Mark Winston is mostly content with his life. He has a home, a job he loves, and a sister who always has his back. So what if the one thing he’s missing is a person to share that life with? Experience has proved he can’t get what he wants and needs out of a relationship. Yet he can’t stop wanting his next door neighbor and wishing there could be more between them.<br><br>Dylan Pomeroy might be young, but knows what he wants: Mark. He continually inserts himself into the older man’s life, determined to show Mark that he’s exactly what Mark needs. But Mark worries that the difference in their ages, and his need to be cared for, are hurdles too big to overcome.<br><br>But Dylan won’t be deterred, and Mark begins to realize his worries are unfounded. Dylan shows Mark he’s the perfect man for him. But years of being rejected for his wants makes it difficult for Mark to hope that things between them will work out. Can Mark let go of his insecurities and let himself fall in love with Dylan?

Love with the Next Door Neighbor

“Not a kid,” he reminded me, his tone easy. Then he opened my front door and walked right in. It took me a few seconds longer to get my boots off than it had for him to kick off his flip flops, so by the time I made it into the kitchen, he had pulled out deli meat and mayonnaise.


“Making you a sandwich, you big grump.” But his tone was filled with so much affection I couldn’t be mad at the name-calling.


“So?” Dylan efficiently stacked everything together, then plopped it on a plate before cutting it in half. “You’ve been out there for hours already. You could stand to eat.”


As if on cue, my stomach growled and Dylan gave me a pointed look. I sighed and sat.


“I do love that ‘giving in’ sigh you make.”


I chose to ignore that, and focused on the rest of it. “How’d you know I’ve been out there for hours? You keeping tabs on me?”


Chapter 4