Chapter 27

He

knew this was what he wanted. Fuck it, he’d been lusting after the man since he

first saw him. But he felt shaken up after seeing Nick, and hearing his

demands. Curtis was already worrying where he’d get any money from, let alone

the amount Nick was talking about. Everything felt disturbed inside him.

There’d been the ice cream and a greasy burger on his largely empty stomach,

and the feelings stirred up by Riley singing his song, though that’d been really

special. And then Riley’s grin and touch and the way he probed at Curtis’ life

like he really wanted to be close to him…

“Come

here,” Riley whispered in his ear. “Come to me.”

They

kissed gently at first, but Curtis felt a swell of delight and need throughout

his whole body. He couldn’t remember ever feeling like this with a man before.

There was a depth of emotion and comfort that he’d never experienced. Men were

fun–sex was fun–but he’d never really relaxed with anyone. And definitely not