Learning Curve by H. J. Welch

Author:H. J. Welch [Welch, H. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Goodreads: 41555669
Published: 2018-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

7

Myles

Myles was sure there was something he had missed from this recipe, but whatever it was, he couldn’t work it out. He poked listlessly at the tomato-based sauce, hoping inspiration might strike. But as he tasted the edge of the wooden spoon again all he could tell was something was just…off.

He sighed and leaned his lower back against the marble countertop, sipping his glass of red wine. “Okay, Google,” he said to the receiver box in the corner of his kitchen, “increase music volume to seventy percent.”

“Sure,” the cheerful artificial voice chirped back. “Volume to seventy percent. There you go.”

Myles closed his eyes and allowed the rocking sounds of Queen to wash over him. But even listening to his favorite band too loudly wasn’t helping to make him feel less lonely. It was amazing how quickly he had become used to having Jenny chattering away and running around his feet over the past week. She was always playing a game in one of the rooms or watching television. Now it was just Myles and his thoughts.

He wasn’t resentful. He and Corinne had lived separate lives for the past five years and they shared custody of Jenny as best they could. But having someone else liven up the house for a whole week had altered Myles in a way he wasn’t sure he could reverse.

He didn’t want to be alone anymore.

Maybe he could get a dog? Now that his hours at work were less he’d be home at a reasonable time almost every night. He wondered what breed Jenny might like.

The thought cheered him up slightly and he returned to his sauce, checking the recipe and adding a can of cream-colored lima beans to the gently stewing mixture. His happiness was short-lived when he realized he had automatically been following the instructions on quantities. That meant he was preparing a pasta dish for four people. Even if he ate big portions, he was going to living off these leftovers for the next few days.

The idea of that seemed even more lonely. Especially if the damn thing remained as bland as it was.

It wouldn’t be so bad if Myles had a date to share his attempt at cooking with.

He rolled his eyes and took another sip of wine. This pining over Dillon needed to stop right now. They were obviously not compatible, and even though Jenny had indicated she had no problem with his sexuality, he wasn’t going to come out of the closet by dating her former teacher. Even if she was no longer in his class, she was still at his school.

Maybe Myles should bite the bullet and download one of those dating apps? He nibbled on his lip as Brian May riffed his guitar loudly through the lower floor of the house. How could Myles join an app when he had zero experience with men? He knew enough to be aware that those apps were primarily for sex. No one would be interested in meeting up with a thirty-five-year-old loser who had never even kissed a man.

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