Booked Up by Harper Logan

Author:Harper Logan [Logan, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

He was out the door before Cam caught up with him. “What’s the matter?” Cam asked.

“I can’t do this,” Serge said, walking briskly. “I keep thinking I can do it, but I can’t.”

“Do what? Have dinner with me? Because this is the second time we’ve tried, and I think I would starve to death if I had to rely on my dinners with you for nutrition.”

“Those people were looking at us.”

“I didn’t see anyone.”

“They’d caught me eavesdropping before. It doesn’t matter. They saw us together, they started talking about us—”

“So?”

He stopped on the sidewalk. “What do you mean, so? Do you understand what gossip can do to a person?”

Cam scowled and slipped his hands into his jacket pockets. “Look, even assuming the people in there were looking at us because we were two handsome guys out for a romantic dinner—”

“I didn’t say it was romantic—”

“Even if they were, so what? This is a pretty liberal town, Serge, but yeah, occasionally you get looked at, if you’re on a big man-date. It happens. It’s not ideal, but it’s a lot better than the reaction you get some other places.”

“You don’t understand.”

“The thing I don’t understand is why you care so much. You say you’re straight. Fine. Go out with a girl! There are thousands in this town who would love to date you. You’re big and handsome and a writer, and you’ve got those eyes… I mean, come on. Quit sneaking around going on abortive dinners with me if you want the world to see you as straight.”

“Okay. Point taken. I’m not helping my own case, I guess.”

“But why did you ask me out? We’re not friends, Serge. Neither of us wants to discuss work for one more minute. I don’t understand why you want to see me.”

In a hoarse whisper Serge said, “I don’t know. I can’t explain it. This isn’t who I am. Or maybe I don’t know who I am.” He looked around. “But I just can’t talk about this out in public anymore.”

“Fine. Come to my house.”

“I can’t.”

“Listen, if you can’t talk to me about this, then you’ve got to stop talking to me at all. We’ll get it all out in the open, you can put your foot down about being straight, and we’ll just declare ourselves bitter enemies in absolute privacy, okay? Come on.”

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