Nomad's Dream by August Li

Author:August Li [Li, August]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64405-014-9
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00

“IT’S STRANGE,” Janan said as he walked up the spiral staircase. “I feel like I’m doing something illicit, being here. I feel like a thief.”

Isra understood, but at the same time: “There is something of you in this place, though.”

Janan turned to him with a bemused smile. “How so?”

“Well, this is an expensive home, no doubt. But it isn’t the home of a man flaunting his wealth. It’s functional and understated. The colors remind me of you—the way the windows frame the lawn and trees like works of art.”

“Hmm. I don’t even know if I chose any of that,” Janan said. “It could be a builder came, and then a designer. For all I know, I simply took the key when everything was complete.”

“I doubt that,” Isra said. “You’re not a man who is content to leave your decisions to others.”

“How have you come to know me better than I know myself?” Janan moved to the railing and looked down into the open space. “It seems empty. Maybe I was waiting.”

“Waiting for what?”

“Someone to share it with.” Janan smiled. “Someone to help me choose things to fill a home that would belong to both of us.”

Isra forced a smile, but the idea troubled him because he didn’t think he could be that person. A powerful businessman like Janan would be expected to marry and father children. And even ignoring that, Isra didn’t think he could be happy choosing plates and sofas and staying in the same place all the time. If that was the future Janan craved….

He put it out of his mind. He was too tired to make important decisions, and so much remained uncertain. He simply whispered, “Perhaps.”

At the top of the stairs, a long hallway bisected the second floor. On the left, above the garage, they found a trio of guest rooms, all tastefully furnished with pale wood and neutral palettes and sharing a washroom between them. There was even a second small kitchen with a breakfast bar and a bowl of fruit on the round table. Isra would not have been surprised to learn no one but servants had ever set foot in any of these rooms.

The suite opposite them was another story. The library, though the size of two of the guestrooms, put Isra in mind of a winter tent—cozy, all the space used, filled with items that felt used and loved. The hundreds of books on the tall shelves scented the still air. Between them, busts and statues stood in alcoves. Midnight blue papered the walls, and vertical blinds covered the two sets of double doors that led to the balcony. The leather chairs and sofa here looked used—worn slightly in places and dented where Janan usually sat. More books sat on the coffee table in front of them and on the floor between them in haphazard piles.

An archway led to the bedroom with its massive mattress atop a simple platform. The walls here were a softer blue-green, and the bedclothes, curtains, and chaise lounge were all white.

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