Page 47 of Hidden Desires
“Mmm!” Lucas jerked forward, excited by the picture. “I’ve always wanted to do one of those! Cade, we’ve got to get one done. Just the two of us. It would be so much fun!”
Cade looked up at Blade. “See what you did? Now I’ve got to go play dress-up with my sex toy, all because you needed an excuse to watch Ace change.”
“Hey!” both Ace and Lucas blurted in unison.
“I may be your fuckhole, but I am not a toy,” Lucas clarified.
Lately, Lucas and Caden were trying out this whole stranger and man-whore fuck role-play thing, which sometimes bordered on being rude and demeaning.
Now it was Ace and Blade’s turn to laugh.
Caden smirked at Lucas. “Horny yet?”
“I’m getting there,” Lucas said nonchalantly, taking a forkful of salad. While they might tease each other and try to solicit areaction from each other, they were both ridiculously devoted to each other. They only had eyes for one another.
“And what about you guys? How did the trip to the police station go?” Ace asked, rescuing another dumpling that was about to be skewered by Blade’s fork.
The man still has two full plates of food. Why was he trying to empty his?
“The boys did good,” Marcus interjected, pulling up a seat next to his little bro, followed by Nikolai and the others.
“Yeah, I’ll give you my notes once we get back to the motel. I’ve got details on the crime scene, location, and who found the body,” Lucas noted.
Ace was impressed. He didn’t think Lucas would be able to get so much info in such a limited amount of time.
Lucas placed his hand over Caden’s as he continued to eat his meal with the other. They sat happily together as they munched on their food, seemingly unaware that their hands were connected on the table.
That was love right there. That need to be connected with the person you love, and not even being aware of your body’s natural reactions.
Ace smiled. He wanted that sort of love for himself one day. A love so strong that even when apart, your hearts still beat as one.
From the corner of his eye, he glanced over at Blade, who was also staring at the joined hands while he continued to chomp down on his food.
If only Blade were bi, there might be a chance for them as a couple. Well, that was if Marcus didn’t murder them first.
Next to him, Marcus nudged his massive body into Ace’s.
“You doin’ alright, kid?”
Ace nodded. “Yeah, just giving my body a moment to digest and absorb all these carbs.”
Blade chuckled before stabbing at another piece of chicken on Ace’s plate. “One,” he mumbled, without adding any additional words.
Across from him, Lucas looked up and smiled at Ace.
Perhaps one day.
16
BLADE
After dinner, the crew regrouped in Marcus’s room to discuss the results of their investigations.
According to the police, Steven’s body was found in a dumpster with a three-inch blade sticking out of his eye. His body was found by a man who was out walking his dog through a rather deserted area. There were a few palm trees and some broken-down shacks, but the rest of the area was pretty much sand and small shrubbery.
Nikolai’s exploits were a tad more successful. Some of the local drug dealers who had sold to Steven here and there claimed that the boy was a crack user and constantly owed people money. It was a long cry from the darling angel Chester had described.
Could they really fault a man for only seeing the good in his son? Blade got it. Parents only chose to see what they wanted to see—their child as the perfect little angel they wanted them to be. They refused to see the bad, the wicked, and even the perverse.
