Page 10 of Kisses

Chapter 4

Lyla

My eyes open to hearing someone knock on the door. Sully is lying next to me completely naked. Well, I am naked too. I nudge him. He awakes and looks at me.

He asks, “What?”

I answer, “Someone is at the door.”

He responds, “Oh, okay!”

He gets up out of the bed and puts on his boxer shorts before heading to the door. I hide under the plush comforter. The door creaks open and Sully says, “What’s up?”

A faint female voice asks, “Is Lyla up?”

It was Kandace.

Sully comments, “Yeah, she’s up.”

“Can you tell her we need to go now?”

“Lyla, you hear that?”

I answer, “Yeah, give me a minute.”

She demands, “Hurry up. I got an Uber coming.”

Sully closes the door and comments, “It looks like that is it.”

I roll out of the bed and start to get dressed. I really don’t want to have small talk this morning, especially with Kandace demanding we get going.

I look up at Sully still standing in his boxers, exposing his toned body. He walks over to his nightstand and grabs his phone. He asks, “Can I get your number?”

I smirk, “This was just a one-night thing.”

“Seriously?”

“Yeah, it was fun.”

He chuckles, “Okay, wow. I thought maybe we could do this again.”

I sigh, “Look, I knew what I was getting myself into last night. It was fun and all. Nothing against you, I just don’t care to fuck you again. It is what it is.”

He nods, “Wow! This is definitely a first for me.”

“Not for me. Sorry. Thanks for the good sex,” I state.

I grab my purse and leave his bedroom. I open the door and Kandace is standing there looking like an absolute mess. I can sense something is up. Her hair is frazzled. Her eyes are puffy like she has been crying.

Concerned, I ask, “Are you okay?”

She answers, “No. Can we wait until we get home to talk about it? I’m still trying to gather my thoughts.”

“Of course,” I state, wondering what happened to my best friend. I have not seen her like this. Something is up.

***

The whole way home Kandace and I are quiet. All she does is stare out the window. I really hope nothing happened to her. I would feel like a total douchebag if she got hurt and I wasn’t around. What if one of Sully’s friends took advantage of her? Fuck, I hope not.