Linchpin by Jodi Payne

Author:Jodi Payne [Payne, Jodi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group Ltd
Published: 2017-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Quinn blinked, realizing that at some point he had fallen asleep. He glanced over at Tony, who was sitting up in bed, back against the headboard, with the comforter pulled up over his bent knees.

“Mmm. Sorry.”

“Don’t be. I dozed off, too.” Tony slid his hand over Quinn’s head, letting it rest behind one of Quinn’s ears. “It felt good, actually, just drifting off.”

Quinn rolled up on one side, resting his head on his elbow.

“And now?”

“I don’t know.”

Quinn could relate. “But that was hot, you have to admit.”

“Hot doesn’t even begin to describe what just happened between us.”

Quinn snorted. “Fuckin’ A, right?”

“Well, that’s one way to put it.” Tony sighed. “I loved that. I want more.”

Quinn slid a hand down Tony’s shin. “Me, too.”

The look Tony gave him was complex, but Quinn only had a moment to contemplate it before Tony slid down the headboard and kissed him. This was the best Quinn had felt in a long while, and certainly the most relaxed he’d been in the last twenty-four hours.

God, had it only been twenty-four hours? What the fuck?

Quinn returned the kiss, wrapping a hand around Tony’s neck and tugging on him until Tony had maneuvered himself down, stretching out along the length of Quinn’s body. “I have no idea what to do with this,” Tony whispered to him between bouts of locked lips.

“I can’t help you.” If he were Tony, he’d have run while Quinn slept. He’d have run far and run fast. What the man was still doing here was utterly beyond Quinn’s comprehension. Had Tony no sense of self-preservation?

“You could have run while I was asleep.”

“Maybe.”

“Why didn’t you?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know much of anything, do you?” Quinn joked.

“I know you have something I need.”

“Yeah, car keys.”

Tony grunted and gave Quinn a shove. “Seriously?”

“I’m sorry.” He grinned at Tony. “Tell me.”

Tony shrugged. “Let’s not overthink it right now.”

“I would’ve run.” Quinn sat up. In fact, had things happened any other way, Quinn might consider that Tony seduced him to throw him off his guard. The fact that he didn’t—

Yeah. Tony had a point. Don’t overthink it. “It’s getting cold in here, right? Let me stoke things up.” The fire they’d just lit in his bed was still smoldering nicely, but it didn’t warm the house.

“Can I get a drink?”

“Hell, yes. Get me one, too. In the kitchen cabinet, over the fridge.”

They both got up and pulled on sweats, then set about their respective chores. It was getting dark out already, and Quinn was a little disappointed not to have finished the storm windows on the side of the house, but there was always tomorrow.

Hopefully.

He worked on the fire in the main room, feeding the embers in the big stove, watching them catch one of the bigger logs and take off from there. He closed the stove door. “Might as well toast up the bedroom, too,” he said out loud, not sure if Tony would hear him or not. They could end up back in there soon. No arguments out of him.

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