Page 14 of Love in Unexpected Places

He parked in front of Chance and Theo’s house and decided to do just that.Right now, his focus had to be on getting rid of the leaders.Once that was done, he and the others could deal with whatever problems were left behind.

He got out of the car and noticed that someone else was parked there.The passenger door was open, and the driver was leaning into the car, only their ass poking out.Sullivan felt a bit guilty, but he couldn’t look away.It was an ass worth staring at—high, round, and calling for Sullivan’s hands or maybe his lips.

The driver straightened, and Sullivan quickly looked away so they wouldn’t catch him staring.He only glanced back when he heard the driver squeak.

It was Matty.Of course it was him.

Sullivan and Matty had never spoken, but it looked like that was about to change.“Hi.”

Matty stared at him for a moment as if he was trying to make sense of the word.“Hi?”

He made it sound like a question, and Sullivan found it impossible not to smile at him.“Matty, right?I’m Sullivan.”

“I know who you are, but I don’t know how you know who I am.”

“Theo told me the last time I was here.He told me a bit about his family and how you had each other’s backs while living on the streets.”

Matty nodded, thankfully not looking offended that Sullivan knew that kind of information about his past.“Good.Great.”

They stared at each other for a while.Matty’s cheeks were flushed, and he kept glancing from the car to Sullivan.

“Where are you going?”Sullivan asked because he was curious and because he didn’t want the conversation to be over yet.

“Uh, to get my sister.Our parents kicked her out.”

Sullivan sucked in a breath.“I’m sorry to hear that.”

Matty shrugged.“I think we both expected it, although I’d hoped they wouldn’t do it to her.They kicked me out when I turned eighteen.”

“And she just turned eighteen?”

“Yeah, today, in fact.”

“She’s lucky she has you to rely on.”

“I guess she is.”Matty cleared his throat.“I really should go.I need to find a mage to come with me because Chance won’t let me go alone, so I have to stop by Lester’s house first.”

Sullivan suddenly had what could either be the best or the worst idea he’d ever had.“I’m a mage.”

Matty cocked his head.“I’m aware.”

“What I meant is that I could come with you.”He understood why Chance wanted Matty to have a mage with him.If the coven found him and attacked him, he’d have a better possibility of getting out in one piece if he had a mage who could use magic to defend him, especially a mage who knew the coven as well as Sullivan did.Lester and his friends would have been good, too, but Sullivan was better.

“You don’t have to do that.I’m sure I can find someone else,” Matty quickly said.

“I wouldn’t have offered if I didn’t want to do it.”

“You’re here for a reason.I mean, I’m sure you have to see Chance or Theo or someone else.”

“I do, but I don’t have an appointment.Chance knows I’m coming around today, but he doesn’t know what time.If it makes you feel better, I’ll text him to let him know that I went with you.”

Matty shuffled his feet and looked from the car to the house.“That would be nice.You’re sure you want to do it, though?”

Sullivan was sure he wanted to spend more time with Matty and maybe even kiss him, but he didn’t think Matty would want to hear that.“I’m sure,” he promised.“Let’s go pick up your sister.”

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Matty was officiallyfreaking out.He had no idea what was happening, but there was no way for him to say no to Sullivan without offending him, and that was the last thing I wanted to do.

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