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

That evening he’d taken Rob’s comment to heart—his mother should buy him a train ticket—and snatched the money and run, determined to make a life for himself. Rob had provided him with cash in his pocket to make a start: enough to get away, not to starve or have to sleep on the street too many nights until he found his father.


He hadn’t wanted to find his father solely in the hope for help, but needed that connection. He and his father kept in touch by phone every week now. Without Rob’s money, that wouldn’t have happened. Without a few hundred pounds in his pocket, he might never have found the courage to head out.


Rob was gay? Could it be true? Didn’t mean he had a chance. He’d lived with the man awhile now, Rob having seen him naked the once, and all he’d read on the guy’s face was disgust, anger, embarrassment. Or had he imagined those things? Had he seen what he expected to see? Confused, Lee didn’t know what to think or how to feel.


Chapter 15