When forty-year-old Chicago podiatrist Matthew Pepper is approached in a bar by college student Ryan Meade, he figures hooking up with the handsome twenty-one-year-old might be just what he needs to help him get over his recent breakup.<br><br>But the hookup doesn’t go as planned and Matthew writes the evening off as a failed one-night-stand. Ryan, however, views things differently. To him, a failed hookup is nothing more than an opportunity to try again.<br><br>Ryan pursues Matthew, not just because he wants to be with the man, but because he wants something ... and he’s determined to get it. Will Matthew find out Ryan isn’t as transparent as he claims to be? Does Lyin’ Ryan live up to his nickname?

Lyin' Ryan

“You want to come to my apartment?” he asked with a laugh.


“Yeah. You come here all the time and I’ve never even seen where you live. We don’t have to spend the night there. I know you have a roommate, but we could have dinner or something.”


Ryan was quiet for a few seconds and I thought for sure he’d find some excuse to turn me down, but I was wrong. “Okay, but if you come here, it won’t be for dinner.” He gave me his address and we made plans to meet at his place around seven Saturday night.


Chapter 26