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Adam looks over and shrugs. “My dad loved having a book to read at breakfast. So, he used to keep a few in here.”
I squint to read the spines and giggle. “They are all action-adventure books.”
“That was his favorite genre,” Adam explains.
“But I see one fantasy novel,” I point out.
I swear I see Adam’s cheeks turn a little pink. “That one is mine.”
I grin. I like this side of him.
I finish my breakfast and Adam reaches for my plate. I pull it back. “Nope. You cooked. I’ll clean,” I say as I grab his plate. He helps me bring everything back into the kitchen where I wash the dishes and place them back in the cupboard.
“Come on, let’s go watch some movies,” he urges as he places his hand on the small of my back and guides me toward a different side door. I go through it, and he keeps guiding me down hallways and then to a door with a set of stairs leading downstairs.
I pause and turn. “Are you sure you aren’t taking me to your dungeon?” I ask with a raised eyebrow.
His lips quirk a little. “Maybe.”
“What type of dungeon is down there?” I ask coyly.
He leans forward so his lips brush the shell of my ear and I feel goose bumps rise on my arms. “Wouldn’t you like to know?” he replies.
“It sounds dangerous,” I whisper, playing along.
“A little danger can be fun,” he responds. “Or are you…chicken?”
I roll my eyes. “One dungeon tour coming up,” I state as I start down the steps. There are mazes of hallways down here and it does creep me out a little, but the door we want isn’t far, and when I step inside and he turns on a light, I let out a gasp.
It’s a full-on movie theater. Literal rows of seats, maybe five of them with a screen rolled down from the ceiling. It even has those red curtains on the other side of it. A projector hangs overhead, and I notice a small computer to our right.
“Let’s start with a classic,” he suggests, motioning to the seats.
I pick one near the middle as I look around the room. There’s a popcorn machine to the left.
“Can we?” I ask, pointing to it.
“Huh?” Adam’s voice comes from over by the computer.
“Make popcorn.”
“Oh, uh, yeah, sure,” he replies. I turn to look at him. He’s completely fixated by the computer.
I get up and head over to the popcorn machine. It seems easy enough, and eventually, I figure it out. I stand in front of it, patiently waiting for my snack when I feel a presence behind me. Adam’s giant hand reaches past my arm and grabs the scoop.
“You’ll need this in a second,” he says against my ear. What is it with this man sneaking up behind me? What he doesn’t realize is that I’ve already scooped some of the popcorn into a bucket and am holding it in front of me, and when he startles me with his proximity and whispered words, my reflexes take over. Just as he finishes speaking, the popcorn in my hand goes flying and I let out a curse. It all happens in slow motion. Literal popcorn rains down on us and scatters all over the floor.
“Oh my God! I’m so sorry,” I stammer as I get down on my knees trying to retrieve the kernels from the floor.
A film is starting to play on the screen but I’m too focused on finding the now ruined snack food to pay attention.
“Here, let me—” Adam starts, but my head is down, and I don’t realize he’s already bending over to help me. I come up as he goes down and we collide, both of us falling in the process. He grabs me in a failed attempt to stop me from hitting the ground, and before I know it, he somehow ninja rolls and I’m lying down with him hovering over me.
“I…are you OK?” I ask as I look up at him while simultaneously rubbing my forehead that hit his chin, or at least I think it was his chin.
His eyes are looking at my forehead and he reaches out to run his thumb over it. “Are you alright?” he asks, his eyebrows furrowed.
“I’ll live. I’m sorry. I’m sorry about all of this. I’m sure you’d rather be snowed in alone,” I mutter. What a disaster! I should have just waited to come out here, but no, like an idiot, I got all hyped up from Elisha’s speech and barreled out here with my take-no-prisoners attitude.
