know what I look like now, but what if…
Adam threw the car in park and sprang into action, hitting the pavement in a full run.
“Adam, wait!” But it was too late.
My hands started shaking as he charged between the buildings and vanished from sight. The car was quiet except the sound of my stampeding heartbeat. Minutes passed.
I popped open the door and I took a few cautious steps towards the corridor, but when I neared the curb I had second thoughts.
Just as I turned on my heel, I was grabbed by an arm. I spun around to face Adam.
“What are you doing out of the ca—”
I slapped him. The sound cut through the air and marked him with my anger in red splotches that formed on his cheek.
“Don’t you EVER leave me alone like that again! You can’t just run off, what if something happened?”
Adam paled. It didn’t occur to me how those words might affect him but I wasn’t thinking rationally. He attempted to pull me towards him but I recoiled, trembling all over. It wasn’t just me, but what if something happened to him ?
“Adam Razor…if I don’t live and fucking breathe.”
We simultaneously turned to the right and emerging from a black Jeep Commander was a brute of a man—thick and stocky in build, wearing a black beanie hat and a tight white long sleeve shirt that looked like buttercream icing over his bodybuilder frame. His inquisitive eyes glowed from the illumination of the cigarette burning at the end. He pulled in a long drag, eating up the time as the paper crackled.
“Knox…you’re a little off the map aren’t you?”
“Likewise, brother.” The cigarette was tossed to the asphalt and crushed beneath sizeable laced up boots as he blew out the smoke. I didn’t like the way he glared at me so I stepped closer to Adam. Knox folded his arms pushing out those boulders he called muscles.
“Go wait in the car.”
Adam didn’t wait for an argument but escorted me to the car and slammed the door. I watched the two men lock arms and I cracked the manual window just a little so I could eavesdrop.
“I told you I’m out,” Adam stated factually.
“Which brings me back to my previous question—what brings you out here? It’s a pretty big mother of a fucking coincidence.” His muscled arm stretched out over the car door and I didn’t see him blink once. Intimidation oozed out of his pores as if it were part of his DNA makeup.
“This is my life Knox. Deal.”
“Sure you don’t want to tell me something? Last chance because I’ll find out.”
Adam’s stance widened. “I’m squeaky clean as you’ll see. No one sent you to find me?”
“Hell no, we got bigger fish in the frying pan.” Knox lowered the tip of his hat so his eyes were hidden. I remained quiet knowing any sound I made would alert them that I could hear what they were saying.
“Pretty girl.” His eyes skated to the car and Adam turned to check on me. “She yours?”
“She’s a friend, I’m helping her out.”
Knox rubbed his hand against his chin pulling in his lower lip. “Do me a favor and cook up that big juicy steak you’re going to put over your cheek when you get home brother. I like it well done. Looks like you’re the one that needs the help.”
Adam softly chuckled and his hand touched the back of his neck. It was his thing, one of those gestures that was intrinsically Adam. “Sounds to me like you haven’t found that someone special.”
Knox sounded like a distant motor when he laughed and he tilted his wide chin up with a smirk. “I like my women naked with their legs wrapped around my neck—now that’s special.” I almost shuddered at the visual. His smile spread tight across those steel jaws. “Relationships are for pussies, I think we’ve established that.”
“Still the same old whore you always were, Knox.” Adam’s tone warmed and despite their banter, I could see they were friends.
“It isn’t the same. You should see the mindfuck they paired me up with.”
I
Adam threw the car in park and sprang into action, hitting the pavement in a full run.
“Adam, wait!” But it was too late.
My hands started shaking as he charged between the buildings and vanished from sight. The car was quiet except the sound of my stampeding heartbeat. Minutes passed.
I popped open the door and I took a few cautious steps towards the corridor, but when I neared the curb I had second thoughts.
Just as I turned on my heel, I was grabbed by an arm. I spun around to face Adam.
“What are you doing out of the ca—”
I slapped him. The sound cut through the air and marked him with my anger in red splotches that formed on his cheek.
“Don’t you EVER leave me alone like that again! You can’t just run off, what if something happened?”
Adam paled. It didn’t occur to me how those words might affect him but I wasn’t thinking rationally. He attempted to pull me towards him but I recoiled, trembling all over. It wasn’t just me, but what if something happened to him ?
“Adam Razor…if I don’t live and fucking breathe.”
We simultaneously turned to the right and emerging from a black Jeep Commander was a brute of a man—thick and stocky in build, wearing a black beanie hat and a tight white long sleeve shirt that looked like buttercream icing over his bodybuilder frame. His inquisitive eyes glowed from the illumination of the cigarette burning at the end. He pulled in a long drag, eating up the time as the paper crackled.
“Knox…you’re a little off the map aren’t you?”
“Likewise, brother.” The cigarette was tossed to the asphalt and crushed beneath sizeable laced up boots as he blew out the smoke. I didn’t like the way he glared at me so I stepped closer to Adam. Knox folded his arms pushing out those boulders he called muscles.
“Go wait in the car.”
Adam didn’t wait for an argument but escorted me to the car and slammed the door. I watched the two men lock arms and I cracked the manual window just a little so I could eavesdrop.
“I told you I’m out,” Adam stated factually.
“Which brings me back to my previous question—what brings you out here? It’s a pretty big mother of a fucking coincidence.” His muscled arm stretched out over the car door and I didn’t see him blink once. Intimidation oozed out of his pores as if it were part of his DNA makeup.
“This is my life Knox. Deal.”
“Sure you don’t want to tell me something? Last chance because I’ll find out.”
Adam’s stance widened. “I’m squeaky clean as you’ll see. No one sent you to find me?”
“Hell no, we got bigger fish in the frying pan.” Knox lowered the tip of his hat so his eyes were hidden. I remained quiet knowing any sound I made would alert them that I could hear what they were saying.
“Pretty girl.” His eyes skated to the car and Adam turned to check on me. “She yours?”
“She’s a friend, I’m helping her out.”
Knox rubbed his hand against his chin pulling in his lower lip. “Do me a favor and cook up that big juicy steak you’re going to put over your cheek when you get home brother. I like it well done. Looks like you’re the one that needs the help.”
Adam softly chuckled and his hand touched the back of his neck. It was his thing, one of those gestures that was intrinsically Adam. “Sounds to me like you haven’t found that someone special.”
Knox sounded like a distant motor when he laughed and he tilted his wide chin up with a smirk. “I like my women naked with their legs wrapped around my neck—now that’s special.” I almost shuddered at the visual. His smile spread tight across those steel jaws. “Relationships are for pussies, I think we’ve established that.”
“Still the same old whore you always were, Knox.” Adam’s tone warmed and despite their banter, I could see they were friends.
“It isn’t the same. You should see the mindfuck they paired me up with.”
I
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