Seattle Stories 1 -After Ben by Con Riley

Author:Con Riley [Riley, Con]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Gay, General, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781613726020
Google: nJ_FMQ3iCMkC
Amazon: 1613726015
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2012-06-30T12:00:00+00:00

AIDEN DALY pretty much blocked the light when Theo opened his

front door the next morning. He hadn’t used the door buzzer. No, he thumped on the door, making the mirror on the adjoining wall shake, then stood with his arms crossed, light filtering through his curls, looking like some huge, dark, vengeful angel.

Theo stepped back into his entranceway as Aiden took a step forward, hands sliding to his hips, expression malevolent. There was nothing amiable about this man; he looked so much more than pissed. When Aiden opened his mouth to speak, Theo almost expected to see sound waves—like a sonic boom over still lake water. Instead, he whispered, making Theo lean forward just a little, rocking on the balls of his feet.

“One chance, Mr. Anderson. You have one chance to make things right.” He looked over his shoulder before speaking again. “Dad said you were one of the good guys. Don’t you fucking let him down.”

He stepped back before Theo could think of a single word to say, revealing Evan standing a few feet behind him. Theo blinked as the brothers spoke quietly with each other for a moment, Evan’s face tilted up, weak winter sunlight slanting through his hair, haloing him. He looked like a slim teen, dressed as he was in pale ripped jeans and a baby-blue hoodie. It saddened Theo to see that he obviously wasn’t dressed for work.

He watched as Evan’s bruised-looking eyes—shaded underneath with much darker gray than usual—slid toward him, then away again before he shrugged. Aiden watched his brother step into Theo’s apartment, then nodded curtly before walking away.

Both Theo and Evan exhaled at the same time.

“He didn’t want me to come.” The blond’s voice was clipped, restrained, as it had been at the start of their first meeting at Theo’s home, when he interviewed for the intern position. “He’s a little overprotective.” Evan looked Theo over, like he did at the office whenever Theo wore the wrong combination of stripes, plaids, and paisley. “Why are you wearing that?” Discussing fashion was completely beyond Theo right then. He stared down at his perfectly white button-down shirt teamed with a charcoal gray business suit. Even his tie was plain and gray. The kid had chosen the whole outfit, saying it was idiot proof. What could be wrong with any of it, and what the hell did it matter anyway?

Even with his head blurry with exhaustion, he was pretty sure that Evan hadn’t come to his home at early o’clock in the morning to discuss his lack of interest in clothes. As bad nights’ sleep went, the last night had been extreme. He kept picturing Joel walking toward the elevator, clutching the box of his belongings—coffee mug, spare shirt, iPod, comb—as Theo watched his every move. The kid had looked dazed, so dazed, as if he couldn’t understand Theo’s words. Or believe them. He’d stopped at the elevator, turning to Theo, asking yet afucking-gain just what it was that he’d done. Theo remembered shaking his head.

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