Chapter 5

Drew tilted his face in a way that brought their lips so close Mark felt his hot breath stir the tiny hairs above his lips. From this close he could see Drew’s eyes were so dark the pupils weren’t visible.

A noise from a nearby table startled Mark out of his trance and he pulled abruptly back. They were in public, for God’s sake, and anyway he didn’t intend to go there.He didn’t want that kind of relationship. Not now.

Mark cleared his throat. “Drew, I think I should clarify something.”

The other man’s eyes narrowed a fraction, his lashes lowering like a shade over a window closing out light. Gone was the soft smile to be replaced by a blank stare. “Okay.”

“I like you. You seem very nice.”

“I am nice.”

He nodded. “Yes. But I’m not looking to start anything of a romantic nature. I’d like to keep us strictly friends.”