“Holden.”īeautiful Holden…with his perfectly coiffed hair, smarty-pants glasses, a wrinkly white button-down shirt, and khakis. I hit my head on the pantry door and turned. I worked till I was tired, cranking the volume on a Jay-Z classic to keep myself from listening for the sound of Holden’s car on the drive.Īnd when the walls upstairs began to close in on me, I headed for the kitchen to do fuck knows what. I muddled through the rest of the day with my head down, moving my things like a ghost flitting between rooms, making more of a mess than if I’d waited for Blake and Cole’s help over the weekend. It twisted my guts in two and yet somehow, I needed it.

It was a kick in the balls and a sock in the jaw. It was a beautiful, blinding sort of revelation that rolled over me like a tidal wave, making it impossible to deny.

The truth of it hit me so hard, I couldn’t move for a few minutes. I wanted to cry like a kid for the father I’d idolized and lost too soon, and the man I loved and.

It left you exposed and vulnerable and…completely lost. That was the problem with too much truth. Fuck, what was wrong with me? I was fucking spiraling. I disconnected the call, sank into the nearest chair, and buried my head in my knees. “It’s just that…right this second, life feels a little out of control.” I swear.” I pushed my hand through my hair, resisting the urge to pull it out. Benny might be the one to help Zeke set aside his quest for revenge, if he’s willing to let go and forgive what he can’t forget… and give in to an unexpected kind of romance.“Okay. Instead, the two become unlikely friends with an inexplicable attraction they can’t ignore. If nothing else, he figures he can entertain himself by making the uptight businessman squirm. When his new boss sets him up with his successful son, Benny has zero expectations. In the meantime, he’s working two part-time jobs in the food biz. The new hire at the family-owned bagel store is somewhat colorful, but his dad is sure he’s the perfect man for Zeke.īenny Ruggieri is a fiercely proud New Yorker who dreams of making it big as a costume designer in the theater. However, his meddlesome father has other ideas. When he finds out his ex-boyfriend cheated on him with a coworker, Zeke can’t let go-not until he finds a way to get even. His hard-edged, no-nonsense attitude has served him well in the cutthroat business world, but less so in his personal life. Zeke Gulden is a ruthless Wall Street exec.

A Kind of Truth by Lane Hayes