Cruel Crush, page 11
part #1 of Hidden Falls High Series
“River, you’re everything a girl wants and more. I just don’t know if I want to get that close to a guy again,” I said. “When Nat left, he broke my heart. I know it was just a one-sided crush on my part, but it still hurts. I don’t know if I can get into anything like that again.”
“I’m not asking for you to become my girlfriend right now,” River said. “But I hope that you’ll give me a chance…”
Chapter 3
Summer
I was called to the Principal’s office after my first class where I found Dante sitting in the chair in front of the Principal, casually without a care in the world. His tall and muscular frame nearly dwarf the small office and the petite, yet feisty principal across from him. He and Principal Lee were smiling and chatting away about something when I arrived.
“Ah, here she is,” Principal Lee smiled widely. “Our star student and Ambassador, Summer Jones.”
Dante looked over at me, and he perused me from head to toe, his eyes glinting with something close to lust, desire. “Can I have Summer the rest of the day? I have a lot of questions to ask the Ambassador.”
Principal Lee smiled. “You’re ahead in all your classes so the teachers wouldn’t mind. I’ll give you a pass for the rest of the day off, Summer.”
“Thanks, Violet,” Dante said in his delectable accent. He got up, shook her hands, and said, “The deal should close in a few days. I’m looking forward to our partnership.”
Violet? Dante Black just called Principal Lee by her first name? And she didn’t mind? Who was Dante Black?
Principal Lee stood up and smiled. “Me too. Enjoy your tour with Summer!”
Dante walked over to me and took my hand. “I’m sure I will.”
When we walked out the door of the Administration building, Dante turned to me and said, “Where to?”
I held out my hand and said, “Do you have a schedule of classes? I think I’ll start with showing you where your classes are. Then we can go look at the other facilities. I’ll show you where the sports program is, and…”
Dante was already walking along with his schedule of classes and a map.
“Hey,” I called out. “Aren’t you supposed to go where I go?”
He had taken an apple out of his pocket and was eating it. “I actually have just a few minutes to see all my classes before I have to go to a lunch meeting at work, and then I can come back to campus and finish off the tour.”
“But you wanted me for the entire day off for this tour,” I said.
“That’s because it may take an entire day. You see,” he leaned in closer to me, his handsome face close to mine, “You’ll be going with me to this lunch meeting and then finish the tour with me.” He finished his apple quickly and tossed the core into a nearby trash can. “It’ll take all day.”
“That was…do you always eat so fast?”
“When I have to. I don’t have that much time to sit and have a full-on conversation most of the time.”
“What are you? 25? An undercover cop pretending to be a student? I’ve heard about drug busts at schools all over Southern California from undercover cops…”
Dante gave me a wry smile. “I’m not 25. I’m not an undercover cop.” He handed me his class schedule, and I whistled.
AP Physics
AP Calculus 3
AP Ancient History
AP Government and Politics
AP Literature and Philosophy
AP Computer
Art
“All AP classes,” I said. “Impressive. Then there’s Art, which I’m also in.”
“The more AP classes I have, the farther along I will be in college. Unfortunately, I don’t have the luxury of time. The faster I can graduate from school and college, the faster I can devote my time to the family business. But Art, I have an appreciation for beautiful things. Creating them, looking at them, appreciating them, and owning them.” He looked at me as though he was talking about me. “You’re in the same class too?”
“Yes, I figure it’ll help me with design and things I’ll need for my Aunt’s Acting School, where I work part-time. I help my aunt run the school since it’s her baby.”
Dante looked at me, “So you’re working for your family, too. I can relate. I’m 17. But I’ve been on my own since 16,” Dante said. “I go to school, but I also work…for the family.”
“Oh,” I said, walking with him toward his first classes. “Where do you work?”
“Black Biotech Enterprises. I’m the new CEO and President of the U.S. Division.”
“At 17?” my mouth dropped.
“I’ve been working there practically all my life. I’m the heir and only son of Cole Black, who founded the company. Based in England, but with subsidiaries in China, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Australia, and now the US, which is in Los Angeles.”
We arrived at the classrooms where the doors were closed, and classes were already in session. “These are your AP Classes,” I said walking down the row of classes next to each other. “As you can see, the classes are a little smaller than the others because there is a smaller teacher to student ratio at Hidden Falls. That’s what you’re paying for here. Smaller classes, more teacher interaction, and more concentrated and accelerated learning.”
Dante smiled. “I like how you really sold me on the school just now, Summer. I could see how you are a natural Ambassador.”
“Well, I’m still rather new to this school. I can see it from a fresh perspective and appreciate what makes this school stand out.” I looked at my watch and said, “That took only 5 minutes. Do you have time for more of the tour or do you have to run off to your meeting?”
