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he’s going to give up his car, his monthly allowance and free rent? They won’t let me go.” His small frame trembled and he wrapped his arms around his midsection as though to hold himself together. In a ragged, defeated voice, he whispered, “They’ll never let me go.”
    Lucas couldn’t hold back any longer. He closed the space between them in one large stride and gathered the slight figure into his arms. There was nothing he could say to that, never having found himself in a position to offer succour to another, so he simply held on as tightly as he dared and made shushing noises. Kyle’s shoulders shook with silent sobs and Lucas felt the dampness of his sorrow as it soaked through the front of his shirt.
    In a perverse way, he was glad that he’d pushed the man beyond his limit. The feel of Kyle’s slender body pressed firmly against his, soft angles enveloped in his much larger frame, was enticing. He felt his cock swell beneath his shorts until it nudged Kyle’s abdomen but couldn’t bring himself to pull away. This arousal felt different from the lust that had ignited inside him with countless past lovers. It was stronger yet undeniably tender.
    After Kyle’s sobs diminished to hiccups and halting breaths, Lucas walked backwards, pulling the young man down with him as he sat on the couch. “Let me give you this chance to get away from them completely. You’d be doing me a favour.”
    Red-rimmed eyes peeked up at him through tousled strands of hair. “I don’t understand.”
    “If I ever found out that Craig or your brother hurt you again, I wouldn’t be able to hold back like I did last time.”
    Kyle’s eyes widened in shock then narrowed. “How did you get me out of there?”
    Lucas grinned evilly. “I have my wicked ways. So, will you stay here?”
    The man deliberated for a moment, chewing on his bottom lip. “I can’t go back to the store. Craig and Jake will look for me there.”
    Lucas tucked a stray lock behind one of Kyle’s ears. It still smelt of his shampoo from when he’d washed it. Despite the gruesome task of patching Kyle’s wounds, he’d taken secret pleasure in making sure every part of him was clean.
    “Everything’s already taken care of. I gave Jay permission to hire two new employees and asked him to fax me any paperwork for the next few weeks. If there’s an emergency, you can come with me so that you’re not alone. Meanwhile, you can help me set up orders from here.”
    “You did all that for me?” Kyle asked in wonder.
    It was Lucas’ turn to squirm. He could hardly explain the irrational desire he felt to help the man, let alone his attraction to him. “Everyone deserves a helping hand when they need it, and I doubt the store would suffer from my absence for a little while.”
    “But other than stocking, I only know how to do inventory, and I know you won’t have eight hours of papers for me to sort through every day. I won’t be able to pull my weight, and—”
    “Kyle.” Lucas framed his face with both hands, forcing the man to look at him. “If you really want to work, we’ll find something, but there’s no way I’ll let you strain yourself in your condition right now. You should be in the hospital. Besides, having you here is by no means an imposition on me.” He forced the next words out before he could change his mind. “But if you want me to take you back, I can do that, too.”
    Kyle sniffed and twisted his hands in his lap. Lucas wasn’t sure if the other man’s hesitancy was due to him feeling like a burden or truly wanting to return to his boyfriend, but Lucas breathed a sigh of relief when Kyle shook his head.
    “I don’t want to go back.”
    “Good.” He looped his arms under Kyle’s knees and around his back and lifted him easily. Damn, he used to keep dogs that weighed more. His first priority would be to fatten Kyle up. There were muscles underneath that pale skin, but for the kind of work Kyle had done at the store, he