Jay Anderson lives next door to the ruggedly handsome man of his dreams, detective Drake Hanover. He wishes their friendship could turn into more, but there's a problem -- Drake's ex-boyfriend, who has a habit of calling Drake after his breakups. After Drake once again caters to the whims of his ex, Jay about gives up hope Drake will ever see him as anything but the sweet, young twink next door.<br><br>Drake notices the sexy Jay -- who wouldn't? -- but the decade age difference between them and his needy ex keep him from thinking he could ever be more than Jay’s friend.<br><br>When his ex’s behavior gets to be too much even for Drake and the selfish man manages to hurt Jay, Drake realizes his feelings for Jay go far beyond friendship. Now if he could just convince Jay before Jay becomes his ex-neighbor.

Finally His

Jay didn’t want to impose on his friends, but he needed a few days to process Drake’s rejection. Before he’d been given that brief look into what it could be like for them he’d been willing to just be Drake’s neighbor and friend. But everything changed when Ross told him Drake thought him pathetic. And then with the sex from yesterday, well, Jay didn’t know that he could just go on being Drake’s pathetic, lonely neighbor. The thought of running into Drake in the hallway or the parking lot made his stomach do flips.


His rent was month to month, so maybe he could just think about moving to a new place. He’d have to give thirty days’ notice, but—


“Tammy says it’s all right with her. We’ve got the spare room, so it should be cool.”


He smiled or tried to, anyway. “Great. Thank you. I’ll try to stay out of your hair as much as possible.”


Chapter 17