Taking You Home by Cooper Davis

Author:Cooper Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay marriage;GLBT marriage;family;m/m romance;gay;romance
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2011-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Thing is, once I decide to tell Maxwell the truth, my mood improves instantly. Secrets are like that. They weigh you down, burden you, shut you off from those you love the most. Just knowing I’ll tell my lover everything, that someone in my life other than Edna is gonna know exactly how it is, well it catapults me right into the holiday spirit. Even though I haven’t told Maxwell a damned thing just yet.

That’s probably why I give him serious hell once he takes hold of Leah’s kitchen, because I’m feeling a little frisky now. Flour flies in every direction, the blender whirs. Kind of like our place most any night of the week, except to quote Max’s buddy Emeril, he’s “taking it up a notch”. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him labor quite so long over any one meal.

I keep circling his way, poking my head into the kitchen. “What’re you making now?” I ask, brushing a dab of flour off his cheek.

“Gravy.” He smiles at my questions, ’cause he loves it when I get interested in his cooking. “Trying something a little different this time,” he adds, and then I get a detailed explanation as to the benefit of a thinner sauce on the Yorkshire pudding he’s been slaving over. I nod dutifully, then wander back to the living room, sinking onto the sofa beside John. He and I are watching bowl games with Ben, while Leah helps her brother in the kitchen. It’s just us for now, because Louisa and Veronica have gone home to do the family drill until later, when the meal’s on deck.

Frankly, it suits me to have some down time because I’m all worn out from Leah’s charity stuff. I’m telling you, it was more work than a typical day down at the lot. Thank God for John’s generous beer supply, which I dove into soon as we returned from our rounds. I’ve been drinking and watching football ever since, which has definitely helped my season to be jolly. That, and seeing how relieved Max is that I’ve shaken off the darkness.

And he’s definitely relieved, so much so that he’s kissed me about a dozen times since we got back from the park. In the powder room. In the hallway. Beside the refrigerator. That’s one thing you discover about being gay—so long as you’re clandestine about it, you can still get some serious ass.

Max whistles as he moves around the kitchen, and although I’ve sunk way down into the sofa, my boots propped out in front of me, I’m still studying him. I’ve got a perfect view from the great room into the kitchen. What a beautiful man, I think, watching him scowl at the open cookbook propped on the bar ledge. He catches me and gives a shy smile that makes me blush unexpectedly. That only makes his smile grow much wider. Good, ’cause the last thing I wanted was to give him hell today, not when he was already dealing with his family shit.

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