Run This Town 03 - (Watch Me) Unmask You Read Online Free Page B

nodded then glanced at Elias before disappearing again.
    “So…” Elias nodded at the space where the kid had been standing.
    Lucky blushed and nodded. “That’s Michael. We—I—” He sighed then squared his shoulders, chin lifting as he said, “We’re kind of together.”
    “Kind of or all the way?” He held Lucky’s gaze.
    “We’re together.”
    “Nice.”
    Lucky rolled his eyes, but smiled. He had a dimple in his left cheek. Elias hadn’t noticed that before. “I gotta go.” He looked away then back at Elias. “Thanks for coming, old man.”
    “Fuck you, kid.” But there was no heat. Just affection, more affection than Elias wanted to share. More than he should feel.
    Lucky chuckled and started walking away then stopped suddenly. “My coach, remember I told you about him?”
    Elias stiffened, but forced himself to relax. To nod. “Yeah.”
    “He, uh. He killed himself. About a week after I— we met.” He watched Elias way too fucking close. “Left a note about having sex with underage boys.”
    “Huh.”
    Lucky chewed on his bottom lip. “Okay. This is going to sound weird, but… You didn’t have anything to do with that, did you?”
    “What do you think?”
    “I—” He lifted his shoulders. “It was just so out of the blue.”
    “If your coach killed himself, how am I supposed to be involved?”
    Lucky stared at him for three heartbeats then huffed out a laugh. “Yeah. That’s what I said, too. Sorry I asked.”
    “No. Don’t apologize to me.” The words were harsher than Elias had intended them to be and Lucky’s eyes went wide. “Go. Enjoy yourself, Lucky.”
    Lucky bit his lip and stared down at his feet. “Can I ask you something?”
    It wasn’t as if Elias hadn’t expected the questions. “G’head.”
    Lucky’s head jerked up. “Who are you? Why are you here, and why did you help me that night?”
    Three questions. Elias could’ve made some stupid joke about it, but he chose to ignore that. “I’m no one special, Lucky. I was in the neighborhood that night. I saw you go in and not come out. I figured you were a homeless kid in need of help. It was cold. You had to be freezing. I helped.” The least he could do. The absolute least. “No big deal.”
    “Except you’re here. Now.”
    “I wanted to make sure you were okay.” Well, that didn’t sound empty and weak at all.
    Lucky’s expression said he didn’t believe the explanation either. “Is there a reason I can’t know your last name?”
    Elias just regarded him steadily.
    Lucky sighed. “Will I— Do I get to see you again?”
    “Do you want to?”
    “I think so.” His hazel eyes were direct and somber. “Yes. Yes, I want to.”
    Elias nodded. “Then you will.”
    “Okay.” Lucky still didn’t move. His gaze grew more intense, making the hairs on Elias’s nape stand and take note.
    “What?” he asked softly.
    “Um. Okay, feel free to say no—” His lips twitched. “But can I hug you?”
    Elias fisted his hands at his sides. “Yes.”
    And just like that Lucky Mousasi was in his arms. Elias grunted at the impact of Lucky’s body against his then unfurled his fist so he could wrap his arms around Lucky. So he could hold him.
    Lucky gripped him way too tight, as if he feared Elias would slip from his hold.
    “I don’t know why,” Lucky murmured. “But I dream of this and your voice, telling me everything is okay.”
    Elias closed his eyes.  When you fuck up, you do it thoroughly.
    Lucky sniffed his neck. “And you smell…”
    Elias fisted the back of Lucky’s shirt and pulled him away, not too far, but enough so he could look at Lucky’s face.
    Fuck.
    That was a mistake.
    Lucky’s eyes were closed, his lips parted.
    “Lucky.”
    His eyes flew open, those gorgeous eyes killing Elias.
    “Your boyfriend is waiting.”
    Lucky blinked and blinked some more. His gaze dropped and his body went rigid. “Yeah. I—” He shuddered then jerked away from Elias. “Have to go.” He