Chapter 37

Blue There was a reason why Hunter never took me out to the beach when there were people around. There was a reason why we never swam in the public swimming pool. It was because I shapeshifted into a mermaid every time I dived into the water.

Like right now.

I hadn’t realized what was happening until the kid pushed me into the pool and my legs transformed into a mermaid tail.

I panicked. This wasn’t supposed to happen. He’d given me strict instructions not to move so I’d remained frozen in place, and I had not moved even when I knew the kid was going to push me into the water.

Where was Hunter when I needed him?

“Mom, look a mermaid!”

Thankfully, my eye caught the moment and I saw my husband running from across the lawn towards me. His gray eyes glistened with horror and worry. He glanced around himself to make sure we didn’t have an audience before he took off his shirt and stepped inside the pool.

I couldn’t hold the tears in. “I’m so sorry...Hunter.”

“Are you alright?” He asked me, “Are you hurt somewhere, love?”

I shook my head. He should have been angry that I was putting him in trouble again, but he was worried about my welfare. I’d called him names, I’d screamed at him in the morning and yet Hunter was being nice.

I was overcome with shame.

“It’s alright, baby.” He assured me. “Here, put your arm around my shoulder. I will pull you out of the water and cover your tail with my shirt, okay?

Then I will carry you under that tree...” he pointed at a short distance, “because taking you into the house would risk people seeing you in mermaid form.”

“Okay.”

“Calm down. It’s okay.”

The water sloshed as he pulled me out, placed me gingerly on the grass and covered my tail with his shirt.

“What the fuck? Hunter’s wife just turned into a mermaid.” James bellowed. “Guess I have far too much to fucking drink tonight.”

“Yeah. You need to stop. Next thing you’re going to say I turned into a Yeti.” Hunter called out, maintaining a cool demeanor but I could sense the distress he was feeling.

James looked at me strangely and started walking back to the grills as Hunter blocked me from view to allow me time to take the full human’s form.

After ten torturous minutes, I turned fully into a human; the dress clung to me like second skin and the cool night air sent a shiver down my body.

Hunter carried me all the way to the car and put me in the passenger seat. His eyes flicked to the front of my dress that was totally soaked and it was making my breasts look bigger. It made me feel almost...

Naked.

I watched Hunter’s nose flare and the worry in his gaze had disappeared and turned into desire.

The silence in the car stretched on so I cleared my throat and placed my hand over his. “I’m sorry about earlier. I promise I won’t do anything that will embarrass you again.”

“Embarrass me?” He snapped. “Blue, if people saw you turn into a mermaid, your life was in jeopardy. Do you understand that? This has nothing to do with me.” There was a hint of anger in his voice.

“I understand.”

“I don’t think you do.” He muttered.

I sniffled and a sob raked from within me. A loud ear-piercing sob. Children wailed like that, grown women like me didn’t.

His eyes softened instantly. “Why are you crying now?”

I continued to cry. “I don’t know. I don’t want to fight with you, Hunter. It doesn’t feel nice”

“Baby...” He breathed.

I watched as he pulled his seat back, scooped me up from my seat and brought me into his lap. I was strangling him in a very uncomfortable position.

He stared at the wet fabric sticking to my breasts.

“You can touch me if you want,” I said.

Those were the only words of encouragement he needed to hear before his large palm grasped my right breast and he gave it one possessive squeeze. “This is mine. You never forget that, Blue.”

I nodded earnestly. He stared at me with a heated expression, “if any other man touches you, I’ll wreak mayhem. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

I shook my head, but I understood that whatever he was saying was something quite intense. I knew he meant to hurt whoever tried to touch me in any way.

His breathing was turning hard as he caught my nipple between his fingers and kept teasing it until it hardened. “Tell me...how did I get so lucky with you?”

I squirmed under his onslaught. “Let me have a taste.” He whispered as he lifted my dress and brought his mouth to my breast and suckled, running his tongue over my nipple in lazy strokes. His arm snaked around my neck as his mouth came crashing over mine. His tongue was seeking entrance in a desperate frenzy so I opened my mouth and he deepened the kiss. He kissed me so harshly, that it was becoming hard to breathe. His love for me was bordering to violence.

“Hunter...”

He groaned and ignored my pleas, holding me in his firm grip. I pulled away seconds later. “I can’t...I can’t breathe.”

Hunter closed his eyes, breathing hard. “I’m sorry. I guess...I guess I was losing my mind when I saw Vi’s husband trying to touch you. Blue...I’m so fucking horny right now. My body is literally aching for you.”

His words sent a series of butterflies into my stomach. He watched me intently, and I smiled, “Let’s go home then.”

“You’ll let me...” He was making that face again, the kind of face that made me feel sorry for him. “You’ll let me fuck you?”

“Yeah.”

He put me back in the passenger seat. “Buckle up.”

