To choose a job and ambition over love is something Gus Atchison might never forgive. When his boyfriend, Seb Paddington, decides to move to New York and leave their relationship behind, Gus is heartbroken. But two months later, Seb shows up and tries to get close again. Gus isn’t having it, though, despite Seb’s persistence, and they end up in a fight on his front porch.<br><br>Once they make peace, of a sort, Seb goes back to New York. However, four months later when he returns, Gus is alarmed at how unhealthy and thin Seb looks, and realizes he still has feelings for the man, in spite of it all. They start up a tentative friendship, and Gus sees another side of Seb he’s never known while helping with his new company. Will Gus take him back? Or will they remain friends forever?

Take Me Back

Too late, I noticed a vehicle pulling up behind mine in front of my house. When I got out of my ride, the driver of the other car did, too. Guess who?


I moved quickly to where he stood and shoved him against the car door. “This is stalking, Seb. I thought I told you to stay away from me.” The fact that his chest was firm and warm beneath his hoodie was best ignored, though my fingers wanted to linger.


“I just wanted to know where you lived now, since our apartment apparently wasn’t good enough for you,” he replied, a hint of disapproval in his tone. The way he looked at me right then, if I didn’t know any better, it was like he wanted to…


I could have cheerfully kneed him in the groin. “What part of ‘we are no longer a couple’ escaped you? What are you here for, sex? Not happening! And why would I torm…remain in a place where my love, all I thought was real and valid, was thrown back in my face?”


Chapter 5