Awkward Silence

ALEX
Single dad. Fashion model. Walking mystery.
Eight years ago, I let Meera have her artwork tattooed across my skin—puzzle pieces, with a story left untold.
She vanished the next day.
Now I’m raising our daughter on my own… still haunted by the missing piece.
Then I meet Elijah Garcia. Rich. Sexy. Gay.
One night with him changes everything I thought I knew about myself—and puts me dangerously close to answers I’ve been searching for.

ELIJAH
I shouldn’t want him.
I’m married. He’s straight. At least, he says he is.
But from the moment Alex walks into my bar, I’m hooked—by his eyes, his silence, the way he looks at me.
He’s got secrets inked into his skin, and I can’t stop myself from falling into them.
What neither of us knows?
We’ve been circling the same truth for years.
And someone we love is holding the final piece of the puzzle.