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. Well, yes.I know you re not ready and No. Marc s emphatic exclamation cut Liam off again. Don t put this on me.If youdon t want to, then okay.But don t you dare say we re not because you think I don t wantto. 108 Penny Brandon Marc, I know the sex has been hard for you Well, something has been hard. Marc smirked. Will you stop interrupting me! This isn t easy, you know. Yes it is.Now that we re back together there is absolutely no way I m not having sexwith you.No way. Marc, you re straight No I m not! Fuck, Liam! Marc stopped as a couple glanced at them before walkingpast.Marc grabbed Liam s arm and roughly pulled him to the side of the path. No I m not, he repeated, grinding the words out. Not anymore.I love you touching me, kissing me.Ilove kissing you and touching you in return.I want you in my arms and in my bed.Rightnow I m struggling to keep my hands off you.If that doesn t make me gay, I don t knowwhat does. Staring into Marc s eyes, Liam realized Marc really meant it. That s pretty gay, herelented. But you re talking physical reaction.I know there are times when you ve keptyour mind separated from what we ve done and That was before. When Marc interrupted him again, Liam threw up his hands in exasperation.Was heever going to say what he needed to say? Before what? Before I came to terms with how much you d already started to mean to me.Damn,Liam.Do you know how difficult it s been for me this last week? You had me worried.Ithought you d given up on me, and when you called, I was just so fucking relieved.I vehated not being able to talk to you.To see you smile, to hear you laugh.I ve missed you. Marc shook his head a little as if to clear up something. I understand you wanting to takeyour time to make sure of me, of us, but you have to believe me when I tell you all of medefinitely wants all of you. All of you? Don t look so worried.I haven t fallen in love with you yet. Choices 109 But you re going to. That was the part Liam was worried about.But that was so-mething he would have to deal with later.That thought must have shown on his face,because Marc smiled. I won t push you, he said. We ll take our time, like you wanted.I m just so gratefulyou re giving me this chance.I really have missed you. I missed you too.And I can t quite believe you just told me you aren t going to pushme. Well, maybe I ve done too much of that and I need to back off. Is that why Marc hadn t called him? No, you don t. Liam knew he d said that far tooquickly, but it was the truth.He needed to be pushed; he realized that now. Really? So you don t mind that I practically overrode any argument you had not tohave sex with me? Do I mind? Fuck no.I just thought& Look, forget what I thought.If you re readythen& Liam grinned, relieved he wasn t going to have to keep fighting with himself. I mstruggling to keep my hands off you too. Good.I m glad to hear it. As a group of tourists approached, Marc sighed. You pi-cked a great place to have this conversation, he muttered. Anything else you want to getoff your chest? Other than my T-shirt? Marc s growl made Liam want to pull him into his arms and kiss him.Instead, therewas one more thing he had to say. About falling in love with you. He stopped and bit hislip. I m not ready for that.I mean, I can t promise you Marc silenced him by placing his finger along Liam s lips. We ll work it out.Don tworry. But you re not going to fall in love with me yet, are you? Not for a while? Liam knewhe needed time on this, both to accept the possibility or the reality if it happened. I don t know, Liam.I don t know when it s going to happen.We ll just have to wait and 110 Penny Brandonsee. That confidence was back in Marc s tone, in his eyes, and hearing it, seeing it, Liamwas struck by how much he needed it to be there.He nodded, thankful that in this, Marcwas going to be patient with him, but knowing also that when the time came, Marc wouldbe forceful enough for both of them to work through it. So you re okay with the way things are? With us just dating? No, because dating suggests we ll only see each other occasionally.I want to see youall the time. So you want a relationship? Liam didn t know why he was asking.He d known fromthe start Marc did.At Marc s grin, Liam grinned back. Okay, he said.He could give Marcthat.Hell, if Marc had his way, he would end up giving Marc everything. Is it okay? You sure about this? There was a tiny flicker of anxiety deep in Marc sexpressive brown eyes.It didn t sit right, and Liam never wanted to see it again. I wouldn t be here if I wasn t, Liam told him. I know what I m getting myself into. Marc stared at him for a moment before tipping his head to the side. What changedyour mind? Liam didn t have to think about it. The thought of you being alone, or worse, withsomeone else because I d been too selfish to give you me. Marc s warm smile was so full and easy that Liam couldn t help but feel a little ofMarc s happiness.But before Marc could say anything else which would force Liam intoconfessing something even sappier, he indicated the path they d just traversed. Come on.We may as well head back home, he said, ready to have Marc somewhereless public.This really was a stupid idea of his, bringing Marc here, even if he had beentrying to be honorable. Don t you want to take in the sights? Marc asked. You can t see anything, Liam reminded him. Well, we can still take a walk.I ve never been up here. Liam didn t see the harm; they were far enough from the edge of the mountain not Choices 111to cause his stomach to clench at the thought of that sheer drop just beyond the range ofeucalyptus trees bordering the path.He nodded, and at Marc s smile, started off down thewinding walkway, Marc by his side.As they walked, Liam began to feel a lot happier withhis decision to contact Marc.It had obviously made Marc happy too, and right now that wasas much as Liam wanted [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]