Releasing her lips, Benny’s heavy breaths followed the line of her jaw, leaving a trail of fire all the way to her ear.“That’s it, NeNe, take it.Take what you need.”His thigh pressed into her again, harder, the pressure enough to steal air from her lungs.
Throwing her head back against the concrete, she did what she was told.More moans filled the air as Benny’s mouth continued to tease her.Stubble scraped while his tongue soothed as he worked his way to the soft curve of her neck.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
Her skin tingled and her body burned.She was close to exploding all over Lucy’s patchwork rug.So close.And when those expert lips latched on to her shoulder, she was so sure relief was just a breath away.But instead of sweet release, she could hear another voice.One that was neither hers or Benny’s.
“Oh, I’m sorry, have I walked in on the past?”It was Lucy.
Crap.It’s Lucy.
Her brain might have been switching back on, but she was left aching as Benny pulled back.Strung so tight, she was genuinely worried her body would betray her, and she’d drag him back to finish the job he’d started.
Because being caught humping his leg isn’t humiliating enough?
Okay.Good point.
“Uh, hey, Luce.”Her hand lifted as she gave her best friend a pathetic wave.
“Lucy.”Benny nodded, going on to clear his throat.“Um, I should...I should go.”
Yes.He should.But she didn’t want him to.
You’re so fucked.
“Yeah.I reckon that’s for the best,” her friend replied.Giving Benny the perfect opportunity to sneak out.Not daring to utter a word or even look back at Bethany as he made a beeline for the front door.
When the heavy door slammed, the air was still crackling.
It didn’t take a genius to figure out that Lucy was clearly unimpressed, her arms crossing over her chest while her head tilted in question.This was the first time Bethany had seen her friend looking remotely angry.And disappointed.Usually, her energy reflected the same warmth and ease as the golden strands of her hair.
“So?”Lucy prompted when Bethany remained silent.
“I fucked up.”
“Yeah, you did.Whatwasthat?”
Is she talking about the humping or the kissing?
Deciding they were both equally bad, Bethany sighed.“We were fighting, about the break-up and then...”
“You fell on his face?”Wide blue eyes mocked her.“Come on, B, people don’t just go from fighting to—”
“Fucking?” Bethany bit back a smile.“Is that the word you’re looking for, Luce?”
Bethany shouldn’t be finding the horror on her friend’s face so funny, or the tinge of pink now splashing her cheeks.But she did.The truth was, Lucy Mills was as innocent as they came.She didn’t swear, she barely drank, and she definitely wasn’t having sex based off the teddy bear bed sheets in her room.She was the polar opposite of Bethany.Who was most certainly going straight to hell.Yet their friendship worked.And they’d gone from a casual friendship in school to sister-like love when Lucy had made the first of many trips out to Denver to visit her.
“You weren’t...is that what you...were you going to?”
Great.She’d broken her.
Taking her friend’s hand, she led them both over to the couch and gestured her down.Once comfortable, she tried her best to explain what was going on in her still very frazzled brain.
“Look, I’m not perfect.”Understatement of the year.Shut up!“Yes, Benny and I are done.So done.”
“But?”
“But...it may have been a long time.A really long time.But it’s the first time I’ve seen him since we broke up.”
