Never Been Loved(81)

Yeah, baby! Sera just fucking made my night. And I get her later. Amen. It’s about time shit starts going my way. Pride lights up the inside of my chest like a sick firework display.

Sera gets a hold of Matty, reaching out her good hand for the keys. I give them to her, hoping Aly is seeing this. Even though I told her it was over, she’s still showing up here. What the fuck? Sera doesn’t look back as she heads for the basement elevators.

I never would’ve trusted Aly with Matty like that. She doesn’t know one thing about taking care of another person, she knows about money and always getting what she wants. Real life doesn’t work like that.

I should know.

“What are you doing here?” I ask, folding my arms. I’m too tired for this shit. I want a shower, I want a bed, and I want Sera next to me.

Aly’s got that smile on her face, the one that says she’s got me, but she has no fucking clue. She tilts her head, and the smile gets wider. I want to throw up.

“Baby, I’ve missed you. I’ve missed you so much.” She’s stalking closer to me now, rocking her hips, her heels making annoying sounds in the abandoned parking lot. I’m too tired for this shit.

“Yeah? Well, I didn’t miss you.” Christ, I’m in kindergarten. What kind of comeback was that? Nothing but the God’s honest truth. “I don’t want you here, I don’t need you here. Go home, Aly.”

She takes a step closer to me and I back up one. If she touches me, I’m going to do something I’m going to regret. I’ll man-handle her out of here and then feel like a tool for doing it.

“I don’t want to go home. I want to go upstairs, and I want you to make me scream your name.”

What once used to make my blood boil and my dick throb just doesn’t anymore. I can’t be that guy anymore, I need to grow the fuck up.

Sera’s waiting for me upstairs. It’s time I get moving.

“Bye, Aly. Don’t come here again.”

“I’m going to speak to your mom, Hunter. I will, don’t think I won’t.”

“Listen to me, and listen good,” I stalk closer to her but she doesn’t put a hand on me. Where was that girl I used to be friends with? Where did she go? “I don’t want you, you get it? I don’t want you.”

Aly smiles that dirty smile again, the kind she used to give me while sucking me off. “Hunter, baby, if that were true then why are we having this conversation? Do you want me to beg for it? I’ll beg, baby. You know how much you like me on my knees.”

It’s just a visual. Get the fuck over it.

I shake my head, backing away. I know the code for the door to the basement elevators and Aly does not. She’s going to chase me if I make a run for it. Christ, I have to make a run for it like I’m a rat caught in a maze with seconds left before the buzzer to pain goes off. This is such bullshit.

I can’t hit her; I won’t hit her.

“Fucking shit, Aly, you’re disgusting.” She’s not, she’s not disgusting. She’s the only one that would have me, and she’s the first person who knew about my diabetes. Even if she didn’t understand, even if she’s not like Sera, I can’t erase that, I can’t make it go away like it never happened. “That woman up there, that woman with my –Jules’ kid, she’s waiting for me.”

“So what? You know I don’t mind sharing.” She stretches her arms over her head so I get a slice of skin between her shirt and leather pants. “Besides, how long do you think she’s going to stick around, baby? The sex isn’t that spectacular to have her carrying juice boxes around, not with just you, but the two of you.”

I’m going to punch my own lights out I’m so pissed. “I don’t want you and I don’t want to be a part of this anymore. Don’t come here again. You’ll be sorry the next time, I promise you.” I put as much of the threat into my voice as possible.

Aly’s phone beeps, and she looks down at it, swiping to get to the text. She grins in that way she does when she’s gotten whatever she wanted and winks at me when she catches me staring.

“Looks like you’re off the hook tonight, Hunter. I’ll be seeing you.” She walks towards the garage door, and the sensor opens it for her, all open sesame.

I shake my head at her stupidity and move towards the basement elevators, getting antsy when the doors take too long to close, just like always. Six floors up seems to take forever.

I’m not sure how I’m going to handle this. Keep Sera at her word, or let her call the shots? Don’t push too hard. She knows exactly what she’s getting with you. She can always bounce and leave you behind, choking on her dust.