Lost and Found by Rick R. Reed

Author:Rick R. Reed [Reed, Rick R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay Romance, Romance, Contemporary, 1056
ISBN: 9781634778831
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Goodreads: 32886285
Publisher: Dreamspinner
Published: 2016-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

FLYNN UNLEASHED Barley and let him run up the front path and steps to Mac on the porch. Mac dropped to his knees to accept the dog’s excited kisses, laughing. He made a halfhearted effort to push him away.

Joy and despair competed paradoxically—and in equal measure—within Flynn to see the reception. It was cute, to be sure, a dude with his dog. And if Flynn had no stake in this game, it would have ended there. But that was just the rub too. Barley wasn’t Mac’s dog, not really. So why did Flynn still feel as though he’d stolen him away from his bliss? Why did guilt lurk in the darker recesses of his mind? Sure, Barley had gotten more accustomed to the routine at home—he no longer stood waiting at the door for Mac to rescue him, nor did he search empty rooms looking for Mac. But this reaction right here made it clear to Flynn that Barley had a preference—and it wasn’t for Flynn.

He could only hope the situation would change over time. Another twinge stabbed at Flynn as he thought of the long hours Barley spent by himself in his tiny studio apartment while he was at work downtown. He’d hired a dog walker to come by every day, but she only spent a half hour at most with Barley. The rest of the time, Flynn imagined him staring out the window at Stone Way from the back of his couch, sleeping, and wondering where Mac was.

At least when he lived here, Barley had had Dee to keep him company when Mac went off to work.

Stop it! You’re gonna ruin this for yourself.

Finally, like a ray of sunlight, Mac looked up from Barley and smiled at him. He got up from the wooden surface of the porch and wiped his hands on his jeans.

“Thank you so much.”

The joy at being reunited was plain on Mac’s face. And Flynn thought, very reasonably, that as the supplier of that joy, he just might be able to get Mac hooked and then keep him coming back for more.

Kind of like a drug dealer. Flynn pictured one of those cheesy tabloid-style paperback book covers in his head. Love Dealer. With the tagline: “He was Mr. Feel Good. But instead of dope, he dealt love….”

Flynn shook his head to clear it of the image. He started up the walk toward Mac, who looked very good indeed in faded, torn jeans and an olive-green T-shirt that seemed to intensify not only the red of his hair and beard, but also brought out the shimmering emerald of his eyes. Flynn caught and held Mac’s gaze for long seconds, knowing he was sending a more eloquent message than words could ever achieve.

Mac smiled and was the one to look away first.

“So, uh, dog park?”

“Dog park. Let this puppy roam free.”

“My car’s right this way.” Flynn turned to start back toward the car, wishing he could take Mac’s hand. And then an idea popped into his

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