Page 88 of Sunny Skies Ahead
“What’s the sleeping arrangement?” Lucas asked, not deigning to look up at either of us while scrolling on his phone.
“Imogen and I are sharing a room,” Kameron murmured. Lucas made a gagging noise.
“Good,” I said, and Kameron’s gaze heated. I couldn’t stop the smile that took over my face, and I decided I didn’t want to.
The elevator doors opened, and I eagerly stepped into the hallway of our floor, grabbing the keycard from Kameron’s outstretched hand. Kam handed Lucas his keycard. His room was a few doors down from ours.
“I swear to God, if the two of you wake me up with your sexual escapades tonight, I’ll commit a homicide.”
“It’s a good thing my lawyer sister lives here them,” I quipped. “Sounds like we’ll need her services.”
My breath caught when the full meaning of my words set in.
Cassie. I hadn’t so much as thought about trying to meet my sister while I was in town. I couldn’t remember the last timeI’d come to Seattle. I’d want her to visit me if the roles were reversed.
Then again, Cassie had never yielded her pride and come home to Watford to visit any of us.
I didn’t need something else distracting me this weekend. Not when there was so much on our plates.
“The same goes for you,” Kam shot back. “And for the love of God, donotbe late tomorrow. Go have fun, but don’t be late.”
“Wouldn’t dream of it,” Lucas said before retreating into his room.
Kam opened our door, gesturing for us to step inside. I walked past the bathroom and the entryway table, my eyes widening at the spacious layout and modern amenities. There was a plush king size bed in the center of the bedroom space, overflowing with fluffy pillows and lush blankets.
“If it’s okay with you, I’m going to see if there’s a gym in this place,” Kam said. He dropped his duffle bag on the floor and grabbed his gym clothes.
I raised my eyebrows. “You want to work out? Now?”
Kameron gave me a teasing grin. “Lifting heavy weights is how some of us work through our stress and anxiety.”
“Ah,” I said. “Of course.”
“And, me going to the gym means that you have the room for yourself to listen to your music and shake it out.”
Heat rushed to my cheeks.
“How in the world did you know I do that? You know what, don’t answer that. I bet Abbie told you.”
“I saw you,” Kam murmured, and a fresh wave of heat flushed to my cheeks. “It was after we’d finished one of ourgrant proposals. You were stressed about whether or not it was good enough, and after we hit submit, you headed back to the tiny house. A few minutes later, I realized you’d left your water bottle on the kitchen table, and I wanted to return it to you. As I made my way down the hill, I saw you dancing through the kitchen window. You had your headphones on and you were dancing with your eyes closed like no one was watching. I admittedly watched you for longer than I probably should have, and I realized you were working through something, so I just. . .”
“You set the water bottle down on the porch,” I murmured, rubbing my hand along my arm. “I’d thought I was going crazy when I saw it there, but it was just you.”
Kameron rubbed the back of his neck and shrugged. “Yeah, it was me.”
Something warm spread throughout my body, a homey feeling that overpowered my apprehension about the grant presentations.
“Thank you,” I whispered. Kameron took a step towards me, and I tilted my face towards him out of instinct. Kameron’s hands cupped my face as he kissed me, and my God, I didn’t know how I’d gone two whole days without his hands on me.
I let out a small breath as we pulled away, my eyes closing of their own volition as I focused only on the feeling of Kameron’s hands against my skin.
“You dance it out, I’ll get a gym session in, and then we’ll order room service and go over the grant presentation a thousand times in a futile effort to alleviate our shared anxiety.”
I chuckled as I stepped to the side.
“Sounds like a plan, lover boy.”
“What happened to cowboy?”
