Chiseled Wood [Cedar Falls 19] (Siren Publishing Classic ManLove) by Shea Balik

Author:Shea Balik
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2017-04-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Panic set in as Kyler heard Aaron tell Jesse he would take Kyler home. He didn’t have a home. What was he supposed to do? If Aaron found out Kyler was a loser who couldn’t even afford a place to live, there was no way he was going to want to go out with Kyler.

Wait.

Kyler gave himself an internal roll of his eyes. Since it was all in his mind, he used one of Jesse’s patented dramatic ones to chastise himself. He must have hit his head when he passed out. There was no other explanation to why he thought, even for a moment, that Aaron would actually want to go out with him.

No matter that the man had kissed him, twice, or held him in his arms, or even that he’d taken care of Kyler when he’d fainted, Aaron had made it perfectly obvious that he wasn’t interested in Kyler that first night. Kyler needed to remember that or he’d end up with a bigger broken heart than he already had.

“Come on, little one, let’s get you home and in bed,” Aaron said. Then he did the one thing Kyler never expected. He lifted Kyler into his arms and started to carry him to the front door.

Everything within him melted at the care Aaron was taking with him. As much as he just wanted to enjoy the moment, Kyler needed to protect his heart more. “Please put me down,” he whispered as tears pricked his eyes, knowing this might be the only time he ever got to feel cherished by this amazing man.

“No.”

The word was so matter of fact, it took Kyler a moment to process that Aaron refused to release him. Was it wrong that he wanted to just relax against Aaron’s chest and let him care for Kyler? He was more than a little bit tempted to do exactly that. The strength of Aaron’s body against his stirred a yearning deep within him and Kyler wasn’t sure he wanted to deny the sensations it created.

Heck, he wasn’t sure he had the inner strength it would take to refute Aaron’s denial to put him down even if he wanted to, which he most assuredly didn’t. At the same time, Kyler knew he’d never survive if he let himself fall in love with Aaron, which, he hated to admit, he was already halfway there.

Decision made, Kyler screwed up what little courage he had and said, “I said, put me down.”

Dark brown eyes looked down at him with surprise mixed in with pride. Why that should make Kyler feel good, he didn’t question. What was the point? Right then, Kyler felt it more prudent to ignore those feelings coursing through him, in favor of protecting his fragile heart from wanting what it couldn’t have.

If disappointment flooded his system when his feet touched the ground, who could blame him? Going from being safely in Aaron’s arms, to standing on his own might be what he asked for, but the reality of it left Kyler wishing with everything within him that he’d kept his mouth shut.

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