What do you do when your boyfriend begins acting strangely, and at the same time, you meet someone his total opposite? Do you start having second thoughts? Jesse Jamison must confront those very questions. After two years of living with his lover Dennis "Denny" Christopoulos, a charming flight attendant, the man starts taking on extra flights, making excuses for not coming home, and receiving private phone calls. During this time, Jesse also meets Nick Warden, a new neighbor. He immediately sees the contrasts between the two men and finds Nick attractive on so many levels. Meanwhile, Denny has growing reservations about his relationship with Jesse, especially once a new man comes into his own life. Yet Denny isn't ready to give up the good thing he has going with Jesse since he isn't sure about the new man's intentions, or his own feelings. Nick also struggles with his growing love for Jesse. While he would like nothing more than to claim Jesse for himself, his integrity prevents him from playing the home-wrecker. His hesitation to step in, however, nearly causes his undoing and a missed opportunity at love. Each man has his own second thoughts. But who will act on them, and what will be the consequences?

Second Thoughts

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Denny walking to the half bath in the hallway and closing the door.


Can’t sleep either? Good. You should be stewing a little.


Somehow comforted by that fact, Jesse hugged Shelby and fell asleep.


Denny finished in the bathroom and started to return to the couch. He stopped at the door to the bedroom and listened. Not hearing anything, he went to the living room and sat with his head in his hands.


He mulled over the past couple of years. Even before meeting Carter, he’d been questioning his decision to be in an exclusive relationship. That hadn’t been his style. Jesse was a really nice guy, though: good-looking, sexy, fun to be with. So he figured, What the hell? and decided to give it a try.


Turned out to not be for me, though, didn’t it?


Chapter 50