After Ben by Con Riley

Author:Con Riley [Riley, Con]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B008LQMR3I
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2012-07-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

THEO decided that his office was a better place with the interns in it. Considering that, on paper at least, Joel and Evan shouldn’t have worked out, both kids were great additions to his team. Originally, they’d been scheduled to finish their internships at the end of October. Everyone was relieved when the Head Office agreed to employ them on temporary, part-time contracts until the end of the year.

That suited the kids just fine, he guessed, spying through his blinds as they opened their letters of confirmation. Joel jumped up, fist pumping wildly, making the office erupt into laughter. Whoever heard of someone so stoked at filing endless paperwork? Evan scrutinized the small print of his contract before raising his head. Theo smiled at the way the blond’s eyes slid across to meet Joel’s.

THEO: They are so sweet, it’s almost unbearable.

MORGAN: I bet they fuck over your desk as soon as you leave every day.

MORGAN: You should set up a webcam.

MORGAN: I could do that for you.

THEO: PERVERT.

THEO: They are just impossibly cute. J especially. He’s like the most adorable puppy on the planet.

MORGAN: I thought you liked E best?

THEO: I like them both. Honestly, the way they act at work is so sweet my teeth might just fall out.

MORGAN: And we’re back to my oral fixation….

It was true, though: The interns were helpful and polite to each other at work—completely professional. The signs were evident that the more space Joel put between them, the closer Evan inched toward him, seeking out his company. Theo was so glad he’d intervened. Given a little space, his smaller intern—the one who carried the heaviest load—was starting to enjoy himself.

“I wasn’t expecting to, but I kind of like working through a list and getting shit done.” Theo shook his head at Evan’s language. He apologized quickly, saying, “Sorry, sorry. You know what I mean though, right?”

Theo did know exactly what Evan meant. He’d tried to explain his satisfaction at work to some of their friends over the years. Lots of people had a weird—to Theo, anyway—fear of numbers. He just loved them. Plowing through accounts was challenging, as was creating order out of chaos for clients. If he could figure out an easier, more logical way for them to achieve their objectives, then he considered his work valuable.

Some of his friends had graduated from college the same year and were now flying high in their own particular fields. Theo’s lack of ambition baffled them, but he had never needed to chase glory. He had that at home. That’s how he used to feel, anyway. Coming home to Ben’s tetchy eye roll if he had to lean against the buzzer was everything he needed. If life was a competition, he’d won the moment Ben pulled off his motorcycle helmet all those years ago in Milan, saying ciao. He was pretty sure that his focus on the rest of the world shifted at that moment, narrowing until Ben took up his entire lens.

Their life

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