Page 64 of The Summer I Loved

She shook her head. “But it’s like he did.”

He was about to ask but Chase appeared at the door. “Food’s here.”

“Go eat. We can talk some more tomorrow. I’ll call you during the drive to Bron’s school in the morning.”

“You’re going to bed, then?” Damn, could he sound more pathetic?

“Yeah. I have to be up early and you know I have that thing I need to do before I go to sleep.”

He couldn’t say anything and she laughed. “Love you, Cam.”

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“So, what’s Adrianna up to tonight?”

Images of her long, feminine fingers with their pretty, pink, manicured nails slipping between her legs, rubbing slow circles against her pink bud washed over him. Cam’s stomach dropped and he squeezed the ketchup out of his bacon cheeseburger.

All the self-coaching he had done on the way to the living room flew out of the window. Her lips were probably parting and her hips bucking against her fingers. His dick was once again straining between his pants.Fuck, fuck, fuck.

“She’s fine.” His voice was rougher than he intended.

“You’re in a mood. That’s my cue to go upstairs.” Lux began to stand up but he put a hand to her wrist.

“Don’t go. It’s been a long day.” Yes, he was lying. It’s not like he could tell his sister he was about to burst through his pants imagining Adrianna getting herself off.

“This house is just dead without Bron.” She sat back down.

“You guys need to get a grip. Even the mutts are depressed.” Chase shrugged. “They only perked up when Bron called me earlier.”

Cam smiled. His little girl was sweet, caring, and amazing.

“You mean when you were pumping our niece for information?”

“Don’t be spiteful or those wrinkles will get bigger, Lux. Anyway, I was asking her how the important people in her life are. That’s what you do when you care about someone.”

“Yeah, right.” Lux rolled her eyes.

That’s when it hit Cam. “Lauren. That’s why you and Adrianna don’t like Elias.”

Chase’shand stilled. “We don’t like him because he’s an asshole.”

Lux nodded. “He was always so nice to me and at first I thought he was hot, until one time he came to the house when Cam wasn’t there. He was really douche-y to Eddha when I went upstairs to look for something—” Her gaze landed on Diego, who was sniffing circles around the carpet. “Oh, shit.”

She picked him up and ran toward the door. Frida took off after her.

“Why did you bring up Twittle-Fuck, Esquire? Just to piss me off?” Chase took a swig of his beer.

“He went to the bistro looking for Adri and Lauren.” Cam had expected a reaction out of Chase, but the flash of darkness on his brother’s eyes was a bit disconcerting.

He continued. “Adri was not happy about it. She didn’t tell me why she doesn’t like him. Just that you and she don’t like him for the same reason. I’m guessing this all goes back to Lauren. But I never knew Elias had any interest in her. She wasn’t exactly his type back then. He was all about law school and Lauren was two years younger. Elias wouldn’t have messed with a minor.”

Chase didn’t look at him. “He wasn’t sleeping with her, if that’s what you’re thinking…”

“I wasn’t.”

“…but he toyed with her.”

“We all did dumb things when we were young. Look at me.” Cam pointed at himself.

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