Chapter 57

“Just think about it, please.” He cleared his throat. “I know you have only known me a day, and I am not an easy man to live with, I know I am…fussy and…”

“Yes.”

Charlie stopped and stared. “What?”

Harry was grinning now from ear to ear and Julian had his hands over his mouth. “I said, yes. Yes. What do you think, Julian?”

Julian held tight to his mouth and nodded but tears dripped from his eyelashes.

Charlie was staring. “Yes to which part?” he whispered.

“I want to come with you.”

Harry watched the words register with Charlie; watched the surprise and then joy fill his face and then he threw his arms around him and held him tight. They clung together a moment and then pulled apart to draw Julian in and then they were all laughing, crying, and talking at once.Epilogue

The clock struck twelve and Charles touched his champagne glass to Harry’s with a clink. “Happy New Year,” he said.

Harry grinned and snuggled closer, his naked body warm and sated. “Happy New Year, my angel.”