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Cam turns around to glare at me. “It wouldn’t be ifsomeonewere helping us.”
“Iamhelping,” I tell him. “I’m helping by telling you it’s crooked.”
Mali chuckles, while my brother looks like he’s contemplating shooting me with the nail gun he’s holding. But before he can fully plan out my murder, Hayes walks through the door.
“Thank God,” Cam grumbles. “I need your help. Laiken is useless.”
“I’m supervising!” I argue.
His patience is definitely being tested as his jaw locks. “You’re not helping!”
I puff out my bottom lip. “Aww, are you going to tell Mommy on me?”
Hayes snickers and looks at Cam. “Take a break. I’ll help you when I get back.”
“You just got here,” I whine. “Where are you going now?”
He smiles fondly at me. “Don’t worry, I’m taking you with me. I have something to show you.”
“It’s done?” Cam asks.
Mali and I speak in unison. “What’s done?”
But Hayes only nods as he puts out his hand for me to take. “Don’t worry about it. Come on.”
THE WHOLE TIME I’Min the truck is spent trying to figure out where he could possibly be taking me. It’s too early for a date, unless we’re going out to eat—but he’s not a brunch kind of guy. And besides, he said he has something toshowme.
“Can you please tell me where we’re going?” I beg. “Not knowing is torturing me.”
He pulls up to the red light and stops. “Nope. Actually, I need you to close your eyes.”
Instead, they narrow to slits. “Seriously?”
But he gives me the smile that turns me into mush and I sigh as I listen, closing my eyes and covering them with my hands. And when I feel him toss a sweatshirt over my head for good measure, I can almost feel how much he’s enjoying this.
“Overkill, much?”
He chuckles. “As if you weren’t going to peek.”
Okay, so maybe he has a point, but who wouldn’t? He’s been acting secretive and now he’s got me practically blindfolded in his truck. I tend to lack patience on a normal day, but this is testing my limits.
“If you’re taking me to have a threesome with the girl you’re sneaking around with, it’s never going to happen,” I grumble.
His response flows out without even needing to think about it. “That’s okay. She has friends who are willing.”
My eyes shoot open but all I see is the sweatshirt. “You know, I started the joke but now I’m not really finding it funny.”
A bark of laughter shoots out of his mouth. “Good.”
We must have been close because within a few minutes, the truck turns and then comes to a halt. He turns off the engine and tells me not to move as he hops out. A moment later, my door opens, and he helps me out. He takes the hoodie off my head but covers my eyes with his hand.
“I still can’t look?”
“Nope.”
Hayes holds onto me as he leads us onto what feels like grass. The only thing I can think of is maybe a picnic or some incredible view he found, but none of those seem to click. As we come to a stop, he holds me close and removes his hands from my eyes.
“Okay,nowyou can look.”
