Page 11 of Petals of Blue, Part One (Wilted Duet #1)
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FELIX
Holy fucking shit, this chick is sexy.
She hesitated for only a second when I grabbed her hand, but she hasn't let go yet. In all honesty, I'm feeling slightly intimidated by her confidence right now.
Don't get me wrong, my cock is hard, and I'm willingly following her toward the back of the club. All thoughts of my interview flew out the window when I caught sight of my blue beauty.
My?
I don't have long to think about my ludicrous claiming before she yanks me into a cozy lounge that I didn't know existed. Just like I barely had a chance to figure out why she seemed familiar before she stole my breath with her pleasure innuendo.
"Fuck, you're hot," I groan as I'm shoved back into the door. The valley between her breasts is so damn enticing in the low, warm lighting. Over her shoulder, I see a few red couches and a small seating area by a wall of mirrors. This room was meant for sex.
"Thanks," she says, kissing my collarbone. I'm not sure if it's the fact that I feel like I'm out of my depth right now, but she sounds sarcastic.
Blue strands of hair tickle my jaw, making me feel like a damn king with our height difference. Pressure around my hips forces me to buck into her tight stomach. I hiss, holding back my impending orgasm while she grips my belt and maneuvers me.
I'm under her spell. "Your name's Blue?" The fuck is wrong with me? Why do I care? I have a sexy fucking woman in front of me ready for my cock. There's something about her...
"Yep. Stop talking," she basically snarls and bites my peck through my shirt.
I jolt, and my cock drips. "Shit!"
Blue grins but still doesn't look up at me. I feel like I'm just a hot body to her. Which should be great, but I want to push her back and ask her about her damn day. What the actual fuck?!
"What's your last name, Blue?"
My head slams back against the door when heat engulfs my cock. Just feeling her hand through my jeans makes me fucking dizzy.
A noise huffs from the beautiful Blue, snapping me out of my lust-induced haze. God, I can't come yet.
"It's my turn if we're playing twenty questions."
Her response to my question startles me, but there's a flicker of excitement at playing this game with her. "Go ahead, doll."
Kneeling before me, Blue pulls my pants down until they're around my knees. Still, she won't fucking look at me. Instead she murmurs her question to my weeping cock tenting my boxers. "What is your greatest quality, Felix? Something everyone would agree with."
I don't have to think about it. But I should have. "I'm fiercely loyal."
Then, as if the entire world holds its breath, the blue goddess on her knees before me finally looks me in the eye. Unlike the rest of the world, I don't think I'll take another breath again.
Slowly, as if threatening me, she stands. Those ice-blue eyes that I dream about every motherfucking night stare me down with a fiery rage that I never would have expected from my childhood friend.
"Erica..." I breathe, shocked and completely devastated. Nothing else infiltrates my mind, no questions of how she's here right now, or wondering why she's with me. All I can think about is how much I've missed her. "Eri—"
"I disagree," Erica cuts me off. While her eyes are filled with absolute rage and hurt, her beautiful face is cold and shut off. "I completely disagree, Felix. You aren't loyal."
I open my mouth, but she steps back and waves her hand as if to silence me. "You lied to me now, just like you did then. I'll always be here for you, Erica, no matter how far away I am."
I remember promising her that. She was sixteen and sad that I didn't go to the same school as her. Erica was struggling with her home life, and I always did everything I could to help her.
Until I didn't.
"Erica," I plead, reaching for her, only to crash to my knees because where else would I be? I'm exactly where I deserve to be. On my knees with my pants holding me in place in front of my first love. My only love.
Her lips curl, breaking the cool facade. "My name is Blue, asshole."
But she's not. Her name is Erica.
"You know," she giggles, and my heart thumps in tune with her anger. "You were the last one I spoke to. The last one who blocked me."
"I—"
"You don't get to speak!" she screams, then turns away from me but not before I see the tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Where was loyal Felix when I begged him to help me? When I told him my aunt’s new boyfriend was hurting me, huh?
Where was this loyalty when I feared I might be sexually assaulted? !"
No...She couldn't have been...
"Where was your loyalty?! WHERE WERE YOU, FELIX?!"
A gunshot to my heart would have hurt less. "Erica—"
Whirling around, Erica looks fucking feral and destroyed. "NO! My name is Blue! Erica died a long ass time ago."
I didn't think I could feel any worse, but when she wipes her cheeks and straightens her shoulders, I die inside. Begging her to stop would be wrong, but, fucking hell, I feel like she's filleting me from the inside out.
"You, Jared, Declan, and Roman let sweet Erica go, and so did I. Except the difference between you and me? I didn't have a choice. You chose to abandon me to a line of abusive predators."
"No—"
She rushes me, fury and so much pain twisting her beauty. "Just shut up! Stop! What makes you think you have any right to invalidate my feelings or the horrors I survived?!"
Kill me now.
"Goodbye, Felix."
Wait WHAT?!
A soft breeze tickles my cheek, sending my panic higher as my girl leaves. When the door slams in my face, I finally snap out of it, only to trip over my fucking jeans and crash into the wall.
"Fuck!"
What have I done?