Riding With Heaven by L. C. Chase

Author:L. C. Chase [Chase, L. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B008CLZKRC
Publisher: Loose Id LLC
Published: 2012-06-04T12:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

A sated silence rode with them after they left the motel in Nashville. A nap would have been nice, Evan thought. But he was content to settle back in the cushy leather seat, his hand in Lucas’s, their fingers intertwined and resting on his thigh.

After nearly an hour, Evan clicked on the radio for any news updates on the hurricane that was now a tropical storm, but before he could find a station, Lucas turned the radio off. Said he was enjoying the comfortable quiet, but when Evan said he was getting bored, Lucas filled the next two hours with a near-constant stream of chatter. The man seemed to have an endless well of stories to tell—from standard fairy tales with moral messages like Pinocchio to more obscure ones his grandmother had said came to her on whispers. Lucas’s grandmother had passed a few years back. He tried to shrug it off, but Evan saw the flash of pain in his eyes before he turned away again. He’d obviously been very close to her. Evan could understand the pain of that loss. He’d almost lost his brother.

The conversation ran out of steam after that, or rather, Lucas ran out of steam. Evan had barely said two full sentences, his contributions being no more than acknowledgments and peanut-gallery comments in response.

Watching Lucas without fear of being caught, Evan realized something. He felt content. More content than he could ever remember feeling in his entire life. Not even three full days in the company of his driving companion, and he felt completely at ease, as though he could put his complete trust and faith in Lucas. He did a quick check-in with his intuition, and it agreed completely. And wow, as terrifyingly bizarre as that thought was, it also carried with it an incredible sense of freedom. He could get used to that, wanted to get used to—

A painful pinch in his chest stalled the thought. They would reach Charleston later that night. He’d probably never see Lucas again. No, not probably, definitely. “Something wrong?” Lucas asked, cutting into his thoughts.

“What? No.”

“You look like you just swallowed a real worm instead of a gummy worm.”

Those warm eyes and that expression did something to his insides. Evan smiled in response. Yeah, he was screwed. He suddenly didn’t want even for a minute to be without this man. Ever. A lifetime wouldn’t be enough. Lucas was more than a gorgeous body and face. He was funny and playful, mysterious and sensual, and he made Evan feel like he mattered. Somehow, some way, there had to be more than just this one weekend.

The light in Lucas’s eyes shifted, his gaze intensified, and a sultry smile stretched his kissable lips. “Rest area two miles ahead,” he said with a waggle of his eyebrows. Evan couldn’t help but laugh, lifting the brief layer of melancholy. “Typical.” Lucas snorted. “Like you’re any different?”

No, Evan couldn’t argue with that. Any chance to get his hands on Lucas was a chance he wouldn’t pass up.

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