The Truth of Loving You: Unframed Art MM Romance by Heather Leighson

Author:Heather Leighson [Leighson, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HL Books
Published: 2023-12-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-four

Shane

I hadn’t worn shorts since middle school, but now looking at the art on my shin, I wanted to wear shorts every single day. He told me it was a slightly different version of the tattoo on his thigh. The 3D shapes mesmerized me, and I was happy to have ink similar to his.

Cole’s chuckle made me cringe.

“If you don’t stop laughing at me, I’m going to insist you drop me at the next train station.” I tried to keep a straight face but failed.

“Is that the passenger equivalent of, ‘I’ll turn this car around,’ Pretty Boy?” Cole’s warm palm landed on my leg, and I immediately wanted it higher.

His laugh was either caused by my opened mouth stare at his sexy stubble or my spreadsheet for the day. I’d calculated optimal times to apply sunscreen and plotted when high tide was coming in. Necessary basic information. And it wasn’t my fault that Cole’s scruff had, once again, caused my brain to short-circuit.

Spending too much time with him might severely affect my number of accessible brain cells.

“If anyone should be mad, that would be me. You said I looked like an old Charlie Hunnam, but the guy is like five years older than me. Insulting.” Cole’s mouth quirked up, and his dancing eyes said he was anything but mad. After glancing at my disgruntled face, Cole continued, “I get it, I’m hot, and it’s hard for you to handle. We all have our kryptonite and yours is my two-day scruff.”

“Whatever,” I mumbled.

“Don’t worry, my kryptonite is your chest with my ink. If there are people on the beach today, I’ll turn into an asshole if anyone looks at you.” Cole tried to mollify me.

“I think you’re misjudging your personality if you think the keyword in that sentence is ‘turn,’” I said, and Cole’s head tipped back in a full belly laugh. “Eyes on the road. An accident will throw off my timeline.” Overplanning was an idiosyncrasy of mine, and I might have gone overboard due to nerves.

Oddly, Cole hadn’t seemed annoyed by it.

At least the drive out to the Island on a weekday was traffic jam free. Negotiating this day trip had been a feat. First, Cole had to convince me that taking a day off would help my state of mind and productivity in the long run. I wasn’t sure if I agreed with his assessment, but he used his body to bribe me.

But when he mentioned that the private beach was in Lisa’s neighborhood, I’d backed out. I truly believed someday Cole would find love again, but he wasn’t ready now, and I refused to live with Paxton’s ghost in my personal life since he dominated my professional life. When Cole suspected the reason for my change of mind, he gave me a crash course in Paxton’s family history.

He gave me more information than I felt I had a right to know. But in Cole’s mind, it wasn’t his past, so it wasn’t off-limits. Lisa had an addiction that had raged for years until Cole and Paxton had moved to London.

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