Is sex enough? Can it evolve into love, or will a generous act return to kick Rob where it hurts? Robert may be gay, but he's a responsible adult and a dedicated businessman. He hesitates to hire Lee, the man who's applied for the position of PA at his firm, knowing how hard it will be to deny his attraction to the younger man. What's worse, his business partner's pressing Robert to rent a room to the new hire. But Lee hasn't been entirely honest with his new employers. He's trying to unravel the mysteries of his past, but instead, he falls for Robert. Lee knows Robert has feelings for him, but can he get the proper English gentleman to admit they might share more than lust? And what will happen when Robert discovers they share a past?

An Act of Generosity

Promising not to lose touch, they’d separated, Lee returning to London, only a few miles shy of where he grew up. He took the first office job available and rented a basement room where the mould growing in one corner made him fear lung disease. Time moved on and so did he—jobs, accommodation—and now…Lee felt like slapping a hand to his forehead. Now he longed to work for the man who left the five hundred within his reach—the five hundred which helped feed him and bought him the fares to jump buses and trains heading into a future unknown. How crazy and impossible was that? What did he think would happen? That Rob would be glad to see him and offer him a future?


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