Don't Go There (Awkward Love 5)

“I’m sorry,” I mumble. I nearly laugh. What the hell do I say to that? “I have to go.”

Adam raises his eyebrows when I slide into my seat.

“Where’s my coffee?”

“Your coffee?” I growl.

He looks at me strangely. “Are you okay?”

“Okay?” I laugh. “I’m fucking fantastic.” I glower at him as he tries to hide his smirk. “Especially now everyone thinks that not only do I have a very accommodating vagina, and that I need to remind myself which way to wipe. But they also think I have herpes.”

Adam chuckles. “Herpes, huh?” He grins at me. “It’s probably from all the secondhand sex toys you keep buying off Craigslist.”

“You’re fucking hilarious,” I mutter. “Just tell me, are they done, or am I going to get more?”

“They’re done … More or less.” His glances at me, his eyes twinkling. “So … how attractive?”

“What?” I snap.

“Before Tiny was violating me, you said I was attractive.” He shoots me a grin. “I was just trying to establish how into me you are. Though the way you were riding me this morning …”

“After the stunt you pulled back there?” I laugh. “Trust me when I say there will be no more riding.”

“Come on, Katie, I thought you could take a joke,” he teases.

“I’m on this trip, aren’t I?” I mutter.

If that’s not proof I can take a joke, I don’t know what is. I shake my head and look out the window, my thoughts shifting to Lily. I’m starting to worry about her. She’s been acting off since we left for Vegas the first time. It’s more than her usual games, but I’m not sure what it is. I glance at Adam.

“Do you really think this will all turn out okay?”

He shrugs. “There’s a reason she and Julian were perfect for each other,” he says. “They’re both stubborn as all hell. Lily can handle herself in any situation, right?”

“I’m not so sure about that,” I admit. “The number of times I’ve had to help her out of trouble.”

“So, you think if you hadn’t been there, she wouldn’t have coped?”

I frown. That’s a fair point.

Maybe Darcy is right, maybe all I do is enable her.I open my eyes and look around. Adam glances at me, wearing his usual amused smirk. I take a deep breath and run my hand over my mouth—a stealth attempt to check for droolage before I turn to face him. He smiles at me, his blue eyes twinkling.

“You’re awake.”

“You’re observant.”

He chuckles, then makes a face. “I guess I deserve that.”

“It’s okay. I get it. I started a joke war.”

“For what it’s worth, I’m enjoying this.” He smiles at me. “You know … us.”

I smile, because I like hearing that. I stifle a yawn, looking forward to getting there and having a half decent sleep.

“How long have we got to go?”

“A couple of hours yet. You were sleeping pretty heavily there, so I figured you must have needed it.” He sneaks another look at me. “Are you feeling better or worse after that nap?”

I think for a moment.

“Can I let you know when I’ve properly woken up?”

“Sure,” he says with a smirk. “You must be pretty hungry?”

“Starving.” I nod. “You?”

“I’m always hungry,” he says. “I have an insatiable appetite,” he adds, glancing at me in a way that makes me doubt we’re still talking about food.

He pulls into a gas station and parks out front. I get out and stretch, stifling another yawn. I don’t care how well I slept. I’m still tired. Adam walks around the car to fill up. I stand there for a moment and watch him. His muscles tense as he pumps the lever, his tattoos glistening in the sunlight. I shiver, taken aback by the desire flowing through me.

“I, uh…bathroom,” I mutter.

I push through the door of the restroom, relieved that it’s empty. I hate using public amenities with other’s there. When I’m done, I wash my hands, then splash some water on my face to try to wake myself up. I pull my phone out when it rings. It’s Darcy again.

Lily couldn’t have gone missing a third time, could she?

“Don’t tell me,” I say with a groan.

“Tell you what?” she grumbles. “That Psycho Lily is driving me crazy? Because she is.”

“I’d take that over this.”

What? Laugh.

“I’m just so … tense.”

“Tense, why? I’m tense because I discovered a body in his trunk or I’m tense because I accidentally fell onto Adam’s huge cock and now I’m trying to work out what he’s feeling?” she teases.

“Number two,” I admit, squeezing my eyes shut.

“I knew it!”

“So how many inches are we talking?

“Enough.” I chuckle. “Is Lily really being that much of a handful?”

“She was born a handful,” she mutters. “But I wanna hear about you two. How was the sex?”

“Amazing,” I admit.

“And did his vessel fit into your canal?”

“Darcy,” I cut in, laughing. “Please never call it his vessel again.”