Handle with Care: A Rivals to Lovers Queer MM Romance (The London Arts Club Book 1) by Hayden Stone

Author:Hayden Stone [Stone, Hayden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hayden Stone
Published: 2025-10-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

On Monday, there’s no sign of Will at work. My mind races a million different ways, backwards and forwards as I try to make sense of our weekend together. He’s got to be avoiding me. Then again, weirdly, things aren’t always about me. What if it was all too much and he’s not feeling well? I’m taken right back to the aftermath of our trip up north.

Will doesn’t message me, even though he has my number now. And not wanting to intrude, I don’t message him either.

When Tuesday rolls around and there’s still no sign of Will, I at last cave and message him at lunchtime, a simple “thinking of you,” which I think about way too much about before sending. All I got out of Lily was that he’d called in sick both days. Whether that’s real sick or fake sick, I don’t know. And no response comes. At least not during the day.

Which means it’s either something I did, or he’s actually sick. Maybe he’s embarrassed after opening up to me. Obviously, talking about his past didn’t come easily. I chew my lip, fidgeting with the strap of my bag as I wait on the tube platform to get to the latest exhibit pickup in central London. He did say this was the anniversary of his accident, though, and probably it has to do with that. There’s no way to avoid the pain of that memory, which obviously weighs heavy on him.

It’s late that night when I’m in bed reading the latest rom-com I got from Barnes Books when my phone buzzes with a message on the bedside table. I practically dive for it, praying it’s not Stephen or Russ or some spam call. And as luck would have it, it’s Will.

Sorry to disappear. I wasn’t feeling well. X

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