Gabe touched his scar but it was only for a second, a quick swipe, then looked up at Bruce with a smile blooming across his mulberry lips. ‘I think it’s perfect.’
A breath exploded out of Bruce’s lungs—he was unaware he’d been holding it in. ‘You mean it?’
‘Well, it’s not like it’s going to happen fast—you’re much too in demand for that. And now that I’ve quit Y Studio, I don’t have a lot of money to throw behind it.’
‘Why would you need money?’
‘Fifty-fifty, Bruce. Then it can be both of ours, equal. Agreed?’
He’d wanted to do it all himself, as a gift, as an old reaction to whenever anyone offered him help. He hung his head. That was going to be a hard habit to break. ‘Agreed.’
‘Good. Now, let’s talk more about it in the morning because right now all I want to do is get you home.’
‘I can’t think of anything I want more.’
Gabe put his arms around Bruce’s neck and he rose up to kiss him. Those lips, those perfect soft lips brought him back to a calm centre, to a truth around which all their future plans revolved, a truth built with love.
Thanks for reading Set The Stage: A Rivervue Community Theatre Romance, Book 2. I hope you enjoyed it.
If you liked this book, here are my other books, The Love Left Behind and Embers and Echoes.
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