlier disrupted his thoughts once more. “There is someone looking for work. He insisted to see you.”

“Didn’t I say that we have enough people working in the fields and in the stables?”

“But he insisted…”

“I have no use for…” Akihiro suddenly stopped as he turned around, his voice seemingly lost and his eyes widening as he gazed at the man who stood a few feet from him, at a pair of black eyes that he knew so well.

“Tamazaki-san?”

“Thank you, Minobu,” Akihiro said, finally managing to find his voice after swallowing the lump in his throat.

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