Chip is looking forward to a stress-free summer before starting college in the fall. He returns home from boarding school and reunites with his father, Carlos. Little does he know that they have guests coming over for dinner. Topher is Chip’s childhood friend and the sexy guy of his dreams. They reconnect almost immediately and Chip’s old feelings come rushing back, feelings he’s kept to himself all these years. However, before they can enjoy summer vacation, Chip’s father and Topher's mother announce their engagement. It comes as a shock, as neither Chip nor Topher knew their parents were romantically involved in the first place. As they grow closer together, Chip and Topher find their feelings for each other deepen past friendship into something more. If only their parents weren't in love, too. Will their feelings put their blended family at risk?

Brotherbound

“Topher doesn’t know, by the way. He thinks we were just close friends.”


That only intensified the guilt I now felt for knowing something Topher didn’t, and I’d never lied to him once, other than hiding my feelings for him. I also knew something that Dad might have or might have not known. I hated being in this situation. Looking at Topher outside while blissfully chatting with his mom, it just made my heart sink over his cluelessness and my discovery.


I looked at Alf and tried to calm down. “Why are you even telling me this?”


Alf gave Topher another look. “Because I don’t want her with your dad. I want her back home where she belongs. You think you can make that happen? Maybe help me?”


What? Seriously? What was wrong with this man? His face was desperate.


Chapter 16