DoubleFeature.PDF by Elemental Alchemy

Author:Elemental Alchemy [Alchemy, Elemental]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-07-01T23:26:07+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Downstairs, Cristian set Adrien to making bread, then looked to Felix. “Will you come with me? His car’s still at the club. If we leave now, we can be back before the tour group returns for dinner.”

Felix’s gaze flicked up from his datascreen. He gave Cristian a long, hard stare, silent. Cristian didn’t dare speak. At length, Felix flicked the ’screen and pushed back from the counter. “Fine.” He snatched the keys off their hook and threw them at Cristian.

“You’re driving.”

The trip passed in strained silence. Felix stared out the window and didn’t speak a word. Cristian glanced sidelong at him as he drove, hating the tension that filled the air between them.

“Felix,” Cristian quietly when he couldn’t endure it any longer.

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Felix glanced at him.

“Please. I’m sorry—”

Felix’s gaze hardened, his lips pressing into a thin line. It was all Cristian needed to know that this had been a mistake, but there was no way to take the words back now. “I’m not talking about this right now,” Felix said, his voice hard. “I’m not ready to even begin to talk about it yet.” He sighed and dragged a hand through his hair, staring out at the roadside flashing by. “Jesus, Cristy, I know the two of you have issues, but he’s a paying guest. What the hell are you doing making him work? What happened between you two?”

Cristian opened his mouth, shut it before the torrent of words in him could burst out. “I thought you didn’t want to talk about it.”

Felix blew his breath out sharply. “I don’t.” He started to turn away, to close off again. Cristian couldn’t bear it.

“Felix…” Cristian pulled the car over to the side of the road and turned toward him. He reached, but stopped at the look Felix sent him, like a wall between them. He dropped his voice to a whisper. “I love you, Felix. Please, I don’t mean—”

Felix withdrew, twisting and pressing his back against the door to put more distance between them. “I do not want to talk about us right now, Cristian.” He pinched the bridge of his nose and squeezed his eyes shut. “Not tonight. Maybe not until the tour group leaves for Sevilla tomorrow and we have our home back.

Not now.”

Cristian stared at him for a long moment, but Felix turned to face straight ahead and his gaze didn’t waver. At length, Cristian sighed and started the car again.

They found Adrien’s car and switched positions. “You can drive his back,” Felix said. “It’s already adjusted for your height.”

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Cristian started to comment, then stopped himself. It was a ten minute drive either way. It didn’t matter. It wasn’t worth another fight, or more of Felix’s icy silence.

They caravanned back together, and Cristian walked through the door with Felix practically on his heels, but still without speaking. Adrien greeted them, but Felix scarcely spared him a glance before he disappeared upstairs, stalking off like he couldn’t get away from either of them fast enough.

Adrien stared after him, fidgeting with the hand towel he’d draped over the rising dough.

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