Page 56 of Obsessed with the Heartbreaker

He sat on his chair, coffee mug in hand and grin on. “So.” He took a sip of his steaming drink. “Did I interrupt something? Another lover’s quarrel?”

For some reason, Adam always called ourdiscussionslover’s quarrels. Maddox and I were too unbothered by it to tell him off for it, but sometimes, I thought hedidreally wonder whether Maddox and I were secretly a thing.

Which was absolutely ridiculous.

“Not at all,” I said, sipping my own coffee.

I could see the moment Maddox changed tactics in his eyes. “Henry was just about to tell me what happened last night.”

“Last night?” Adam put his mug down, letting it cool. “You mean with Kevin?”

“Yes. With Kevin.”

The self-satisfied smile on Maddox’s made Adam raise an eyebrow. “What do you want to know?”

“Don’t tell him anything, Adam,” I said quickly while Maddox said at the same time, “Pleasedotell me everything.”

Pressing his lips together as he looked between the two of us, Adam looked like he was between the sword and the wall, but in the end, I knew who he was loyal to.

And it was to his King.

“Sorry, Maddie. King’s orders.”

“It’sMaddox,” he corrected instantly before thinking better of it and adding, “I’ll let you call me Maddie if you give me a detailed explanation.”

Adam’s lips quirked up, picking up his mug again. “I already call you that.”

“I don’tletyou,though.”

“You don’thaveto let me. You don’t own my mouth.”

I coughed, almost choking on my coffee, sputtering everywhere as I chuckled, and Adam immediately got up to hand me some paper towels.

He had me spoiled.

Meanwhile, Maddox glared at our roommate. “I have some ideas of things I could do to shut that mouth up.”

Adam grinned wide. “Do enlighten me, Maddie.”

“Putting a ball gag on you. Tying you up to a rock and leaving you in the middle of a river. I can go on.”

“Kinky. I didn’t know you thought so much about me.”

“I. Do.Not.”

Poor, poor Mad.

He was saved by ourotherroommates, though, who called out to Adam to tell him that his girlfriend was here.

Once he’d left, Maddox put a hand on his face, covering his eyes, like he’d had a long, hard day. “I hate straight guys. Iloathe them.”

“Hate sex is a thing.”

“Yeah, and so is me punching you in the mouth.”

That made me laugh out loud, and even Maddox was starting to grin.

It quickly fell, though. “Best friends tell each other these things, you know?”

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