Second to None (The Breakfast Club Book 3) by Felice Stevens

Author:Felice Stevens [Stevens, Felice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay & Lesbian, Literature & Fiction, Erotica, Gay, Romantic, Gay Romance, Lgbt, Fiction, Romance, m/m
Amazon: B01B1M1NCE
Publisher: Felice Stevens
Published: 2016-01-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

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“Live here for keeps? With Marcus?”

Lillie sat on the sofa next to him while Marcus chose to sit on the overstuffed club chair. She’d never know what happened that weekend, how they’d almost split apart, then came back together, and he and Marcus decided when she came home from school on Monday, they would have The Talk with her.

He and Marcus had planned what they were going to tell Lillie. Marcus had thought to keep it from her, but Tyler refused to sneak around and insisted they tell her the truth and let her ask as many questions as she wanted.

“Would you like that?”

Serious round blue eyes met his own, and she sat still, her face screwed up in thought. Every few seconds her gaze would flicker to Marcus, then skitter back to him.

Tyler had no doubt Lillie would love living in Marcus’s apartment; who wouldn’t want to live in a luxury building? His concern ran deeper than that; if Lillie didn’t feel comfortable with Marcus and him together, they’d have to figure something else out.

“Are you gonna get married like Jacob and Rebecca’s daddies?”

Marcus’s brows rose high. “Uhh, sweetheart, your uncle Ty and I don’t know each other well enough to get married.”

At the panicky, deer-in-the-headlights look in Marcus’s eyes, Tyler choked back the bubble of laughter threatening to escape. “We aren’t getting married, but we will be more than friends.”

“I saw Micah kissing Josh; have you kissed Marcus?”

He nodded and waited for her response. She surprised him by sliding off the sofa and going over to Marcus, who watched her with a mixture of amusement, fascination, and a touch of fear. It was a dichotomy Tyler had never thought to see: Marcus holding a conversation with a child. He only hoped Marcus would learn to tolerate Lillie. In the month they’d lived here, he and Lillie had only minimal contact, since his hours at Sparks prevented him from spending time at home in the evenings.

“Are you Uncle Ty’s boyfriend?”

To his credit, Marcus didn’t treat Lillie like a walking doll. He gave her question great consideration. Tyler understood her need to assign a label to their relationship; it was the way children saw the world. They needed order and structure and giving him and Marcus an official title made it easier for her to picture their relationship.

“I guess you could call us that.” His response was guarded and measured and surprisingly, Marcus didn’t seek validation from him for his answer. His concentration was on Lillie. “Is that okay with you?”

“Okay.” She patted Marcus’s knee, and Tyler didn’t know whether to laugh or give in to the tears that threatened. “But no fighting. Mommy used to fight with her boyfriends, and sometimes they’d be mean and she’d cry.”

The laughter fled from Marcus’s eyes. Tyler had heard the stories before from his sister when she first came to stay with them. How she never knew who Lillie’s father was, and the string of boyfriends she had afterward didn’t like it when Lillie made noise or bothered them.

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