Love Comes After

Chris

Feelings are not for me. Not now and not ever again. Not after losing my fiancé in a car accident that ruined my life. I'll never put my heart on the line again because the grief of loss is too much for me to handle a second time. It's best to keep things simple and casual from here on out. So, one night, when a copper-haired bartender asks me to bed him and his boyfriend, it's an easy decision. Yes.

 

Aiden

There's no one in the world who means more to me than Bennet. I love him more than life, more than air, but we're not compatible where it counts. Things between us have reached a breaking point when the idea strikes. There's only one place we need help, so maybe we can find another person to step in. When I meet Chris, he looks like the kind of man who could fill those shoes… and our bed.

 

Bennet

I've known for years I can't give Aiden the things he needs, but it doesn't take long for me to realize Chris can. I should be jealous, but I'm not. I like watching the two of them together, and the feeling is definitely mutual. Chris is supposed to be a short-term solution, but his body isn't the only thing he brings into our bed. He leaves his heart there too, and that wasn't supposed to happen. We weren't supposed to fall in love, not with him, but one kiss changes everything. I hope that just because love didn't come first for us doesn't mean it can't come after.