Hunter
This situation was as bad as a normal girlfriend finding your hands down another woman's pants. Granted, Blue was far from normal, but she had a woman's mind, body, soul. There was no doubt she would think like one too. I had to thread through this situation very carefully. I didn't want to hurt the mermaid's feelings any more than I'd already had.
I touched her hand and she pulled back abruptly like I'd poked her with a hot iron rod. I sighed. This was going to be harder than I imagined.
Hesitatingly, I brushed the locks of wet aqua hair away from her face and grazed her cheek with the back of my hand. "Baby, please let me explain," I whispered.
The downpour was the only sound with the wipers slashing away at the windshield. The trees whooshed, and there was the harsh wind indicating a storm. It was quite common to have storms in our town.
I took her silence as an invitation to keep talking. "What you saw there
Hunter When we arrived back at the apartment, the faint aroma of food was still lingering in the room. It smelled of spaghetti and cake. One glance at the kitchen counter told me why. I turned to Blue. "Did you do that, Blue?" The mermaid pressed her lips together and tried to avoid eye-contact. "I...I cooked for you." She strutted. My eyes widened. "You did?" She nodded. "I packed everything and brought it to your café, and unfortunately, I forgot all the food there." "I can't tell you how much that gesture means to me, baby. Thank you." Then I added. "The cooking for me part of the gesture I mean, not the leaving part." Her eyes lit up with the small compliment. "I think there still might be some leftovers if you'd like to try." "I would love to," I followed her into the tiny kitchen and raised the lid to find only two pieces of leftover cake and one grilled sandwich. "Where did you lose the re
Hunter When we arrived back at the apartment, the faint aroma of food was still lingering in the room. It smelled of grilled chicken and cake. One glance at the kitchen counter told me why.I turned to Blue. "Did you do that, Blue?"The mermaid pressed her lips together and tried to avoid eye contact. "I...I cooked for you." She strutted.My eyes widened. "You did?"She nodded. "I packed everything and brought it to your cafe and forgot all the food there.""I can't tell you how much that gesture means to me, sweetheart. Thank you." Then I added. "The cooking for me part of the gesture I mean, not the leaving part."Her eyes lit up with the small compliment. "I think there still might be some leftovers if you'd like to try.""I would love to," I said as I followed her into the tiny kitchen and raised the lid to find only two pieces of remaining cake and one grilled sandwich. "Where did got lose the packe
HUNTERI placed Blue's luggage on the bed and began unpacking it. I was going to help her put things in place so she didn't face a problem later when she was alone.She sat down at the edge of the bed and looked around curiously. "Is this room...""Mine. It was my bedroom when I used to live in the house with my family."She climbed to her feet and walked towards some shelves and looked at the trophies and awards I'd received during school. "You were a good student." She remarked."Yeah. Kinda...I guess." I tried to remain modest about these things. I didn't think too much about the trophies. I didn't think much of anything. My entire life had no meaning whatsoever.She pointed at a framed high school picture of me sitting on the bedside table. It was a picture of me with my soccer team, the entire group of jock players who used to be my friends at one time. When my father declared to disown me, the same gro
BLUEWhen I woke up the next morning, the first thing I did was reach for my phone. My finger's hovered over Hunter's phone number. He had told me I could call him but only if I was in a major crisis. I was just missing him; I missed waking up to the warmth of his large body, tracing those tattoos on his arms, and even running my tongue over it when he was fast asleep. I missed that little apartment and the aroma of breakfast that he prepared for me. I missed Leslie.My eyes were suddenly moist as I remembered every single detail. I hadn't realized that someone had been calling out my name."Blue."The door barged open and Hannah walked in. I tried to wipe away the tears but she'd already seen it. Her expressions softened. "Oh, honey..." she sat down on the oversized bed. "You miss Hunter, don't you?"I gave her a nod. "Why can't I go back to him?"She ran her hand through my hair. "I'm so sorr
BLUE"What's clubbing? What do I have to do there?" I asked Hannah. I was excited at the prospect of going out somewhere. I was tired of being holed up in the house for an entire week.Worse all I did was ended up thinking about Hunter. Now I had really made him upset and I had to find a way to apologize but before that, I wanted to go out."Clubbing is where you will be dancing."I shook my head. "I don't like dancing. Let's go somewhere else.""You will be fine. It's a club slash bar so there will be a lounge where you can sit and chill if you don't like dancing. They serve the best tortilla chips and guacamole and don't even get me started with their burgers
