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    Pulling Away
    Pulling Away
    Pulling Away
    Ebook44 pages34 minutes

    Pulling Away

    By Shawn Lane

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    Noah grew up with Charlie. They’d always been friends, if not close. Noah becomes the only friend that sticks around after Charlie practically becomes a hermit.

    Determined to get through to Charlie, Noah invents an identity on the computer. And while Charlie still keeps Noah at arm's length, he opens up to his new computer buddy.

    Noah's dream finally comes true when his friendship with Charlie changes to include sex, but each time they are together, Charlie withdraws afterward. Every time Noah tries to get through to him, Charlie grows even more distant. Then Charlie tells Noah's disguised internet persona that he doesn't have a boyfriend, merely a neighbor with whom he has sex.

    Crushed and heartbroken, Noah thinks it’s time to give up and forget Charlie ever loving him the way he loves Charlie. But is pulling away from Charlie too much for Noah to take?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateAug 11, 2018
    ISBN9781634866941
    Pulling Away
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    Shawn Lane

    Shawn Lane is a multi-published author of gay romance. She lives and works in Southern California. She has been published by Loose Id, Amber Quill Press, Evernight Publishing, MLR Press, JMS Books, and Ellora’s Cave. For more information, visit smlgr8.blogspot.com.

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      Pulling Away - Shawn Lane

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      hapter 1

      Noah Riggins wondered if he ought to just walk into Charlie Banks’ house or knock. He’d been standing outside the closed door for a good three to four minutes thinking about it.

      He’d known Charlie practically all their lives. They’d grown up in the same neighborhood, gone to the same schools. They hadn’t been best friends or anything. They were the kind of friends you did stuff with when your normal friends weren’t available.

      In truth, Charlie had been popular when they were kids. Good looking and athletic, he’d been a pitcher on the high school baseball team. Noah hadn’t been unpopular, but they’d definitely had a different set of friends.

      Now, as adults, they both owned the houses they’d grown up in. Noah’s mother and stepfather had sold him the house when they retired to Arizona.

      Whatever their relationship growing up had been, it had changed recently. In the five years since high school they’d both come out as gay. It had shocked the hell out of Noah when Charlie came out. He didn’t guess it had surprised anyone about himself, though.

      Anyway, Noah’s relationship with Charlie had changed last weekend when they’d had, what was to Noah at any rate, mind-blowing sex. It had been fantastic. He couldn’t even remember who’d made the first move. He’d been at Charlie’s house, in the kitchen, and before he knew it, they were going at each other. And they’d had sex two times since then.

      Of course, they hadn’t really talked about it, but to Noah, Charlie was sort of his boyfriend now. Wasn’t he? So should he knock or just walk in?

      Noah sighed, pushed his eyeglasses back into place, and knocked on the solid oak door.

      Yeah, come in, Charlie’s muffled voice called from within.

      Noah turned the knob and entered the front hall of Charlie’s house. The house was fairly dark. Charlie didn’t turn on many lights. He could see Charlie sitting at the desk in the corner of the front room. He found a switch nearby and flicked it, illuminating the living room.

      Charlie glanced at him briefly, before turning his attention back to the computer screen. Hey, thanks, I’ve been meaning to turn that on.

      Noah clicked on a lamp nearby. I know you like living like a mole, but I like light.

      Hmm.

      Noah sat down on the couch next to the desk. What are you doing?

      Playing an online game.

      Charlie’s dark curly hair looked tangled, as though he’d been running his fingers through it while he played. His perfect, sensuous lips were turned down in a frown. Noah guessed maybe he wasn’t doing so well in the game.

      He watched the man in silence for a while, just enjoying looking at him. Charlie had movie-star looks. Besides the

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