Wasted Heart (Special Edition) by Galli Lynn

Author:Galli, Lynn [Galli, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: Gay & Lesbian
Publisher: Penikila Press
Published: 2011-04-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Smoke from the barbeque grill misted the summer evening air in Elise’s backyard. I approached the house with excitement and trepidation. We’d been officially seeing each other for two weeks, three if you counted the dinner at her place, and tonight I was meeting one of her other cousins and his family. If I wasn’t so smitten, I’d normally think this was a little too soon to meet family. But Elise asked me to be here, and so far, I couldn’t deny her anything.

“Hey, Aust!” Scott said with a grin when he opened the front door. These last two weeks showed me that Scott was a naturally chipper kid. It took a lot to bring him down.

“Hi there, Scott. Party in full swing?” I asked, stepping inside.

“Yep. Sean and our friend Ced aren’t here yet, but Lis and Bri are out back.” He turned and walked us down the hallway toward the back of the house.

Elise and I had been treading carefully around Scott. Since he’d never seen his cousin in a relationship before, she didn’t want to flaunt the issue. We’d get together for dinner and more at my place a few nights each week, but she didn’t like ditching Scott for the whole night. We didn’t stay at her house. Not that I had any problem with that. I needed to work up to the idea of making love to his cousin when he was only a floor away. Go ahead, label me a prude.

Last weekend we spent together at her house because Scott stayed over at Sean’s. For this weekend, her cousin Brian and his family had been scheduled to stay with her before heading up to Vancouver on a family vacation. When she invited me to join them, I spent the rest of the week trying to smother my anxiety.

“Hope you like kids.” Scott rolled his eyes before he headed out through the sliding glass door to join four kids tossing a football around.

Elise looked up and a broad smile sparked her lips as she moved inside to greet me. I felt my pulse pound when I caught her smile, the one that she gave me in public where others might see. She had a few distinct smiles and other than the slow, sexy one and the sinister one, this was my favorite.

“Hi,” Elise spoke in a breathy voice, half joy, half relief. I was beginning to crave hearing it, and that scared me a whole lot.

She leaned in to kiss me hello and all apprehension left with the press of her lips. “Hi,” I matched her tone after catching my breath. “I brought some wine.”

“You didn’t have to do that.” She looked down at the bottles in my hands. “Josephs Brothers, wonderful.”

“It keeps Warren happy. I’m his personal Washington State distribution center.” I walked them into the kitchen.

“Come meet Bri and Ginny.” She pulled me by the hand out the door. A tall, good-looking man with blond, wavy hair turned with a welcome smile. His wife, a walking Barbie doll, turned with a smile that fell just shy of welcome.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.