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

When we got back home, Topher surprised me by storming out of the car and rushing to the house, causing me to chase after him without a clue as to what he was on the verge of doing. I followed him inside and stopped right behind him when he faced our parents cuddling in the living room.


Dad slapped on a huge smile of relief. “Hey, how was the—?”


“Mom, isit or is nottrue that you’re still involved with Alf?”


My mouth almost dropped at how impulsive Topher had decided to go about this, and I watched our parents with frozen faces of shock.


For the longest of seconds, Alessandra sighed with what looked like a guilty expression. “We’re not together anymore. And Carlos knows everything.”


Topher swallowed and paused. He looked as if he’d been slapped with humiliation. “Oh…”


Alessandra shook her head and crossed her arms. “You went there, didn’t you?”


Chapter 17