Kindred Spirits by Alexa Land

Author:Alexa Land
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay, lgbt, mm, gay romance, male male, lgbt romance
Publisher: Alexa Land

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At noon, Cassidy appeared in the open doorway holding a picnic basket and asked, “Am I interrupting?”

I was still sitting on the floor, surrounded by dozens of folders and stacks of papers I’d unpacked from the totally disorganized file boxes, and I said, “Definitely not.” He took a tentative step into the room and looked around as I got up and wiped my palms on my jeans. “Sorry I trashed the place, after you took the time to make it cute for me. I promise I’m not going to leave it like this.”

“It’s your office. You can do whatever you want to it.”

I stepped around a few stacks of papers, then stretched up to kiss him on the cheek. “Thank you for the flowers, muffin, and coffee, along with everything else. Did you actually go to a bakery this morning?” When he nodded, I asked, “When did you find the time to do that?”

“I went out at seven a.m. I always run my errands early, before the town gets crowded. I had to go to the grocery store anyway, and the bakery was on my way.” He stepped over a pile of papers and asked, “Where would you like to eat?”

“Let’s go to the patio off my bedroom. It looks like a beautiful day out there.”

Cassidy followed me through the bathroom and my room. As soon as I opened the glass door, Gerald came in, and then he followed us right back outside as we stepped over the threshold. Two teak chairs were positioned on either side of a small table, facing the hammock. A balcony overhead shaded the patio, and all around us, thick vegetation created a sense of privacy.

As Cassidy unpacked the picnic basket onto the table, I indicated a nearly overgrown path that disappeared into the foliage and asked, “Where does that lead?”

“Ren’s house.”

“Oh. I thought he lived in the hotel. How have I never noticed his house?”

“It’s purposely hidden away, because he and Simon wanted privacy from the hotel guests. When they both lived here, Simon would use that path to travel back and forth from their home to his office.”

“What was he like?”

Cassidy handed me a bottle of soda and said, “To hear Ren tell it, Simon is the devil incarnate. But I thought he was alright.”

“Were you friends?”

“No. He left soon after I was hired, and the only conversations we ever had were about the horses. I liked the fact that he legitimately seemed to care about them. In fact, it was his idea to turn this place into a ranch, while Ren wanted a high-end resort. I thought they both got what they wanted, but then Simon left anyway.”

I thought about that as I took a drink from my bottle and Cassidy filled two plates with sandwiches, chips, and clusters of red grapes. A moment later, Colt yelled, “Hey Eli, where you at?”

“Where you at,” Cassidy echoed under his breath, and rolled his eyes.

I shouted, “Back here. Cut through the bathroom.”

A minute later, Colt appeared in the doorway, carrying a pizza box and a six-pack of soda.

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