James Chan is infatuated with Joshua Wallace. However, he’s eight years older than Joshua, and his catering business has a standing contract with the company the other man works for. Joshua also doesn’t seem to reciprocate his feelings. The future of their professional relationship will be uncertain if he’s rejected.<br><br>Fortunately, he isn’t. They start slow and everything is fine initially, but cultural differences between them become obvious when James invites Joshua to his father’s seventieth birthday party, which is an important milestone in the Chinese culture.<br><br>Initially Joshua is excited about the gifts he’s preparing for James’s father, but things become awkward when he learns about the negative light in which his gifts may be perceived. Can they smooth things out? Or will their differences be too much in the end?

Destined

“Sorry, but I’ve been dying to hug and kiss you for a while now.”


Joshua chuckled. “It’s fine. I’m a big boy. If I didn’t like what you do, I would have punched you in the face. I can protect myself just fine.”


James laughed. “Okay. That’s good to know. I’m really excited now. I can’t wait to have dinner with you.”


“Me neither,” Joshua admitted before also leaning in to kiss James on the right cheek. “Later, man.”


“Later. Thanks for breakfast. You have a great day at work.”


“You’re welcome, and same to you. I’ll shoot you a text message the moment I arrive at the office.”


“I’m looking forward to it, Josh.”


Chapter 7