Chapter 4The only thing that didn’t make Charlie lock the door and pretend not to be home for his date with Dean was the fact that the food had turned out so great.
He’d barely slept after the encounter with Bryce. He kept replaying it over and over in his mind, wondering what he had done to mess up. Bryce had been so compelling—It feels good. It’s fun. I’ve been having fantasies, too. So where did it go wrong? They had acknowledged a mutual desire when Charlie had come out to him in the first place. They were both grown men. They had known the score before moving out of the dining room. His fears about it affecting their friendship shouldn’t have factored in since Charlie had had little chance to reciprocate.
Charlie couldn’t figure it out. The only answer that made sense was that maybe
