Ross and Ashton by J.V. Speyer

Author:J.V. Speyer [Speyer, J.V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2018-12-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Ross leaned against the wall in what had probably once been the dining room and tried to get himself under control. He didn’t know what upset him more. On the one hand, the idea that Ash wrote off everything they’d been to each other as “casual” made his blood boil. Ross had put time and effort and energy into their relationship for two years, and it had broken his heart when Ash called his bluff and refused to come out and be with him in public.

Maybe he shouldn’t have issued an ultimatum if he wasn’t prepared to have Ash call him on it, but it was a little late for take backs now.

On the other hand, why would Ash feel he had to have some kind of lifetime commitment for sex? They were here. They’d barely reunited, damn it. Why would Ash be making any kind of assumptions about them and their relationship, at all? A lot had changed since they split up back in college, and Ash didn’t know the half of it. He hadn’t asked.

Ross couldn’t calm himself much. He stormed back into the other room. “Look.” He double checked to make sure Ash wasn’t recording, and then he continued. “Just because a relationship is open doesn’t mean it’s casual. What we had was important, and what we had was special. And more to the point, you agreed to it. I told you what I wanted—what I needed—and you said yes. You can’t sit here ten years later and pretend you were a victim.”

Porthos stood in between Ross and Ash, and Ross almost felt bad. Obviously, the poor dog thought he was being too aggressive. What had Ash gone through, what had Porthos had to defend Ash from, that he had that kind of reaction? But Ash was struggling to his feet. His back was straight and his jaw was set. “I never said I was a victim. I never said I didn’t agree to having an open relationship. I said it wasn’t something that worked well for me, which is something you freaking knew at the time. I hated it. I told you I hated it. Is this a revelation for you somehow? Did you think I was just saying I hated it for, I don’t know, attention?”

Ross scoffed. “You hated it so much you stuck with me for two years.”

“Yeah. You and all your boyfriends. It was swell. Every time I wanted to get together, for comfort or to celebrate something, and you were off with some other guy, that was just freaking awesome. Every time I had to sit there and smile while some other dude had his tongue down your throat. Or when you came home tasting like some other guy. Loved it.”

“Poor little Ash. You wanted a commitment so freaking bad but you wouldn’t make one yourself.” Ross pretended to cry, rubbing at his eyes. “Like anyone in his right mind is going to restrict himself to someone who won’t hold his hand, or who won’t ever introduce him to his parents.

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