As a black belt, Tyler helps his students face their fears, but he has yet to come to terms with his own bisexuality. When he finds a new sparring partner in Jaime, an openly gay man struggling to find his place in the dojo, Tyler is surprised at how right it feels to be intertwined with him.<br><br>Determined to put his partying days behind him, Jaime returns to martial arts training and swears off one-night stands. He is finally ready to look for something more when Tyler approaches him with a request - help Tyler explore his new found sexuality. Their physical relationship intensifies in secret. It isn’t long before their time together becomes about something more than just sex.<br><br>Despite their growing closeness, Tyler refuses to acknowledge their relationship in public. Now Jaime must choose between returning to his former lifestyle and falling in love with someone afraid to embrace him in front of their friends. Tyler doesn’t want to lose Jaime as a student, much less as a lover, but can he overcome his fears and accept his new identity?

Spar

Jaime didn’t have much experience with anything beyond a one-night stand. Was Jaime supposed to call Tomas back to let the man know he was interested? Certainly there should be no doubt in Tomas’s mind Jaime was into him even if Jaime had resisted sharing a nightcap. Jaime wasn’t used to worrying about whether the man he was interested in was interested in him. Then again, Jaime hadn’t ever had to worry about a second date.


Maybe he should wait for Tomas to call him.


In between loads of laundry and dusting, Jaime picked up and hung up his phone about seven times. There was definitely a dial tone. How long was he supposed to wait? How long without hearing from Tomas meant that there wasn’t going to be another date?


Chapter 26