Take a Chance by Claire Boston

Author:Claire Boston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, LGBTQI
Publisher: Bantilly Publishing
Published: 2017-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Liam woke and stretched, his hand brushing the cold, empty side of the bed where Max should have been.

He closed his eyes and groaned.

When he’d seen the look on Max’s face last night, the way he’d been biting his bottom lip as he ogled Liam’s ass, he’d known for sure that Max found him attractive, had thought they’d end up in bed together, but no. For some reason he’d hightailed out of the bedroom so fast that Liam hadn’t had a chance to ask him to stay.

It was his own fault. He should have outed himself weeks ago, but he’d been worried Max would rescind the invitation to Minnesota. But that was stupid.

This constant tension was needless. He knew Max was gay and the worst that could happen was for Max to say he wasn’t interested. He’d been turned down before and survived the rejection. It was no big deal.

Except he really liked Max and it would hurt a lot more than usual.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained, and he stood to gain a lot if Max liked him as well.

With the resolution firm in his mind, he dressed and wandered downstairs to the kitchen where the adults were gathered.

Max was seated at the kitchen table wearing the same clothes as he’d worn yesterday, had probably been waiting for Liam to get up before he went to change. He had a plate full of pancakes in front of him and large mug of coffee, the same as Rita and Rory.

“Morning, Liam. Did you sleep well?” Joette asked from where she was standing by the coffee machine.

“Yes, really well, thank you.” Liam smiled cautiously at Max, who nodded back at him.

“Would you like some pancakes?” Noel lifted up the spatula he was wielding and pointed to the frying pan.

“Yes, please.” Liam took a mug of coffee from Joette and sat next to Max, determined to figure out how Max felt. “Did you sleep well?”

“It was fine.” The smile on his face seemed forced.

“The plough’s going past,” Trina yelled from the front room.

Noel put Liam’s pancakes in front of him. “I’d better get started on the driveway.”

“I’ll do it,” Rory said, getting to his feet. “You haven’t eaten yet.”

“I’ll help when I’m finished,” Max called.

It was nice how they all helped each other. It was hard to comprehend having to shovel snow every time you wanted to go anywhere. How often did they get snowed in?

“Liam, we’re going to get our Christmas tree this morning,” Joette told him.

“A real tree?” Liam asked. He didn’t know anyone who did real trees any more.

She laughed. “Of course. Don’t you have real trees in Australia?”

“Most people have plastic ones.”

She shuddered and Max pulled a face. “The phrase ‘plastic tree’ is as good as blasphemy in this house,” he said. “Wait until you check out all the decorations as well.”

Liam was pleased Max was perking up. “Mum’s the same about the decorations we made as kids,” Liam said. “She refuses to get rid of them.”

“Trina’s at that stage now, so we’ve got a few things to hang on the tree,” Joette told him.

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