Mischief Maker by Andi Lee

Author:Andi Lee [Lee, Andi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-421-5
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

SINCE THEY officially became boyfriends, sans rebound, they took the time to learn more about each other, learning quirks, likes, and dislikes. Liam was petrified of spiders, but Jamie loved them.

Jamie collected Marvel figures, and Liam liked to put them in obscene positions and wait to see if Jamie would notice. He always did.

Agatha had a litter of beautiful Russian Blue rats Liam had fallen in love with. He’d be heartbroken when they went to their new homes, but he would soon get distracted by the next litter.

Jamie’s favourite activity was going for walks over the heathland he maintained, to see the plant life and animals he’d helped to thrive. He couldn’t stop smiling as he showed Liam around and pointed out various things to him. Liam seemed genuinely interested and he let Jamie babble on without getting irritated or looking bored.

“Where is it we’re going?” Liam asked as they walked hand in hand over Chasewater Dam.

“I’m taking you on a date I can guarantee you’ve not been on before.” Jamie looked sideways at him and raised an eyebrow. “It’ll be vlog-worthy,” he teased. Liam groaned and swung their hands faster.

They’d taken an afternoon stroll around the reservoir, walking up over the dam so they could watch birds fly over the dappled expanse and waterskiers make fools of themselves in the distance.

Jamie pointed out three black-and-white Oystercatchers all standing on one leg in a line along the pier. They stopped so Liam could look properly, guarding his eyes against the sun and following Jamie’s finger.

Liam might not be a nature expert, but there was no denying his enthusiasm. The pier was closed off to the public and had been for as long as Jamie could remember, although that hadn’t stopped him or his friends sneaking over the barriers when they were teenagers to drink White Lightning. It was a wonder none of them had fallen in and drowned.

The dam curved down toward the South Shore Café, and they stopped to buy a bottle of water and share it as they carried on.

Jamie knew most of the staff who worked there, from those who worked in the café and Innovation Centre to those who manned the boating pond. It took them longer as they stopped to talk to people, but Liam went with the flow, not frustrated or angry.

They wound their way around the ruins of the small stone castle on the edge of the water and down through the shrubs. Jamie knew this land better than anyone and he took them off the main pathways and away from the tourists and walkers.

“Heathland is rarer than the rainforest. See that plant over there? It’s carnivorous and eats insects.” Jamie was babbling, but he loved talking about this, and Liam was an avid student.

“What’s it called?” Liam pulled him over to peer closely at it and watch it trap flies in its dewy leaves.

“It’s a sundew. See how it wraps its leaves around the flies?” They watched it for a few moments more before carrying on.

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