Shawn Lane - Car Wash 1 - Car Wash by Shawn Lane

Author:Shawn Lane [Alchemy, Elemental]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Michael slid the door open and stepped back into the apartment. Kevin stood leaning against the kitchen bar, his arms crossed defensively in front of his chest.

“Need any help?”

“I told you before, no.” Kevin just stared, his gorgeous blue eyes solemn. Hardly seemed like the same guy who’d just been begging him.

“What are we having?” Michael decided to act casual. He already knew he needed to tread cautiously against this particular aspect of Kevin’s personality. He’d known it before when Kevin was a teen. He’d already become reacquainted with it since meeting up with Kevin recently.

“Chicken and mushroom pie.”

“Yum. Sounds good.” He was trying to lighten the mood, but it seemed pretty clear Kevin wasn’t going for it. The man just continued to stare at him. “Okay, spit it out. The surly act is starting to get to me.”

Kevin nodded. “Okay. Did you pay the rent on my apartment?”

“Yes.” He saw no reason to lie about it. He’d pay the rent again.

“Why? I can’t afford to pay you back.”

“I didn’t ask you to,” Michael responded. “I didn’t want you to worry or stress out about it, Kevin. I knew it was bothering you.”

“Yeah, but you didn’t even pay just the back rent, but a month in advance. What’s going to happen after that when I can’t afford it again?”

Michael didn’t think this was the time to tell Kevin he hoped he wouldn’t need the apartment anymore because he’d be living at Michael’s place. Kevin didn’t seem like he’d be very receptive to the idea at the moment.

Instead he said, “Don’t worry about that right now.”

“Easy for you to say,” Kevin muttered. He sighed and relaxed his stance just a little. “How did you make that happen so fast, anyway?”

“I went to law school with one of the partners there.”

“And what about the car wash? What am I going to do if the new owner doesn’t want me to work there or whatever? I don’t want to be out of another job.” He was almost pouting and, if Michael wasn’t afraid of Kevin’s reaction, he would have kissed that pout right off his mouth.

“Well, actually I have another job for you anyway.”

The blue eyes narrowed. “What?”

“You did office work before you were laid off, didn’t you?”

“Uh-huh.”

“My firm needs office help. It’s just mail, filing and doing computer work, but it will definitely pay you a lot more than the car wash. You can start Monday. Until you can afford transportation, and by that I mean a car not a motorcycle, you can ride with me.” Michael waited for the fireworks. He could practically see sparks shooting out of those intense eyes.

“And now you’re telling me, like you can, not to get another bike?” Kevin asked, his voice very neutral.

Somehow the calmer Kevin was a little more bothersome. “I’m not telling you that you can’t get a motorcycle, I am strongly advising against it. I told you, they aren’t safe. Before I got into family law I did some accident work and most of my cases involved motorcycle accidents.

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