Room 1212 by Trisha Linde

Author:Trisha Linde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Trisha Linde

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Drew

I knew I had claimed to be an adult with a firm handle on my sexual desires, but once I’d had a taste of Jordan, there was no way I could resist coming back for more. I spent all day, every day, dreaming about that man.

And no matter how much I told myself that it was nothing more than sex, in my heart, I knew that was a lie.

Jordan was like a whirlwind, a gust of ocean breeze, fresh and fragrant, impossible to hold in my hand, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t going to try. Every time I brought up the possibility of us becoming more, though, I could feel him pulling away from me. His parents really did a number on him. From what little he’d told me, it sounded like they went back and forth between violent arguments and ignoring each other for days, but it went beyond that. They had used Jordan as a pawn, undermining each other’s pathetic attempts at parenting. It was a wonder he turned out to be such an incredible human being.

Being with him, it triggered something deep inside myself, something primal dating back millennia, making me want to beat my chest and drag him back to my cave where I could protect him from predators. It took an obscene amount of focus not to revert to a caveman. As a respectable modern alpha male, I knew I couldn’t go back in time to his childhood to undo the damage, but I was determined to do whatever I could to ease his heart, mind, and soul now and for the future. If that meant agreeing with him that we were nothing more than fuck-buddies, fine, I could do that. And ultimately, if that meant letting him go when he inevitably decided to cut ties… well, then I would just have to find a way to live with that too, if that was what was best for him.

But I wasn’t going down without a fight.

Jordan had some kind of lunch meeting with his agent today to discuss the first five chapters of his new book, but he’d texted me halfway through their meal. “Help. Me. This is torture! Please tell me you’ll meet me at my place in an hour? I’m gonna need you to fuck away all memory of this meeting!” He’d adding begging-hands emoji and a face that seemed to be wailing in misery.

Of course I agreed! Was there any other option? He’d sent me the code to his apartment door lock (which I told myself was not the same as giving me a key to his apartment), and ten minutes later, I walked in the door.

I needed the extra time to prepare…

I was in Jordan’s bed when he got home. “Drew?” he called from the front door, probably expecting me to be in the living room or kitchen. I heard him wandering around, looking for me. “Are you here?” He sounded a bit desperate, and I had to fight the urge to run to him, scoop him up into my arms, and tell him everything would be all right.

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