A Question of Trust

By Adri Armstrong

Austin Bautista knows he's got it bad for Liam Scott, but it's not until a misunderstanding yanks the rug out from under him that he realizes he's in way over his head. Ghosting Liam is the worst possible reaction, not to mention the only move guaranteed to hurt them both. But Austin is panicking, and he doesn't know what else to do.

Liam knows he's been walking a dangerous line, sleeping with his daughter's best friend. Austin may be an adult in the eyes of the law, but at eighteen, he's way out of bounds. Still, Liam keeps giving in, again and again, trusting Austin to know what he wants. So when Austin suddenly stops responding to his messages, it's up to Liam to make sure he's okay.

[This book depicts misunderstandings, pain kink, rough sex, and an affair between an eighteen-year-old and a significantly older man.]

• Language: English
• Publisher: Adri Armstrong
• Release date: Jan 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9798215184851

Adri Armstrong

Adri Armstrong is an unapologetic explorer of kinky, taboo, and deeply horny m/m fiction.You can SEARCH STORIES BY KINK here:https://adriarmstrong.dreamwidth.org/408.html

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A Question of Trust

His Best Friend's Dad Book 7

By Adri Armstrong

Copyright 2024 Adri Armstrong

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Author's note: All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.

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Aftercare, Age Difference, Anal Sex, Angst, BDSM, Contemporary Setting, Dom/Sub Themes, Dry Fucking, Established Relationship, Fingering, Floor Sex, Misunderstandings, Pain Kink, Physical Restraint, Romance, Rough Sex, Secret Relationship

A Question of Trust

By the time Crystal Scott comes home for spring break, Austin feels like it's been a dozen lifetimes since he last saw his best friend in person, and even longer since he had her all to himself.

Rationally, he knows this is a wild exaggeration. It's only been a couple months since he visited her on campus, and a couple months before that they got to spend time together during the holidays. Yes, she's usually a package deal with her girlfriend, but Austin likes Meg just fine. He's got no reason to be so possessive of Crystal's time and attention.

Especially when both of those things are a mixed blessing, now that he has something to hide.

Secrets or not, Austin is almost giddy with how good it feels to simply have Crystal home. To goof around at all their usual haunts, to stay up ungodly late streaming movies they've been saving, to catch up just the two of them for a while and imagine what it will be like when they're finally attending the same college. The perpetual anxiety that lives at the back of Austin's brain has made him wonder, more than once during the endless span of his senior year of high school, if Crystal is slipping away from him. What if they're both changing too much, between her whole new life on campus and his guilty secrets? What if he's losing his best friend?

Of course, there will be no what if about it, if she ever finds out he's sleeping with her dad. Crystal Scott is not the sort to tolerate dishonesty at the best of times. Austin tries to imagine what she'll do if she learns the particular secrets he's been keeping, and he can't even picture it.

Apocalyptic probably does not cover her reaction, though.

Maybe it's this, more than anything, that makes him paranoid about her slipping away. It's tough to stay on an even keel, when he's carrying around a secret so explosive it could topple Austin Bautista's entire life, starting with his most important friendship.

You okay? Crystal asks, nudging him with her elbow after rescuing him from a near collision with a noisy cluster of middle school girls. The mall is disorientingly crowded today, which isn't great considering Austin is even more distracted than usual.

Um, he answers, blinking at her and hoping his ongoing guilt isn't written too clearly across his face. Christ, he needs to stop thinking about Liam Scott around Crystal, or he's going to implode from the stress. Thanks for the save.

What's up with you this week? Crystal has tugged him out of the way of foot traffic, into a relatively quiet corner near a set of wide winding stairs bedecked in gaudy string lights.