Four Times Taken by Carmen Black

Author:Carmen Black [Black, Carmen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scarlet Lantern Publishing
Published: 2024-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

Ryan

Last night was rough. It was the most desperate I've been. Strolling through the bars was painful. You'd think as a bisexual, my options would be limitless. And you'd be wrong. But no worries, sometimes I think the world is my oyster when it comes to dating or hooking up too. Even I get caught up in the delusion. Why do you think I haven't rushed into anything for months?

If I vibed, great. If not, no big deal. Except last night was very much a big deal as I cruised the streets, looking for anyone who might get me excited. No such luck. And it wasn't because I couldn't find anyone down to fuck. It's just that I wasn't down. I'm not down for anyone else. I'm caught up in this Eric and Lily web, and I don't know my way out.

After spending the rest of the night alone in my hotel bed, left to my thoughts, I decided that I could be a whiny bitch and sulk over what I can't have or man up and face the facts. I chose both. I didn't know what game they were both playing last night. Eric had to be on one, calling me like that while fucking Lily. And her gazing into my eyes as he fucked her. I might be the one reading too much into it, but whatever the case may be, some boundaries needed to be set.

I stepped into our next Airbnb, cap covering my eyes. It's too early in the morning. The sun's barely risen. The gray cast is still wrestling with peachy twilight. Would be a darling time to pick up my camera, but I'm not in the mood. I have to get something off my chest. But first, I need some coffee before I get involved in any conversation.

Flipping on the lights, I head into the kitchen.

"Ahem."

A voice startles me. Clutching my chest, I spin around to find Eric, eyes red from lack of sleep, sitting on the gray couch, clutching a red cushion.

Ah, shit. Guess it's a no on that caffeine before conversation then.

"What the hell are you doing, sitting in the dark?" I yelp.

He gets up, stretches, and crosses the room toward me. I stop breathing, the memory of yesterday still vivid. Is he going to knock me out? Instead, he steps past me and pulls out two coffee mugs. With a deep breath, I move on to the coffee maker.

"So, about yesterday." I turn to face him, the whirring and subtle vibration of the coffee maker behind me.

"About yesterday." He nods, crossing his arms across his chest and leaning up against the white counter over bleached gray wood.

"I was out of line. I shouldn't have said what I said about your... about Lily. I overstepped." I gulp.

"But you still felt it, didn't you?" he asks.

I drop my gaze from his, and he does one of those chuckles where I can't tell whether he's laughing because he found something funny or he's trying to hold himself back from wringing my neck.

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