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Book 3
LOU
I know it shouldn’t matter what people say about me. But when my parents told me that I would never find love because I’m gay, I was willing to do anything to prove them wrong.
So, when the most romantic guy ever asked me to marry him, I had to show him to them immediately. Was I moving too fast? Because as soon as I scored him an invitation to one of our obnoxious family get-togethers, he called things off.
Now, I need a fiancé to replace the one I thought I had or my parents will think they were right about me all along.
TITUS
I can’t tell you why Lou has dated so many guys, but watching him do it has torn me up inside. Now he needs someone to pretend to be his fiancé for a weekend. I’m his best friend. Of course I’m gonna do it.
Will it be weird pretending to be engaged to the man I’m in love with when he doesn’t even know I like guys? Yeah. But while I’m getting his parents to like me, maybe I’ll tell him how I feel.
It would have been the perfect plan if Lou’s ex didn’t suddenly show up wanting to win him back. He’s a star quarterback from a fancy zip code. I’m a small town boy who was cut from the team. How can I compete with him?
And, how do I uncover the secret my mother's hiding that could change things between me and Lou forever?
With everything going on, do Lou and I even have shot at living happily ever after? My aching heart hopes so. But I don’t have a lot of time to find out.
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Best Friend Trouble
Chapter 1
Lou
What type of idiot invites a guy to meet their parents for their third date? It’s like when someone hops the fence around the gorilla cage at the zoo… and then takes the gorilla to meet their parents for their third date. It’s crazy talk that only a psycho would do.
But here’s the thing. We’ve been texting so much. And he told me that he was falling in love with me after the second date. That’s right, I went on a second date with someone. I bet no one had that on their bingo card.
But I did and he took me into the mountains to watch a meteor shower. And he had a blanket and a picnic basket. I’m practically crying just thinking about it. No one has ever treated me like this. So when my parents said they were coming to visit me, how could I not take the opportunity to prove them wrong?
‘We don’t have a problem with you being gay,’ they said. ‘We just don’t think that anyone will love you if you are.’
What? Did my parents just say that? They don’t think their son will ever find love?
Well, let me tell you something Mom, there’s a guy who’s hot and rich that any girl would die to have. And he’s falling in love with me, your gay son who you don’t think anyone will ever love.
I’ve always said, if life gives you lemons, you make sure you use them to prove your parents were wrong about you. Seymour is my lemons. Does Sey look like the guy who tosses his keys to the nearest Mexican to park his yacht? A little bit. But according to my parents, I look like a guy who would never find love. So, looks can be deceiving.
The only issue now is that I texted Sey the time and place we would be meeting my parents and he hasn’t texted back to confirm. The guy texts me ‘Good morning, beautiful,’ every day. And on the morning he’s supposed to meet my parents, crickets?
Did I make a mistake? Was I moving too fast? He was the one who said that he was falling in love with me. I didn’t go there. So, how far off is that from inviting him to meet my parents?
I ruined things, didn’t I? Oh god, I did! I took a guy who offered me an olive branch and I spanked him with it. Didn’t he see me pulling off the leaves? He could have stopped me. Did we even have a safe word? We didn’t have a safe word. Crap, I scared him off!
Approaching a full-on panic attack, I pulled out my phone and called the only one who knew how to handle me when I got into a state like this.
“Titus?”
“Lou, what’s up?”
I could hear him smiling through the phone. Didn’t he know my life was falling apart? How could he be smiling at a time like this? Who’s the crazy person now?
“What’s up? I’ll tell you what’s up. I’m headed to meet my parents and the boyfriend, who I invited for the sole purpose of making my parents eat their words, hasn’t told me he’s coming.”
