Blue Skies: A low angst, age gap, hurt-comfort MM romance by Marie Sinclair

Author:Marie Sinclair [Sinclair, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-10-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter twelve

Holden

The Founder’s Cottage was set toward the back of the property in the middle of a grove of aspen. With the mountains rising above it, the trees encircling it, and a stretch of the Roaring Fork River running behind, Holden thought it might be as close to paradise as he’d ever seen. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Not to mention remote. The main building where they’d met Greg’s mother was about a half mile down the road, and the closest cabin was no longer visible once they’d turned down the cabin’s driveway.

The building itself had been the first structure built by Greg’s grandfather after he purchased the property. According to Greg, it had been a fishing cottage back then, a place where his grandfather and his buddies had hung out on the weekends. Back then, it had been heated by a fireplace and didn’t have running water or an indoor toilet. Fortunately, his parents had renovated the place into something that retained the rustic charm but also provided the kind of luxury their guests expected. Solar panels, a composting toilet, and precipitation collectors on the roof meant the cabin was self-sufficient and kept its environmental impact as low as possible, though it had its own well in case there wasn’t enough rain or snow and a generator.

“Because we can’t have guests unable to draw a bath or run the hot tub,” Greg said as he unlocked the door and stood aside to let Holden enter first.

“Of course,” Holden said, but any additional comment died in his mouth when he saw the cabin’s interior. “That’s…that’s definitely not rustic,” he said as he took in the finely milled cabinetry, the giant four-poster bed, a claw-footed copper bath, and the fieldstone fireplace. But that wasn’t what had taken his breath away. Nope. That honor went to the floor-to-ceiling windows that took up the entire back wall so he had an unobstructed view of the stream and the mountains beyond.

“Wow,” he said, feeling as if the word was completely inadequate for the view. Once again, Holden was reminded that when it came to Greg, nothing was as he expected it to be. He turned to take in the man still standing in the doorway and shook his head. Definitely not as he expected, but so much better than he could have imagined.

“This is amazing,” Holden told him without taking his eyes off Greg. “Why would your mom put us here? I mean…” He paused, not wanting to give voice to the words, but the thought was there. He and Greg weren’t a couple, and it was too soon—much too soon—for them to be feeling anything beyond attraction. They’d barely begun to get to know each other. And yet…

Greg laughed. “Knowing my mom, she had a couple of keys in her pocket. If you’d turned out to be an asshole or someone she thought didn’t deserve me, you’d be in the main house, and I’d be sleeping in the guest room in their residence.”

“So, this

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