Canceled for Christmas: An MM holiday romance by Oliver Takely

Author:Oliver Takely [Takely, Oliver]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MM Romance Press
Published: 2025-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

RYDER

Ryder wanted to tear his hair out. Mason had confirmed they were on their way and Felix was fine and well, but until he saw him with his own eyes, he wouldn’t believe it.

The moment his agent had called him, he knew things were bad. Fiona wanted to capitalize on it, and suggested they post a video to social media of them being all loved up to deal with the trolls. He’d told her to get fucked and hung up on her. Not the most mature response, and neither was ghosting her all day.

Felix’s phone being off had driven him mad, and it had taken a few contacts to track down Laura’s number. Felix had mentioned the newspaper she worked for, so he’d been able to get to her through work, and now he had her cell number. She’d explained Felix always had his phone off when he was on a gig so he could focus.

He discovered Felix was working the wedding of a couple who were friends of Mason, and he was attending. He was grateful that at times it was a small world. Mason had called Ryder saying he believed Felix was oblivious to what had happened. It was in that moment, when Ryder had wanted to run to the wedding venue and rescue him, that it became clear he’d passed the point of just having a crush on Felix. It went much deeper.

A picture of them kissing had been posted to social media and gone viral, followed by other pictures and videos from their date. Of course, it didn’t take long for the social media trolls to find Felix’s identity, and the narrative quickly turned from “Who is this redheaded angel who’s tamed Ryder Quinn?” to “Flame-haired money grabber gets his claws into Ryder Quinn.”

Thankfully, it was just a social media thing, and there’d been no press other than a few gossip rags who just reposted other people’s comments and called it journalism. There were also some positive comments saying that someone had tamed the playboy. They’d only been on a couple of dates, but Ryder felt a rush of excitement at those comments. He wanted more with Felix. He’d hated the sour note their last date had ended on, but their kiss on Felix’s doorstep last night had reassured him. That was something else which had been captured and posted to social media. Nothing from their first date at Epicure had been captured, though, and he had Mason to thank for that.

The venom appeared to be aimed at Felix, and Ryder was scared this would have him running for the hills. It had taken all his self-restraint not to respond to some of the awful comments. What was wrong with people? Were their lives so unhappy they had to attack other people they didn’t even know?

Ryder had blocked people who were nothing but homophobic assholes. There was clear jealousy from both men and women, and they’d commented on Felix’s social media posts as well—some of them from months ago—criticizing his work and being unnecessarily horrible.

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