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He grins and takes a step forward. I press my back against the wall, feeling trapped and horny.
“They’re just sweatpants, Avery.”
“No, they’re not. They’re porn pants, handmade by the devil himself. Women around the world would sign their souls away with one hand while jilling themselves with the other if they could see you now.”
He bursts out laughing, which doesn’t help because now his cock is bobbing. I swallow hard and tap the side of my thighs, needing to leave before I drop to my knees and get a better look. You know, for science.
“You’re killing me. Come on, let’s get out of here.”
I shake my head and cross my arms. “Change first.”
“I’m not changing, and if I were to say the same to you, you’d kick my ass.”
“If I wore something that outlined the lips of my pussy, I’m sure you’d be saying the same.”
Now, it’s his turn to swallow. “You can’t see anything, Avery.” He drops his head to look.
“You might not be able to, but even if I hadn’t seen you naked, I’d be able to tell you’re above average-sized, thick enough to make me consider jaw exercises, and you tuck to the left.” I cross my arms over my chest as his grin grows even wider.
“You know what? I’m feeling pretty damn comfortable right now, so I’ll take my chances.”
I shake my head and turn, unlocking the door and yanking it open. “Fine, wear your porn pants, but don’t come crying to me when it ends badly.”
I step outside and breathe in deeply. There is something about mountain air after it rains that just feels superior to the air quality everywhere else. I know I sound like I have a screw loose, but being here, where the mountains touch the sky, I feel like I can breathe for the first time in years.
Ev locks up and stands beside me. “Where to?”
I avoid looking at his sweatpants and shrug. “I don’t know. It’s changed a lot since I’ve been gone,” I tell him quietly.
“How about we walk down to the orchards? It’s where I go to think.”
I look up at him and nod. “Sounds good.”
He takes my hand and leads the way. I take in all the new buildings as we make our way down the footpath through the trees lining the perimeter.
“Is this all Apex?” I ask as he pulls out a set of keys and unlocks the gate before typing a code into the keypad.
“It is,” he replies, locking the gate before rearming it.
“What’s with the gates? They were never alarmed before.”
“A lot has happened since you’ve been gone. And they’re not just alarmed, they’re also electrified. So you might not want to touch them.”
“Yikes. Thanks for the heads-up. Though there’s gonna be a baby here soon, so you might want to rethink the whole electrocution thing.”
“We’ll come up with something. It was mostly in place while the last of the work was being done. We have reinforced access tunnels, panic rooms, and cameras all over the place too.”
“Good. I hope it’s enough.”
“It has to be. I refuse to lose anyone.”
I look up at him, his jaw tight. “Life doesn’t work that way, Ev. We don’t get to pick and choose who lives or dies.”
“Doesn’t mean I won’t do everything I can to stack the odds in our favor.” Well, I can’t argue with that.
We walk the rest of the way in silence until we reach another fence—this one, a plain wooden one. Ev helps me climb over it, and then there are trees heavy with fruit as far as the eye can see.
“Wow. That’s a lot of fruit.”
