Benjamin is Mr. Average, but has big dreams. Every week he buys two lottery tickets in the hope of striking it rich. So imagine his surprise when, one Saturday night, his numbers finally come up. Ten million dollars transforms his life. He buys his dream house and outfits it with every beautiful thing he has ever wanted, complete with a real British butler. He also donates to animal charities and adopts Sasha, an abused dog. Yet with everything perfect, Ben soon feels unsatisfied. On one of his nightly walks, he stumbles onto a local hook-up spot. Soon he becomes a regular customer, seeking quick and dirty sex with random strangers to provide the exhilaration he craves. But when he’s attacked by a gay basher, he realizes this isn’t the life he wants to lead, and packs up everything to move to the countryside. Settling into a simpler life on a small farm, Ben hires the rough and ready Mick to help run the place. The two men become good friends -- Ben is attracted to Mick, but Mick appears to be straight, though curious about gay sex. But when Ben almost dies in an accident, the simmering attraction between the two comes to fruition.

Six Numbers

"What? Doesn’t bother you that I’m a bum bandit?" 


"Nope. Doesn’t bother me a bit you’re a knob-gobbling shirt-lifter." Now Mick was grinning.


"An anal astronaut moonlighting as an arse pirate?"


"Or a fudge packer for an anal assembly line?"


Both men laughed out loud. Benjamin had tears streaming down his cheeks.


"You calling me a turd-burgling shit stabber?"


"Uh-huh. A…a…an arse-lickin’ poo puncher."


When they’d exhausted their limited repertoire of derogatory terms for gay men, Benjamin decided it was a good time to change topics and lift the tone.


“Have you been in Davenport your whole life?”


Mick nodded. “Yep. Born and raised here. Dad’s the electrician. Mum volunteers at the local library and my brother owns the machinery place.”


Chapter 22