He lifts my face to his, capturing my lips with his mouth in a passionate kiss that quickly leads to much, much more.
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My hair is still wet from the shower when the first knock sounds on the door.I look at Adam and he pinches the bridge of his nose.He appears thoroughly exasperated, letting me know that he already knows who's out there.Another set of knocks rattle the door before we hear, "Answer the door, siblings.You have 30 seconds to get decent or turn this knob because I'm coming in."
Ada.She sounds far too chipper.Adam still doesn't tell her to come in, but true to her word, she walks in 30 seconds later.
"Hey there, sibs."She chirps as she flops to her back on the bed.
"Ace."Adam greets her gruffly.
"Don't worry, Jafar.I came to make plans with Eve and get your phone number," she says as she switches her focus to me.
I toss my phone to her so that she can call herself.She picks it up without a pause and busies herself, dialing the numbers before pitching the phone back to me.
"No password?"
My eyebrows raise in question.
"Your phone.You don't have a password on it."
"Oh.Yeah."I shrug.I just don't have a need for a password.Vaughn is the only person that's ever around and there's nothing I would hide from her.
"So, anyway.We need to coordinate our outfits for the banquet."
"I told you I'm not going to that."
Adam steals both our focus when he asks, "What makes you think that?"
"That I'm not going to the banquet?"
Adam just stares back at me.
"Me not wanting to go makes me know that I'm not going."
"We are going, and I do need you to ride with Ace.I have to go early to deal with the caterers and the band.I don't want to have two cars there, so this will work out best."
I close my eyes dramatically and open them wide in the same fashion.This guy really thinks he is the head say-so around here and that I'm little miss go along with it Ginger.I'm not going to get into this with him right now.
"Did you put your number in my phone?"
Ada's face brightens like the sun.
"You want my number?"
It's impossible to not like her when she smiles at me like that.She's a stunner in every sense of the word.
"Of course, I want your number.I'm a call screener."
Adam chokes on a laugh behind us.
"You love me, and you know it," Ada says with a mischievous wink.
"So, the banquet is a black-and-white event.Not like formal black and white but cocktail black and white.I think I should wear a white dress and black shoes and then you wear the black dress and white shoes."
I look at her questioningly.How does she still think I'm going to that banquet?There's something wrong with this family.They're so pushy.
"Well, I have to go home.I need to put in some face time with Vaughn, and the new episode of Grifters comes out tonight."I shake my fists in front of my chest and do a girly squeal.Grifters is our guilty pleasure.
