Kindle Notes & Highlights
He doesn’t look up at first. I get the feeling he’s ignoring me, which can’t be right. Priests don’t ignore people. Sighing, he leans back on his haunches and finally looks up at me. My breath catches at his striking green eyes. I notice nothing else at first as I stare into them.
He’s… beautiful. “Hello,” he says and everything in me stirs in a way I’m completely unfamiliar with and a little frightened by.
His raised brow pointing in my direction makes me flush. He licks his lips and I’m horrified when my gaze tracks his tongue. Now my skin burns like I’ve been baking in the sun for an hour. But he likes my discomfort. The cute smile on his lips says so.
I determine that Ellsworth Sanna is young. Thirties at the most. His shoulders are wide under his black shirt. His biceps strain against the folded up cuffs. The buttons over his chest strain. Biting my lip, I force my eyes not to continue trailing his body. Hello, inappropriate! Not only because I’m checking out a fucking man, but because he’s a damn priest.
“Why would you like me to join you, Zaiden?” he asks. A perfectly good, reasonable question. One I simply don’t have an answer to. So I blurt, “Because I want to get to know you.” And then I heat up. Again. I’m so fucking glad no one I know is around to see me fumble. I’m asking a man out! A priest!!
This isn’t a date. He’s a fucking priest. And that church doesn’t allow gay dates! Ah, hell, I’m not even gay! Way to leave that out of my internal reasoning.
He is easy-going, laughs readily, generous, and completely fascinated with me. Something I picked up on early is that he is straight. He doesn’t understand his attraction to me, but he clearly is not someone who is going to ignore it for the simple reason that he didn’t identify as liking men.
