Eli Bell is the only son of a police chief inspector and a forensic scientist. He's grown up wonky in a world that only deals with the straight and narrow -- and his new boyfriend isn't helping. Rob Hawkes is six feet of muscle, tattoos, and arrest warrants. A career criminal and a former guest of Her Majesty's Prison Service, he'd rather hit Eli's parents than sit down to dinner with them. One wrong move, and Rob could destroy Eli -- and his family -- without a second thought. But this isn't what it looks like. Rob's not in control here -- and Eli's the one to blame.

What It Looks Like

“Oh?” Jenny said. “I would have thought everything was going great, you were dead loved-up yesterday.” She sounded a little sour, and Eli ignored the tone.


“Yeah, that was until he got fucking arrested this morning,” he snarled.


Eli flinched and groaned at his father’s deep voice, and felt his mouth involuntarily tighten as his father wandered in from the kitchen. Shit. Eli had presumed he would be at work.


“He got arrested,” Eli said coldly.


“I don’t want to hear it!” Eli retorted. “I’m angry at him but you can keep out of it.”


“I said I don’t want to hear it, are you deaf?” Eli shouted, his stomach twisting at Rob’s own furious demand coming out of his mouth. He flung himself back up from the sofa, the fury itching and burning in his chest.


Chapter 70