The Bad Boy And The Mermaid novel Chapter 23

Blue

Hunter woke me up a little earlier than usual the next day, and he appeared to be a little worried. It seemed like Hunter’s family had a tradition to spend one afternoon for lunch together at the family table every year, and this time, his father and step-mother wanted me to be there with him.

Honestly, I didn’t understand what the big deal was about. I was going to meet Hunter’s parents, and I couldn’t have been happier. I’d always wondered what his father looked like, if Hunter was a splitting image of his father, what kind of a man he was. I wanted to know everything about his family. Every little detail about him.

The first day that I’d stepped into the human world by accident, and met Hunter, I’d been scared of him, and I’d been eager to go back into the ocean, to see my family and while I still missed my family and friends, I wondered what would happen if I went back to my world a month later and couldn’t see Hunter at all.

What would life be without Hunter?

Could I really live an eternity without him?

If I left, I was sure he’d find someone to care for him because beneath all those layers of harsh looks, temper and tattoos, was a guy with a kind and a caring soul. That wasn’t even the problem; the problem was that I didn’t want Hunter to find someone. The thought of him with another woman made me ill. He’d share his lovely smiles, his laughter, the warmth of his embrace and the sweet ‘I love yous’ with someone else that wasn’t me.

Even thinking of a faceless beautiful girl with him gave me a sudden ache in my chest. I wanted him all to myself, and I didn’t know how I could make this work without hurting either my family or Hunter. I wasn’t entirely blind to the truth. No matter how much he adored me, he knew I didn’t belong in his world and he’d often told me how lucky he was, but I wasn’t so sure of it myself. I had started to believe that Hunter was trying to forget that I was a mermaid who needed to go back home one day.

And while I was here, I wanted to forget about it too and live in the moment because the reality was hurting me badly. I couldn’t deny it anymore, the fact that I’d fallen in love with him, and that I would do anything to make sure he stayed with me. If Hunter learned of my thoughts, or knew about the mermaid traditions, it would scare him and so I’d decided not to let him on my feelings yet.

I was going to wait for a while.

“Hey!”

“Blue...”

“Beautiful mermaid.” Hunter snapped his fingers in front of me, hauling me out of the train of thoughts. He smiled, “What were you just thinking?”

“Nothing.”

“It sure was something.” He said, and I liked how he always read my thoughts. He knew when I was sad, happy, and angry, there wasn’t one emotion that he couldn’t read, and that made him all the more special. “I wish I had some of your powers.”

“What powers?”

“Reading people’s thoughts.” He answered bringing his face close to my hair and touching his lips softly to my cheeks. He smelled of his usual cologne, a mix of ocean and spices. I liked it. I inhaled instinctively and he laughed.

“What would you do if you had the power?” I asked.

He peered up at me, his silver eyes watching me. “I’d use it to read your thoughts. I thought that was obvious.”

I shook my head. “You don’t need that power because you’re not like me, Hunter. I can’t understand a lot of emotions you go through, I have to rely on what I normally believe, but you, you read me like a book. You always know what I want and I love that about you.”

“You really believe I know everything, huh?”

“Yes. Mostly.”

He watched me with an intensity that was burning in his eyes and it forced me to look away. I knew what his mind was capable of imagining, and he didn’t know that I knew about it. The nights that he did wicked thinking to himself while he thought of me.

“Blue...”

“Yeah?”

“What are you thinking right now?”

I shook my head vigorously, the blush creeping up my cheeks.

“You’re blushing. Come on, tell me...”

I blew out a breath and decided to confess. “I saw something that I shouldn’t have.”

“What did you see? Tell me, I won’t get mad, I promise.” He assured me.

“I saw us doing things.” I wet my lips, “well, it wasn’t reality of course, it was just something that you were dreaming about.”

“I see.” He said, and I could see two red spots appearing on his cheeks. He appeared to be flushed. “And what are your thoughts about it?”

“I understand that’s what sex is. I only got to realize that after you explained it to me yesterday. At first, I thought they were some exercises we were doing without clothes...”

Hunter began laughing, the blush growing even more. “Exercises!”

“I wouldn’t mind doing it with you.” I said.

I saw a flicker of sadness cross Hunter’s features. “You’re too pure, Blue, too innocent. I wouldn’t dare go that far with you in real life.”

Disappointment settled inside me, and then it resurfaced as anger. “But you would do with someone else?”

“I don’t want to.” He replied.

I folded my arms across my chest and looked out of the window. His arm snaked around my waist, and he kissed my cheek. “Have I made my mermaid princess jealous?” I threw him a look and he made a terrible acting of holding a hand over his chest. “I think you’re super cute when you’re angry.”