Alex walks down the road of his life, apparently without any detours. He has a job, friends, a nice apartment and a girlfriend who meets his needs. A smooth life lived on a smooth road.<br><br>But when Daniel shows up at his door, Alex meets the first bump in the road -- which turns out to be more like a boulder -- in his way.<br><br>Daniel is a gorgeous, warm, affectionate man, one who will force Alex to deal with something that happened years ago, something that made him take the safe route through life. With Daniel, he finally realizes that he'd shut down his true self, he begins the most difficult part of his journey -- the one that could take him to Daniel and to happiness.

What You Are

“Why did you run away? Is Matt waiting for you?” Alex asked without looking at Daniel, playing with the bottle in his hands.


Daniel took a few steps and moved in front of him, looking down at Alex.


“No,” he replied, frowning. “But honestly I thought you were here with Kate.”


“And what made you think that, genius?” Alex asked bitterly.


Okay, Daniel didn’t mean to be harsh, but suddenly it was hard to pretend not to be upset with everything that happened—and apparently was still happening—between him and Alex. His heart pounded in his chest and his hands were sweaty.


Alex finally looked up and stared at Daniel with cloudy eyes before shaking his head against the back of the couch. “Ed. Fuck-ed.”


Daniel wasn’t sure what Alex was trying to tell him, if he was trying to tell him something.


“Well, I didn’t know that. We haven’t talked a lot recently.” Daniel shrugged. “By the way, I’m sorry to hear that.”


Chapter 29