Scum (Wrong Side of the Tracks Book 1) by K.A. Merikan

Author:K.A. Merikan [Merikan, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Acerbi & Villani Ltd.
Published: 2021-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11 – Ros

Ros glanced at the photo he’d taken of Shane and Cerberus on the day the injured dog had been released into Shane’s care. He’d managed to catch the exact moment the beast decided to turn and lick its new master’s face, and the look of dread in Shane’s green eyes never failed to make Ros chuckle.

Until today.

Ros hung his head and exhaled, staring at the handsome man who added so much color and excitement to his life yet who’d acted so out of character yesterday. Their argument had been a shitshow, but while Ros was ready to forgive Shane, his messages and calls kept being met with silence.

On edge and constantly checking his phone in hopes of seeing the familiar flashing light of a new message, he’d hardly slept. It didn’t help that each toss and turn reminded him that while he laid on the comfiest mattress in his dad’s grand countryside home, Shane shared his tiny room with a boiler, which growled every time someone needed to use hot water.

A part of him regretted not taking Shane’s offer of spending Thanksgiving at Frank’s. That small room was far from comfortable, but still pretty cozy when they’d slept in it together in Shane’s narrow bed. And as contrarian as Shane had acted yesterday, Ros still felt guilty over pretending they weren’t even friends and had been pondering a surprise visit since they’d parted. That moment when Shane had cut him with his green gaze before averting his eyes and disappearing from sight remained a thorn in Ros’s chest—a constant reminder of how shallow his rebellion against Dad was if he feared to call Shane a friend.

When his phone buzzed, he instantly swiped away from the dog photo to the chain of messages he’d sent since yesterday, but there was no response from his man, and the notification had just been a prompt for him to continue his Latin lessons on Duolingo.

Ros groaned and put a pillow over his face to silence his scream.

He’d fucked up. Shane was no angel and had crossed the line when he tried to push Ros into doing the recording, but Ros shared the blame for how that interaction had spun off the rails. Fucking electrician. Why had he said that? He’d needed to come up with something, but the way Shane had stared at him in that moment could have frozen a man to death. Why couldn’t he have stayed in the room like Ros had asked him to?

He flinched when a loud knock disturbed the peace of his room.

Father. Only he would have banged on his door in a way so demanding and then walked in before Ros could have decided how to respond. Dressed in a woolen waistcoat over a black shirt, and his best glasses, his father looked ready to have festive pictures taken, for everyone to see what a happy life he led with his family.

It didn’t matter that in reality, the temperature of their relationship was closer

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