Play It Again, Charlie by R. Cooper

Author:R. Cooper [Cooper, R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Even with his attention on the notes on the screen in front of him, Charlie stopped at the sound of his phone ringing. He looked over his shoulder at Sam and then made a face. He'd already spent most of his afternoon talking with Katia, discussing summer break day-care options for Alicia, and part of his evening offering his opinion to Missy on whether Taylor liking bugs was going to kill her and what she should do if he started to bring spiders into the house.

He had a feeling that if he had let the talk turn to himself, he would have spilled everything, and then all three of his sisters would have descended on him to hunt down Will and more than likely completely scare him off. Will leaving was something that would probably happen soon enough anyway, Charlie hadn't seen any reason to hurry it along by involving his family.

He wasn't sure what there was to mention, anyway. Will was young and not used to anything that wasn't casual. Maybe all there would be was Will appearing at his door for dinner and sex until he got bored of both.

Charlie had gone over the arguments in his head before and stared hard at his laptop, not that he was seeing his seminar notes anymore. It had taken him an hour just to focus on his work, and now his focus was gone with one call. He'd guessed Will wouldn't be coming over tonight. Charlie was supposed to be using this time to get some work done.

Will had a busy schedule. He had made that clear, and Charlie had been okay with it. He'd smiled and nodded and watched Will as he'd quietly, almost nervously, shared that information. Will had a life. Charlie understood. He didn't think Will would bother lying if he were already done with Charlie, and it wasn't as though he and Will had to spend all their free time together or that he in any way needed Will to check in with him.

Of course, Charlie had done exactly that on Tuesday when Will had called him at work. But only because he and Jeanine had been going to work out, and he hadn't wanted Will to expect him home earlier the way he had the day before.

In any case, Will had only seemed mildly surprised and not even a little disappointed at being told Charlie would be home late. Charlie had spent the rest of the day wondering if he'd done something wrong, ducking Jeanine's amused looks and not calling Will back to ask any one of the hundred needy questions ricocheting through his brain. He had still been preoccupied when he'd finally gotten home and had taken far too long to answer his e-mail, only to practically leap to get the door at the sound of impatient knocking.

Will had been a whirlwind on the other side, stretching up toward Charlie's mouth and pushing himself forward, dropping his bags and case behind him, barely making it inside the door at all.

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