Lyncoln Ryland always saw himself as an ordinary man with an ordinary job, working maintenance in an ordinary mall. The only thing about him that isn’t ordinary are his feelings for the man who’s renovating the mall, but any kind of relationship with such a sophisticated man is highly unlikely.<br><br>Adam James is the wealthy man who owns the mall. He’s secretly been yearning for Lyncoln, a man he doesn’t see as ordinary in the least. But Adam’s family has plans for him, and they don’t include a relationship with a blue-collar worker.<br><br>All this is about to change when the sirens go off, signaling the possible end of the world. When the two men realize this isn’t a drill, they take shelter in the mall that isn’t quite as ordinary as everyone believes. What will the outcome be when two such disparate men must survive the apocalypse together?

Surviving the Apocalypse

They prepared peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast, using their fingers and then licking them clean. They ate a lot of cold soup and canned spaghetti and the occasional packet of tuna, washed down with bottles of water. Adam was such a good sport about it.


“I really am sorry I forgot spoons and forks,” Lync said. “And bowls.” They had to drink the soup from the can and scoop the spaghetti out with their fingers.


“It’s okay.” Adam assured him again, and while it seemed like he meant it, Lync was still unhappy. Adam shifted over to sit closer to him and once again draped an arm around his shoulders. “You did much better than I did.”


Chapter 14