Free A Memory Away by Taylor Lewis

him as he thrust inside. He let his eyes skate over Kyle’s lithe body and then back up to his wary eyes and grinned. “Yeah, so, the case is closed now and I don’t have any reason to keep coming back around.” He noticed the slight twitch to Kyle’s jaw at his words and the flicker in his eyes and took it as a sign that the younger man wasn’t quite as indifferent to him as he liked to make out. “You want to get a drink with me sometime? Maybe dinner?”
Kyle ’s jaw dropped and his face lost the controlled expression and he flushed with startled surprise. “Excuse me?”
Shrugging, Jonah said easily, “I think we’d have some fun together. I’d like to take you out and get to know you better.”
Continuing to gape at him in surprise, Kyle cast an anxious look back over his shoulder towards the office and then looked back at Jonah. He wasn’t entirely sure what he had been expecting when Jonah had asked to speak to him alone, but it certainly wasn’t a request for a date! He licked his tongue anxiously over his lower lip – feeling the disquiet inside him intensify when Jonah’s eyes followed the movement and his eyes darkened in response – and thought frantically for something to say. He couldn’t go out with the man on a date with the Shea situation hanging between them, but he also couldn’t afford to alienate him either if he wanted to confess the truth of his son’s parentage.
Plus, there was also the still rankling problem of Jonah having completely forgotten that they actually already knew each other fairly intimately. Nothing screamed player like not recognising a person who you’d actually had been inside of after all.
Jonah frowned slightly as the silence stretched between them and resisted the urge to shuffle his feet. God, this was ridiculous, he hadn’t felt this mixed up inside over asking for a simple date since high school. Scratch that, junior high.  He cleared his throat and said pointedly, “It’s kind of a yes or no question.”
Swallowing hard, Kyle smiled nervously. “I’m aware, thanks.” He looked worriedly at Jonah for a moment, eyes searching for something, and then slowly nodded. “A drink would be nice.” He looked faintly startled at the broad grin that stretched over Jonah’s face and continued hastily, “Just a drink. I don’t really date that much and, given my situation, I’m not really sure I want to start.”
Jonah felt a sharp stab of disappointment at the qualifying statement at the end, but also reasoned to himself that all he needed was an in and once he wowed Kyle with his studly prowess then the hot dream sex would soon become a reality. He lifted his hands and smiled. “Hey, whatever, I can always use another friend right? We’ll start with a drink and see where it goes.”
Kyle eyed him suspiciously – he knew that smile. That was Shea’s ‘I’ve managed to break into the fridge again and you don’t know it’ smile and he doubted that it boded well on Jonah’s face either. He kept eyeing Jonah warily and asked, “When would you like to meet?”
Riding high on his success, Jonah shrugged. “Whenever, my schedule’s pretty open. When’s good for you?”
Taking a deep breath, Kyle resolved to take the bull by the horns and stop pussy footing around. This was a prime opportunity to get to know Jonah a little and find out what kind of a person he would be inviting into their lives. “Tonight? I can call Louise and ask her to watch Shea for me a little longer and we could get a drink after work.” He smiled tentatively at Jonah’s delighted expression. “I’ll have to be home by eight though, Louise’s been on her own with the baby all day and it’s not fair to expect her to give up her evening as well.”
“Yeah,” Jonah nodded, unable to believe it had been that easy. “That’d be good.” He smiled widely. “You want me to meet you back here? What time do you finish?”
“We normally close up around six.” Kyle jumped when