Wreck the Halls by Jessica Payseur

Author:Jessica Payseur [Payseur, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-305-3
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-12-20T05:00:00+00:00

PAUL AT least waited until there was a dip in customers around two before making an appearance. Nick hadn’t really expected him to stay away, so he was ready when Paul came storming over. Or at least he’d thought he was. But one glance at Paul’s face, flushed from the cold and anger, his eyes alight, did something strange to Nick.

Shit. Maybe Brandon was right about Nick wanting to get in bed with him.

Maybe that was why Nick hadn’t just let everything drop after the menu change. Maybe that was why he had to push it with Paul, see how much he could be provoked, soak up his reaction. Well, it was a bit late for that kind of introspection now, with Paul stalking toward him in the back of his restaurant, waving a large piece of paper at him.

“Where are my menus?” Paul asked, voice surprisingly low. But then, he did seem to be growling.

Nick put his hands up. “What?” he asked, feeling gloriously like an asshole. He realized he liked pushing Paul’s buttons—so Paul wouldn’t have a drink with Nick, but he would come right over if he was irritated. And Nick liked being that important.

“You did this, now put it right.” Paul’s growl stirred something at the back of Nick’s skull, and he swallowed, smiled awkwardly, and took the menu. Paul stepped closer as Nick loosened his collar a little and made a show of examining the menu.

“Looks like I did something good if you’ve updated your menu again. This is way outside my ability.”

“Mine too, you bastard,” Paul said. He wrenched the menu from Nick’s hands. “Why the hell do you keep screwing with me?”

Nick couldn’t help it. He grinned.

Paul’s face twitched, and for a moment, they locked eyes, staring at each other. Nick desperately wanted to know just what Paul was thinking, but he seemed to be working through something. Nick’s own mind was running wild, and he searched for the right way to respond.

“You started it,” he managed at last.

Paul crushed the menu in his hand and pulled away. Nick watched as he ran a hand over his beard, wishing he could get Paul back in his personal bubble again. They’d been so close, Paul with his charged anger, Nick prodding him nearer.

“I’ll end it too,” Paul said. He threw the menu to the floor as Nick’s smile vanished. That didn’t sound good.

“That’s not a threat, is it?”

“Why, do you get off on that?”

Nick opened his mouth, then shut it.

Paul breathed out hard through his nose. “Stay away from my café,” he said, then stormed out onto the sunny sidewalk.

Nick watched him walk back to his café and enter, then noticed Sammie had come out of the kitchen to stare at him. She was standing behind him, and he turned as she spoke.

“Damn. You ought to give him those menus back.”

“You think it’s me too?”

Sammie made a face at him, nearly rolling her eyes.

Nick shrugged. “I don’t have them here.”

“You do get off on making him mad.

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