“How about this, Summer, take me to the places you like best at this school and tell me why?”
“Okay,” I smiled brightly. I was liking this take on the campus tours. I grabbed his hand and said, “Let’s do this real quick. Ready?”
Dante gave me a reluctant smile. “Show me what you’ve got.”
I pulled him with me running to the other end of the school. “Here are the Elective classes. We have so many offered here at Hidden Falls.” I took him to an area where clay pots and other pottery pieces were drying. “This is our art studio where students can just come in and try their hand at pottery or other art projects even without being enrolled in the class. It’s relaxing and fun. I ducked in here once to escape and found a different world just being here.”
I smiled at Dante’s face, showing how much I enjoyed the place.
Dante’s eyes took my whole face in, but didn’t crack a smile. He was just staring at me, as though it was unbelievable how a place can make someone so happy.
I took his hand and ran with him to another location across campus from the studio. We ended up in the music room. It was empty so I went ahead and placed headphones on Dante’s head and another for myself.
I turned on the recording machine and began singing into the microphone. Using a mixer, I pulled up a soundtrack to go along with my vocals. I urged Dante to sing, too. And he began singing along.
His voice was like a pop singer’s.
Afterwards, I played it back, and he did crack a smile. “That’s us,” I said, laughing. “You sound amazing, Dante. Are you sure you’re not a k-pop singer or something? You could be. I’ll have to introduce you to Lincoln. His father is Billy Blaine the rock star. You could have a career being a rock star, you know.”
Dante almost did crack a smile then. “I don’t think so, Summer.”
I looked into Dante’s eyes and said, “You never know. The world is full of possibilities.”
Dante kept his eyes on my face as I leaned in close to him, my face almost touching his, and gently took the headphones off of his head. When I leaned in to remove them, our lips were so close, I thought I saw Dante swallowed.
I had the headphones in both my hands when I slipped and fell facedown into Dante’s crotch, my chin hitting hard on his balls.
He let out a breath of air, “Umph!”
Oh my God. I was mortified.
But I was also suddenly so aroused. God he smelled so good.
He smelled so manly, so masculine and delicious.
Musky yet vanilla and cinnamon.
My mouth started watering.
I moved my face, rubbing his crotch unintentionally with my nose, my mouth, and chin while trying to get up. My knees were on the ground, and I knew how it must look like if anyone would have walked in just now.
“If you move any further, then you’ll have to make good on that promise, Sweetheart,” Dante’s husky voice said in a low gravelly tone.
He was hard. Rock hard.
I froze. Any movement would make him harder. Yet I needed to get up or risk someone walking in.
“Hey Summer!” a familiar friendly male voice called out. “Summer? I saw you walk in here.”
I lifted my head slightly up then, but it was too late. Lincoln Blaine, whom I had just talked to Dante about, walked into the music studio just as I started lifting my face from Dante’s crotch.
“Oh, Summer,” Lincoln’s surprised but amused face burst out in a wide grin. “I knew you looked like a walking talking sex on legs Hottie Cake, but this… Man, this will be ingrained in my head while I stroke myself for days.”
I lifted my head then and pushed myself up. “I didn’t do what you thought I did. I fell and my face landed there,” I pointed to Dante, who stood up.
Lincoln laughed, his hot handsome face looking like the Cheshire Cat. He had dyed his hair blue now which matched his bright blue eyes. Dressed in the school uniform but without a shirt, you can see his perfectly toned body tatted up and pierced in the nipples under his blazer. “I won’t tell if you don’t, Summer,” he said. “Blowing the new guy is not part of the Campus Tour, New Guy!”
Dante said, “Summer did not blow me just now. What she said was all true.”
Lincoln nodded. “Yeah, I know. And it’s almost impossible to believe that hot bod Ambassador is a virgin. She insists that she is, but looking at the guys who want her, how could she be? I mean she reeks of sexy sexy. The hottest girl who has ever walked onto HFA. I can smell her honey cunt from far away, and it smells so sweet I can taste her. I’m waiting for my turn to dip my tongue into your sweet pot, Summer. Like River. He’s got a good taste of you, and he can’t get enough. He threw away our bully plan because of it. He became enamored with you. Wanted you as his girlfriend instead of bullying you out of school like we were supposed to, and…”
“That’s enough, Scumbag,” Dante’s voice roared across the room to Lincoln, which halted his mouth in mid-sentence. Dante stalked over to Lincoln grabbed his blazer and lifted him high into the air like Lincoln weighed nothing. “You do not talk to a lady like that. You got it?”
