Paint Our Song (Cloverlily Book 1) by Maia Kinley

Author:Maia Kinley [Kinley, Maia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-10-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Agentle tapping on his arm wakes him and Miles opens his eyes to find Calvin peering down at him. Dazed, Miles looks around—he had fallen asleep?

“We’re leaving,” Calvin says, and Miles nods.

“What are we doing now?” Chase asks, already rejuvenated after his short nap. Miles checks his watch—it’s one p.m. He’s been out for roughly an hour.

Gil’s smacking his knuckles against his thighs as if they’ve fallen asleep. If he had let Chase lie on them the entire time, they probably are.

“Going back to the inn to shower,” Gil says. He sniffs his shirt and frowns, and Miles does the same for his. It smells bad. They’re bringing back the stream with them.

“And after?” Chase asks.

“I don’t know. Sleeping.”

Chase makes a face. “I just woke up. Miles, what are we doing after?”

“Uh,” Miles says. He’d much rather retreat to his house, but they did come all the way here from the city. “We can head downtown? There are nice shops.”

“Okay, so we take showers, then we drive downtown!”

The trek back to the inn is much more subdued, which likely has to do with everyone being exhausted, and they’re sweaty all over again when they get back to the inn. Miles is spent, but it doesn’t seem like Chase is going to let him back out, especially when he doesn’t head toward the elevator like they do, and Chase immediately notices.

“Where are you going?” Chase asks. “We’re heading out right after we shower.

“I live across the street. I’ll head back here right after.”

“Why don’t you shower in one of our rooms?” Gil asks. “You brought a change of clothes, didn’t you?”

“Well… yeah.” He does have some in his bag. “It’ll be quicker for me to go home, though.”

“How would it be quicker? You’d be going back and forth,” Chase says. “Cal, can Miles shower in your room?”

“Uh.” Calvin’s attention snaps up. “What?”

“Can Miles shower in your room?”

“Uh.”

“It’s fine, I’ll be right back!” Miles says.

Calvin snaps out of it. “I—yeah, Miles, you can use my shower.”

His voice is so quiet and hesitant. There’s tension here that Miles can see, and maybe Gil, too, because he seems perceptive about most things, but Chase doesn’t seem to notice at all.

Well. Okay, then. Miles gets in the elevator with them, and he’s quiet the whole ride up, and also as they walk toward their rooms. Chase and Gil retreat to their own rooms, and Calvin fumbles slightly with his key-card as he opens his own door.

“I can run home,” Miles says. “Chase won’t even notice.”

“It’s fine.”

Miles swallows and follows him in. Calvin’s room looks like every other room in the inn with its king-sized bed, closets, and the desk by the corner. Natural light streams in from the open curtains. Miles wants to remind Calvin to remember to keep his balcony locked because it’s ajar, and he’s not so sure how unhinged his fans can be.

He likes how this room has some unique traces of Calvin, such as the guitar leaning on the wall.

“You can go first,” Calvin says, eyes drifting to the floor.

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