BlueWhen I touched Tyler's hand, I could see snippets of his life. His tragic past, bits of his childhood, so much pain and the face of a beautiful woman. I pulled away abruptly and he stared at me in confusion. I took a step back, then another. He had his hand raised towards me. "Are you alright?"I was panting. If I had kept the connection much longer, it probably would have taken a toll on me. That is one reason why I tried to block away people's memories when they touched me."Blue?" Hannah was clearly anxious. "What happened?"I plastered a fake smile and turned to him. "Can...Can I start with my work?""Of course. I'm sure Max briefed you about what you'
BlueAlec was a funny guy. I realized that he was the only boy I actually liked other than Hunter, but I knew that my liking for Hunter was different. When I was with him, I had butterflies in my stomach taking flight all at once, but with Alec, I felt no such thing. I was just very comfortable around him, the way I felt around Hannah too."Did I tell you that you look like a mermaid?"That snapped me out of my thoughts and brought me back what he'd just said. "What?"Did he say, mermaid?!How did he find out? I was pretty sure I hadn't said a word about the Underwater world or being a mermaid. I was starting to panic.
Hunter An impish glee was settling inside me as I packed Blue's things from my older room where she stayed for the entire week. I was happy because I was finally bringing her back where she belonged. With me.The entire time that I packed her things, she hadn't said a word to me. Just remained by my side, helping me pack her bag. I didn't miss how she kept sneaking glances at me and when I smiled at her she would just look away.Strange.I tried not to feel wounded with the fact that I had said I loved her and she hadn't said that she loved me back. Then again, what had I expected? If it was going to remain a one-sided unrequited love, so be it. I was going to love her nevertheless. It wasn't every da
HunterI pushed my back against the rock, pressing her breasts to my chest. Her hands were tangled into my hair, her lips insistent over mine. Things were steering below and I was already rock hard.Suddenly Blue sat up and began loosening the knot on her nightgown.“Sweetheart, we’re in the open.” I pointed out to her.“There’s no one here, and the kids are asleep. They won’t come outside.” She whispered.“Blue we should...” I began protesting but it was too late.She’d stripped off her nightie, and I watched mesmerized as her round breasts jiggled free. She was completely naked, with no underwear. I swore under my breath. She smiled mischievously at me, pushing her blue hair away from her face, and came to straddle on my lap.You would be fucking stupid to tell your beautiful wife to stop stripping.Blue began stroking herself against the fabric that
HUNTER “Give that back to me!”“It’s mine! Let it go! Daddy gave me that doll!”“It’s not yours, Freya!” Artemis screeched at the top of her lungs, as usual. She loved testing her vocal cords three sixty-five days. My girl could have been an opera singer.“You’re a liar!” Freya screamed back. “Moooommmyyyy!!!”Blue looked at the girls, then turned her attention towards the front and increased the volume of the stereo. “Such a nice song this is.”“You’re going to break the doll!” Freya screamed. “Daddy, tell her it’s mine.”Blue turned the notch up of the volume until the car was vibrating with the ear-splitting sound. “I love this song.” She smiled at me, humming as if the two girls in the backseat weren’t wrestling and yanking at each other's hair.Fights between Arte
Please note* The first half of this chapter is a prequel of the events that took place in the book. * * * Blue I often swam to the shore late at nights when I knew no humans were going to be there. I liked to sit by the rocks and stare at the stars in the sky. Sometimes, I liked to roll in the sand and collect sea-shells to make necklaces and today was no different.When the lights in the beach houses went out, I swam to the shore towards my favorite spot on the rocks. I made sure no human was there just like my brother Apollo told me to and sat down on the nearest rock. Apollo was my most favorite out of all my other siblings because he understood me on a different level. While I sneaked on the beach some nights, Apollo would cover for me and tell everyone that I was meeting my friend Oceana. If it weren’t for him, my family would never allow me this alone time on the beach under the st
Three Years LaterHunterI never thought it was possible for a man to have so much happiness in life, and I definitely didn't think it could be me.Three years ago when Blue went into labor, I'd panicked because it was nothing like I'd ever witnessed or imagined. The pain that she was going through seemed unbearable and I spent the rest of the time cursing myself and swearing to never get my dick anywhere near her. I regretted even getting her pregnant.I could still remember how before being wheeled into the hospital room, she'd assured me everything would be okay with a confident smile on her face and for a minute there I thought I wouldn't see her smiling.
