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My stomach dives, and my boner is officially gone now as I stare at him. “A gay club? You want me to hook up with someone...” Shit. Of course he didn’t mean himself. I can’t believe I let myself think that he’d want me like that.
He’s frowning now, but his shoulders remain pulled back, and his head is held high. “I don’t know, but I don’t want you to think you don’t have any options. I admire the hell out of you for wanting to be there for your sisters, but you can still have a life.”
A life. Right.
Hooking up with strangers in a club.
Fuck. My stomach actually aches at the thought. It’s not that I don’t want to have sex. And it’s also not like I haven’t had a sexual attraction to anyone else before, but after thinking for the briefest moment I could have Adam... anything else is just a letdown.
I can’t tell him that though.
He’s done so much for me already. He’s been there like I never expected.
“So you aren’t going with me?”
“Of course I will,” he answers quickly. “I’m going for sure.”
“And what are you going to do when I’m at the club?” I’m not sure he’s thought this through.
“I’m going with you.” It’s a stern exclamation, one that says there’s no room for argument. And goddamn, does my dick like that.
“To a gay club?”
He shrugs. “Sure. It’ll be fun. An experience.”
“And if I hook up? Where will you be?” My throat is dry, and I lick my lips when I realize they are too. I swear for a moment I think he’s watching my mouth, but I’m sure that’s just wishful thinking.
“Um... well, we’re sharing a room.”
“You aren’t going to stay in the room if I bring someone back,” I say firmly, but I think there’s a part of me that’s trying to push him to think about me with someone else.
I’m a glutton for punishment. I want him to tell me he doesn’t want anyone else to touch me. No one but him.
“I’ll stay out in the hall then.”
Not what I wanted to hear, but I still smile because his protective side wouldn’t let him leave me alone with a stranger.
Still, the thought of going out of town with him. Of sharing a hotel with him and even going to a club—and maybe convincing him to dance with me. It’s all too great to turn down.
I’m a selfish, stupid son of a bitch.
But I nod my head in agreement because I can’t say no.
I can’t ever say no to Adam Bates.
FIFTEEN
ADAM
I hope this was a good idea. I mean, Zach seems excited as he sits in the passenger side of my truck and we drive into the biggest city I’ve ever been in. It’s already dark by the time we get here, but there are so many lights that everything is illuminated.
There are cars everywhere, and we have to sit through stoplights for damn near five minutes each time we get stuck at one. But the way he’s looking out the window at all the buildings makes me smile.
We left straight from school, taking my truck. Zach said the girls were excited this morning about getting to stay at my house for the weekend.
I don’t think this was a bad call, despite the yucky feeling I get in my gut every time I think about someone touching Zach at the club tonight.
I don’t know how to handle that shit, but I promised myself I’d find a way to make his life as normal as I can. And this was what I came up with. I park at the hotel, and we check in, grabbing our keys.
