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

He heard Jordan’s praise, nodded in thanks, but it was the hesitant footsteps to his left that Ian sought. He felt more than heard Cole trundle up beside him, the smaller body brushing against him as though Cole was afraid of the instrument, yet too intrigued to stay away. It was a comforting thought that Cole found sanctity where he did, at Ian’s back, instead of merely hiding or shrinking behind Jordan.


Ian began to speak quietly, so that Cole would have to concentrate to hear it over the music. “Piano Concerto Number Twenty,” he said, as if Cole would understand him. “In D minor. Mozart.”


They were meaningless words to an eight-year-old but it was something to say anyway. “This is the second movement of the piece, the ‘Romanze’. I’m playing the piano as a solo right now, but the music was actually written to include the entire orchestra.”


To Ian’s shock, Cole began to climb on the piano bench beside him. From the corner of his eye, Ian saw Jordan rise.


Chapter 20