Page 5 of Taking Adalisa

“I found out from one of the twins,” Morgan explains. “Never even heard of it before him; I’m glad I took the chance on it. Best thing ever. I have is a bracelet to show him if I’m okay with it that night or not. Which, honestly, is almost every single night.”

“It can be weird waking up in the middle of the night to sex noises. We’ve invested in soundproofing in every room since we discovered it,” Kirra grimaces. “I don’t mind the noises, but then realizing that it’s my sister kind of freaks me out. She would agree.”

I giggle at the thought. I don’t have any siblings, but if I did, I wouldn’t want to hear any of them at it.

“Doing it now so that when we have kids, they won’t hear us and come running into the room asking what’s going on,” Morgan says. “Thinking about the future as well. Not trying to scar our children.”

How thin are their walls? They have to be really thin if they are already complaining about it. I can’t imagine having kidsright now. Life is just starting for me, and while I want kids in the future, they are forever. I don’t think I’m ready to have them yet.

“When we built our house, we soundproofed every room,” Benji says. “Best decision we ever made. It costs extra, but it helps a lot down the line. Then you don’t have to be quiet when you have anyone else in the house. As long as you keep the doors and windows shut.”

“Hopefully, we won’t be in too much of a hurry and forget to close do that,” Kirra chuckles.

Matthias pats my thigh, and I look back at him. “Yes?”

“Time to go,” he says, leaving no room for arguments.

Matthias helps me stand, and everyone looks at us. I lean back into him, not liking the attention on us once again. It’s like Matthias is a magnet to having everyone’s focus on him. Does he ever get tired of it?

“We are sadly going to have to go home. Tomorrow is a busy day for us, and while we’re having fun, I need to get Little bit into bed.” Matthias wraps his arm around me.

“Did you just hear what he called her? Little bit. Why can’t Dale call me that?” Kirra whines. “It’s so sweet and so disgusting at the same time.”

I tense up at her words.

“She doesn’t mean anything bad by it,” Morgan quickly says. “She hates pet names, but she also loves them. Her ex-boyfriend used to call her a pet name, one she didn’t like, and kind of ruined them for her.”

“You don’t have to tell everyone about that,” Kirra huffs out.

“Then maybe you shouldn’t say it’s sweet and disgusting in the same sentence,” Morgan shoots back. “Then maybe I won’t have to explain why you are insulting them.”

Kirra rolls her eyes, and Matthias pulls me into his side.

“Please, come again. We’ll have another munch next month. We would love to see you.” Benji stands and shakes Matthias’ hand. “Hopefully you guys will be able to stay longer and mingle. Next time we’ll have more of the regulars here, so you can meet other people.”

“Thank you,” I whisper as Matthias pulls me toward the door.

As soon as we get outside, I yank my hand from his and glare, not caring if anyone sees us through the window. They shouldn’t be able to hear anything from inside.

“Who are you?” I ask, taking a step back from him.

“Matthias,” he replies.

“How do you know who I am?” I fold my arms over my chest and stand with my shoulders square.

It’s so hard to be mad at him when he is so sexy, looking at me like he wants to devour me. I can’t think about that, not if I want answers.

Matthias doesn’t answer my question but takes a step forward instead. My heart rate picks up as I retreat, not wanting him any closer than he already is. This is dangerous. I can’t think clearly when he is so close to me.

“Adalisa LeAnn Johnson,” he whispers, his face inches from mine.

My mouth falls open, my eyes going wide as I stare at him. “Wh-what?” I whisper. “How d-do you know my full name?”

He smiles. “I know a lot about you.”

Palms sweating, I look around us to find a means of escape, but everything is on the other side of him. Unless I turn around and make a run for it, but I have a feeling he’s going to catch me quickly.

“Don’t even think about it,” he takes another step toward me. “You run and I’ll chase you.”

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