Jonathan Banks and Peter Giles have worked together for five years, business partners in a planning firm that bears both their names. From the moment Jonathan was hired, the attraction between the two men was instantaneous and mutual, but he was dating someone else at the time and turned down Peter’s advances.<br><br>Now Jonathan’s boyfriend is out of the picture, and he’d love nothing more than for Peter to ask him out again, but he knows his partner all too well. Peter doesn’t take rejection easily. He likes flirting with Jonathan, sure, but doesn’t want to take the chance of getting turned down a second time. He's satisfied with the way their friendship is, and fears anything more intimate might ruin what they already have.<br><br>But everything both men have planned and worked for together is threatened on a cold, wintry evening when Peter’s car won’t start and Jonathan has to give him a lift home. Can the two friends move past their own fears and trepidations, and begin to build a future together as partners outside the office?

Not According to Plan

Jonathan simply laughed, a full-throated laugh this time, no breathy chuckle. “Yeah, yeah, keep telling yourself that. You might not date otheremployees, but I don’t count. I’m your partner.”


With a nervous glance at the closed door behind him, Peter remembered the little white lie that had gotten him in to see Jonathan after hours in the first place. Well, liewasn’t the right word. Perhaps misunderstandingwas more appropriate. Either way…


Chapter 14