Page 30 of Lucy Loves Him Not
“Tomorrow is Saturday. No one will be here. Plus, you need your phone. You need your wallet.” She put her phone to her ear. “Victor, can you send me Adam’s number?”
Within what felt like seconds, Olivia was shoving the phone in my face saying, “It’s calling Adam.”
I was a grown woman. A grown woman with tequila in her system, but a grown woman nonetheless. I could do this.
“Hello?” Adam answered roughly, surprising me with how it made my heart skip a beat.
“Adam,” I hiccuped.
“Hi? I don’t have this contact saved?”
“It’s Lucy Rhodes. Red hair. Consultant for the fest?—”
“I know who you are, Lucy.” Adam muffled a laugh. “You have a new number?”
“This is Olivia’s phone. I left mine in your office. Along with my purse.”
“Oh, no.”
“I’m at the city building right now, but it’s locked. No one is here to let me in,” I explained.
Olivia mouthed,Ask him if he has a key, and mimed unlocking a door.
“I’ve got a key,” he offered. “I’m down the street at Chauncey’s.”
“Oh, Chauncey’s? Adam is at a bar!” I said this completely scandalized and giggly. Olivia covered her mouth to muffle a laugh.
“My book club meets here on Friday nights.” He chuckled. “I can walk right over. See you in a minute.”
Olivia was waiting with me until Gracie called her needing homework help, but Olivia’s phone was dying. “I’m going to go sit in my car over there.” She pointed to the parking lot off to the side of the building. “ I need to hook my phone up to the charger and finish my call with Gracie.”
She took a few steps, then hesitated. “Do you need me to stay? Gracie could wait.”
“Olivia, you can see me from there and I can see you.” I pointed toward her car in the parking lot. “I am perfectly safe.”
“I mean…to help you talk to Adam. You’ve had one and a half drinks and I know Adam has an effect on you.”
“Adam doesn’t have an effect on me.” I rolled my eyes.
“You just said it yourself.” Olivia pointed at me. “He throws you off.”
“He throws me off, but…” I waved my hands for her to go. “I can handle him. Go call Gracie.”
“Fine, fine,” Olivia said skeptically. “Shout for me if you need me.”
A few minutes later, Adam strode up the steps to find me standing by the door.
“Miss Rhodes, fancy meeting you here.” Adam grinned at me. His cheeks flushed, his hair a mess, and his top few buttons still undone. My reaction felt chemical.
“You got the key?” I asked, trying to be all-business like him during meetings.
“Indeed. Happy to be your knight in shining armor.” He shook a keychain in front of me.
“Not sure I’d say knight in shining armor, more like the guy I can use to get into the office,” I said following him to the doors.
“Happy to be used by you,” he said gruffly as he slid the key into the lock.Click. We entered the office.
I swayed inside ahead of him and could practically feel the warmth of Adam behind me, like a breath against my neck. He turned the flashlight of his iPhone on and directed my steps onto the elevator.
