Stupid Love by Hart Riley

Author:Hart , Riley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, M/M
Publisher: Riley Hart
Published: 2020-05-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Elijah

We didn’t talk about Danny or anything else important as we finished cooking. It was a much needed reprieve. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but I’d be lying to myself if I didn’t admit there had been some shift inside me lately. It scared the hell out of me, to be honest.

When dinner was ready, we sat at Shaw’s small kitchen table to eat. He’d opened a bottle of wine, which I was probably drinking a little more quickly than I should. I was three glasses in before I started to get warm and felt a slight buzzing beneath my skin.

“You’re such a dude-bro,” I teased. I mean, he was sitting there eating dinner in basketball shorts and nothing else.

“Um…okay. That came out of nowhere.”

I forced my eyes away from his chest. Unfortunately, Shaw had a gorgeous body—golden skin, firm muscles but not too big. There was a small patch of dark hair between his pecs, something that had always done it for me. I didn’t like it when a guy shaved or waxed.

“Do you have a preference?” I found myself asking.

“In what?”

I shrugged, discomfort suddenly sitting heavy inside me. “You’re bi.”

“Oh, men or women? Nah, equal opportunity lover here. There are things I love about being with women, and things I love about being with men, and things I like individually about different people I’ve been with. Everyone is different.” He frowned. “Please don’t tell me you’re one of those people who think being bi means you can’t choose or don’t settle down. That has nothing to do with my lack of desire to get serious.”

“No, not at all. That wasn’t where I was going with that.” The truth was, I wanted to know more about him, but refused to let myself acknowledge why. “Is your family okay with it?”

He laughed uncomfortably. “Like I said before, my family is crazy. We weren’t those people who hung out with cousins and grandparents and all that, so I didn’t worry about losing people close to me. My mom and dad don’t care. They’re not what I would look to for an example of what parents should be, though. They’re toxic for each other, but they stay together. They’re either crazy about each other or hate each other. They have both cheated on each other too many times to count. Their whole relationship has been nothing but a never-ending roller coaster.”

Oh. That explained a lot. Suddenly Shaw’s insistence on not falling in love made a whole lot more sense. He was afraid. He hadn’t had a good example of what love could be. My heart softened like a warm chocolate-chip cookie.

“Nope. Don’t do that. I can see the wheels turning in your brain. Their drama isn’t why I like being single.”

“I wasn’t doing that.” Clearly, I was. “I believe you.”

Shaw rolled his eyes. “Your family? They’re cool, right? Aren’t they like, the Elijah and Danny cheering squad?” There was a slight sharpness to his voice. He really didn’t like Danny.

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