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"If we stay here, we're going to give a steamy show."
She gasped and pulled back. Her face was on fire and she looked around to see if anyone noticed. "We need to do better. We're not kids anymore."
Cam smirked at her, making Adrianna even more unsettled. “Stop.”
"You know what's funny about you?" he asked.
"What's that?" She reached for her water goblet and took a sip.
"You get so embarrassed about kissing in public and yet you are the same person who initiated the most erotic experience of my life that day at the state fair when you took your clothes off under the Fire Ball."
The memory hit her with full force. The water she drank went down the wrong pipe; soon Adrianna was choking and coughing loudly.
•••
Acacia Falls
Ten years ago
"I think I see a better prospect than you to go on the ride," Chase said, eyeing Lauren as she made her way toward them.
Normally, Cam would have rolled his eyes at his younger brother, but Lauren wasn't alone. She walked with the girl that never left Cam's thoughts, who had been torturing him for the last two hours, sending him looks under her lashes and slight smiles when no one was looking. But as they got closer, Adrianna eyed him like he was something on the bottom of her shoe.
Though maddening, Cam couldn't deny how exciting this was. For the past two months, they had been seeing each other in secret. Everyone thought they hated each other but every minute they were away from the prying eyes of others, they spent talking, arguing or making out passionately.
Adrianna had been in his every fantasy for the past year. He pursued her hard, knowing she was with Tommy. Cam couldn’t understand how that guy could spend his time screwing with every other girl in town when the prize was already his. When they’d broken up and Tommy's parents had sent him away, Cam doubled his attempts. Adrianna still rebuffed him. Then came the day when she found him reeling from a fight with his father by the side of the falls. She berated him for stalking her. They’d had an all-out screaming fight that ended with them kissing.
They had yet to have sex and it drove Cam crazy. His body was constantly feverish, his erections made training uncomfortable. She wore shorts all the time or dresses that caressed her mid-thighs. All he wanted was to lose himself in her, running his hands up and down her beautiful limbs.
"What do you say, Cameron?"
Chase's voice pulled him out of his thoughts and he found both Lauren and Adrianna directly in front of him.
"What?" He asked, staring at Adrianna, who wore an enigmatic smile on her face.
She knew the effect she had on him. And loved it.
"Lauren agreed to go on the Fire Ball with me. Are you coming? You can sit across from us. Maybe Adrianna can sit next to you?" Chase offered, looking from Cam to Adrianna.
Before Cam could respond, Adrianna jumped in, shaking her head. "Nope, that's not for me. You guys go. I'll catch up with you later, Lo."
She walked away towards the opposite side of the ride. When she got to the end, she turned and threw him a suggestive look over her shoulder. In awe, Cam watched her dip underneath the ride, behind the operating cabin.
"You coming?" Lo asked him, but laughter danced in her eyes and her lips pressed to barely contain the knowing smile. She was Adri’s best friend. Of course, she knew what was happening between them.
Cam shook his head and waited for them to board the ride, almost laughing at the giddy look on Chase’s face, then went to meet Adrianna.
He found her sitting on the floor, her legs crossed in front of her under the big metal beams. He kneeled in front of her, making a bee-line straight for her lips.
"Why didn't you want to go on the ride? I would've held your hand so you wouldn't be scared," he taunted.
She shoved him. "I'm not afraid of rides. I just think they’re juvenile."
He smirked at her. "Aha. You just like to be safe."
She raised an eyebrow. "Are you saying I'm not adventurous? I'll have you know, I'm plenty adventurous. Just because I don't want to sit on a fair ride operated by people not much older than us and who don't look like they can read all that well, doesn't mean I'm scared. I like my life. I have tons of plans…stop laughing at me!"
Cam lay on his back, holding his stomach, trying to calm the waves of mirth her speech caused to roll through him.