HunterI pressed my lips to hers; I angled Blue's face in such a way that I could properly kiss her. Devour her mouth, I did. Seconds later she was moaning and squirming under my onslaught. Kissing her was hard since her bulging stomach came between us.My tongue ran a path from her ear down to her collarbone. She closed her eyes, sighing as I licked and nibbled her.I held her face leveled with mine, "You." I breathed. "You tortured me for months just because you were scared that something would happen to me again? Well, guess what? That's life and you can't do anything about it.""I'm sorry...Hunter..." her voice seemed pained and before she could mumble more apologizes I brought her mouth down to mine again, drinki
Blue "Be honest with me, Blue. What is our future together?" Adrian asked me a few days after I'd met Hunter in the supermarket.I was stirring a pot; preparing stew for dinner when his question caught me off-guard. I looked straight at him. "What do you mean our future?"Adrian's emerald eyes cut through me, and there was a smug expression plastered on his face which I hated. "How long are we going to play house? Aren't you going to...what do the humans call it...ah, yes, divorce your husband?"I shot him a look. "I would never divorce Hunter. I thought I told you that before and as far as our future is concerned, we've always been friends and that will continue to be."
HunterI had never experienced what a real heartbreak felt like until now; the heartache, it was unbearable. Blue had literally reached inside my chest, ripped out my heart and crushed it with bare hands.I almost regretted going after her like that. I should have just let it go. She had clearly told me she didn't want me, what else did I need to prove?I literally drove around without paying attention to where I was going. Instead of going to my house, I drove to my father's because I didn't trust myself to be alone at that moment. I was desperate and my toxic imagination was driving me insane.I parked the car in the parking space and cut the engine.I clenched and
Blue Hunter held out the box of Cereal towards me but I continued to stare at him. He looked much more built than before, his shoulders were broad and I could see the hard outline of his chest as it rose and fell. His golden-brown hair used to be shorter, the curls had grown out of control and he had a bit of stubble.My stomach took a flight of butterflies and I felt like my legs were going to give up.I missed him. So much."I won't hurt you." He assured me. "I just want to talk."And I couldn't believe that he was telling me the truth. Contrary to what he'd said, Hunter seemed to have every intention of hurting me.
Hunter Days turned to weeks. And I'd spent about two months looking like a mess. Painting and selling them to interested clients, I was also doing commissioned work. If I wasn't painting, I was nursing a bottle of Jack Daniels. Lately, Jack had become best friends with me; he helped numb the confusion and the pain.It was sad, almost too funny the irony that my mother hadn't wanted me even before I was out of her womb, and my wife had clearly deserted me for reasons that I was still searching for to this day. Not that I had any mommy issues, but it was a no-brainer that I was basically unwanted.It was pathetic. My life as I was living right now, feeling sorry for myself that I was unlovable. The pity-party needed to stop. I just didn't know how. Some of my f