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“I know,” I muttered as I leaned back in my chair.
“What do you want?”
“You not to say a fucking thing to anyone about this,” I offered dryly.
“You know you don’t have to worry about that,” he replied, his gaze serious.
“I know.” I trusted Adam completely. He had my back, and I had his. Always.
“What do you want?” he repeated, his tone more pointed this time.
“I like her, but I don’t think she trusts the situation.”
“Of course you like her. That’s why you’re such good friends.”
“Thanks, Captain Obvious,” I replied dryly.
Adam chuckled, but he didn’t take the bait. After a beat, he added, “It is obvious. I don’t think you want to break her heart. I’ve never known Quinn to really date anyone, at least not locally,” he pointed out.
“She doesn’t. She doesn’t believe in love either. We have that in common.”
“Well, I guess you’re perfect for each other then. Just let me know when to be ready for the wedding,” he quipped.
I let out a ragged sigh. “What should I do?”
Adam studied me for a long moment. Aside from the fact that I trusted him completely, Adam believed in love. He had a girlfriend in college who he loved. She died. He hadn’t dated anyone since.
Adam and I were different in many ways but shared the same values. Loyalty meant everything. Maybe I didn’t believe in love for me, but I believed in it for him.
“If it’s just a few kisses, you can pull back from the brink. But if you actually let it go further, it might get complicated, and then you’ll have to deal with that. I can’t tell you what to do. I’ve always thought if you were going to be with anyone, it would be Quinn.”
“Seriously?” I pressed.
He nodded, his gaze holding mine so earnestly that my chest tightened.
* * *
Quinn laughed at something Rosie said. She lifted her beer bottle, and my eyes watched as her lips closed around the opening, and she tilted her head back.
I’d been bound up and tight with need ever since I arrived here tonight and saw her. Her hair was down, falling in loose waves around her shoulders. She wore a pair of fitted jeans tucked into knee-high leather boots with a ribbed cotton camisole that stretched across her breasts and an open button-down flannel shirt over that. All I could think about was how to get her alone to kiss her again.
McKenna appeared at my side. “I don’t know if you talked to Tish, but we’re sending you and Quinn a day ahead on the ferry.”
“If we need to go early, we can fly,” I pointed out.
McKenna wrinkled her nose. “Tish already made the reservations, so I just told her to change your date. I hope that’s okay.” Her gaze landed on Quinn. “Quinn!” she called.
Quinn had just lowered her bottle of beer. I knew this because I’d pretty much been watching her the whole time. She stepped away from Rosie and approached McKenna and me. “What’s up?”
“I was just letting Kenan know you two are going together a day early. You have a meeting with, uh—” McKenna circled her hand in the air.
“On that land issue,” Quinn supplied helpfully. “That’s fine. Kenan and I will make it fun.”
McKenna smiled, letting out a happy little sigh. “Good. So you leave in two days.”
McKenna was drawn away into a conversation with Fiona and Haven, leaving Quinn standing with me. We were surrounded by people. I glanced around, my gaze landing on the corner of the bar where Quinn had been sitting when that bolt of lightning struck from the sky, shifting our platonic friendship.
When I glanced back to Quinn, her cheeks were pink.
