Chapter Nine
The movie was probably great, Sarah wouldn’t know. Her awareness never left Adam, she knew exactly where he was sitting and how many times he’d glanced her way. She wasn’t egotistical enough to get her hopes up but butterflies definitely fluttered in her belly.
“Sarah do you want to go?” Sarah blinked and noticed Pascal and Toussaint had joined them at some point and all eyes were on her.
“We’re heading over to Stoney’s bar to have a drink with Sebastian.” Pascal held his hand out to help her stand. “Join us and meet the fourth musketeer?”
“Sure, I can’t tell you the last time I went out for fun on a Friday night that didn’t include an animated movie and pizza.”
“And it looks like our party just got bigger.” Toussaint smiled at someone behind her.
The hair on the back of her neck stood, she knew who was there.
She turned slowly and smiled at Aristide who was being followed by Adam and Silver.
Oh goody, the panty wetting torture was going to continue. She hoped it was dark enough no one would see how red her cheeks were. Sarah folded up her chair and thanked Asald as he scooped everything into one giant arm.
“Lead the way.” Penny smiled excitedly. Sarah knew Penny was in heaven with all these men around. She was probably calculating each man’s worth and deciding who the lucky guy would be to get sucked into her machinations.
It was a short walk to the bar and every cell in Sarah’s body was thrumming with excitement at having Adam so close. Her back was aching by the time they made it to the bar, she had been so stressed knowing he was walking behind her she had kept her posture ramrod straight.
Stoney’s wasn’t what she expected, she had assumed the name was more about getting high. Instead, the inside was dark, the walls were stone with real fire sconces all around. In each corner, a stone gargoyle statue sat staring at the crowd. The music was loud and people were dancing in the center of the room.
A large man in the far corner stood and waved them over, it wasn’t hard to tell he was the fourth musketeer, his muscles were equally as large as the other men’s plus the Sheriff badge might have given it away.
Sarah was surprised at the warm hug he gave her and Penny and the terse greeting to Asald. Maybe he didn’t have to work the other night and chose to skip dinner because of Asald? How anyone could dislike him though was a mystery to her.
As soon as drinks were ordered Pascal and Toussaint stood and pulled them out of their seats, “Let’s go ladies, there’s no time for sitting.” Pascal winked at them before dragging Sarah unwillingly towards the center of the floor. She was not surprised to see Penny dancing her way towards them, Sarah was envious of her complete confidence in herself.
Sarah glanced towards the table and instantly regretted it, Adam was glowering their way. Every time she saw him the beauty of his scars awed her. It actually pained her to not go to him, something inside her desperately wanted to be with him. The intensity of the foreign feeling was both scary and exciting.
Pascal’s hand wrapped around her waist and sent her spinning, she couldn’t help the giggle that slipped from her mouth. The music was loud, the dancing was good and soon Sarah was lost in the euphoria of it all and danced as if she were alone in her living room.
Sweat rolled down her neck and slid between her breasts, she couldn’t remember the last time she’d this much fun. Breathless and holding her side where a cramp had started she yelled to Penny that she was going outside and slipped out for fresh air.
The cold night air instantly sent chills across her skin, it felt good now but she knew soon she would be freezing.
Taking in the much quieter atmosphere she leaned against the wall of the building and closed her eyes.
“I’m not sure you should be outside by yourself, this town may look innocent but we have our share of monsters too.” Sarah shivered at the words spoken, not because of what was said but because of the mouth that said them so quietly next to her. She knew when she opened her eyes Adam would be inches from her.
“I’m glad you’re out here to protect me.” Her eyes fluttered open and wasn’t disappointed to see he was only a foot away. It would only take her leaning off the wall to be flush with his body. Did he feel the pulsing need reverberating between them or was it only one-sided?
“You ran off earlier, do you want to go for a walk and talk?”
Hell freaking yes she did but saying that made her sound easy. Instead, she cocked her head to the side, “How do I know you aren’t one of the monsters?”
“I admit I am more monster than man but you are safe with me, everyone inside will vouch for me.”
She bit her bottom lip for a split second before deciding, “I’ll text Penny that we’re walking over to the ice cream shop and they can meet us at the gazebo in a bit.”
Adam nodded and waited as she sent her text. He couldn’t see her screen so he missed Penny’s emoji responses of a tongue, lips, water drops and a bed. Sarah knew exactly where her friend's mind was at. She sent back a halo emoji and slipped her phone into her back pocket.
“It looks like I’m all yours.” She knew how that sounded and decided to see how it was received. She wasn’t disappointed to see something stir in his eyes, she hoped it was desire or she was going to be an aching mess for weeks.
She was surprised when he held out his arm and waited for her to loop her arm through his. She’d only ever seen men do that in the movies.
Suddenly shy, she blushed as she slipped her hand into the bend of his arm. “Lead the way.”