48 After Dark, Comes Light

Jules' pov

My cheeks felt like it was on fire and I couldn't imagine Blaze being able to see them right now. After abruptly letting go of his arms, he had only chuckled in a way that unnerved me even more.

I was currently biting on my bottom lip while trying to think of what to say in response. I most certainly couldn't tell him the truth, about how I went to Andrian's and got the scent blockers from him.

"Uh… so, I hung out with my friends a little–" I was speaking when he cut into my sentence.

"That's how my scent disappeared from your body?" He asked and I shook my head even though he couldn't see me right now.

"Because everyone could smell you on me… someone suggested I use some scent blockers so people would stop assuming that we–" I began to explain something very similar to the truth, but I ended up trailing off at the end, feeling tongue tied while embarrassment made my face and ear flush hotly.

"Assume what?" He hummed out, amusement tinging the undertone of his voice.

I puffed out a deep breath and cleared my throat before attempting to try again. "That we- we…"

"That we fucked?" He drawled out loudly, clearly amused and I suddenly wished I could evaporate into thin air at this very moment. I felt mortified to the very core, especially as he continued.

"Why? You don't want people to assume that I fucked you? Afraid you're gonna like it too much? Hm? Afraid of people finding out that you're a slut underneath this innocent aura?" His grip tightened around my waist this time and I felt my heart stumbled to a stop in my chest as my cheeks flushed even hotter, mouth opening and closing with nothing coming out.

He was currently being so unexpectedly crass and I didn't know what to do or say.

"I- I'm not…" When I finally found my voice, his grip was finding my chin and tilting it upwards, and then his cold lips were trailing down the curve of my throat, sending shivers of fear and something else down my spine, something hotter which made my stomach clench hard.

"Oh, but you are, bunny. You're my slut." He continued, mouth grazing against my throat as he spoke and a small gasp flew past my lips as I blushed to the roots of my hair, heart pounding against my ribs.

"I'm not–" I tried speaking once again, through the lump in my throat but Blaze was pulling away and snorting, grip still firm on my chin.

"Enough about that for now. Tell me why you returned smelling of fuckass Kai." He demanded, voice hardened this time and I got the biggest shock of tonight, because I definitely didn't expect Blaze to know who the scent belonged to, down to his name.

My mouth opened and closed a few times as I struggled for something to say.

"I uh, we just hung out together." I finally admitted, which was nothing but the truth. There was no reason for me to lie about this one, except because I felt like I had to protect Kai from Blaze.

"Why are you hanging out with Kai?" He demanded and I blinked as the question sank into my mind, and then I shoved the slight rebellious feeling that bubbled in my chest at that moment, reminding myself that this wasn't a time to ask him why he was questioning me this way, sounding almost as strict as my father.

"Kai is a great friend… and he saved me once in school, so–" I was still explaining when he growled, causing the rest of my sentence to die down in my throat.

When I felt his nose lightly tracing mine, I swallowed emptily while forcing myself to remain still.

"I don't like Kai. He's dangerous, I need you to stay away from him." He murmured after a few moments, breath puffing against my lips as he spoke and I gulped emptily, dwelling on how ironic he was currently being, referring to someone who was nothing but a gentleman to me as dangerous, when he's literally someone who everyone steers clear of for their own good.

"Okay?" He continued and I nodded slowly, knowing that it was pointless for me to argue right now. "Okay." I whispered in response.

"Good boy." His voice was soft this time and in the next moment, his hand was stroking through my hair, causing me to automatically melt against him, feeling my shoulders droop almost immediately.

I remained in that position, with him stroking my hair and me having a weird urge to burrow my face against his throat, and when the lights suddenly came on, I stiffened at once, and as soon as the temporary blindness cleared from my eyes, I made to instantly pull away from his grip, but he only tsked while staring down at me.

"Not so fast, bunny." He mused and as I blinked up at him, my heart lodged itself in my throat as I felt like I was being sucked into the darkness of his eyes.

When he suddenly hoisted me up, I squealed in surprise, heaving deeply and tightly gripping on his shirt.

He currently had me hanging over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, and when he began to move, it felt like I'd throw up from the upsidedown motion.

When he finally stopped moving, he set me down on a counter– and that was when I realized that we were currently in a kitchen.

There was a kitchen here all this while and I had no idea?

Before I could dwell on that thought, Blaze was sliding in between my thighs, hands on my waist, caging me right here on the counter.

My heartbeat quickened and my breath hitched in my throat as I blinked up at him.

His hand reached up and cupped the side of my face, and then he was tilting my face sideways as of examining an ornament.

"So fucking pretty." His voice was low as he spoke and I felt my heart flutter and stutter as I blinked up at him while biting at the inside of my cheek.

"Thank you." I whispered, cheeks flushed. Blaze stared at me for a few seconds before letting out a throaty laugh, one which made my heart jump in my chest even as it made him appear like a greek god right now.

"You're so, so polite, bunny. It's so cute. Tell me, are you gonna be this polite when begging for my cock?" He mused, dark eyes twinkling and currently locked with my wide ones.

My cheeks grew even hotter as I struggled to get a word out, but nothing came forth, which pulled out another laugh from Blaze.

He was laughing so much in such a short period. Am I in trouble?

I silently asked myself on remembering being told that his laughter never meant anything good.

Blaze moved away from my thighs, walking around the small kitchen and I was finally able to breathe a little.

I followed his movements closely while trying to comprehend all what had happened since I stepped into this house tonight.

Moments later, he was in front of me, an opened bottle water in his hand, which he held out to me.

I grabbed it with slightly shaky hands, which brushed against his fingers and caused me to blush. On starting to drink, I realized how parched I was, and once I was done, I handed the half filled bottle to his outstretched hand.

"Thank you." I mumbled, watching as the side of his lips twitched before he downed the rest of the water in a single gulp, and as I watched his Adam apple bob, I suddenly felt lightheaded and in need of fresh air, causing me to avert my gaze and stare down at my thighs.

But he was sliding between my thighs in the next moment, hands wrapped underneath my thighs this time and holding them against his sides, causing my eyes to widen and my breath to cut off as he inched even closer to me. My heartbeat raced erratically and I tried inching backwards, but his firm grip on my thighs prevented that from happening.

"So, bunny… aren't you curious about the reason why I selected you to become my roommate?"