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

“I know,” Justin sniffed. “I mean, I told myself that had to be true. But most times I couldn’t make myself believe it. And then time kept passing and, well, who doesn’t make sure that the person they love is okay, right? Who doesn’t call? I felt like such an asshole that I wanted to kill myself.”


Ian growled and tightened his grip. “Don’t you ever say that!” He pulled back, both hands on Justin’s shoulders, shaking lightly. “Do you have any idea how hard it is to live without you? Do you know how much worse that would be if you were actually gone-gone? Like forever-gone?”


The rigidity in Justin’s muscles finally let go. And as it melted out of Justin’s body, he crushed himself into Ian with a heart-wrenching sigh. Ian spoke with his lips in Justin’s hair, “Thank you for finally contacting me.”


Justin snort-laughed against Ian’s neck, “I didn’t. I had no idea you would be here tonight. That was all Mom and Cole apparently.”


“Really?” The amazement in Ian’s voice was obvious.


Chapter 49