The Bad Boy And The Mermaid

Hunter

“Hello? Are you still with me? Or have you expired from shock?” I heard Hannah’s voice but I couldn’t understand what she was saying, all I could hear was FOUR FREAKIN MILLION DOLLARS.

“If this is some kind of joke, Hannah, I’ll kill you,” I warned her.

She switched to video-call and I found myself staring at a blank white until I realized she’d been holding the lottery ticket on the screen. She slowly panned it out. “Do you read this?”

“It’s a ticket I bought. That doesn’t explain anything.”

She turned the ticket over and showed me a number. Two-nine-one-four-eight. And then she proceeded to show it to me on her laptop and the winning number printed in the newspaper.

I couldn’t believe my eyes. “Take a picture and send it to me on my phone.”

“If Ryan gets his hands on this ticket, you’re finished, and you have about twenty-four hours from now to claim the reward if you don’t then they will do another draw and find another winner.”

“Why didn’t you tell me about this before?”

“Because you weren’t answering your calls GENIUS.” Hannah literally screamed at the word ‘Genius’ to put emphasis. “Sometimes I wonder if my best friend was possessed to marry a dumb guy like you.”

I laughed, “well, that’s funny literally coming from a person who’s IQ is similar to a carrot eating rabbit." I repeated what I’d taught Blue when we had first met.

Hannah narrowed her eyes at me. “This ticket is going to the dumpster.”

“NO!”

“Alright. I’ll change my mind if you say ’Hannah is the smartest sister in this whole wide universe. Say it.”

“Over my dead body.”

She held the ticket in one hand, and a lighter in the other, challenging me. A mocking smile on my evil sister’s face, “I know how much this lottery means to you.”

“Hannah is the smartest, most beautiful sister in this whole wide universe.”

“Awww. Sweetest thing you’ve ever said to me. If I were you, Hunt, I’d be packing right now.”

“Talk to you later,” I said and ended the call.

Blue’s eyes were wide in curiosity, “Is something wrong? What was Hannah talking about?”

“Turns out we just became rich. We won the lottery.” I explained her, and then added, “That’s what Hannah says, and I’m still not sure if it’s really true or if she’s playing a prank on me. We have to go back home and find out.”

Blue’s eyes lit up with excitement. “Does that mean we could have a baby now?”

That hadn’t really crossed my mind.

“Well...I suppose we...”

She hugged me fiercely, the wheels in her mind were already turning. “You’ll have a lot of money now, won’t you? So that means we could have a baby now. Say yes, Hunter, pleaseeeeee…”

I smiled. “We would have enough money for everything you want.”

“I just want you, always and of course our baby.” She scooted closer and put her arms around me. In a sweet, melodious, voice she whispered, “Let’s make a baby right now.”

I laughed. “We just made love.”

be sure there’s going to be

She was

wife

The waves of shiny blue hair cascaded down to her shoulders, and that innocent

a hungry lioness who’d been refused food for a long time. Her mouth was searing

had her mercy, she would make sure she got she wanted. Right now,

A baby.

was making sure that she

and continued the process until I knew she was coming closer. She moaned loudly and I felt her walls clench around me as I came

when she asked, “do

have to continue making love

excited, Hunter. I can’t wait until

a mental image of a Stork delivering a bundled up baby on the

in bed, taking her into my arms and stroking her

clothes and toys for the baby, what do you think?” She asked,

wasn’t lying to us so we have to leave tomorrow morning.” I reminded

“We’re going home?”

“Yeah.”

palace. “What if Hannah isn’t lying? What if you really got the money?

other things. If not, then you’re going

“Contra—what?”

“Nevermind. Just sleep, Blue.”

Blue

standing by the foot of the bed packing our bag, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. His golden-brown hair tousled, like it hadn’t

no way I could get tired of just looking at him. My husband was just so handsome, it took

dream, that would surely break my heart. And recently I’d started to wonder if I had imagined everything like that movie Hunter and I saw the other day where the woman lived a beautiful life with her husband and children and in the end, it turns out

Hunter. He got a little annoyed by the

love.” He greeted me with a

yawned, “Good morning. Why didn’t you

soundly, and I liked

hand towards him in invitation. “Come to

laughed, “your appetite for sex surpasses mine. Well, can’t say I didn’t know about it. As mortifying as it may sound, your brother

to my cheeks, “Apollo said that

promised that I would keep up. I really needed a partner who could live with the

he was teasing me. I knew exactly when he

and Hunter pointed at the coffee table. There was a tray topped with toasts, omelet and fruits. A glass of juice

My stomach rumpled.

He informed me and then his smile turned sneaky. “After you’re done,

“What surprise?” I asked.

I LOVED surprises!

what it is if you manage to finish what’s on the

can’t wait!” I said bouncing on the

bare front, to my jiggling breasts, his nose flared and his silver-gray eyes dilated into a darker shade. I recognized that look, it usually happened when

have to be warned twice before I wrapped the sheet around myself and went to eat breakfast. I

see

face, he pointed his thumb at the bathroom

“You’re mean.”

Don’t cheat.” He called out

came out of the bathroom a few minutes later. I’d taken lesser time for bathing than usual because I couldn’t stop thinking about the surprise that

it related to our future baby? I hoped