Flirting in Plain Sight by R.W. Wallace

Author:R.W. Wallace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Varden Publishing
Published: 2021-03-24T10:03:22+00:00

TWENTY

Nobody’s Dirty Little Secret

I closed the door to our room and leaned back against it.

Fidi walked to his side of the room and started removing his watch and placing it on the nightstand. “So, I’m guessing that Christian guy is an ex?”

“Yeah.” I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I couldn’t remember ever feeling so exhausted. A long hike, an evening at the bowling alley laughing my ass off, then the stress of meeting Christian. I was going to sleep like the dead.

“Why did you break up?”

I opened my eyes and answered through clenched teeth. “Kind of a personal question, isn’t it?” I sat down on the bed and removed my shoes.

“You don’t have to answer.”

I sighed. “It just became…too much. I felt pressured.”

“To come out of the closet?”

Another sigh. I pulled my t-shirt off over my head, almost feeling like it required too much energy. “I guess. Stupidly enough, I was planning to come out for him, but he wouldn’t let me do it under my conditions.”

“What were your conditions?” I heard clothes rustling and then the bed dipped as Fidi got into bed.

I dropped my pants and socks on the floor and fell back on the soft mattress. I pulled the sheet up to my neck and reveled in the feeling of lying down, clean sheets, and having a warm body next to me.

“I don’t really know,” I said. “I just know that I was ready to come out, and I was looking for the right time and way to do it. I didn’t like feeling like I was never good enough for him. I wondered if coming out at work would actually help. Or if our relationship was doomed anyway.”

“So you ended it and removed the problem.”

I flung an arm over my eyes, relishing the stretch in my back muscles. I probably should have stretched after our hike. “He was so insecure. I honestly don’t think it would’ve lasted.”

The mattress moved as Fidi turned onto his side to face me. I could feel his breath on my hand. “You know, if you just come out at work now, the issue will never be a problem with future boyfriends. They might still be insecure, but it will be easier to judge them by it if it’s on a less important subject.”

“You make it sound like coming out is the most important thing in the world.”

“It is important,” Fidi said. “To me, at least. Which is why I don’t date closeted guys.”

I lifted my arm to rest it above my head so I could meet Fidi’s gaze. He was so close. I could just drown in the soft brown of his eyes. “Why is it so important to you? I don’t see what other people should have to say about who I’m sharing my life with.”

There was a spark of anger in his eyes as he answered. “I don’t like being anybody’s dirty little secret. If you want me, you own it.”

“Fair enough.” I allowed myself to study the softness of his hair and the smoothness of his skin.

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