For the past twenty years, Dane has taken care of his wealthy Aunt Beatrice. One rainy day, she’s killed in a car accident, and Dane is devastated. When he returns to the large, luxurious home they once shared, he falls into a depression.<br><br>Lonely, he places an advertisement on Craigslist, in part to find someone to keep the house clean and take care of maintenance, but also to keep him company, as he did Aunt Beatrice. The next morning, Ryan is at his door to claim the job. Soon Dane finds himself falling in love with the handsome handyman. But there’s more to both men than first meets the eye.<br><br>Secrets and shocks culminate in a decision no one should have to make. Especially without all the answers.

Ryan

He sat in the chair his aunt had used and stared into the night. She had given him a lot to think about. And think about it, he would. 6


The following morning, Ryan woke Dane with a line of kisses planted tenderly across the back of his shoulders. He could feel Ryan’s erection pressing into the space where his thighs met his groin, from behind.


Ryan persisted, nuzzling the back of Dane’s ear. “You can’t? Why not, sexy man? You bored with me already?”


“What’s wrong?” asked Ryan. “Didn’t sleep well?”


Dane closed his eyes. How he wanted to discuss all that had happened the previous night with Ryan, but was now the time? Besides, how would he even broach the subject? “No, I didn’t sleep well.”


Ryan kissed him on the mouth, then rested his head on the pillow. “Nightmare?”


Chapter 11