In Wild Lemon Groves by Selina Kray

Author:Selina Kray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay, LGBT, LGBTQ, gay romance, gay contemporary, contemporary romance, Italy, vacation romance, LGBT romance, LGBTQ romance
Publisher: Selina Kray
Published: 2018-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

Two hours later all lingering fears or worries had been silenced, Italian-style, by good company and other earthly pleasures.

Seb popped another fried calamari into his mouth, savoring the salty, briny crunch. Washed it down with a sip of espresso. Not as satisfying as a swig of beer, but if he wanted to keep up with his slick-haired Italian jock—and getting Andrea alone dominated his thoughts as much as the white-and-red team had the match—he had to counteract all that gin. With that in mind, Seb scooped up a few oysters and headed out to the small piazza for some air.

The calcio club’s weekly afterparty had taken over a grotty hole-in-the-wall backstreet café no over-baked tourist would dare invade. Like the best local watering holes, the dim lights, threadbare tables and booths, and overabundance of neon signs promised little except for low-low prices and shady corners in which to make mischief. Seb wished he could lure Andrea into one, but his sexy sweep busied himself with—what else?—making sure everyone was happy.

One could be forgiven for assuming Andrea was part of the wait staff. He ferried trays of food from the kitchen while the actual waiter chatted up Kath and fetched drinks from the overwhelmed bartender. Like the perfect host, every spare moment found him checking on one of the groups, during which someone would inevitably lead him to the side for a private airing of grievances. He’d spent a good twenty minutes in the washroom looking over the hero of the day, Matto, despite Lucia’s protests. Andrea even kept an appointment schedule in his pocket so he could pencil in someone’s ailing pet.

Work hustle Seb understood. Those odd jobs paid the bills. But Andrea hadn’t sat down since they arrived almost two hours ago, and Seb considered staging an intervention.

He couldn’t, of course, and not just because of how it would look, even in an LGBTQ-friendly crowd. He had no claim on Andrea and never would. To demand more intimacy from him while plotting to steal him away for the night was beyond spoiled brat. Anything Seb did or said would live on for Andrea post-tryst. Seb felt the responsibility of that as heavily as he imagined Andrea did his duty to his friends and family.

Which was not to say Seb minded when someone nicked the last oyster from his plate.

“Your ladies know how to enjoy themselves,” Andrea remarked, leaning on the same pillar as Seb.

Seb watched him slurp down his oyster, the bob of his Adam’s apple doing things to his concentration. He tore away his stare to pick out the ladies in the crowd. Done with the waiter, Kath sat in a circle of younger players, holding court with den-mother fondness. Maya whooped it up at the bar with four studs. Seb hoped for her sake at least one of them was bi. At the far end, Ceri downed shots and made goo-goo eyes at Lucia, whom he fully expected to find at breakfast the next morning. Matto snoozed under Lucia’s stool, looking like he’d already had one too many.

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