The Stolen Suitor by Eli Easton

Author:Eli Easton [Easton, Eli]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63476-866-5
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

THE sunset was due at 8:58 p.m. according to the Internet. That was perfect as far as Chris was concerned. It gave him and Jeremy just enough time to get to the river and settle in before dusk hid them from any possible witnesses.

God will know. And so will you.

Yes, he’d know. He still felt a little guilty about doing this, but he was going to anyway. He didn’t seem to have it in him to stay away from Jeremy. Not for his own sake, and definitely not for Jeremy’s when he looked at Chris the way he did, all longing and heady need. Chris remembered what it had been like growing up in Clyde’s Corner, dreaming about being with a man. He hadn’t been able to act on that himself until college.

Also, after his talk with Trix, Chris wasn’t feeling as confident about them as he’d once been. It was like someone had turned on a light, and he wasn’t sure he liked what it revealed. He’d made a conscious decision that he was going to go ahead and explore these feelings with Jeremy. If he was supposed to be with Trix, that would be clear once he’d gotten this out of his system. And if he wasn’t supposed to be… well, maybe that would become obvious too.

He put a couple of clean camping blankets, a six-pack of beer, and a few snacks, in case Jeremy was hungry, in the back of his Jeep. He put condoms and lube in there too.

He was excited and nervous, more than he could find any reason for. True, he hadn’t been with a man in nearly a year, but back in the day, he’d had plenty of experience with hook-ups. Jeremy, though, was different. Chris had never felt so strongly attracted to a person before, and Jeremy…. That simple gesture of laying his palm on Chris’s stomach…. Damn. That had nearly killed Chris right there.

“What’s the matter with you?” his dad asked as Chris fumbled the paper towels he was stacking.

“Nothing.”

His dad paused in his hobble down the aisle and looked Chris up and down. He’d showered and primped, and it had to be obvious. “You seein’ Trix tonight?”

“Not tonight, no,” Chris said carefully.

His father looked over the work Chris was doing. “I put the Bounty on the top shelf because the cheaper brand goes faster and it should be easier for people to reach.”

“If the Bounty was easier to reach, people might buy it instead, and then we’d earn a little more.”

His father frowned at him, obviously debating whether or not he should or would argue about it. “Put the Bounty on the top shelf please,” he repeated before walking away, shaking his head.

Chris put the Bounty on the top shelf, annoyed. He kept telling his dad to rest, but he said he got bored sitting around, so he was hobbling around the store, more and more underfoot. He needed to talk to his father about retiring. But then, things with Trix were still so vague.

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