Ted MacTaggart's overbearing father is still trying to control his life, even from the grave. His will insists that, in order to inherit the family company, MAC Superior, Ted must be married by his twenty-fifth birthday -- and the marriage has to be "real." As in the board of MAC has to sign off on it.<br><br>Ted could fight the will, but then the handsome, artistic Ryan Costa, an old friend from school days walks back into his life, offering to be his groom-of-convenience. Ted draws up the contracts and Ryan, who has family medical bill problems, agrees gladly to the terms. Ted, emotionally walled off and afraid of his attraction to Ryan, also suggests they should keep their relationship strictly professional. Caring for people has always proven a weakness for him. Now isn't the time to start.<br><br>It's not long before Ryan's charm breaks through Ted's walls, but Ted isn't his own worst enemy in this case. Other forces are vying for MAC Superior, and even when their relationship is becoming the real deal, its shaky foundations land Ryan and Ted in trouble.

Poor Little Rich Boy

Ryan pushed his hips into Ted once more, rubbing his prick against Ted’s belly while catching Ted’s cock between them, too. This was different than it had been in Provence. The wild explosion of sexual tension, the subsequent two-week exploration, it had all been divine. But this was something new, something equally desperate but far more intense. There were no funny games here. This was a conversation of sorts, the only way Ted knew to tell Ryan how he felt just then.


Gently, he pushed Ryan onto his back, then tugged his shorts downward. Ryan took the hint and got rid of them entirely as Ted managed his own, and they came together again with Ted on top. Ryan wrapped his longs legs around him, crossing his ankles and grinning up at Ted. “Hot,” he said.


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