Chapter 26

Ashton

I heaved a sigh of relief when we reached the parking lot, the man opened the door of his car and motioned for me to go inside which I immediately followed. I was relieved when I got in the car because I knew I had a better chance of finally escaping Luciano's hands. I was so fucking nervous walking at the mall because I'm afraid I might stumble on one of Luciano's men and I'm scared of what Luciano might do to me whenever I'm back on his hands. I'm afraid that this time he might kill me.

"Put on your seatbelt, dude." The man said and closed the door of his car.

"My name is Ashton by the way," I responded to him and took the seatbelt on the side of the seat and put it on my shoulder.

"Well, hello there Ashton, I'm Mason." The man replied with a strange grin on his lips. I just ignored him and turned my attention outside the window to see if Luciano's men are searching in the parking lot for me.

Mason started the car engine and after a while, the car slowly moved out of the parking lot. For the second time, I heaved a sigh of relief as the wind blows my hair since the window on my side is slightly open.

After about a ten-minute drive, Mason's car stopped in front of a large house. I can't help but wander around the front of their house, this is not a fucking house but a mansion. There is a nice garden in front that added to the calm ambiance of the surrounding.

"Is this your house?" I asked Mason and he just nodded in response, he had removed the seatbelt attached to his body so I also removed my seatbelt. I suddenly felt nervous, maybe Luciano will not be able to follow me here since I'm kind of far from where they are now, but even though I am far from where they are now I still have to be careful because when Luciano traces me he will kill Mason and worst as well as his family for helping me even though Mason doesn't know that he's helping me, I still have a conscience and I won't forgive myself if something happens to Mason and his family just because of me.

"You okay? Let's get inside the house." Mason ambled towards me since he got out of the car first, I immediately opened the door and got out of the car. I just followed Mason as we walked into their house.

"Mom? Dad?" Mason shouted after entering the house and I could not help but look around the house and appreciate the beautiful interiors inside. The ambiance inside their house was like a mix of the modern and Hispanic era.

"This is a nice house." I couldn't help but say that causing Mason looked at me and smiled slightly.

"Thanks, my brother is an architect and his girlfriend is an interior designer, this house is both their first project," Mason replied happily as he told me the story of how this house was built.

I was about to answer Mason when I saw someone coming down the stairs.

"Dad," Mason said and approached the man who comes down from the stairs, Mason hugged the man while the man that Mason just called dad messed up his hair.

I immediately averted my eyes from them, I felt a little pain in my chest when I suddenly remembered the times when I can freely hug my father and my father would hug me back and look at me with admiration as if I'm the greatest thing that happened to him. I miss those moments when my dad would take me to the beach and we will create a sandcastle and I will cry every time the wave destroys our sandcastle. But I guess it will remain as a fragment of my past, I will never experience that again, I will never hug my father ever again.

"Where's mom?" Mason asked his daddy.

"She's with your fiancee, I don't know where they're going but she told me it will take them a week before they come home." Mason's daddy replied. I couldn't help but frown when I heard that Mason has a fiancee. If you look closely, it looks like Mason and I are just the same age or maybe he is even younger than me. I think he is 17 or maybe 18, too young to have a girlfriend and too young to get married.

"And who is this young man standing like a lost puppy in here." I immediately looked in Mason and his dad's direction when I heard what his daddy said, they were both looking at me so I couldn't help but felt nervous and uneasy.

"Well, this is Ashton, dad. He's an exchange student here and the family where he's staying is on vacation which he refused to go with. I invited him to stay here since he wasn't familiar with the places around here. I think it's okay if he stays here right? " Mason said and looked at me as if saying that I just go with the flow and believe whatever he said to his daddy.

"Of course, you are welcome in this house Ashton. Anyway, you can call me Fred, you can ask me if you need any help, I'm more than willing to help you." Mason's daddy smiled and I couldn't help but smile back. For a moment, I saw my father in him.

"Thank you, Fred," I replied but I was suddenly surprised when Fred pulled me over and suddenly hugged me tightly. Astonished, I looked at Mason who was just smiling softly at me. I hugged him back and closed my eyes, I imagine that I was just hugging my dad. I don't know if Fred is a mind reader and he knew that I wanted a warm hug right now. This feels so nice even though this is the first time that we met.

"Um, I can't breath," I said after a few minutes and Fred seems to don't have a plan of letting go of me. Fred immediately let go of my hug the moment he heard me.

"Sorry dude, dad is just messing around you," Mason said laughing, his daddy did not object anymore and said goodbye and went to the kitchen to prepare the food for their lunch.

"Hey, come let's go to my room." Mason suddenly said and took my hand, I could do nothing but follow him. When we entered the room Mason let go of my hand and ran towards the bed and jumped there. I just smiled at what he did and sat on the bed beside him.

"So you have a fiancee? You're too young to get married, don't you think so?" I asked Mason and laughed for reasons unknown to me, I just feel like laughing at that moment.

"I'm turning 18 next month, while my fiancee is turning 28 a week after my birthday, not too young to get married eh?" Mason replied with a grin on his lips, my eyes widened at what he said.

"What the fuck? You're still a minor and the age gap between you and your fiancee is unbelievable." I said to him in disbelief but his grin widened, he wasn't even offended by my remarks.

"Oh please, if only you knew how good matured girls when it comes to sex. I love it when my fiancee takes control of my body, they can last up to four to five rounds compared to young girls who don't even know how to suck." Mason said laughing and I couldn't help but also laugh at what he said, I knew what he was saying was true. It seems that apart from Mason, I can no longer remember the persons that I had sex with the same age, almost all of them are in their late twenties or thirties.

"Have you tried older men?" Mason asked with a curious tone of his voice. I looked at Mason and smirked at him.

His eyes widened, "oh my god, you did? Aw no, you did not, tell me you fucking did not."

"Why are you looking at me as if you can't believe that I had sex with older men?" I ask him with a grin still lingers on my lips.

"You look like a fragile and innocent baby. I can't believe you're into older men." He replied laughing.

"No, I'm not." I shook my head. If he only knew how many men I had sucked and tasted.

I took off my shoes and lay next to Mason on the bed. No one spoke between us and only the sound of air-conditioned could be heard in the room.

"Would you like to kiss me?" Mason suddenly asked in the middle of the silence. I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Why would I kiss you?" I asked him with a raised brow. I wanted to do what he was asking, but I don't know if he was just playing with me or he's serious about it. There are a lot of bisexuals I know who do not like kissing other men.

"Because I said so? I thought you're going to follow everything I say, would you rather leave the house?" Mason said threatening me and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva in nervousness. Even though I knew he was just joking, I still couldn't help but feel nervous, especially since I knew that Luciano's staff was looking for me now, it wouldn't be safe if I was outside.

I got out of bed and climbed on Mason's chest, the grin on his lips widen as I slowly lowered my body until our lips were only a few inches away from each other.

"Let me kiss you then," I said softly and claim his lips.