5 years later, Laurent and Larry Read-Bourgeois and their two children, are living a seemingly perfect life. An unexpected, and traumatic event leaves them lost and bewildered, their perfect life now a nightmare. They keep their life, but can they hold onto one another ?

What does it mean to be truly different ? How do you deal with an extreme "affliction" as part of your life ? Larry and Laurent meet and fall in love, but face an uphill battle when one of them is found to be amazingly, uniquely, different. How do they deal with all the challenges that life throws at them, and will their love survive ? Will they claim the ultimate reward ?

I was all he ever wanted. All he ever craved, that is until recently... Now I'm just an option. An afterthought. His back up plan. Someone he knows that loves him unconditionally. Someone that will always be there for him. Someone he expects to always be by his side...

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Angel and Laurent are in love until something tears them apart. They meet years later and old feelings resurface. Will Angel walk away again or will they get their second chance?

The Heart Wants, What The Heart Wants, And, Like Love, It Is A Fickle Thing. Strong As Steel, But Broken By A Single Tear, It Lives Out It's Days In Love And Hope . A Wild And Dangerous Thing, It Lives In A Cage. All With A Heart Theme, These Stories, I Hope, Will Make You Cry, And Laugh, And Shout At The Sky At The Injustice Of Owning Such A Thing. Some Mature, Some Not. Enjoy.

The past comes back but instead of haunt you.. he comes along to save you.

Larry Sandoval was at his wit's end, miserable, unhappy, feeling like an animal trapped, living in a gilded cage, desperate to leave his troubled marriage when one night, quite by chance, after he finally gets the courage to leave his husband, he meets the man of his dreams in Laurent Bourgeois. Laurent is everything Larry's husband is not, and on the night they meet, he and Laurent connect in a way neither saw coming, shaking them both to their core. Initially, Laurent saw Larry and was captivated by him. He wanted him. But Larry was only supposed to be a one-night "encounter", just a means to scratch a sexual itch. Larry too was captivated the second he saw Laurent. But after their one-night encounter reluctantly ends, they say their goodbyes. Neither expected to see the other again. But fate had other plans, and with it a reunion just days later when they come face to face again, and in a most shocking way. To Laurent's surprise, Larry becomes an unexpected piece of a puzzle in his covert mission to uncover a corrupt UN Diplomat leading a clandestine double life. But for Larry, seeing Laurent again is a welcome answer to a prayer, his ticket to a life he'd only dreamed about. But will it be? Will Larry and Laurent get what they're both seeking? Will theirs be a happy...or tragic ending? Read ahead to find out, and follow their journey from start to finish. ❤️❤️ DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that, though tastefully done, this love story contains graphically depicted sex scenes and some profanity and therefore may not be suitable for readers under eighteen years of age, or those with an otherwise sensitive religious or spiritual nature who may be opposed to some aspects of this story.

Another 5 years on, and the Read-Bourgeois clan are still as much the close knit, loving family they always have been. But with bigger children, come bigger problems, as experienced parents as Larry and Laurent are. How do they deal with their offspring when things invariably go south, and keep an even keel in their own loving relationship ? And what promise did one particular heart give to another, and, more importantly, can it keep it ?