Glycerine Chapter 14 Teaser

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“Rough day?” she asked casually, her face a mask of indifferent innocence.

“Fuck off.” He kept his eyes focused on Seth, who took a hard blow to the chest and fell onto his back. For once he wished he didn’t have a stunt double. Then he could be the one in the action and feel the pain of being punched in the gut. He couldn't imagine it hurt any more than he what he already felt.

“You know, you don’t always have to be so hateful.” The tears stinging Esme’s eyes weren’t for show, and the tremble of her chin couldn’t be controlled. “I’m not the enemy here.”

Edward cut his eyes to Esme when her voice broke. He didn’t give a fuck that she was upset, it was because of her after all that he was in the position he was in. His mind flashed to Bella and how her voice broke the same way the last time they’d spoken. With a shrug and an insincere apology he brushed her off. “You’re not my ally either.”

“I could be. I could be a lot of things if you’d just let me in.”

Bella's words crashed through his mind, ‘let me in or let me go.’ Edward’s lips thinned into a hard line and he pulled in a deep calming breath through his nose. He'd caused a big enough scene already. “I think your involvement in my life has caused enough problems.”

Esme’s eyes widened. “Edward if you’re seeing someone, and our relationship is causing problems, just tell me. I can talk to her. I’m sure I can make her understand.” The words burned like acid and tasted of bile as they fell from her lips. She only wanted to make one thing understood: no one had a chance in hell against her.

Glycerine Chapter 13 teaser

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Edward stepped closer to Esme and traced her jaw with his finger. Leaning down he let his lips brush her ear as he spoke. “Maybe I like watching you squirm. Maybe I want to have you so worked up that when I finally do touch you, I’ll have you a panting mess within seconds.”

Esme pulled in a shaky breath as her eyes drifted shut. “I don’t think it would take much now.”

Edward smirked and stepped back. He raked his eyes over her body before meeting her gaze. “I don’t suppose it would. But I think I can do better.”

Esme shifted and it wasn’t hard to miss the way her thighs clenched together when she did. Her eyes were heavy and her lips were parted as she tried to work through the fog in her brain. To make sense of what he was saying. She still wasn’t sold he was telling her the truth, but she wasn’t going to deny that it didn’t take much for him to derail her thoughts.

“I don’t know that you can.”

Edward tsked and dipped his chin, staring pointedly at the place he knew she wanted him most. “Why don’t you go ahead and take care of that. But be sure to think about me. Although we both know it won’t come close to comparing.”

Glycerine Ch 12 Teaser

Not beta'd. Subject to deleting, setting on fire, and any other forms of  destruction. Also, no they did not get dunk and run off to Vegas to get married. I just like this picture. 

“Don’t start this shit tonight, Bella. I’m here with you, no one else.”

“Yeah, you are. I’m still waiting for you to tell me why that is. Because every time I ask, you deflect. You’re worse than a politician.”

“I was class president in high school.”

Bella rolled her eyes and lifted her arms into the shape of a field goal post. “He shoots, he deflects, but he sure as hell isn’t going to score.”

Edward chuckled and wrapped his arm around her waist.  Tugging until she was on her side facing him, he looked into her eyes, his face serious. “Bella. You know football?”

“Ugh,” she groaned, trying to pull free from his hold.

But Edward only tightened his grip, his chuckle turning into a full laugh. “Okay, okay. Stop before you hurt yourself.” He waited until she stopped squirming before he spoke again, and this time there was no playful undertone to his voice. “Bella, I don’t have answers to the questions you’re asking. You’re stubborn and short tempered. You disagree with me―even if you secretly agree―just to piss me off. You don’t believe a word I say, and you call me asshole more than you call me by my name. But for whatever reason, I like having you around. Maybe Victoria is right, maybe I am fucked up.”

“If you’re trying to make me feel better, your failure is epic.”

“I just basically insulted you about ten different times, didn’t I?”

“More or less. You’re going to be able to add that I hit you to your list if you keep talking.”

“See.” Edward sat up in the bed and pulled Bella with him. He grabbed her shoulders and gave her a light shake. “That’s my point exactly. We’re terrible. Who the fuck would put up with either of our bullshit? And here we sit, being complete assholes to each other, and neither one of us has made a move to leave.”

“Well, technically this is my house so I’m not going anywhere. I’m also pantless.”

Edward dropped his hands to her thighs and brushed his fingers over her skin. “Yeah, you are pantless.

Bella rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers in his face. “Focus asshole.” Edward grabbed her wrist and bit down her fingers causing a small grin to tug at the side of her mouth. “So to recap, we basically suck at being a couple.”