At thirty-six, Ian feels done with the world. When a night at a bar goes as poorly as expected, he wants only to return home to be miserable in peace. Instead, he encounters Jordan. Hot, young, and interested, Jordan is everything Ian's ever wanted and nothing he believes himself capable of actually obtaining.<br><br>Jordan has enough going on in his life trying to scrape together a living for himself and his autistic son. When he meets Ian, all he wants is a brief, erotic moment and nothing else.<br><br>But fate throws them together again and again, and Ian finds himself determined to do whatever it takes to give their story a happy ending -- no matter what secrets Jordan's past has waiting for him.

Sonata

Ian regretted the words the moment he spoke them. Aubrey stared at him like he’d sprouted a second head and Jordan glared at him like he’d just been notified that Ian was the devil incarnate. Only Cole remained impassive.


Jordan grunted. “That’s not going to happen.”


“Why? What’s wrong with me?” Ian asked, wounded by both intonation and expression.


“Didn’t seem to stop you at the bar,” Aubrey said in sing-song and Ian glowered.


“I’ll have you know,” Ian said, smug doing its best to mask insulted. “I’m a damn nice guy.”


“Sure,” Jordan nodded. “Like all serial killers and pedophiles say just before they snatch their victims.”


“Wait…what? Why would you even say that?”


“Well you did have sex with him in the bathroom of a bar,” Aubrey murmured behind him. “And he is half your age.”


“Just one minute there, missy,” Ian hissed, only half-joking with his tone. “He hit on me. And I made sure he was legal first.”


Chapter 6