Fool's Gold by Sarah Madison

Author:Sarah Madison [Madison, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary Gay Romance
Publisher: Sarah Madison
Published: 2016-07-27T22:00:00+00:00

Silence fell between them as they got into Jake’s car. Just the car itself was enough to squelch any commentary on Rich’s part. The late model Mazda Miata had proved to be an exceptionally smooth ride on the way to Kentucky, and Rich suppressed a moment of supreme envy when Jake had offered him a ride to Rolex in it. With the horses being shipped professionally, taking separate cars hadn’t made sense. Rich had struggled to accept the ride with grace just the same.

Although the sports car was a sleek ride, it also had its share of mud and bits of hay in the floorboards. Somehow, that accentuated the differences in their backgrounds even more. That Jake could treat such a car as a farm vehicle just showed how far apart their life experiences had been. It could be worse, he supposed. Jake could have driven a really high-end car, something worth more than Rich’s entire house.

Even so, as they left for the hotel, he was conscious once again of the casual wealth the car represented. Insecurity nipped at Rich’s heels, determined to make him back away from Jake once more, even though he was shaking slightly from sheer desire.

“I can hear you thinking from over here.” Jake controlled the wheel effortlessly with one hand as the car took them to their destination with the quiet repose that came from truly expensive technology. “You’re talking yourself out of this. Don’t.”

“Jake. That day at the hospital—”

“You don’t need to say anything.”

“Yes, I do.”

“No, you don’t.” Jake drove the way he rode, with effortless competence. He only took his eyes off the road for a second to glance at Rich. “I don’t know why you said the things you did back then. I don’t want to know, okay? You were hurt—bad. I never should’ve taken you at your word.”

A thousand objections and arguments sprang to Rich’s mind, but in the end, he knew the only person he had to convince was himself. For some weird reason, Jake was on board with this. It was up to him to make Jake see that the past was dead and gone, that they couldn’t reach for it again, not without sacrificing their future. All too soon they reached the hotel, and every one of Rich’s excuses seemed like cowardice in the face of Jake’s conviction.

They pulled up into the parking lot outside Jake’s room, and he killed the engine. It ticked over a few times in the oppressive silence that fell between them as they sat in the parking area. Twilight had crept in on the early spring evening. Neither of them moved in the gathering dusk. Rich sat steadfastly looking out the front of the car, refusing to glance at Jake even when Jake half turned in his seat to face him.

The silent tension weighed between them. Rich cleared his throat and spoke at last. “I’m not just being a princess, you know. There are good reasons for not going through with this right now—not the least of which is your old man.

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