Drowning In You: An Mpreg Romance (Trouble In paradise Book 4) by Austin Bates

Author:Austin Bates [Bates, Austin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

Guillermo was unloading crates of alcohol from the back of a delivery truck with two of his employees when Marcos approached the bar. He had rehearsed what he was going to say over and over again in his head, but nothing had sounded right. In the end, he hoped that some sort of divine inspiration would aid him.

"Nice to see you. I didn't think you'd care to show your face around here after you skipped out on our meeting yesterday." Guillermo folded his arms and turned his back to the delivery truck.

"I'm sorry about that," Marcos said as he tried to avoid Guillermo's disapproving gaze. "My head wasn't on straight. I was hoping we could talk now, if you're not busy."

"Come on then. I've got some work to do inside." Guillermo turned and headed through the front doors of the bar.

The atmosphere was much different during the day than at night. The tables were empty and their chairs had been upturned and stacked on top of them. The air smelled more like citrus cleaning products and wood polish than alcohol. The windows were open and a light breeze swept through the room carrying with it the scent of the ocean and the sound of the waves.

Guillermo circled around behind the bar and took up a bottle of wood polish and rag that had been sitting out ready to use. The barman set to work, shining the wooden surface without a word. It was clear that he was still a bit upset at Marcos for his absence yesterday, and perhaps, for his many absences over the last year.

"You remember how I was that night, don't you?" asked Marcos, leaning against one of the wooden pillars and scuffing the toe of his shoe across the floor.

"Of course. It's the only time I've ever had to kick you out." Guillermo paused and looked up at Marcos. "But you know I understood. If you'd just come to me afterward, we could have worked everything out. It was no reason for you to stay away completely."

"It wasn't just that," said Marcos, shaking his head slowly. He carefully recounted the story he had shared with Raphael the previous night. Actually saying it out loud had knocked something loose in him and made him realize that maybe he owed it to Guillermo to explain.

"I'd heard the rumors, of course," said Guillermo after a long pause. He went back to polishing the bar. "I wasn't sure what to believe really, but I haven't seen the rest of them in here together since then so I thought part of it must be true. I'm glad you've gotten yourself cleaned up, but I wish you would have felt like you could come to me with your problems. I would've been happy to try and help you."

"It's...I felt like I needed to do this myself." Marcos finally allowed his gaze to settle on Guillermo. "I needed to get my head on straight and figure out how to deal with my mom's death without relying on anyone or anything else to get me through it.

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