Villains by Necessity by Elisse Hay
Author:Elisse Hay
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781648983900
Publisher: City Owl Press
Twenty-Two
I cried myself to exhaustion. She tucked me in on the couch and set hot chocolate beside me with my phone. I couldnât keep my swollen eyes open. âIâll be back,â she promised. âIf youâre okay for a few hours.â
What the fuck was I going to do? I just nodded, pathetic, and huddled lower in the blanket, listening to the silence of my apartment offset by the chaos in my head. There was nothing I could do except sleep.
When there was a knock on the door, I assumed it was Lilith. I mopped fresh snot off my face and tossed the tissue on the way to get it.
It wasnât Lilith. Arthur, impeccable in his three piece and holding a couple of bags, looked at me with compassion. âUm. Brought you some supplies. I heard what happened.â
My mind went straight to Beo. âHow?â I asked, the word rough.
âReports go through me.â He offered me the bags. âThe cure is almost worse than the disease with love potions.â
I looked at him, lost. âWhat?â I stepped back. Fuck it. Why not. Arsehole boss turned good. All it took was a bunch of hormones. Who knew? Who cared?
âThe come-down from the love potion,â he said, following me in with just a quick, furtive glance around. âLilith saidâ¦but I know how it feels. So.â He set the bags on my mostly clean bench, started unpacking them. âFeel free to crash. Iâll just put this stuff away.â He glanced around again. âSomewhere.â
Even knowing heâd probably be trying to file shit alphabetically in my mayhem-driven system didnât amuse me. âI havenât had any potions,â I told him, dully, watching as he put some fancy tissues in front of me. The sort for noses that had been sandpapered by frequent blowing. That wasâ¦weird of him.
He paused in the act of pulling out some fresh berries that wouldâve cost a bomb this time of year. âUhâokay.â He was studying me. âThen why are you all.â He waved a hand at his face.
I seriously considered punching him. A good gut punch. The mental image brought an inkling of satisfaction with it. âBecause I just got my shit back from my boyfriend, you insensitive jerk.â But the words held no heat, just exhaustion. I took the strawberries from his hand, popped the lid, and plonked myself down on a stool. âWant one?â
He gave me serious side-eye. âI didnât know you had a boyfriend.â
I rolled my eyes at him. âWhy would you?â
âWe slept together, Rory,â he said, and there was a bit of steel in his tone that went straight to my spine, making me straighten.
âYeah.â I bit into the berry. âAnd I mostly didnât think about the fact I was newly single and you wereââ I cut myself off, disgusted, looked down at the berries. âFuck.â
He went back to unpacking bags. They rustled in the silence. Plastic and cardboard rustled against my bench. The bottles chimed as the fridge door opened. I had a good selection of sauces I couldnât be bothered using.
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