Without Consequence by Victoria L. James & L.J. Stock

Author:Victoria L. James & L.J. Stock [James, Victoria L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Victoria L. James & L.J. Stock
Published: 2014-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

It was a terrible, drunken rendition of one of my all time favorite songs that pulled me from my cleaning duties. The lyrics coaxed me from the laundry room and I was standing at the lip of the corridor, my shoulder against the wall, watching a mass of middle-aged men playing air guitar and air drums. The mood had lightened for most of the group, but the darkness that permeated from the corner Drew inhabited was toxic. There was a girl on his lap, her body draped over him while he fed himself from the bottle of whiskey still clasped firmly in his fist.

The irrational surge of jealousy was a hard pill to swallow, even as he seemed uninterested and stared off into the darkness. His hands moved over her flesh, his fingers curling into the skin of her ass, making her giggle. For a moment, I wasn’t sure if it was jealousy or pity, but the moment the girl tipped his head back and devoured him, I knew. I knew because the need to drag her away by her hair was an itch in my fingertips. I’d never felt so violent in my life, and I wasn’t quite sure I liked the way it made me feel.

“Ayda, you’re back,” Kenny said, the words slurred as he staggered toward me. He propped himself up against the wall with one hand. It was placed strategically by the side of my head, allowing him to lean in and intoxicate me with his breath alone.

“It would appear so.” I stared at his strange eyebrows rather than his eyes so he wouldn’t get the wrong idea. The mood may have lifted a little, but that didn’t mean shit in terms of volatility. With Deeks nowhere in sight and Drew otherwise indisposed, I was feeling a little exposed and vulnerable. “How about I go make some food to feed the masses?”

“Don’t leave,” Kenny breathed, his finger trailing down my cheek. “You can’t anyway, we’re on lockdown.”

“Stop it, Kenny.”

His arm gave way, whether on purpose or from his alcohol consumption, and his body swung toward mine. I pressed myself against the wall to avoid him, my head turning to the side. I regretted it the moment I did. My eyes met Drew’s across the room and all I saw was a cold emptiness shining back at me. His lips curled into an even colder smile right before he stood and hoisted the girl over his shoulder, one hand firmly grabbing her ass, while the other gripped the neck of a whiskey bottle. Then he was gone into the sea of bodies.

My hands met Kenny’s chest as he stumbled, and I managed to push him upright. I began searching his face, trying to find something there that would save me from the inexplicable stab of pain and rejection in my chest, but there was nothing. Not with Kenny, anyway, and that terrified me, because the alternative wasn’t something I wanted to deal with.

“Kenny, please. You and I are friends, but that’s all.

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