Chapter 2
I heard his footsteps a good sixty seconds before I felt his presence and his heat. I knew what his gait sounded like, even when he was tentative, and there was no doubt he was headed right for me. I finished my visual sweep of the set, not acknowledging him until he spoke my name.
“Jared?”
I really did like the sound of my name on his lips. I turned to him, and let myself smile. “Hi, Brandon.”
He went beet red, which was entirely too appealing, and his gaze skirted away from my face and landed somewhere over my left shoulder. “Hi. I’m s-sorry about the other d-day.”
I nodded, never taking my gaze off him. “I threw you off your game with that, huh?” It wasn’t really a question. We both knew that’s what happened. Brandon turned even redder and nodded.
For a long moment, he d
