Page 32 of Harmless Scandals

“I just need to go to bed.”

“I’m okay with that,” Mick said.

“No. I need rest. In bed. Away from you. Far away from both of you.”

With that, she marched up her front steps, and unlocked her front door. She knew they were back there, but she continued to ignore them when she slammed the door shut.

If her nerves had been jangled before, they were tornado sirens now, screeching and annoying. It was all their fault. She had been happy to live in her little house by the water, away from the limelight and pressures she had dealt with during her childhood and adolescence.

She heard the creak on her front lanai. “Are you sure you’re okay, Serenity?” Mick asked.

She closed her eyes as embarrassment stole over her.

“Yes. Just tired.”

“Okay. Text us if you need to.”

“Good night, Serenity,” Adam said.

“Goodnight, guys.”

Then, she heard them walk down the steps.

“I’m just saying that she is definitely thinking about it.”

Adam ground his teeth together as he turned off Kam Highway onto the street that lead to their house.

“Yeah, that was pretty obvious.”

“Exactly. I think we should invite her over for dinner again.”

“Just let it go.”

“What?”

“I just wish you would quit talking about it.”

“I can't, because if I stop talking, then I start thinking about it, and man o man those are some bad thoughts.”

As he turned onto the little driveway they shared with Serenity, Adam's heartbeat increased. Damn, his palms were sweaty. The woman was driving him insane and she probably didn't even know it. And, as Mick continued to drone on about her and her feelings, his cock was coming up with its own ideas.

She was standing on their lanai when they pulled up. She turned when she heard them drive up. She smiled, but it wasn't one of those sunny smiles. Instead, it was guarded. He hated that. He didn't want her to think she had to hide her feelings from him.

“What do you think she wants?” Mick asked.

He shrugged, but said nothing. Mick was already slipping out of the truck.

“Sorry, I thought someone was home because Mick's truck was here,” Serenity said.

“We were working the same job today, so we rode in together,” Mick said.

He could barely hear them because he was still sitting in the truck like an idiot.

“Are you going to join us?” Mick asked.

Adam didn't respond. It was hard to talk around the lump in his throat. He grabbed his gun and slipped out of the truck. It was then that he noticed she was holding what looked like the mac bread she had brought over when they first moved in.

“I just wanted to apologize for last night.”

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