Page 127 of Sin City Lights

“Her ex.”

“How do you mean?” Eve rifled through the clothes she’d packed and found her new white swimsuit.

He started on the buttons of his shirt.“She keeps trying to get him back, and sometimes, she succeeds. But only for a while. He leaves. Repeat.”

“How long have they been divorced?”

He opened the closet door behind him and tossed the used shirt into a hamper.“A year.”

“That’s kind of…” Eve shook her head, but now, she was distracted. Adam, shirtless, never failed to make her look, no matter how often she saw him that way.

“Messed up? Yeah, no kidding. It’s tough to watch, so I’m glad I don’t have to. Still hate it for her, though.”

“No kids, right?”

“No, thank God. At least, not yet.”

Eve’s brows shot up.

Adam shrugged.“I don’t think she’d go that far. But there’s always the possibility of one, given their crazy dynamic. Thought you should know. I saw you noticed that weird moment she had downstairs.”

Eve nodded. Adam was briefing her on his family’s issues. What had he told them about her? She wanted to ask but didn’t quite know how.

“You’re my girlfriend,” he said, uncannily reading her mind again.

“I’m your girlfriend?”

“Yup. Word got to them that I was seeing someone. Jannie wanted to meet you.”

He hadn’t told them the truth. Of course he hadn’t. Then again, no one had forced him to bring her here. Why had he?

He unbuckled his belt and started to unzip his fly.

Her body instantly reacted. She had stopped questioning what this man did to her and why. Over the months, her appetite for him had only increased. But there was more now. She enjoyed everything else they shared, and just being around him made her happy.

His hands stilled. Her gaze swept upward over his washboard abs and solid pecs. Adam, half-dressed, was just as hot as Adam wearing nothing. When she looked up at his face, his dark blue eyes were sparkling, and he was smirking in that sexy way she’d grown to know so well.

“OK, then, I’m your girlfriend.”

He grinned at her, and her heart did a little flip. This wasn’t the first time she’d played the girlfriend, but with Adam, it felt entirely different.

Adam

“Yeah, better to play inside, with air conditioning. Shuffle the cards. Let’s see how fast I can crush you.” Ian finished his margarita, reached for the glass pitcher, and poured himself another.“Damn, these are good. Refill?”

“Sure.” Adam slid his empty glass to his brother and picked up the deck, his eyes on the two women sitting outside in the summer kitchen, engrossed in conversation.

Of course, Freak did most of the talking, gesturing animatedly with her hands. Eve sat on a barstool, nodding and smiling, looking hot as hell in a white bathing suit that he had never seen before. The bottom looked like a miniskirt, and the suit was sheer at the middle, showing off her flat belly.

“Hey. Am I talking to myself, or…?”

“Huh?” Adam looked back at Ian, who had refilled his glass and watched him in bemusement.

“I never thought I’d see the day.” He leaned forward, staring at Adam over the card table. “You’re really into this girl, aren’t you?”

Rolf brought the ball to her, tail wagging, his round eyes worshipful as Eve took it and held it up, waiting for a sit. Adam smiled, shuffling the cards. Dogs were good judges of character.

Ian, too, looked at the three through the huge picture window.“Lucky for you, she sees something that I don’t see because the way she looks at you approaches three-alarm. So many eye fucks between you two, I’ve wanted to go grab that fire extinguisher Freak keeps in the kitchen.”

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