Behind The Facade
Book 2
Chapter 1
“Babies! Lot of babies!” exclaims Jordana Sinclair after she takes a sip of her wine. There’s a hint of a smile on her face.
“Mother!” says Adam, tone aghast at the mention of little ones. “You’re scaring Lexi! Next thing I know she’s run off and left me!”
Lexi, Adam’s girlfriend, breaks out into a laugh and Jordana and Bill Sinclair, Adam’s parents, join in as they shake their heads in amusement. It’s been a whole day of touring his parents around the city, and they’ve been to at least three parks, a musical, multiple restaurants, and three other tourist destinations. After the long day, they’re all happy to cap it off with dinner in a rooftop restaurant overlooking the whole city.
“You’re not getting any younger, son.” That’s Bill Sinclair, looking at Adam over the tip of his wine glass. “And Lexi here…don’t tell me you don’t want any of her genes mixed with yours.” Bill Sinclair then turns to the woman. “You’re beautiful, my dear.”
“Thank you…” Lexi gushes. She’s been nervous the whole day.
Do Adam’s parents like her? The thought’s been swimming in her head ever since this morning.
“Anyway…” Adam then interrupts. He knows Lexi’s in knots with the meet-the-parents situation. “Will you be staying longer? We’ve barely seen half of the city. We’d love to show you around tomorrow.”
“Don’t fret, my dear,” says Jordana Sinclair, looking regal in a red wrap dress. She has a glass of wine in her hands and takes a sip from it. “Your father has some work in the city, and I’ll be meeting a few friends for a catch-up.”
“Didn’t know I had such busy parents…” Adam tips his lips up into a small smile. “I may need to set up a meeting next time I want to hang out with you two.”
A round of laughter ensues, and slowly, Lexi feels her nerves relax a bit. Bill and Jordana are easy-going and have been nothing but gracious to her the whole day; they’re fun to converse with and definitely not stiff and snooty as she initially thought. Lexi feels her shoulders relax as she automatically leans closer to her boyfriend.
Dinner ends and Adam and Lexi drop off his parents in their hotel. After an exchange of hugs and air kisses, Bill closes the car door behind them before he and his wife enter the hotel and wave ‘goodbye’. The car speeds off and heads back to the apartment, and Adam rests a lazy hand on Lexi’s inner thigh.
“So did you have fun today?” Adam says, drawing circles on her skin, as Lexi sinks further into the car seat. “My parents love you.”
“Do they?” Lexi asks, turning her torso around, so that she’s facing him. “I barely even spoke. I bet I looked like a fish out of water.”
“A sexy fish out of water.”
Lexi gives him a look – a raised eyebrow and a hint of a smirk. Are you out of your mind? She seems to be telling him, but Adam ignores the unspoken query. Instead, his hands travel up from her thighs to her shoulders and he starts massaging them and untying her knots.
“Hmm…” she breathes out as his hands work wonders on her shoulders. “That feels so good.”
For some reason, Adam knows how to make everything, especially something so mundane as a massage, sexual and intimate. She feels the tension build up in her groin, and she’s tempted to push Adam onto his back. Thoughts, dirty thoughts, start filtering in her head – just the exact moment the car comes to a halt.
Adam sees her bite her bottom lip, and he knows she does that when she’s disappointed. He lets out a chuckle before he gives her a quick kiss on the nose. He knows why she’s disappointed; it’s too late to have sex in the car. The thought brings a smile to his face. In the past month they’ve been dating, Lexi has been a whole new person in the bedroom. There’s no memory of the virgin that used to be, and Adam is more than happy to reap the fruits of his labor. He is a good teacher.
“I don’t want to know what you’re thinking right now,” Lexi says with a hint of a grin, as they enter the elevators and Adam’s presses the button to his apartment floor.
Adam’s ready to throw a highly-sexual remark, but with a number of senior citizens inside the elevator, he’ll have to hold that comment off until they’re alone. He won’t appreciate the judgmental glances they’re sure to receive.
“Fuck this,” Adam says, the moment they’re in the privacy of his apartment. It hasn’t been a millisecond since the door closed, and he’s trying to get Lexi naked already. He succeeds, and as they stumble into his bedroom, Lexi’s wrapped in his arms, and she’s only in her lingerie.
After a hot shower, sex included, Lexi and Adam are looking forward to some downtime. Adam has a few things to look over on his computer before the new work week begins, and Lexi spends the time browsing through random websites. She finds herself automatically typing Adam’s name on Facebook and looking through his pictures. She wants to see more of his life in photos. She pores through family albums and can’t help but laugh at seeing Adam’s childhood pictures. He seems to have been a naughty kid, and Lexi is the least bit surprised. There are also numerous photos of Bill and Jordana Sinclair during their younger years.
“Hmmm…” she mutters to herself, as she scans through the rest of the albums.
There’s a bunch with friends, and they’re either in some exotic international destination or in one of the swanky bars in the city. She’s met some of the people in the pictures. There’s even a few with Dale and Mack during Adam’s visits to Europe.
Her eyes then land on a series of pictures where Adam has his arms wrapped around a woman. She looks familiar…a model most likely? She definitely fits the image – blond hair, bright blue eyes, and legs that never end. Lexi notices a couple of tattoos, one on her inner wrist and another on the side of her foot. The ink makes her look even hotter. She’s the perfect complement to Adam’s physical features. Whoever this girl is, she completes one-half of the power couple that used to be.
A hint of jealousy then creeps up on Lexi, but she tries her best to shake it away. The pictures are dated a year ago; this girl is part of Adam’s past. She’s the one in the present.