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“Since never Let’s Google it”

“Fine What Google says goes Deal?”

Logan chuckled “Deal”

Seth said, “We have a pretty good track record with deals” He grinned at Logan, who gave him a hile Connor tapped his phone

As Seth peeled off the strips of bacon, he sipped his coffee and huolden days, and all their troubles being miles and miles away

Epilogue

Five Years Later

“Hey!” Logan turned from the pantry and tried to say Seth’s hand, but he was too late “You know you’re not supposed to eat raw batter It can kill you or some shit”

Seth sucked the chocolate cake batter off his index finger with a wet pop,him all sorts of ideas they didn’t have time for

Seth said, “The risk of consureatly overstated They’ll take h and cake batter from my cold, dead hands” With a wink, he scooped up er “It’ll be worth it”

“Okay, but there has to be enough for the cake And I haven’t had any yet”

“Ah, the truth comes out! You’re not worried about salh left for you to lick the bowl” He sucked his finger clean

Logan shrugged, trying not to laugh “Guilty as charged”

Sliding an ar beneath his ratty tee, Seth leaned in They kissed slowly and deeply, batter still on Seth’s tongue Logan relaxed into hiar

When they parted, Seth lowered his voice in the cute way he did sometimes when he jokily faked a come-on “Let me knohen you’re ready to lick the bowl”

“You know, everyone thinks you’re so innocent, but you’re really…” Logan tried to find the right word

“A vixen?” Seth waggled his thick eyebrows There was a bit of gray co into the hair at his temples, and it was sexy as fuck

“Sure We’ll go with that Because only you would suggest that word Right, Hercules?” Logan glanced down at their portly tabby cat, who rubbed against their legs,for his snack Seth had wanted to name him Hercule after some detective, and they’d compromised on Hercules

Logan’s phone buzzed where it sat on top of the island “Might be work,” he said as he reached for it He’d recently been proe of his own renovation crew He had to deal with more problems, but it orth it

“Oh, it’s Connor” He tapped the screen with Connor’s picture, a shot from his first day at Harvard severalin his s his face He’d insisted it was no big deal to go to college and there was no reason to take a picture when Logan and Seth dropped him off