Lincoln actually looked scared for a split second. He nodded. “Look man, I like Summer, okay. I didn’t mean to disrespect her. If anything, I desire her like all the guys. I was just joking with her…”
“You won’t touch her?” Dante grunted. “You won’t soil her with your dirty fucking debutante hands?”
“No,” Lincoln said.
Dante looked Lincoln up and down and said, “What shithole did you climb out of, dressed like that for school? Didn’t your parents teach you anything? Have some respect for yourself and others. Wear a fucking shirt. The standards at Hidden Falls have to be higher if they let shit like you in here.”
I almost dropped my mouth. Dante had just taken down one of the Knights of Hidden Falls High, and the Vice President. Just by his words.
Dante grabbed my hand and led me out of the Music Studio. “Let’s get out of here.”
Chapter 4
Dante
I walked out of the music building and into the bright California sun, holding Summer Jones’ hand.
She was not what I pictured…a heavily made up stuck up spoiled brat who needed to be taught a lesson. Instead, she was this drop-dead gorgeous naturally beautiful young woman who was smart and fun.
And sexy as hell.
The moment I saw her fill out that uniform white shirt like a Playboy model and that plaid skirt standing in front of my door, I couldn’t take my eyes off her.
She seemed oblivious about her immense sex appeal and everything else about her.
My dick had grown hard for her faster than any woman I’ve met. I wanted her, and I didn’t have to pretend to want her like I had planned at first. Seeing how I really did want her would make my job go so much easier.
“Summer,” I turned to her. “I think that’s enough tour for me today. I’m a little early for my lunch meeting, so do you want to have lunch with me?”
Summer smiled and said, “I was just about to ask you for lunch. We can head to the cafeteria. That’s another of my favorite place. Why? At Hidden Falls Academy, the cafeteria food is as good as a 5-star restaurant. Our head chef did come from a Michelin restaurant. It’s one of the perks about coming to this school. The food is good, and the prices for lunch is reasonable.”
“I was about to take you to a Michelin Star restaurant, but now I have to see this,” I said.
Summer led me by the hand, which I was starting to feel so natural at holding, and we entered a bright airy cafeteria that resembled a nice airy modern restaurant. Students were already in line with a tray either at the buffet or in line to order food. “What do you feel like having? The cafeteria-style buffet or more gourmet food that you can order?” Summer asked.
“What do you recommend?” I asked.
“Since you’re crushed for time, let’s get the buffet. Here’s a tray.” She placed a tray in my hand and led me to the buffet spread.
There was roast duck, almond-crusted salmon, honey ham, pawns, organic roasted root vegetables, sushi…better food than some restaurants I knew. “This looks fantastic,” I said to Summer.
“I told you,” she grinned adorably. Again, I found myself unable to tear my eyes away from her. I quickly filled my tray and followed her, noticing how nicely round and perky her ass was as she swayed them in front of me. I couldn’t help wondering how her ass would look naked in front of me as I drove my dick into her.
My dick grew harder just watching her walk in front of me. I glanced up and noticed every male in the room glued to her. She just oozes sexy like Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. She was like the bombshells from Golden Hollywood.
“Hey Summer,” a couple of girls stopped her. “Who is the hot guy behind you?”
Summer stopped and said, “Ladies, this is Dante Black. He’s from England.”
“Oh, I just love British boys,” one jet black-haired girl gushed. She stuck out a hand. “I’m Rose.”
“I’m Carmel,” a carmel-blonde girl said. “You’re really handsome. Are you a model? An actor? We have a few at this school. Or a few who are the offspring of some. Either case, my mother is an agent.” She handed me a card. “If you have a portfolio, I’ll give it to her. I think you’re hot, and she would be interested in representing you.”
“Great, thanks,” I said, barely looking at her, and still glued to Summer up ahead of me. I absent-mindedly toss her business card into my pants pocket.
“Hey Dante,” Summer said, coming up to me, “We’d better hurry up and eat so you can go to your meeting.” She grabbed my elbow and turned to the group of girls who had surrounded us, “Sorry ladies, Dante needs to head off to a meeting. I’m sure you will all get a chance to get to know him better later.”
“Yeah, right, Summer,” Rose said, “You just want him to yourself.”
“I call dibs on him,” a girl with long red hair said. She was cute and sexy with boobs the size of melons, but she didn’t do it for me. Nothing compared to Summer.
“Angelica,” Summer laughed, “You’ll have to fight off all the girls here first.”
Angelica licked her lips and lowered her eyes at me, “That shouldn’t be a problem.”
I walked past all the girls when Summer pulled my elbow forward over to a table in the corner, away from the rest of the crowd. Along the way over, passing the tables to get there, I felt eyes on me and heard whispers from all around me. “He’s so handsome.”
“He’s so tall.”
