Cherry on Top: a MM Fake Boyfriend Standalone (Indigo Bay) by Beth Bolden

Author:Beth Bolden [Bolden, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-07-12T00:00:00+00:00

“I can’t believe you actually got us into Luca and Oliver’s place,” Will said, shyly glancing over at Enzo as they walked past the park. He looked really pleased, his hand squeezing around Enzo’s.

Enzo had never felt any particular desire to hold hands with anyone. But doing it with Will was nice. So nice he might want to do it even if they weren’t parading by where half the town could see them.

It was a cool-ish evening, and Enzo thought they’d passed all the biggest gossips in Indigo Bay—except his mother, of course.

“Luca and Oliver love you. You provide them with ice cream for some of their desserts. You don’t think they’d have gotten you in, if you’d asked?”

“Yeah, but the Lowcountry Bistro is . . .” Will waved his free hand around. “You know. Romantic. Meant for two. And uh . . .before you, I didn’t have two. I only had me.”

“You could’ve taken Kate,” Enzo suggested with a sly grin.

“Then it definitely wouldn’t have been romantic.”

“Guess you were just waiting for me, then.” Enzo paused, grinning. “Stud Muffin.”

Will laughed.

“Guess I was. The food though, it was so good. Different than what I expected, but delicious.”

“Luca would never tolerate less. Oliver, either.” It had been amazing, but that was exactly what Enzo had expected of his cousin and his husband. And they’d given them a nice private table. When Luca had shown them to it, the gleam in his eyes had told Enzo that this was entirely on purpose.

He’d given Enzo exactly what he wanted, deep down—privacy—but not what he’d claimed to need—a public display of their date.

“True. I’m still impressed.” Will shot him another one of those fond, affectionate looks that Enzo was beginning to realize weren’t fake in the least. “And you made it happen.”

“All I had to do was ask,” Enzo said modestly.

They turned the corner and they were already at the Inn. How had that passed so quickly? Enzo had deliberately been walking slowly. Knowing how he wanted the date to end. Also knowing how it should end. Will had drawn the line, and Enzo wasn’t going to cross it, unless he invited him to.

“But you asked,” Will said, squeezing his hand again. “How are we going to play this?” he asked, gesturing towards the screen porch. There were Giana and Joy again, sitting on one of the swings, chatting.

But as soon as they saw them, they clammed up, staring at Enzo and Will as they approached the porch stairs.

Great.

“I . . .I’m not sure,” Enzo said. He wanted to kiss Will, but he did not want to kiss Will if he wasn’t as into it as he was, and he did not want to kiss him just to convince his mother and Joy that they were wild about each other.

“I have an idea.” Will turned to him, voice and expression equally earnest. “Come upstairs with me.”

“What?” Enzo asked flatly, even as his whole body thrilled at the thought of it.

“It’s our second date. You look .

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