* * *

Hunter Bliss. That’s how I could explain this feeling. After arriving at the house that night, Blue and I made love. She hadn’t broached the topic about babies so that was an improvement, in fact; she’d readily agreed to stay on birth control pills.

And that was a little strange.

As far as how Blue functioned, I knew for a fact that she would never agree to something like this, something that she so badly didn’t want.

Today was our final night in the house, and tomorrow we were heading back to the city; back to my tiny apartment, back to my waiter job, back to college, back to everything that sucked. But now I had Blue as my wife and that made everything in my life better.

“Hunter, if you weren’t a human, what would you prefer to be?” Blue asked me that evening while she was lounging on a chaise by the fireplace. I was seated at the end of the seat with her legs resting on my lap.

I knew what she wanted to hear. I chuckled. “A merman, maybe?”

Her eyes lit up with approval and admiration. Seriously, this woman looked at me the way you’d look at a famous movie star, and I didn’t think I could get used to it. Being openly admired by my wife, that is.

“If you had a chance to change into a merman and give up your human life, would you do it?”

I massaged her legs gently. “For you, sweetheart, I’d even turn into a Gargoyle.”

She giggled. “You’re lying.”

“I’m being serious. I’d become whatever you want me to be.”

“Do you know what I want you to become?” She asked.

“What?”

Her eyes were dancing with amusement. “The father of my child.”

I laughed, “Nice one.”

“I’m not joking.”

“Baby, I promise you. We’ll have children soon.”

She sighed, giving me a dreamy look. “I’ll be waiting for that day, darling.”

I stared at her in surprise. It was the first time she’d called me with an endearment. My heart literally skipped like a little girl in a meadow filled with flowers. “Say that again. What you called me in the end.”

“My darling Hunter,” She said in a husky voice.

I smiled. “You never call me that.”

“I was just watching a movie this afternoon, and the woman calls her husband darling. I thought maybe wives call their husbands that, maybe it’s a tradition that I’m not following.” She appeared confused, “do you not like it?”

I laughed. “I like it, just thought it was strange coming from your mouth.”

I picked up her feet and kissed the base. “Such cute tiny feet.” That might have sounded creepy, but Blue gave me one of her approval smiles. “Kind of like a child’s.”

“It’s not nice to kiss feet.” She complained but the mischievous glint in her eyes told me she loved it nevertheless.

“Why not? A goddess deserves nothing less than having her feet kissed.” I said raining kisses all over the soft skin.

“Hmmm...I have the best husband in the world, maybe even the universe.”

The phone started buzzing on the coffee table. I’d successfully avoided any and every phone call and text message that I’d received from my family, telling them that we were enjoying ourselves, and didn’t need to be disturbed every second of every hour. I’d even temporarily deactivated my social media accounts just so I wasn’t tempted to check the feed every now and then.

Right now I stared at the phone with Hannah’s name flashing on it. Blue peeked a glance and said, “Go on, answer it.”

“I told her not to call me for a few days. How hard is that for her to understand?” I was clearly irritated.

Blue squeezed my hand, “It’s not nice to ignore your sister like that. Let’s see what she has to say.”

I sighed and pressed answer; only because Blue wanted me to.

“Hello.”

“You stupid son of a...” she bellowed, I had to put the phone away from my ear.

“Mind your language, sister.”

“Why haven’t you been answering my calls?” She demanded.

“Because I didn’t want to talk to anybody?”

The Bad Boy And The Mermaid Chapter 36 “Jeez, Hunt. Don’t you think you’re overreacting a little too much? How many days has your ass never left the bed? Gosh, I feel so bad for my sister-

in-law. Where is Blue? Can I talk to her?”

“She’s right here.” I handed the phone over to Blue.

Blue’s face lit up when she spoke to Hannah. “Hey...Yeah, I’m doing good.” Her eyes flicked towards me and there was a shy giggle. “Nothing like that.”

I narrowed my eyes at her and snatched the phone away. “What are you asking her?”

“It’s a secret,” Hannah said proudly. “Anyway, I was calling you for a reason and not to interrogate about your honeymoon. Trust me; thinking about your honeymoon brings bile and vomit in my mouth.”

“What did you want to tell me?”

She cleared her throat. “Remember you bought a lottery ticket for fun?”

I tried to rack my brains to remember if I ever did that. Turns out, I did buy one on a whim. It was three months back before I met Blue. “Yeah. I recall.

I gave it to you and forgot about it.”

“Well, Hunt. You didn’t respond to their calls and they tried calling the backup number on the ticket which was mine. Are you ready to hear this?”

I laughed. “What? Did I win something?”

I was a hundred and one percent sure Hannah was pranking me, along with Fred who was surely sitting there beside my sister orchestrating this entire prank.

“Drum roll!” she said excitedly. “Take a deep breath and slowly let it go. You’re not going to believe this.”

“I won’t believe anything that you’re going to say.”

Hannah ignored my retort and announced. “You won four million dollars.”

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