Chapter 21It seemed to Nathan that within a blinking of an eye his afternoon in the study transformed from toiling through the dull but necessary paperwork regarding the purchase of a Leeds cloth mill to cradling his satiated and half-naked lover on his lap. Although it was not unusual for Percy to drop by briefly during the day, in the normal course of things he was formally announced by a footman and shown into Nathan’s sitting room. Today Percy burst through the door after a cursory knock, strode across the study floor, and launched himself on Nathan, straddling him in his chair. Without any pleasantries, Percy kissed his startled lover with open need, rubbing against Nathan uninhibitedly. Grasping Percy’s deliciously rounded arse, once Nathan had overcome his surprise, he felt a pang

