N. L. Leeks
Winter's Love
Winter’s Love
A
past relationship has left Jared Winter broken. When Eric Healey runs into him,
Jared finds a reason to learn to trust again. The two men begin to fall for one
another, but the prejudice around them threatens to tear them apart.Can their
love survive in the real world?
Excerpt
“Hey!
Jared! Yoo-hoo!”
I
cringed once more and turned to my sister, forcing a smile. “Hey, Rose-Anne.”
“What
are you doing here?” She giggled.
“Well,
Rose-Anne, in general one attends Asda, or any other supermarket, when they’re
doing their food shopping,” I sniggered.
Rose-Anne
rolled her eyes and glowered at me. I knew what she meant and was trying to be
subtle while avoiding her questions.
“Jared,
stop playing dumb with me. You know what I mean. Curry powder, two types of
meat, and prawns? You only cook this fancy when . . . Oh! You have a date
tonight, don’t you?” she squealed.
Behind
me, the cashier told me the check came to twenty-three pounds and some change.
I handed her a twenty and a five and waited for her to hand me the difference.
As she placed it in my hand, I took it and grabbed my already bagged shopping,
thankful that it had been done while Rose-Anne had been interrogating me. Trouble
was, she was still at it while I made my way back to the car.
“Rose-Anne!
For the love of all alive, will you please drop the subject? I love you to
pieces, but for just once, can I enjoy something without having to be
interrogated by you?” I yelled.
I
saw tears pool in her eyes and felt the guilt in an instant. Finding my car, I
placed the shopping in the back and pulled her into a hug.
I sighed. “I’m sorry, sissy, but sometimes you
are just too much.”
“Sorry,
Jed.” I cringed at the nickname, “I know I’m too nosy for my own good. But it’s
been so long since we’ve seen you with someone. We were beginning to think you
had taken a life of celibacy, all because of . . .”
“No!
I don’t want to hear his name, sissy! Yes, I’m having someone over for dinner
tonight. It’ll only be the second time I have seen him, so yeah I’m playing my
cards close to my chest. And yes, I’m a little dubious about where this will
go, but I won’t allow . . . him . . .
to ruin everything good in my life, okay? My friend’s name is Eric, seeing as
you’re dancing around I’m sure that’s what you wanted to ask me. Now that
you’ve achieved your mission, you may return to our beloved parents and tell
them anything you want, but no phone calls tonight!”
N.L. Leeks lives in
England with her fiancé, whom she has been with since the age of eighteen. She
first began writing when she was a child. Her friends, Matt and Lou, helped her
reignite that passion as an adult, and her journey into writing began once
more.
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