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

“Just say it, baby. Whatever it is that’s swimming in your brain, just say it. Even if it doesn’t come out right. I won’t jump to conclusions, and we’ll sort it out until we understand each other.”


Baby. God, it was so weird how that endearment just shot straight into me, into my heart and soul. I shouldn’t want to hear it, be called that. I was forty years old, for fuck’s sake! But it sounded so right coming from his mouth, even though we’d just begun.


Chapter 14