Maybe if they’d been alone things would have gone in that direction, but once the sound of Rory’s and Luca’s footsteps had faded, Joel simply took Ollie’s hands again. “As much as I’d love to take our time, the idea of Jackie Olsen and the entire PTA committee sitting in my yard listening in is...deflating.”
Ollie laughed, brushing a smiling kiss over Joel’s lips. “Then I guess we should go play host to our friends.”
“Our friends,” Joel echoed. “In our home.”
Ollie squeezed his fingers. “With our family.” Lost puzzle pieces slotting into place and making a new and unique picture all their own. “Don’t you just love the way that sounds?”
Acknowledgments
With thanks to my writing and critique partner, Laura Harper, for her usual brilliant insights, and for her help when she had a lot of RL going on.
And to Anna, for reading this first, and for loving Joel and Ollie.
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About the Author
Sally Malcolm was bitten by the male/male romance bug in 2016 and hasn’t looked back. Her stories are emotional, sweetly angsty, and always have happy endings. She lives in London, England.
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