Trevor can never leave good enough alone. So when he meets model-gorgeous Chase who has an aversion to being touched, he spots a challenge. After all, no one wants to go through life not being touched by anyone, right? Despite a friend’s plea not to, Trevor sets his sight on fixing Chase.<br><br>After being forced to transfer his senior year of college, Chase just wants to avoid drama, pass his classes, get his degree, and move on (and back to his friends). He’s not looking for new friends, and his attitude gives him a reputation that makes it easy to accomplish. At least until he meets Trevor.<br><br>Despite an awkward beginning, common interests -- and Trevor’s persistence -- draw Chase and Trevor together. It’s almost inevitable that their friendship develops into something else. But when secrets come out, it might end the game early.

The Right Move

The air was cool against his heated skin and washed away the burning annoyance in his gut. Unfortunately, as soon as it was gone, the gaping hole it left became all the more apparent.


Holy fuck, what just happened? Who the hell had been standing in that room beside Chase, a bundle of fury and possessive rage?


The breath whooshed out of him as the jealousy was displaced by calm and left him shocked. Knock-him-over-with-a-stiff-breeze shocked. Somehow his feet kept guiding them forward.


“Thanks for bringing me,” Chase was saying. “Not that I wouldn’t have come on my own, but I hadn’t really planned to join any clubs. I was focusing on school, you know? Last year and all. But Mike and I were talking about studying together—we only have one class together, but we have others that overlap and ones the other has taken before, so we can absolutely help each other out. Plus it’s nice to really know someone in class. I don’t have to mooch off your friends.”


Chapter 22