Read Flesh: Part Thirteen (The Flesh Series Book 13) Online
Authors: Sky Corgan
“
It's
kind of not safe for work.” I round my desk and slowly lower
myself into my chair. In truth, I am quite sore. It feels like Lucian
bulldozed my pussy. My ass doesn't feel that great either.
“
Some
other time then.” He taps my desk with two fingers, clicking
his tongue at me before he turns to leave.
I let out a heavy
sigh, booting up my computer to check my email. Nada. Nothing new
from Tyra. Nothing new from Lucian.
The day is long and
boring. One can only play so much solitaire and do so much internet
surfing before it becomes draining.
Around noon, I
decide to text Lucian to see what he's up to. If he doesn't respond,
then I'll know he's back on the path of avoidance. My heart cramps at
the thought that everything that happened yesterday might have been
for nothing. If he keeps acting distant towards me, it's definitely
over. There's only so much that a person can take.
Trying not to think
about it, I go to lunch with Derrick, dishing all of the dirty
details to him while we sit in a booth at a restaurant. I watch the
lines in his face harden at some points, and I know he's resisting
the urge to get angry though he does throw a few snide comments in
here and there. For the most part, he just listens, pretending to
understand my illogical obsession with Lucian when we both know that
he really thinks I'm just crazy over his stunning blue eyes and
perfect body.
After lunch, I
return to work and an afternoon of more boredom. I hope that Lucian
gets on the ball with his interior design project soon. No interior
design project in the history of Environ Design has lasted this long.
It's ridiculous.
Since I have nothing
better to do, I watch my phone, scowling at it every time I light up
the display to no new messages. As the hours tick by, hope fades away
that Lucian was genuine. Was he just playing more mind games with me?
Was I stupid to give in to him yet again? Maybe I'm going insane
because no other woman would put herself through this repeatedly.
The workday comes to
a close, and despite having done absolutely nothing of importance, I
feel exhausted. Waiting for Lucian to get in contact with me has
slowly chipped away at me. Yet again, I've allowed him to have too
much control over my emotions and my mood.
I try not to sulk as
I drag myself out to my car, smiling weakly at Derrick as I wave at
him while he walks across the parking lot. The thought of having to
tell him tomorrow that Lucian duped me again is disheartening. I can
only imagine that both he and Janice are tired of hearing me whine
about Lucian. I'm tired of whining about him too.
Speaking of wine,
tonight seems like a good night for it. I need to relax my body and
my soul, so I stop by the liquor store and grab a chilled bottle of
Moscato to drown my sorrows in.
When I get home, I
immediately set my purse down and then go to the kitchen to uncork
the bottle, pouring myself a wine glass full. This will help to take
the edge off of the pain I'm feeling, both inside and outside. The
pain of loving Lucian Reddick.
I drop myself
heavily on the sofa and lean forward to grab the remote. A second
before I flick on the television, my phone rings. My shoulders droop
and I sigh at the thought of having to get up to retrieve it from my
purse. Shouldn't humans have developed some sort of telekinesis by
now?
I don't want to get
up and answer my phone. It's probably Janice or my parents, both of
which I can call back later. But then I start worrying that one of
them might be having an emergency, and I force myself up anyway,
taking heavy steps to the bar to dig through my purse.
It's just about to
go to voice mail when I see the name on my caller ID. Lucian. My
heart skips a beat as I quickly answer the phone and hold it up to my
ear.
“
Hello?”
I ask.
“
Hey
gorgeous. Just wanted to let you know that I've been thinking about
you all day. How was your day?”
“
Boring,
but better now. So much better now.”
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