Chapter 4“You don’t have to do that, you know,” Rob said over breakfast the next morning. If only it were the weekend, and they didn’t have to rush into the office.
“What?”
“You don’t have to hold it in if you want to cry out.”
“Oh.” Lee looked more than a little shocked.
Since last night, Lee had withdrawn a little, acting polite, looking nervous. Rob took care to give him a hug this morning and even a kiss on the side of his cheek. When he received a guarded response, he gripped Lee’s face by the chin and tilted it to land a smacker of a kiss on those rosy lips. He didn’t want to overdo the display of affection, far from marking his territory. He only wanted Lee to realise he was happy about last night.
Lee rubbed the back of his right arm—the one he’d thrown across his mouth. He wo
