He’ll like this, Nathan thought, drinking in the sight of the long dining table with a high-backed chair on each end, and dishes and cutlery neatly arranged on it. He seldom used this grand dining room in his manor-like house since he mostly just had quick meals at the kitchen table or even ate out. But since Alex had moved in with him several months ago, he’d been thinking of an appropriate reason for having a candlelight dinner with his gorgeous lover. The timing of the wrapping of Alex’s film couldn’t suit better, and he was about to give the man good news. Oh, Nathan couldn’t wait any longer. The sound of the heavy oak front door being opened and closed and the call of, “Nathan?” that followed, made Nathan’s heart skip a beat. He fought the urge to just dash out, and strode heavily in

