Cole Bates

Red or Black Cole Bates

Ten years ago, Will made a promise to Charlie...he would come out to his parents before the high school prom and that would be their first public date. Will broke that promise, and Charlie's heart in the process. Now ten years later Will is left with nothing but regrets and a life that seemed to be going nowhere fast. He was working the roulette wheel at one of Las Vegas's premiere resorts and casinos and in walks Charlie...looking like a million bucks. Will hasn't had much to hope for in his life over the past decade, but the sight of Charlie is enough to make him wonder if there was any kind of hope for a second chance at being with the only man he'd ever loved or had he walked away from any hope there ever was the night of the senior prom almost a decade before? Charlie's life has gone in the exact opposite direction from Will's. He left Nevada behind after graduating from high school and he moved to Chicago and earned a degree in biomedical engineering. He started his own company with a friend who had an MBA in business and together they had taken the company to the top of its class. By the age of 27 Charlie had already amassed close to a billion dollars and he was still moving forward. His only problem...he had no one to share the rewards of his hard work with. He'd been wary of getting into a relationship after Will broke his heart all of those years ago. His business partner Robbie had been in love with him for years, but Robbie wasn't what Charlie was looking for. When he did imagine what he wanted it was Will's face that came to mind. When he walks into that casino in Vegas and comes face to face with Will his first instinct is to run far away before Will has a chance to hurt him again. However Charlie is inexplicably drawn to Will like a magnet and when his partner Robbie notices the object of his obsession might just have one of his own he sets out to make sure that there are no second chances for Charlie and Will and both men will have to decide just how much of their hearts they are willing to risk fighting for one.