On a Roll by Beth Bolden

Author:Beth Bolden [Bolden, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Gay / Lesbian / LGBT
ISBN: 9798744700805
Amazon: B08Z1XWSQP
Goodreads: 57431907
Publisher: Independently published
Published: 2021-04-25T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“So,” Sean asked, hesitating because Gabe could be so . . . well, Gabe-ish and difficult about things that shouldn’t be so difficult, “what are we going to try now?”

Gabriel shrugged. “I don’t know,” he said. “That was my one and only idea, and let’s face it, it sucked.”

“It . . .” Sean hesitated again. “It kind of did.”

But to his surprise, Gabe chuckled. “Don’t hold back or anything.”

“It was really good, if it makes you feel any better, but I think sticking to rolls as a delivery mechanism is a smart choice.”

“Best idea I ever came up with,” Gabriel said with a nod. “Though, I do think serving them in the cup, for those who don’t eat gluten or carbs . . . that was also a pretty genius invention.”

Sean did not know what he’d expected when Tony had announced that he and Gabe were going to be working together—and not in bed. In the kitchen. The one place they’d never agreed on a single fucking thing. It had been easy enough to let all that crap that lay between them go, when they were at his townhouse, and in his bed. It felt like a different part of his life, and he’d been working hard at compartmentalizing.

But this? This gentle teasing—this flirting without any acrimony at all—was new, and it was different, and it was kind of freaking him out.

Could they have had this before? Or had they needed to get all that shit out of their system first? Sean didn’t know.

The one thing he did not let himself consider was what would have happened between them if they’d never shared the same name.

“Confession,” Sean said, before he could stop himself, “I’ve ordered plenty of meatball cups over the years. They’re great.”

Gabriel’s face screwed up, his nose crinkling adorably. “What?”

“Just . . .” Sean swallowed hard. “Just not usually from you.”

“You’re ordering them from Ren?” Gabe said with what sure sounded like mock outrage. “Waiting til I leave and then coming over here? That’s a low blow.”

“You make a great meatball, Moretti,” Sean said, which was really something he probably should have told him ages ago, but their relationship had been so sour at points, he hadn’t wanted Gabriel to know how he felt.

He hadn’t felt particularly guilty about that before, but he felt guilty about it now.

“Thanks,” Gabe said, and he smiled, bright and surprised.

And suddenly, unexpectedly, Sean had an idea.

“What if we . . . what if we take one of my ideas that I’ve been working on,” Sean said, “and we use meatballs as the protein.”

“What do you mean, one of your ideas?” Gabriel asked.

Sean told himself that the vaguely suspicious edge to his tone was to be expected. Hadn’t he been unsure of Gabriel’s idea? Of course, he’d been sure it would fail for exactly the reasons why it had failed. Sean told himself it was different, but had it been, really? Or was that just an excuse he was telling himself?

He pulled his phone out of his pocket.

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