Blue Streak: A Blue Series Novella by Jules Barnard

Author:Jules Barnard [Barnard, Jules]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fresh Fiction Pub
Published: 2015-04-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

[I pull up to Nessa’s apartment around ten, after shoving Alexis out the door. I told her to mind her own damn business and stay away after she probed into who I was dating. I practically had to pry the key to my house out of her hand, but I got it back. If I hadn’t, I would have paid to have the locks changed.

Ironically, in the three years since I bought the place, this morning was the first time Alexis has ever used the key. And it will be the last.

I made a quick run to Muffin Top to pick up two lattes and some pastries, hoping to share a late breakfast with Nessa. Despite my unwelcome visitors, it’s still early enough that I might catch her at home. Where we can talk… and define things. Because I don’t like the way she ran out without saying goodbye. Left a bad feeling in my gut.

I knock on the front door of her apartment, and her roommate answers. “Hey, Teresa. Nessa around?”

“Hi. No, she’s out running errands.”

I let out a low sigh. This morning isn’t working out the way I expected. “You know where she went?”

“I don’t. Sorry. Want me to leave a message?”

I hand Teresa one of the lattes and the bag of food. “Just tell her I’m looking for her. I already left her a message on her phone.”

This is beginning to feel like more than Nessa and I simply missing each other. Is she avoiding me?

I walk to my truck and think back to last night—and the best sex of my life. The connection we had was intense. Was it too intense? Did I come on too strong? We’re good friends, and maybe she’s freaking out about what happened.

I rest my forehead on the steering wheel. “Get a grip.” I need to simmer down and let her volley back with a call or text.

I’m not used to caring about whether or not I see a girl. I don’t know how to handle the situation. A relationship with Nessa isn’t what I set out to have. I’ve tried to protect her—to stay away. But it didn’t work. I wanted her too badly.

Now that we’ve gone there, there’s no going back, and I don’t even want to. I didn’t realize what I was missing until Nessa and I made love.

God, I’ve turned into that guy—a pussy-whipped dude who thinks about love and shit. Whatever. Nessa’s worth it.

Tonight we’re both working the Bitchin’ Eighties party at Blue. If we don’t connect before work, I’ll ask her to meet up with me afterward. One way or another, we’re hashing this thing out, because her leaving me after the best sex in the history of hot sex was not cool. And if, in the back of my mind, I know the connection had way more to do with Nessa and less to do with sex, I’m keeping it there. I’m not about to overanalyze my feelings right now. I just need the girl to answer my calls.

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