Bound to Liberty by Kiru Taye

Author:Kiru Taye
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: africa, contemporary romance, romance books, african story, africa romance, romance mm, african men, africa nigeria
Publisher: Love Africa Press

Chapter Thirteen

Ethan froze, his body wound tight.

James was kissing him with surprisingly soft lips. A chaste kiss, a simple press of the lips. No other body contact.

An impulse raced through Ethan to cup James’s nape, open his mouth and deepen the caress. To taste and savour, tugging their bodies close until their heart rates matched each other. To fill his lungs with the enticing scent of man and aftershave.

His cock hardened and he suppressed a groan. What was he doing? There were many reasons he shouldn’t entertain such inappropriate thoughts. The most relevant—James was upset and vulnerable. His actions were that of a man looking for ways to cope with distressing events in his life. He didn’t know what he was doing.

Ethan wouldn’t take advantage. He placed his hands on James’s shoulders and applied a little pressure to make the man break away voluntarily.

“Oh, shit. I’m sorry.” James jerked away, scratching his arm as his gaze bounced around the room.

“James—” He was going to say, “don’t apologise,” before he was interrupted.

“I know I shouldn’t have done that.” The younger man paced to the other side of his bed, bent over and growled. “Unh. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.”

“There’s nothing wrong with you. I don’t mind the kiss,” Ethan said.

James looked up, eyes narrowed. “You don’t? I thought you’d be angry.”

“Over what? Our lips barely touched.”

“But straight guys...”

“But straight guys are prejudiced against gay guys? Is that what you were going to say?”

“Well, it’s true.”

“Only sometimes.”

“Ha. Have you ever been on Nigerian Twitter? They are brutal and poisonous. Not to talk about the queer folk who set up other queer folks to be raped and assaulted.”

Ethan sighed and closed his eyes. The young man’s words brought back memories he didn’t want to indulge. He scrubbed his hands over his face.

“I can’t speak for social media. But spare a thought for those queer folks who serve in the military and what they have to go through.”

He opened his eyes to find James staring at him with a puzzled expression. So, he filled in the blanks. “For the record, I’m bisexual. So, I understand some of your concerns.”

“Wow.” James sat on the bed abruptly. “I wouldn’t have guessed.”

Ethan chuckled. “It’s not like I have it tattooed on my forehead. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know so you don’t feel awkward about your dates,” he said in a teasing manner, although he felt a twinge in his chest at the thought of James with other men.

“Oh. Okay. Thanks.” James smiled. “I promise I won’t have any more ‘dates’ that involve public gents.”

The twinge in Ethan’s chest intensified. He wanted James, the sweet and troublesome man, every part of him. Fuck.

He got off the bed and headed towards the door before he did something he’d regret. His amusement vanished. He didn’t look back as he crossed the threshold. “Sure.”

James was the assignment. He was in London to have fun, even if it meant sex with random strangers. All Ethan had to worry about was his safety.

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