Total pages in book: 72
Estimated words: 66511 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 333(@200wpm)___ 266(@250wpm)___ 222(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 66511 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 333(@200wpm)___ 266(@250wpm)___ 222(@300wpm)
Chad nodded as if that explained it all. He followed Ducky, moving within inches of his body, making it hard to concentrate. The personal space between them no longer seemed to matter. An arm hooked around Ducky, halting his progress. “I didn’t say it was justified. I don’t like to think about it. It makes me feel ungrateful. I’m not exaggerating at all when I say I was into you when we were young. I had to reconcile all these feelings about my sexuality all by myself. Then Dad came out and there came the media circus, lost friendships, and my family breaking apart. I’ve been with other men but kept my secret from my parents. It’s hard to leave that mindset.”
Yup, he got that perfectly. It was damn hard to let go of the past, but if they didn’t try, how could the future be anything other than a continuation of the chaos all around them?
His identity as a person required him to live a genuine, honest, and truthful life. No longer trying to make everyone around him happy at the expense of himself. Chad had to be on the same page if they had any real chance of making it work between them. A sense of strength built rapid-fire within him.
“Then we have to deal with it in order to move forward.” He ducked away from Chad, going for his phone. “After you deal with your dad, then explain to me how you justified learning you were into guys because of your feelings for me, yet you decided to bang other guys that weren’t me…”
The tension that had formed around them dissolved as Chad barked out a laugh. “I thought you were straight. I saw it as unrequited love. Don’t be getting any ideas for the future. We’re monogamous.”
What Ducky hadn’t expected as he picked up his phone off the floor was the sound of bare feet running toward him. Chad executed a perfect tackle, taking him off his feet, causing him to land hard on the top of the mattress. He bounced into Chad’s solid body as it came down on top of his.
He’d been tackled more times than he could count as a rite of passage earned by being the youngest of three brothers, but this one he let happen without fighting back. Chad manhandled him until he lay on his back, arms pinned above his head and Chad straddling his belly, looming above him. It might have been the most beautiful sight of his life. “Say we’re monogamous.”
“We’re in an open relationship,” Ducky quipped back, biting his lip to hide his grin. The silly joke tasted like acid on his tongue.
“I’m gonna kiss that smirk off your face,” Chad threatened as if that were a real punishment.
“My ass is smirking too,” Ducky teased challengingly. With an arch of Chad’s brow, he lowered his head, lips hovering just above his.
“So we’ll deal with life later?” Chad countered, letting go of one of Ducky’s hands. He rose enough to push his hand between his thighs, slipping underneath the waistband of his shorts.
His hard-on turned to steel. Who cared about the video or the world trying to trespass into their paradise? Ducky rolled his hips when Chad’s fingertips touched the head of his cock.
“Rim me and you got a deal.”
“You know the language of love, don’t you?” Chad lifted to push down Ducky’s athletic shorts. Those were tossed toward the only chair in the room.
Chad fisted Ducky’s cock, his mouth lowered, slanting over Ducky’s.
Better if all life just handled itself and left them alone.
CHAPTER 20
“Tristan kept my secret,” Chad called from the bathroom off his bedroom. Ducky lay in the bed, still coasting on his release. He’d never had this much sex in this short of time in his life. Chad was a tank in the bedroom. His boundless energy drove their pleasure to crazy heights.
How could the guy even stand after the power bottom performance he’d just given? Chad had taken all Ducky had to give. How was that even possible? His eyelids slid closed. He was so blissed out he didn’t bother to try to stay awake.
“You know, it was your fault. If I’d had some warning… Are you asleep?”
Ducky kept his eyes closed but tucked his lip between his teeth, trying to manage the size of his smile as he kicked the bedspread up with his foot, covering the bottom half of his body. The action seemed to be reply enough.
“No way.” Chad caught the blanket before it fully encased him in its downy comfort. “We’re dealing with family then going for a jog on the beach.”
Ducky’s brow furrowed, the smile gone in a flash, trying to remember if he’d promised to go running at any point. Jogging was his least favorite physical activity. He’d rather play Call of Duty in a tournament with a toddler before he ran anywhere. One eye cracked open to see Chad plugging a charger into his cell phone.