The Exception (Summer Nights Series Book 3) by Lauren H. Mae & Rosalie Rooks

Author:Lauren H. Mae & Rosalie Rooks [Mae, Lauren H. & Rooks, Rosalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Williams Street Press
Published: 2021-06-29T23:00:00+00:00

Twenty-three

Sonya looked up from the fruit she was slicing to see Adam coming in through the screen door from the deck. He glanced around the room, then cornered Sonya with a mischievous stare.

“What?”

“You and I need to talk, Nurse Sonya.”

Sonya felt her heart speed up. She’d known Adam for exactly six weeks less time than she’d known Emma, which was to say forever. They’d been through a lot together, and though he was probably the most easy going guy you’d ever meet, maybe next to Josh, there were certain things he didn’t let go. She had a feeling bringing a male friend on this trip would be one of them.

“What did we need to talk about? Is that rash back?” she joked, hoping she could use his afternoon buzz against him to maneuver around this line of questioning.

He put down the plate he was carrying and pretended to rub his back against her. “It’s back and it’s worse.”

“Get away from me, you heathen. You’re gross.”

He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and squeezed, trapping her. “So what’s really going on here with your impromptu guest?”

“I brought a friend. That’s it.”

“Liar.”

She huffed a sigh. “You’re a bigger pain than your wife.”

“Don’t flatter me.” He rested his chin on the top of her head. “He’s cool. Josh and Dylan and I like him.”

She smiled down at her cutting board. She’d expected as much—Trav was easy to like and so were the rest of them—but she couldn’t deny it made her feel some sort of way. Trav had been outside “prepping the grill” and hanging with the guys like they were old friends. Marcus had known them for years and he’d never been this at ease with any of them.

Maybe because Dani insisted on pretending she couldn’t remember his name whenever he came back from a long trip. Or because Adam made a point to tell stories from college whenever they would double date, asking Marcus if he remembered them even though they hadn’t met until grad school. Marcus never figured out that her friends’ love language was teasing and joking. All he had to do was give it back to them, but he was always so serious. He wore a dress shirt and khakis to his first pool party at Dylan’s!

What a feat to manage to be the uptight one in a relationship with her, she thought. She pictured Trav’s t-shirt and unstyled hair, her mind placing him and Marcus side by side. She laughed at the comparison. Which was probably the wrong comparison to be making after the kiss she was supposed to be forgetting.

“I’m glad you’re getting along,” she said to Adam. “He’s a good friend.”

Adam laughed. “Yeah, okay. I’ll ask again at the end of this trip.”

She hushed him with an elbow to his side when the rest of the guys came inside. The last thing she needed was for Trav or Dylan to hear Adam’s teasing and take it seriously.

Josh went to help Cat with the baby, while Adam pulled the tray of marinated steaks from the fridge.

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